The 6th Annual Smarks Choice Awards - Nomination Thread

[Bobby Barrows]

The 6th Annual Smarks Choice Awards
Nomination Thread

Welcome everybody to the 5th Annual Smarks Choice Awards! It's a special time for Wrestling Smarks as we celebrate many years of activity by announcing the return of a once-in-a-year event and applauding those who are truly deserving. Today, we have several categories for members of WS to nominate other users for. Nominations are made by PMing @Bobby Barrows with at most three names for each category. Once the nomination period is over (December 25th, 2024), the top 3 most nominated folks will be placed in a poll for the public to vote on. That's right, you, the people, get to decide the winners! Do not be afraid to name your nominations publicly as well!

And now on to your categories!​

Best WWE Poster - The WWE is perhaps one of the most active sections in all of Wrestling Smarks, and we see many many names appear to make their voices heard in the section. Who do you believe to be the best posters in the WWE section?

The Jeff Award For Best AEW Poster - One of the more popular sections on Wrestling Smarks, it has become a home to a great many posters here on WS. Who loves the AE-Dub more?

Best Indy Wrestling Poster (NWA, ROH, etc.) - There are those who love the independent wrestling scene and can't get enough of it. Who in your mind best exemplifies discussion regarding the Independent wrestling section?

The Sky Award For Best Total Nonstop Action Poster - A fresh coat of paint is needed with the return of TNA as its name, we want to find out who loves this blasted company the most.

The HoHo Award For Best NJPW/International Poster - Who's the biggest fan of New Japan Pro Wrestling and other international companies?

The Chris Award for Best General Wrestling Poster - Of course, there are also those who prefer talking about older wrestling or other wrestling discussions. A select few will be chosen for this category, so name your picks! Named after Chris, who has won the award for three consecutive years.

Best Non-Wrestling Poster - There's much more than just wrestling here on Wrestling Smarks, and some folks make their homes in the outer reaches of the wrestling sphere, such as General talk and others. Nominate the folks you feel best exemplify quality posting outside of wrestling.

The Doom Award for Best Sports Poster - With the increase in activity regarding sports, WS has seen fit to bring forth a new prestigious award for Best Sports Poster. Who has continually shown to be the best poster in the sports section? Who loves their teams more than anyone else? Named after Doom, who has won the award for three consecutive years.

Best Entertainment Poster - This award goes out to those who make the Entertainment section of the forum one of the most enjoyable places to discuss things. This includes music, television, movies, and of course video games.

Best Video Games Poster - We have for ourselves lots of gamers on WrestlingSmarks, so it's only fitting we give them a special award for their activity within the video game and electronics section of our forum! Who yammers about video games all day the best?

The Cake Award For Best Interactive User - Thanks to the burgeoning user base bringing up the revival of the Interactive Section, we as Wrestling Smarks saw fit to create a new award just for those users. This award combines the Tournament and Prediction sections and is awarded to the consensus best user.

Best Reviewer *NEW* - This award is for those who love to give their thoughts on shows past and present. This award will largely stick to the review section.

The Grim Award for Best Booker - With Be The Booker section seeing another strong year, Wrestling Smarks has dedicated an award for those with active fantasy booking stories. Nominate your favorite user who has run a BTB this year. Named after Grim, who has won the award three years in a row.

The Jimmy King Award for Nicest Poster - Being good is great, and WS recognizes that the person who causes little problems and makes everyone feel great about themselves deserves an award. Nominate the people who you feel are the nicest people on WS! Named after Jimmy King, a 2x winner of the award, and overall a nice guy.

Funniest Poster - Who's got the quirkiest jokes, brings the biggest laughs, and all around makes the most humorous of anecdotes to entertain the user base?

Best Newcomer - Who joined in the last year that got hot and became the talk of the town? For the Best Newcomer award, we are precluding users who joined post-September 2023 from being available on this list. However, those who have indeed joined WS after September will be eligible to win this prestigious award next year. Users who have joined Between October 2022 and September 2023 are eligible for this award.

Member of the Year - Who do you feel is the single best member of the year, who stands head and shoulders above everybody?

The Smark Award For Staff Member of the Year - Who is a member of the upper management who continually made life better or showed exemplary leadership to the other members of WS?

Best Thread Starter - Who makes the best threads and discussions?

Best Shouter - Who makes great use of their time inside the Smarkbox, Wrestling Smark's very own chatbox available to anyone?

Coolest Signatures - Signatures are a part of a member's personality. Who's got the best one?

Coolest Avatars - Who's got the best picture for their profile?'

Coolest User Profile - Who has the best profile posts, biography, and wallpaper for their personal page?

Best Username - Who has the coolest name?

Comeback Kid - A special award for those who went on hiatus for a while but have returned to become a big deal once again! Who's got the best comeback?

Begin your Nominations now! The Nomination Period ends on December 25th, 2024.​

 

[Tranquilo Jay]

I can't post to you. Could you PM me please . Thanks.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Reminder that nominations are open and you can change your nominations at any time even after sending one in before Christmas

 

[Chris]

I won't be sending early nominations but I do have a short list started. I have 0 faith in me remembering to update it if I send it early tho if anything changes, some def won't tho maybe I just send those for now

 

[Death By Looch]

Once again it's this time of the year where Looch needs to research what members are eligible for things like the Newbie and the Comeback Award as well as the "Style" Awards (aka Signature, Avatars, Profiles etc)

 

[Chris]

No hard rules on what counts as a "comeback" at least so you only need to research whatever your own personal criteria is lol I don't think there's an easy way to sort members by join date for newcomer tho, I just try and think of people that might count and then check their join date lol

Last year I think I abstained from all style awards bc I'm always on mobile which doesn't show sigs and avatars are tiny lol

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Everyone please note that we have opted to add a new award to the nomination list this year, despite already posting the list.

Our new award is officially the The Best Reviewer Award for those who have threads in the review section and love to give us their thoughts on wrestling shows past and present.

This award is being split off from the Cake Award for Best Interactive User, since we on the staff feel that the award is too broad.