Gd.ie awards 06 – vote now!

[Aphra K]

[Anonymous]

Gd person/group of the year = Star Cave Studios i reckon deserve that one.

Humour = Kytokid reckon.

as for the rest dunno?

would have said stamina to ronny or omen, have both of them won it already, if not? give it to the other :)

[Aphra K]

yes Pete, Omen and Ronny have proved their stamina already and are in our hall of fame!

I had a look at sign up dates and no of posts last night and it looks like there are some other contendors like Mal, Skyclad, Ian H and boadle.

Mal and boadle signed up on the 31 March 2003 and have 549 and 399 posts respectively. Ian signed up on the 23 June 03 and has 689 posts. Mind you skyclad signed up on the 5 August 2003 (no he wasn’t here from the beginning!) and he has 992 posts!

So there are two elements to stamina, how long you have been involved and the no of posts..

food for thought…

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

Doesnt Peter_B fall under 1? Gets my nomination.

Between Mal and Skyclad for stamina…

Second Kytokid for humour.

Omen for salmon of knowledge.

Phooka for group of the year.

[Anonymous]

1. The Newbie award
Philippe (Aug 05)

2. The Stamina gd/ie Hall of Fame award
Skyclad

3. The Salmon of knowledge award
Fitch

4. The Humour award
Mal

5. Gd person/group of the year
Demonware (pity the eejits aren’t on the boards :p)

6. Moany Bastard
Omen :twisted:

[Aphra K]

nice new category Ivan! will consider that for next year… :)

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

thanks kyotokid :D

nominations from the Meath branch

1>… not sure … not being struck by anyone this year :D

2> Skyclad

3> Mal

4> Kyotokid

5> Idora

[Aphra K]

by the way, if you think no-one qualifies this year for a particular award, i.e there was no humour at all on the boards, feel free to say so.

We don’t have to award all of them every year!!

keep ’em coming..

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

2. The Stamina gd/ie Hall of Fame award
Ian Hannigan has indeed kept posting since 2003 and important player to the Irish game development community.

3. The Salmon of knowledge award
Mal of CanDo Interactive for a source of great industry information to the community & helping students achieve more through it.

5. Gd person/group of the year
Nephin Games for their outstanding progress of 2005 & early 2006 that raises the bar another step in this country.

[Anonymous]

Doesnt Peter_B fall under 1? Gets my nomination.

Between Mal and Skyclad for stamina…

Second Kytokid for humour.

Omen for salmon of knowledge.

Phooka for group of the year.[/quote:fce1f61909]

Don’t think I fall under catagory 1 I’d say, I’ve been round here too long. 1000 plus posts. Cheers for the vote though

[Anonymous]

Bah! My bad. Some reason I read Apri 2005. :oops:

If that is the case I’m stuck to think of anyone. :?

[Anonymous]

Don’t have time right now to think about it, but if one springs to my mind, undoubtely this is Mal for the humour…

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Not sure about some of them since I havnt been around here for the full whack but from what I’ve seen…

The Newbie award
Nifty (came all the way out to DCU for Tonys talk, bless) :D

The Salmon of knowledge award
Paul_Conway (Havn’t seen him in awhile but he gave me some great info on Torque back when I was getting started)

The Humour award
Omen

Gd person/group of the year
Idora

[Anonymous]

actually, are we allowed nominate more than one person for an award?

[Aphra K]

well it would complicate things a little – you could nominate two people if you think both should get it…i.e. it should be shared..worth giving a reason why…

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

1. The Newbie award
_lk, is he eligible?

2. The Stamina gd/ie Hall of Fame award
SKyclad

3. The Salmon of knowledge award
? No one immediatelly springs to mind, i’ll come back to it

4. The Humour award
kyotokid

5. Gd person/group of the year
Demonware ( been signed up by a lot of people this year )

6. Moany Bastard
Omen Twisted Evil ( i concur )

[Aphra K]

I think _ik just about qualifies for the newbie…signed up in March 05…as did nifty..

the definitions are not ‘positivistic’ in any way…they are more intrepretative, as I like to say to my fieldwork class…. :)

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

Damn, its actually lk_ and not _lk isn’t it.

[Aphra K]

yes but we know who you mean..unless someone else uses the other way?

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

the definitions are not ‘positivistic’ in any way…they are more intrepretative, as I like to say to my fieldwork class…. :)
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Goddamn academics…

Media studies fieldwork = IFI season ticket ?? I’m in the wrong field…

1. The Newbie award
Me

2. The Stamina gd/ie Hall of Fame award
Me

3. The Salmon of knowledge award
Me

4. The Humour award
Someone else

5. Gd person/group of the year
Me, myself and I

…is supercilious self-aggrandisement legal in this context?

[Aphra K]

no!

but maybe you could get a special award for moving to Coleraine :D

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

but maybe you could get a special award for moving to Coleraine :D
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HA HA! score…

I knew my evil plans would pay fruit, now all I have to do is figure out how to upload my consciousness so that I can escape these cruel bonds and leave an empty shell to meet the sisyphean task of indentured publication expectation…blogosphere here I come.

[Aphra K]

I don’t think they rate that in the RAE!

maybe under esteem or something…

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

Well I meant I could sublime into the blogosphere, let my fingers do the publishing, but of course I’m only…comprehensible…half the…time…

[Anonymous]

1. The Newbie award
Aphra :) Nice book!

2. The Stamina gd/ie Hall of Fame award
SKy-HasNotWonItYetForAGoodReason-clad

3. The Salmon of knowledge award
Steve Collins

4. The Humour award
The (recently engaged) Hoff

5. Gd person/group of the year
Demonware

6. Moany Bastard
Omen (here, here)

7. HOFF Expert
kyotokid

[Anonymous]

Hmm, I’m still thinking…

When’s the deadline for applicants? I think most people who I think should win have already been mentioned, but I’ll mull it over.

[Aphra K]

I would like to have the voting finished by Monday the 24th of April if possible..

once you start thinking about it you realise that some people who have made a really big contribution to the boards have yet to get an award as well as the need to recognise institutions, groups and organisations outside gd.ie who are making an important contribution…for one thing..the Digital Hub organised a month of game related events last year..for another some of the first degree courses were established which is no mean feat if you have ever tried to get a new course validated…the redesign and reprogramming of gd.ie was all done by volunteers, I could go on and on but I might bias the voting :)

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

5. Gd person/group of the year
Demonware (pity the eejits aren’t on the boards :p)

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Ah we do appear on occasion !

[Aphra K]

Called into the Digital Exchange yest. to take a look at the room for the gd.ie birthday..it is rather posh with a podium, two screens, roving and other mikes etc..they are going to leave us the couches as well as chairs so it should be a nice space to hang out in for the evening..

Aphra.

[Aphra K]

by the way we are sending out the e-mail invites this week. We already have a database of people to send it to but if you know of someone we should be inviting and seem to have missed out please do let us know.

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

Aphra – don’t bother with mine as I’m out of the country from Fri 14/07 (ungodly AM) to Sun 23/04, and doubt I’ll have email/web access for the duration.

But do count me in @ Digi-Hub on 28/04 :D

[Anonymous]

I am having difficult deciding who to vote for. I have been less active on the boards the past while so I’m a bit out of the loop on who should be voted for in the important awards…..and by important awards I of course mean “The Humour Award”! But I will give it a go anyway:

Newbie: No idea to be honest…..so won’t just vote for any old joe!

Stamina: Skyclad will get my vote too

Salmon: Mal (i’m not calling you a salmon just trying to save time!)

Humour: No idea…..but I will guess on this one…..erm….Kyotokid

Thing of the year: hmm…..Digital Hub, if that is a valid vote?

[Anonymous]

Can I (-Dare I :twisted:) be a total cop-out and second each vote per Dave’s post immediately above, whilst I still have time and some breath left in me to do so? 8)

I’ll add a vote for Thing of the Year to Aphra’s book, if there’s a tie at counting time :wink:

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Stamina
Kyotokid – Always finds time to post, even though he insists that he works full-time for a games company.
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Cheers Ronny, I only post during exports…I swear :D

[Anonymous]

but maybe you could get a special award for moving to Coleraine [/quote:ba54e4d0f4]

compensation would be more appropriate I think…….

[Anonymous]

God bless export and build times, eh Ivan :)

[Aphra K]

[Anonymous]

Thats cool I’ve been nominated for a newbie award and ive been a member for over 2 years.. Go me, pushing the boundaries and all that. :)

[Aphra K]

well technically you are not really a newbie but we let you stay in :)!

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

what hope have the rest, hehe, cheers :)

[Anonymous]

what hope have the rest, hehe, cheers :)[/quote:fd7c7bb34e]

Start practising your acceptance speech now

Winners get the first round at the shini :lol:

[Anonymous]

Since I forgot to vote…

1. newbie
nifty

2. stamina
kyotokid

3. salmon of knowledge
mal
( max marshall OMG WTF LOL??? :roll: )

4. humour
Noone was very funny this year. Some tried, but were nowhere near the quality of previous ingrates Ian_H or Pete.

5. gd.ie person/group
Demonware – Quietly taking over the world – the best way to do it.

Dave

[Anonymous]

what hope have the rest, hehe, cheers :)[/quote:dc15ccb011]

Start practising your acceptance speech now

Winners get the first round at the shini :lol:[/quote:dc15ccb011]

Unfortunately i wont be able to make it because E3 deadlines. We’re all going to be in the office working away. doh! :( although i will be in dublin weekend after if any of ye wanna meet up for a few beverages PM me.

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