2014 Unown Awards - Announcement of the Winners: Also, revealing the trophy designs!

[Jeff]

Welcome to the annoucnement of the winners of the 2014 Unown Awards!

Before we begin, I'd like to thank everyone who made the Unown Awards possible. Kevin for creating TPM, Dark San and Number1ChanseyFan for hosting them in the past, and everyone who showed interest in keeping this going this year and for your patience. Yeah, it's been hard for me to do this with everything going on in my life, but I actually want to thank everyone for giving me the motivation. I was very disappointed that I might not be able to do it again this past year, so again, thank you all for keeping this going.

Anyway, this has been an interesting year. We have a posthumous winner, and a winner who isn't even a person, not to mention all those membes who didn't win last year but got a second chance this year and won it all!

Now, I'd like to start off by finally revealing one of the main reasons for the multiple delays, while usually designing, creating, and perfecting the trophies is a months-long process for me, I had to crank these out on a much shorter time scale, but I have finally finished them! For some reason, the image isn't uploading right now, so I'll have to post it as an attachment. Forgive the white background.

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And now, the big moment, time to announce the winners!

In 2014 we said goodbye to one of our members. Zak Hunter's battle with cancer led to his inactivity from TPM, but he still came back in 2014 to say his final goodbyes before passing away in July. He was known in his earlier days for signing his posts with one simple word. So, it only seems fitting that we return the favor, and present Unown A posthumously to him:
Adieu - Tainted
Runners up: Aesthetics - Greyfox, Adult - Andrew

Unown B gets bounced to this guy:
Baller - DragoKnight
Runners up: Biting - Kurai, Boss Man - Jeff

We will win Unown C for Mother Russia!
Comrade - RedStarWarrior
Runner up: Clever - Oslo

Magmar's hopes and dreams fell in the tiebreaker round, but there's always next year... or this year
Durga - Lady Vulpix
Tied With: Dream - Magmar

Exactly
Exact Science - Blademaster
Runner up: Everyone Wins - (group) All TPMers

There actually is an animal called a Firefox, which is in fact a Red Panda. But Vulpix certainly fits!
Firefox - Lady Vulpix
Familiar - CaptainJigglypuff

We always seem to be generous when it comes to giving our next winner Unowns, but it's well deserved!
Generous - Telume
Runners up: Go-To Guy - Jeff, Guard - Greyfox, Globalized - mvtm

Our resident hangman fan gets this next one
Hangman - Knight of Time
Runners up: Hermit Crab - Asilynne, Heiroglyph - Charles Legend

Our lover of winter went all the way into the sudden death round and came out victorious!
Ice and Snow - Mikachu Yukitatsu
Tied twice with: Irregural - shazza

Not the judge or executioner, but still...
Jury - Ayuen
Runner up: Jigglypuff - CaptainJigglypuff

Kudos on getting multiple awards!
Kudos - DragoKnight
Runner up: Kirk - Master Rudy

Winning Unowns is certainly legal!
Legalized - Magmar
Runners up: Lawl - DragoKnight, Lorelei's Favorite Cloyster - Jeff

Welcome to the mod team!
Mod Newbie - Ayeun
Runner up: Musical - shazza

You're never too old for this:
Never too old - Austrain Vicemaster Alex
Runner up: Newbie - Zak Rodgers

And definitely never too old to win this one:
Old - firepokemon
Runner up: Omnipotent - Kevin[/b]

After losing his 2013 campaign, our next winner ran again in 2014 and won!
Politician - Roy Karrde
Runners up: Pun - Kuro Espeon, Pokemaster - Blademaster, Pupil - Ash0011

Fully qualified to win our next award is:
Qualified - BTPoke
Runner up: Quid Ditch - ChobiChibi

Our next winner has changed the meaning of the Unown Awards, ok, not really
Redefined - Nepence
Runner up: Revival - Ayeun

Comedians are such stand up guys *crickets chirp* Anyway...
Stand up: DarkestLight
Survivor - firepokemon

This next one goes unanimously to a member who doesn't like the idea of a postcount, but still has plenty to say:
Twenty Thousand Hidden Posts - Lady Vulpix
Runners up: Teamwork - (group) Jeff and Telume

And now I, your host, am officially a two time winner of the Unown Unown
Unown - Jeff
Runners up: Upbeat - Magmar, University - Zak Rodgers

Our next blazing winner is:
Vucanic - firepokemon
Runner up: Vim - Jeff

Our next winner fought hard for this one, taking it into the tiebreaker round:
Warrior - Mikachu Yukitatsu
Tied with: Water Temple - Knight of Time

Our next winner is out of this world:
Xtraerrestrial - mattbcl
Runner up: X-man - Fett One

Did Heald win the next one?
Yeah buddy - Heald
Runner up: Yamato - Dark San

And the unanimous winner of Unown Z is:
Zanmato - Weasel Overlord
Runner up: Zoom - woz

And for our trusty newsbot:
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto! - Pokemon News
Runner up: I don't know ASB! - Katie

And finally, because we all want to know:
Will you be back? - mr_pikachu
Runner up: When's the next meetup?

A
Adieu - Tainted, 3*
Absent - Kevin
Aesthetics - Greyfox, 1
Adult - Andrew, 1
Anchorman - Pokemon News
Adorbz - ChobiChibi (2013)

B
Baller - Dragoknight, 2*
Biting - Kurai, 1
Boss Man - Jeff, 1
Brew - Heald (2013)

C
Clever - Oslo, 2
Comrade - RedStarWarrior, 3*

D
Dangerous - abunaidesu
Dream - Magmar (2013), 2, 2
Dedication - (group) Jeff and Telume (2013), 1
Durga - Lady Vulpix (2013), 2, 3

E
Everyone Wins - (group) all TPMers, 2
Exact Science - Blademaster, 3*

F
Firefox - Lady Vulpix, 3*
Frenemies - (group) Ayeun and nepence
Familiar - CaptainJigglypuff, 2
Fiesta - Magmar (2013)

G
Go-To Guy - Jeff, 1
Generous - Telume, 2*
Guard - Greyfox (2013), 1
Globalized - mvtm (2013), 1

H
Hermit Crab - Asilynne, 1
Hieroglyph - Charles Legend, 1
Hangman - Knight of Time (2013), 3*
Helpful - Knight of time (2013)

I
Ice and Snow - Mikachu Yukitatsu, 3, 3*
Irregural - shazza, 3, 3
Intermittent - Number1ChanseyFan (2013)

J
Jury - Ayeun, 4*
Jigglypuff - Captain Jigglypuff (2013), 2

K
Kirk - Master Rudy, 2
Kingdoms - DragoKnight (2013)
Kudos - DragoKnight (2013), 3*

L
Lawl - DragoKnight, 1
Legalized - Magmar, 3*
Lorelei's favorite Cloyster - Jeff (2013), 1

M
Mod Newbie - Ayeun, 4*
Musical - shazza, 2
Misc Marauder - DragoKnight
Man in the Moon - shazza (2013)

N
Newbie - Zak Rodgers, 2
Never Too Old - Austrian Vicemaster Alex, 3*
Newscast - Pokemon News (2013)
Never Gives Up - Heracross (2013)

O
Old - firepokemon, 3*
Omnipotent - Kevin, 2
One Hundred Percent Blademaster - Blademaster (2013), 1

P
Pun - Kuro Espeon, 1
Pokemaster - Blademaster, 1
Polymath - DarkestLight
Pupil - Ash0011, 1
Politician - Roy Karrde (2013), 2*
Pretty - Oslo (2013)

Q
Qualified - BTPoke, 4*
Quid Ditch - ChobiChibi (2013), 1

R
Revival - Ayeun, 2
Redefined - Nepence, 3*
Return of the King - Knight of Time (2013)

S
Shut it down - DragoKnight
Squirtle - ChobiChibi
Stand Up - DarkestLight, 4*
Survivor - firepokemon (2013), 1

T
Twenty Thousand Hidden Posts - Lady Vulpix, 5*
Teamwork - (group) Jeff and Telume (2013)

U
Unown - Jeff, 3*
Upbeat - Magmar, 1
University - Zak Rodgers, 1
Upgrade - Kevin (2013)

V
Vulcanic - firepokemon, 5*
Vim - Jeff (2013)

W
Warrior - Mikachu Yukitatsu, 2, 3*
Witty - Katie, 1
Water Temple - Knight of Time, 2, 2
Wit - Kurai (2013)

X
X-Man - Fett One, 1
Xtraterrestrial - mattbcl (2013), 4*

Y
Yeah buddy - Heald, 3*
Yamato - Dark-San, 2
Yuppify - Master Rudy (2013)

Z
Zanmato - Weasel Overlord, 5*
Zoom - woz (2013)

!
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!, 3*
I don't know ASB! - Katie, 2
Hey I just met you and this is crazy! - Perfect Chaos (2013), 1
OMG! - classy_cat18 (2013)

?
Will you be back? - mr_pikachu, 3*
Who is he arguing with now? - Roy Karrde, 1
When's the next meetup? - Asilynne (2013), 2

[Lady Vulpix]

Thank you, Jeff! You put a lot of hard work into this and it shows!

Congratulations to all the winners! Although this time the ceremony is a bit sad, for obvious reasons.

And I won... Durga? O..K? It could be the D for Doctor, since I finally got my PhD in December. Durga is a weird trophy, but hey, it's an Unown, I'll take it.

And a unanimous victory for Twenty Thousand Hidden Posts! XD If anyone else wants to hide his or her postcount, I'll be glad to help.

Thanks, everyone!

Edit: here's a poor attempt at removing the background. Apparently posting it as an attachment has greatly reduced the quality of the image. If you're having issues uploading it, maybe you could try another website, or e-mail it to me so I can upload it?

[Magmar]

Congratulations to all the winners!!
I'm assuming the Legalized Unown is for the marriage equality postings... I marched a whole lot for that and was even interviewed on the news being, well, Magmar

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Congratulations to all the winners!!
I'm assuming the Legalized Unown is for the marriage equality postings... I marched a whole lot for that and was even interviewed on the news being, well, Magmar

Correct, it was a reference to the gay marriage legalization progress.

I got the awards I wanted. Congratulations to other people awarded, and everyone nominated!

[Lady Vulpix]

Congratulations to all the winners!!
I'm assuming the Legalized Unown is for the marriage equality postings... I marched a whole lot for that and was even interviewed on the news being, well, Magmar

Interviewed on the news being Magmar? What exactly does that mean?

In any case, I'm glad that your hard work paid off.

[Magmar]

Interviewed on the news being Magmar? What exactly does that mean?

In any case, I'm glad that your hard work paid off.

Hey Gabi, a journalist interviewed me at a marriage equality hearing, and my interview was on television that evening. Congrats, Firefox!

[Jeff]

Gabi, I can email them to you.

I always used to use ImageShack because it was free and unlimited, but now it seems that's changed.

[Asilynne]

Congrats to all the winners! and thanks for the nomination XD Yes I am a hermit crab in my house in the woods Whoever nominated that is awesome!

[Jeff]

Congrats to all the winners! and thanks for the nomination XD Yes I am a hermit crab in my house in the woods Whoever nominated that is awesome!

That was me! Along with nominating Sarah for "Pun" because, well, Sarah

[BTPoke]

Congrats to all winners!

Including me, because I wasn't even aware I was nominated, and I admit I kind of stepped back from participating xD

Although I'm fairly confused as to what my awared, "qualified," means

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

BTPoke, I nominated you for 'Q'ualified. Sorry, I forgot why. I think it was ASB-related. Maybe the Mega Pokemon Tournament. Should make arguments for every award in the future.

I would also like to have my awards via E-mail, please.

EDIT: It might also be because you became a Gym Leader. This is embarrassing.

[Ayeun]

I didn't even see this when it was up... And I won 2? WOW!

Thank you all! <3 <3 <3

[Knight of Time]

Well, I'm really glad I finally got a trophy to reflect my awesome Hangman skills...but, how were the winners determined for the trophies that went to the tiebreakers and had a second instance of an equal number of votes (for the Durga and Warrior trophies)?

I'm just a little baffled.

[Blademaster]

Thanks for recognizing my most notable and annoying quality!

[Jeff]

Gabi sent me the link to another image site, so I decided to go ahead an upload all of the images there. You can find them here: http://postimg.org/gallery/1wmc44vr4/ea90dad8/

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Congratulations to all the winners!


Oh my, I won an award, too. First time ever. *sniff*
Can anyone make me a little award image? I tried but alas I suck.

[Jeff]

Congratulations to all the winners!


Oh my, I won an award, too. First time ever. *sniff*
Can anyone make me a little award image? I tried but alas I suck.

I posted the link right above . Anyway, here it is again: http://postimg.org/gallery/1wmc44vr4/ea90dad8/

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

I posted the link right above . Anyway, here it is again: http://postimg.org/gallery/1wmc44vr4/ea90dad8/

Thanks! I clicked on all the links that I found but this one seemed to have escaped me.

[RedStarWarrior]

Woot! I thought the forum had finally shut down so I haven't visited in a bit.

Glad to see her on her feet and I got an award to boot!