The PokéMasters 2019 Unown Awards - Winners announced!

[Lady Vulpix]

I must be crazy to post this, but I think we all deserve it. We've worked hard to save TPM and now we're starting to see the fruits of our labor. So what better way to celebrate the community that's continually making this possible than with an award ceremony?

Hopefully, you'll remember how this works, but just in case here's a quick refresher.

1. We post nominations for every Unown in existence. The nominations phase will last for two three weeks, until the first 8th of December.
2. We vote! The voting phase will also last for two weeks, until the 15th 22nd of December. You can PM me your votes. You choose up to two candidates for each category (in which case they get half a vote each).
3. We break ties, if applicable. The tiebreaker phase will last a week, until the 22nd 29th of December, provided there are ties to break.
4. If there are still any ties left after this, the 'sudden death' face starts, allowing the first voter to choose the winner.

One this is over, the Awards Ceremony will take place, and then all winners can proudly wear their Unowns on their signatures or display them however they see fit.

So... start posting your nominations! And if you would like to help design/draw the trophies or write speeches, please let me know!

Nominations and winners by default are here.
Voting results are here.
Full winners list here!

[Knight of Time]

It's been a few years since we last had the Unown Awards, hasn't it? I'm glad to see they're making a return this year.

Alright, I've got some nominations I want to post here, so without further ado, here they are (I'm only posting some for certain letters).

D:

Decade- Mt. Moon, for having been here for 10 years now (can an award go to an individual forum? I'm curious).
Discord- Lady Vulpix/Gabi, for giving us a home on Discord. While it could possibly use a few more channels in the future, I still wish to say a big thank you, Gabi!

F:

Fighters- to the TPM staff for doing their part in helping during the spambot invasion before we got the much needed help from Kevin. I'm so glad you guys were there to keep some of the spambot posts away from TPM before Kevin saved us.
Finny-boy- who else but Mikachu Yukitatsu, our resident Finn. This one was inspired by the nickname Blademaster gave me (Kotty-boy), which gives me an occasional chuckle. This is one I couldn't resist making a nomination for.

L:

Letter- shazza, for writing the letter to Kevin's wife to get his attention when we really needed it, and to everyone who gave shazza their permission to have their username or real name at the bottom of the letter.

N:

No More Spambots- Kevin, for eradicating all the spambots and creating the Spam-O-Matic. Thank you so much, Kevin!
Nuzlocke- DragoKnight, for his Nuzlocke topic in RBY. 'nuff said here.

?:

Where are you?- mr_pikachu and Shadow Wolf; with three of us Pokemon Hangman workers active these days (me, Gabi, and Christen), it would be sooo amazing if one or both of the other two guys in our worker quintet were active again, not to mention that in the event that I get my new Hangman idea off the ground, it would be awesome to have them both (as well as Gabi and Christen) as fellow workers.

This is all I can come up with for now, though.

Edit: I got in a couple more nominations.

[Fett One]

S:

Shazza - Shazza deserves to have an award named after him for the role he played in saving the site.

[Lady Vulpix]

OK, we're still far away from filling the nominations list, so let's push everything forward a week (or back, depending on your perspective, let's just do everything a week later). People, please, post more nominations and let others know about this if they haven't seen it yet. I'll post my own nominations if someone else posts theirs.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I have to admit I misread your starter post so I didn't hurry with the nominations. However, as we don't have so many active users at the moment, I ask if it's OK to nominate one person to more than one award? I'm not sure if I'll do so, though, I might even nominate users that haven't posted in a while...

[Lady Vulpix]

Yes, of course you can nominate one person for more than one award... And anyone who has posted or contributed to the community in some way during 2019 is eligible for an award.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Oh, I was talking about TPMers who haven't posted for some time because this is the end of the decade. First of all, this is the final Unown Awards of 2010-2019, second of all, we haven't done this for years, so that would give much more options. I mean I won an Unown Award in 2009, too, although there really was a possibility that I would be gone for good. But still, giving it a second thought, perhaps it wouldn't make sense to give awards to accounts that don't seem to come back.

[Magmar]

My nomination is for

A - Active - For the TPMers who actually have posted in the last year. Yay recognition!

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

shazza - 'A'lbum
Bear - 'B'ear in Mind
Austrian ViceMaster Alex - 'C'ontinuum
Evil Mewf0ur - 'D'evitory Style Asylum
Magmar - 'F'irst Day
Zak - 'G'oing on in Real Life
Kevin - 'I'ntervention Divine
ChobiChibi - 'K'ingdom Hearts
Gavin Luper - 'L'uperman
Number1ChanseyFan - 'M'agneta
kurai - 'N'o for Pokemon Sword and Shield
DragoKnight - 'O'ne Man Army
firepokemon - 'Q'uite Cool
Fett One - 'S'tar Wars
Antoshi - 'T'rainer Fic
Lady Vulpix - 'U'nown Awards 2019
Crystal Tears - 'W'riter
Knight of Time - Over 20,000 Posts'!'
abunaidesu - What'?'

[Magmar]

I'm also nominating Dragoknight for 'C'iao Bella because if you've followed his nuzlocke you KNOW

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks, everyone! And now, without further ado (just kidding, I have a lot of things to do), I will post the nominations list (including my own nominations).

A
Active- For the TPMers who actually have posted in the last year.
Album- shazza

B
Bear in Mind- Bear
Busy- Telume, who's too busy to be active but has still expressed his willingness to help from time to time.

C
Cleaner- All the mods and upermods who did their best to delete spam posts during the spambot crisis.

D
Decade- Mt. Moon, for having been here for 10 years now.
Discord- Lady Vulpix/Gabi, for giving us a home on Discord.
Devitory Style Asylum- Evil Mewf0ur

E
Eighth Generation- Magmar, who started the first (and as of now only) thread on the Eighth Generation forum.

F
Fighters- to the TPM staff for doing their part in helping during the spambot invasion before we got the much needed help from Kevin.
Finny-boy- who else but Mikachu Yukitatsu, our resident Finn.
First Day- Magmar
First one to the finish line- Fett One, who was the first one to announce his completion of an Eighth-Generation Pokemon game.

G
Going on in Real Life- Zak

H
Hard Worker- Knight of Time, who constantly puts a lot of work into keeping things active and running smoothly.

I
Intervention Divine- Kevin

K
Kingdom Hearts- ChobiChibi

L
Letter- shazza, for writing the letter to Kevin's wife to get his attention when we really needed it, and to everyone who gave shazza their permission to have their username or real name at the bottom of the letter.
Luperman- Gavin Luper

M
Magenta- Number1ChanseyFan

N
No More Spambots- Kevin, for eradicating all the spambots and creating the Spam-O-Matic.
Nuzlocke- DragoKnight, for his Nuzlocke topic in RBY. 'nuff said here.
No for Pokemon Sword and Shield- kurai

O
One Man Army- DragoKnight
Omnipresent- Mikachu: wherever you go on TPM, you can find his imprint there.

P
Phoenix- DragoKnight, since he was accidentally banned and his thread disappeared, but they both returned from their ashes, stronger than ever.

Q
Quite Cool- firepokemon

R
Royalblue- Number1ChanseyFan, for her continuous defense of Royalblue/Magenta.

S
Shazza - Shazza deserves to have an award named after him for the role he played in saving the site.
Star Wars- Fett One
Shadow- Shadow Wolf, since he operates from the shadows... At least until he can find a way to get back into the board.

T
Trainer Fic- Antoshi

U
Unown Awards 2019- Lady Vulpix

V
Voyager- ChobiChibi, who shares the stories of her journeys into mysterious and dangerous lands (like the London Pokemon Center) and her trips down Memory Lane.

W
Writer- Crystal Tears

X
X-terminator- Greyfox, who hasn't posted much in the last few years but remains vigilant to eliminate every spambot he can find.

!
Over 20,000 Posts!- Knight of Time
I'm here too!- classy_cat18 for being present in practically every important discussion, even if she sometimes has to remind people that she's there.

?
Where are you?- Shadow Wolf
What?- abunaidesu
Can I be a mod?- shazza, for asking the question which, years ago, would have guaranteed a permanent rejection.

Now please PM me your votes. Remember you can choose one or two candidates from each category, and that if you choose two, each vote is worth half a point. Here's the list of automatic wins:

C
Cleaner- All the mods and upermods who did their best to delete spam posts during the spambot crisis.

E
Eighth Generation- Magmar

G
Going on in Real Life- Zak

H
Hard Worker- Knight of Time

I
Intervention Divine- Kevin

K
Kingdom Hearts- ChobiChibi

M
Magenta- Number1ChanseyFan

P
Phoenix- DragoKnight

Q
Quite Cool- firepokemon

R
Royalblue- Number1ChanseyFan

T
Trainer Fic- Antoshi

U
Unown Awards 2019- Lady Vulpix

V
Voyager- ChobiChibi

W
Writer- Crystal Tears

X
X-terminator- Greyfox

Congratulations to the uncontested winners, and to everyone who has been nominated!

Note that Unowns J, Y and Z are not finding a new home this time... unless someone can post a last-minute nomination today! If anyone post a nomination for J, Y or Z within the next 24 hours, it will count as an automatic win! As long as they're not nominating themselves, of course.

[Edit: no one posted, so those three Unowns will have to wait until next time to find a home.]

[Lady Vulpix]

I have made a sample award. It's simple, but sometimes a simple design can be good.

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It is also my first time designing the awards, so I hope it's good enough.

If any of the winners wants one, please let me know and I will make one for you.

[shazza]

Shazza - shazza

[Lady Vulpix]

Yes, I noticed. Care to send me your votes?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Where are you?- mr_pikachu and Shadow Wolf; with three of us Pokemon Hangman workers active these days (me, Gabi, and Christen), it would be sooo amazing if one or both of the other two guys in our worker quintet were active again, not to mention that in the event that I get my new Hangman idea off the ground, it would be awesome to have them both (as well as Gabi and Christen) as fellow workers.

Er, Gabi, you forgot mr_pikachu from this one.

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

I have made a sample award. It's simple, but sometimes a simple design can be good.

2019U.png

It is also my first time designing the awards, so I hope it's good enough.

If any of the winners wants one, please let me know and I will make one for you.

Congrats to the winners!

I'd like a C one, please. The award looks nice.

[Lady Vulpix]

Oh! Glad you like it! Here's your C.

2019C.png

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Thanks a lot!

[Lady Vulpix]

Sorry for the delay... I had expected more voters. Only 3 people have cast their votes! Thanks to those who did! And to those who did not... You still have a chance to help with the tiebreaker round!

But fiest, here are the votes so far:

A
Active- For the TPMers who actually have posted in the last year. 1.5 - WINNERS
Album- shazza. 0.5

B
Bear in Mind- Bear. 1
Busy- Telume 2 - WINNER

C
Cleaner- All the mods and upermods who did their best to delete spam posts during the spambot crisis. 1 - WINNERS by default but still got a vote

D
Discord- Lady Vulpix. 1 - TIE!
Devitory Style Asylum- Evil Mewf0ur. 1 - TIE!

E
Eighth Generation- Magmar. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

F
First one to the finish line- Fett One. 2 - WINNER

H
Hard Worker- Knight of Time. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

K
Kingdom Hearts- ChobiChibi. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

L
Letter 1.5 - TIE!
Luperman 1.5 - TIE!

M
Magenta- Number1ChanseyFan. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

N
Nuzlocke- DragoKnight. 2 - WINNER
No for Pokemon Sword and Shield- kurai. 1

O
Omnipresent- Mikachu Yukitatsu. 2 - WINNER
One Man Army- DragoKnight. 1

P
Phoenix-DragoKnight. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

Q
Quite Cool- firepokemon. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

R
Royalblue- Number1ChanseyFan. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

S
Shazza- shazza. 1
Shadow- Shadow Wolf. 2 - WINNER

T
Trainer Fic- Antoshi. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

U
Unown Awards 2019- Lady Vulpix. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

V
Voyager- ChobiChibi. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

W
Writer- Crystal Tears. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

X
X-terminator- Greyfox. 1 - WINNER by default but still got a vote

!
I'm here too!- classy_cat18. 3 - WINNER by unanimous vote

?
Can I be a mod?- shazza. 3 - WINNER by unanimous vote

Congratulations to the winners!

And now please vote in order to break the ties:

D
Discord- Lady Vulpix. 1 - TIE!
Devitory Style Asylum- Evil Mewf0ur. 1 - TIE!

L
Letter 1.5 - TIE!
Luperman 1.5 - TIE!

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Shall we tiebreakvote via PM?

[Lady Vulpix]

You've already PMed me your votes for the tiebreaker round, Mikachu.

OK... I was going to post the results, but since apparently some people still want to vote, please send me your votes via PM or Discord DM today. Thanks in advance.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Oh, sorry, I forgot.

*doesn't smack himself because that would evoke his masochism*

[Drago]

Well this got kinky fast

[Lady Vulpix]

...And the ties have been broken!

Results of the Tiebreaker Round:

D
Discord- Lady Vulpix. 4 - WINNER
Devitory Style Asylum- Evil Mewf0ur. 1

L
Letter 3 - WINNER
Luperman 2

Thanks to everyone who participated! Sudden death has been averted, and we can now celebrate the end of the year and the fact that we're still here after all this time.

If you have won one or more awards and would like them added to your signature, please send me the code of the signature you'd like to have. Or if you just want the image to show it off however you like, let me know and I will make it for you.

Happy return, TPM! And may 2020 bring new activity and many great things.

[Lady Vulpix]

And here's the complete winners list! Congratulations to everyone!

A
Active- For the TPMers who actually have posted in the last year.

B
Busy- Telume.

C
Cleaner- All the mods and upermods who did their best to delete spam posts during the spambot crisis.

D
Discord- Lady Vulpix.

E
Eighth Generation- Magmar.

F
First one to the finish line- Fett One.

G
Going on in Real Life- Zak

H
Hard Worker- Knight of Time

I
Intervention Divine- Kevin

K
Kingdom Hearts- ChobiChibi

L
Letter- shazza, for writing the letter to Kevin's wife to get his attention when we really needed it, and to everyone who gave shazza their permission to have their username or real name at the bottom of the letter.

M
Magenta- Number1ChanseyFan

N
Nuzlocke- DragoKnight.

O
Omnipresent- Mikachu Yukitatsu.

P
Phoenix- DragoKnight.

Q
Quite Cool- firepokemon.

R
Royalblue- Number1ChanseyFan.

S
Shadow- Shadow Wolf.

T
Trainer Fic- Antoshi.

U
Unown Awards 2019- Lady Vulpix.

V
Voyager- ChobiChibi.

W
Writer- Crystal Tears.

X
X-terminator- Greyfox.

!
I'm here too!- classy_cat18.

?
Can I be a mod?- shazza.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Congratulations everyone! It's so lovely we still managed to fill in the vast majority of the alphabet.

Lady V, would you like to design my Unown?

[firepokemon]

yay grats everyone

[Magmar]

if you did not post once in 2019 you do not get "active" so congrats everyone who came around!

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Congratulations!

[Lady Vulpix]

Here you go, Mikachu!

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And indeed, thanks to everyone who has earned the A award!

Oh, and also thanks for giving me the most meta Unown Award ever! And I'm glad you appreciate the Discord server.

[Knight of Time]

Can you make my Unown for 2019 please Gabi?

[Lady Vulpix]

Here you go: 2019H.png