YCM Awards Finale - Giving the Winners Their Awards!

[Mettaton EX]

 

Hello again, viewers and superstars alike! This is your charming host Mettaton reporting in. After some brief delays in production, it's time to officially bring this year's YCM Awards to a close, with this year's awards ceremony!

 

 

I'll be distributing the awards mostly in order, so let's start with this year's Rising Star!

Congratulations, @@Gappy Higashikata! You haven't been on this website as long as many other members, but it's clear that you have a special place in our hearts! Here's your award; give yourself a pat on the back, because we're all looking forward to your continued presence on this website!

 

Next up, one of the most notable award winners this year, our very own Cardmaker Star!

Goodness me, @@Dova! Most of the awards were rather even or had only slight leads, but your lead for this award is nothing short of legendary! It's very obvious, people adore you and your ability to create custom cards, and I'd even go so far as to call this award in particular the highlight of this year's show. Keep it up, and you may even be almost as charming as me. Almost, darling. Don't get too ahead of yourself.

 

For the sake of this post's flow, I'll be distributing Writing Star last since there are some things I must bring up about that award. So let's instead head to our Artistic Star!

Well done, @@Thar! You're no stranger to graphical work on this website, so it isn't much of a surprise that you'd be one of the main contenders for this award. The race between yourself and Sleepy was definitely worth watching, but in the end, you've come up on top! Enjoy your award.

 

Next, let's take a look at our Critic Star.

Congratulations, @! It was rather close between yourself and our beloved manager Flame Dragon, but it seems you came out as the winner at the last minute. I hear it's because, while you didn't have many posts in Multimedia, they were rather exceptional! So you can rest easy knowing that, although your posts were few in number, their quality was enough to justify becoming our one and only Critic Star.

 

And now for my personal favorite award this year. Let's see our Reality Star!

I always believed in you, @@Darkrai! You claimed that an award for banned members was the only one you could win, and yet here you are, winning Reality Star with a lead topped only by Dova's landslide victory! Even if your relationships with the other members don't always seem to be sunshine and rainbows, you're clearly loved enough to be the winner for this award. Give yourself a pat on the back.

 

And while I have your attention, I know it's a bit late, but I've finished work on that scandal I told you about at the start of the event. The scandal was... I wasn't actually going to do one at all! I lied to you the whole time! Me, such a dashing celebrity, lying to an awards candidate. Scandalous!

 

With this event's lesser plot twist revealed, let's continue handing out this year's awards, moving on to our Comedy Star!

@@Yui, congratulations! Over the course of the event, you were subject to a lot of ties for this award, with the likes of Striker, Reptilious, Raeg, and The Nyx Avatar. However, in the end, you just barely won over your competitors. It was awfully close, but you did still win. Well done.

 

With that out of the way, let's see about this year's Classic Star!

Here is your award, @! I've always admired my fans, so it's nice to see one winning an award. You've been a presence on this site for a long time now, and you can wear this as a badge of honor to show that - quite possibly because of your longevity - you've been a positive influence on this forum. Hopefully, you stick around for many years to come, darling!

 

And speaking of our moderators winning awwards, let's have a look at our Star Manager!

Congratulations, @@God Emperor Cow! It's clear that while some moderators are widely loved by their memberbase, none are quite so loved as you are! You were appointed as a moderator alongside Black's return to modhood, and not many people are opposed to your continued work. Well done! Here is your award, to act as proof of your quality as one of our forum's active moderators!

 

And now for an odd one. This year's Monstar!

Tragically, @@Korosensei's player is no longer an active member of this forum. However, let us extent a round of applause to Korosensei all the same! If a moderator could get this award edited into our Monstar's profile, and if perhaps someone may contact his actor to inform him of his victory and extend my congratulations to him, I would greatly appreciate it!

 

Finally, our Writing Star. When the event ended, both @@Catterjune and @@Yui were tied for this award. At the time, I announced that we would be discussing if there should be a poll to bring it down to one definitive winner, or if we should simply give them both an award. While we did get input from most of the parties I needed to hear from, it all amounted to neutral feelings. However, Catterjune did not respond, and we've fallen too far behind schedule to run a poll at this point. As such...


Congratulations to the both of you! Because Creative Writing and Role Playing are such different sections, awarding both of you is fine. You both won an award on your individual merits for your own section, and both of you should be proud of it.

 

And that concludes this year's YCM Awards! However, this isn't the end of our Year of Stars. No, not at all, perish the thought! We have much more in store for you, darlings! Stay tuned for an announcement later today about all the things in store for the future, after I've discussed the matter with my managers.

[Tourmaline]

>Posts in a section 8 times in February

>Beats the guy who looked over that section over a year for each post you made

 

 

@ here's another award to put in your signature :joy: :ok_hand:

[Sunshine Jesse]

I'm pleasantly surprised that Winter ended up winning.

[Simping For Hina]

>Posts in a section 8 times in February

>Beats the guy who looked over that section over a year for each post you made

@ here's another award to put in your signature :joy: :ok_hand:

I want to do so many dirty, nsfw things to you, just so you know.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

I want to do so many dirty, nsfw things to you, just so you know.

Get in line

[Simping For Hina]

Get in line

Nah, I'll just get in her. You can wait, though.

[Mr. Best Male 2008]

striker shoulda won funniest i demand a recount

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

As best mod I must remind y'all to not spam too much~

Of course this IS a celebration so I won't be too harsh just yet!

[Hallohallo]

Is Dova still making cards? I feel like he won cuz no one else know who to vote for.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Is Dova still making cards? I feel like he won cuz no one else know who to vote for.

 

Yes, he does, though mostly AGM prompts with a side of generic singles [there are some stuff he came up with on his own]. He hasn't made any cards lately due to exams and whatnot, but there's a lot in his content page from past couple months. 

 

There were other reasons why he was nominated; you can refer to the voting thread for some of them. 

 

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But while I'm here, congrats to the winners. 

[Dova]

Is Dova still making cards? I feel like he won cuz no one else know who to vote for.

 

Then you should've voted to help raise awareness for other people :v

[Hallohallo]

Then you should've voted to help raise awareness for other people :v

You got 17 votes, while everyone else got only 1. If I voted for anyone, I doubt it'd spread awareness. I already forgot who were nominated for Cardmaker Star myself tbh.

 

People are too attached to you.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

You got 17 votes, while everyone else got only 1. If I voted for anyone, I doubt it'd spread awareness. I already forgot who were nominated for Cardmaker Star myself tbh.

 

People are too attached to you.

There's multiple reasons given why Dova got it and I'm unsure if you actually have an issue but it seems really odd to be bringing it up like this. Also, there weren't any nominations just, votes for whoever people thought fit. 17 people thought Dova was a good fit for the reward.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

Dova literally wrote a post talking about a number of people who he thought deserved it more than him before the comp ended. Even people he suggested felt he earned it. C'mon Hallo, stop being bitter

[Darj]

Dova literally wrote a post talking about a number of people who he thought deserved it more than him before the comp ended. Even people he suggested felt he earned it. C'mon Hallo, stop being bitter

He suggested me, but I voted for Toyo, for the record.

 

Admittedly I am not happy with how the rest of the CC crew were overshadowed by Dova but eh, it's a popularity contest after all. Can't be helped.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

He mentioned more than you

[Simping For Hina]

The YCM Awards were terribly run this year and finished early, without much publicity. Dova is the outcry of this. And people complaining are complaining because they aren't as popular. Notoriety is as much of an influence as skill is.

[Darj]

He mentioned more than you

Indeed. But it sounded to me that you were saying everyone he mentioned voted for him, and that's not the case. Just wanted to clear that up.

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

To be fair, I wholeheartedly believe Dova has more skill, having worked closely with him, as well as most of those suggested.

 

Not only do I believe Dova has the most skill and creativity of any section regular, his attitude toward newcomers and veterans alike is why he both deserved and won the award. Darj, despite our disagreements in design, even I can acknowledge how much you work to be helpful in the section, reviewing cards and offering suggestions, but I think we can agree it pales in comparison to Dova's contributions.

 

Others are more focused on their own work than anything else, which I firmly believe to be regressive to the section as a whole.

[Darj]

To be fair, I wholeheartedly believe Dova has more skill, having worked closely with him, as well as most of those suggested.

 

Not only do I believe Dova has the most skill and creativity of any section regular, his attitude toward newcomers and veterans alike is why he both deserved and won the award. Darj, despite our disagreements in design, even I can acknowledge how much you work to be helpful in the section, reviewing cards and offering suggestions, but I think we can agree it pales in comparison to Dova's contributions.

 

Others are more focused on their own work than anything else, which I firmly believe to be regressive to the section as a whole.

 

I don't know about his skill level because, for instance, Dova himself has taken a tip or 2 from me and he personally recommended me. He is good indeed, but IMO still missing a few things.

Regarding his creativity, he is more creative than me for sure, but I also spot other card makers that are just as creative, or even more creative at card-making.

 

I acknowledge Dova has strengths, such as his approachability and dedication to reviews, but from my perspective he is lacking in other departments. Granted, among the reasonings for voting for Dova was that "he wants to improve", but that gets me thinking: wanting to improve is good and all, but what about those who, you know, are better at it? Not saying I'm among those for the record, as I'm aware I have my flaws here and there.

Moreover, giving card reviews and suggestions wasn't a major factor for voters in the previous YCM Awards, and yet this time they were. Cannot but feel like a double standard going on there.

To me this only reinforces what Dae pointed out: popularity was as big of as factor as skill in these awards. And personally I dare say it was the bigger factor. Not only in Card Making, but IMO also in other categories like the Critic Star.

Can't say this is a bad thing though, we just have to see the Awards as the popularity contests that they are.

 

I also agree there are a handful of cardmakers that mainly focus on their own cards, but aren't too open to taking suggestions, nor comment on others' works, but that's a different matter.

[Blake]

I mean, Dova is just about the only poster from CC I considered an option.

 

There's so much... bleh that comes out of CC, and Dova at least shows a consistent effort to improve, going as far as to ask other people. Citing that you gave him advice doesn't mean anything, when the fact he's willing to do that is more than you can say for a lot of Cardmakers. Someone with potential and desire to grow is superior to a lack of quality across the board.

 

I didn't vote Dova for popularity. I disn't even vote for a best Cardmaker in 2017, and that winner was far more debatable on the basis of popularity. I chose Dova because of reasons I laid out, much like others did.

 

It's not a double standard for things to be seen differently over time. It's been a year. And VCR_CAT won last year to no complaints, at least not like this.

 

These are not definitive events. This is not the objective truth. Of course popularity will be involved. If you don't like it, tough sheet, that's how it is. But to say "he won because he's more popular" is incredibly hateful and dismissive, and it ignores the spirit of an event meant to celebrate the community.

[Yui]

Moreover, giving card reviews and suggestions wasn't a major factor for voters in the previous YCM Awards, and yet this time they were. Cannot but feel like a double standard going on there.

This sounds more like something that happened as a result of voters picking him for that reason, rather than something the host explicitly said to do. Even if the latter was the case, I have it on good authority that Black was in fact not the host this year, so differences from last year's YCM Awards are simply to be expected. However, it doesn't seem to be a host thing, the closer I look at the exact wording for Cardmaker Star. The only real requirement was to be active in CC, and reviews are a perfectly valid and as I hear it, rather rare form of activity.

 

I acknowledge Dova has strengths, such as his approachability and dedication to reviews, but from my perspective he is lacking in other departments. Granted, among the reasonings for voting for Dova was that "he wants to improve", but that gets me thinking: wanting to improve is good and all, but what about those who, you know, are better at it? Not saying I'm among those for the record, as I'm aware I have my flaws here and there.

It's almost like the YCM Awards are basically a popularity contest anyway, just with more open options to get public opinion on a greater scope of members than the YMB's more rigid structure. In fact, looking at the award descriptions...

Rising Star: Everyone's favorite member, but only on the condition that their activity here started less than two years ago.

 

Cardmaker Star: Why yes dear, most people DO come here for the cardmaker! And this award is here to show just who we love the most for using it!

 

Critic Star: Everyone loves music, or media (especially featuring me), so let's see who we like best that discusses them.

 

Three of these award descriptions imply that you should vote for who you like the most, instead of who you think is the best at it. In fact, the only one that seems to suggest you should vote for who you think is the best at all is Writing Star, where Mettaton said "Let's see who everyone thinks is the best writer." Even Artistic Star doesn't really imply one or the other.

 

Your post confuses me tbh, since it starts in ways that seem to question the validity of Dova's win for Cardmaker Star, but then at the end you're like "but this is fine tho". sheet's weird, yo.

[mitchermitcher]

These are not definitive events. This is not the objective truth. Of course popularity will be involved. If you don't like it, tough sheet, that's how it is. But to say "he won because he's more popular" is incredibly hateful and dismissive, and it ignores the spirit of an event meant to celebrate the community.

If popularity is involved and it's acknowledged to be a popularity contest then saying it doesn't do anything wrong in particular. 

 

From what I interpret he felt there were other people whose skills he wanted to be noticed more (could be himself or someone else), it just happens that desire isn't compatible with a contest rating each person's popularity in the community, and that's fine.

Your post confuses me tbh, since it starts in ways that seem to question the validity of Dova's win for Cardmaker Star, but then at the end you're like "but this is fine tho". sheet's weird, yo.

Because he's not trying to raise sheet even if he feels he has something to say about it.

[Darj]

I mean, Dova is just about the only poster from CC I considered an option.

 

Citing that you gave him advice doesn't mean anything, when the fact he's willing to do that is more than you can say for a lot of Cardmakers. Someone with potential and desire to grow is superior to a lack of quality across the board.

 

It means that he is still lacking in skill. That doesn't in any way disregard the fact that he is willing to improve, which is indeed a great trait to have.

 

These are not definitive events. This is not the objective truth. Of course popularity will be involved. If you don't like it, tough sheet, that's how it is. But to say "he won because he's more popular" is incredibly hateful and dismissive, and it ignores the spirit of an event meant to celebrate the community.

 

But that was the case, at the very least for the Card Maker Star. Just take a look at how many and who voted for Dova. 17. Roughly about 80% of them, if not more, barely hang out in CC, if at all, so from where are the votes coming from? Would you say these users had anybody else in mind for the category? I don't think so. The category wasn't even contested. If he had won by 1~3 votes, or if others had received more votes, it would have made sense, but that wasn't the case.

 

Pretty sure something similar happened with the Critic Star Award, as Hina already implied. Although the votes in that category were not as extreme.

 

I was skeptical at VCR's victory last year too, but I let it go. Also the number of votes weren't nearly as drastic, for understandable reasons. But this being a second time, felt like speaking up my mind.

 

Your post confuses me tbh, since it starts in ways that seem to question the validity of Dova's win for Cardmaker Star, but then at the end you're like "but this is fine tho". sheet's weird, yo.

 

I'm not annoyed at Dova winning, as I believe he would still have won even if only CC dwellers had voted. I'm more annoyed that other notable CC regulars didn't get to stand out at all.

 

Just wanted to give my 2 cents over the matter, but I can't really care from now on about the Awards now that I understand its nature. Admittedly I did get a bit sour/salty/bitter about the results because I thought it was meant to reward more skill than anything, but I was mistaken, and you both got a point after all in that popularity plays such a big role in the event.

 

 

fake Edit:

Usami pretty much summed up my thoughts. Thanks.

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

It means that he is still lacking in skill. That doesn't in any way disregard the fact that he is willing to improve, which is indeed a great trait to have.

literally everyone here is lacking in skill. The difference is whether one seeks to remedy that.