...it's not too late to do this, right? *holds hand to earpiece* You want a chicken WHAT? ...oh god damn it, wrong frequency. Thanks Mariah Carey, you fucked us all. Anyway... hello everyone, and welcome to the 2016 PO Awards! My name is Joeypals, otherwise known as @Fate Testarossa's more temperamental clone and "that guy who never stops asking questions". Today, we celebrate Pokemon Online in 2016, a questionable run considering we've "been dead" since 2014 and according to some, the reasons vary for that. Was it because of Pokemon Showdown? Was it because of me as some users claim? We'll never know. Before I go over the categories, I'd first like to introduce our first performer. Please give it up for the host of PO Idol, @NAVIDAD PIRATE! ...wait, we don't have the budget? Since when do we have a budget? ...right, I'm not giving him a $5 Amazon Gift Card for this performance, of COURSE it's not gonna get run. Anyway, I think we can all agree that 2016 was an absolute garbage pile only made worse by the rotting piles of feces that kept popping up in the media, from two nations going against what everyone thought they were going to do and thus fucking themselves over harder than Ashlee Simpson to celebrities dropping left and right, from the beloved David Bowie to Leonard Cohen to George Michael, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds all dying within 72 hours of each other. Rest in peace. Even as tragedy struck, we had our high moments. We finally got a Lake of Rage and work was actually done for Gen 7 on multiple clients! Now, to go into our categories. Best User Worst User Best Post Worst Post Best New Forum Game Best New Mafia Theme Best Forum Avatar Worst Forum Avatar MVP Hi, welcome back. Didn't know we had a commercial? We personally skipped it to save you the trouble, but got all the revenue. You're welcome! Anyway, when it comes to standing out on the forums, thoughts are put together very quickly in order to try to create something cohesive and sometimes, it doesn't always work. Sometimes the user just misses the mark entirely and creates a massive shitshow and laugh-riot all in one. This category, Worst Post, celebrates these blunders. Here are the nominees. "flying cock (picture of penis with wings)" -- @NAVIDAD PIRATE "Survivor OP" -- @TraceofLife *circles figure* "Looks like you're in then" (PO Idol) -- @Fate Testarossa "I didn't know!" (Big Brother, Post #196) -- @aaditya 01 And the winner is... Aaditya 01! "Oohh...thnx fate but np :) i said above if there is any such rule then i respect atli's decision , i was just saying that i didn't know about that rule and didn't do it willingly, just this :) np" Considering that the surrounding content of that post went over the rule and that Aaditya literally said 5 posts prior that he did it [boosted on the BW2 OU ladder for an HOH], a line was crossed and the post came off as sad. Don't worry though, I'm sure there's some retribution to come. Now, speaking of people who need retribution, the people who come up with the worst posts aren't exactly always the worst members on Pokemon Online. Sometimes, our worst members are the ones who run the show, or are just your average Joe. As such, here are the nominees for Worst User. @Kland @beforedawn. @Joeypals!! @Professor Oak @JoyFrost @Sakuya Izayoi @Samphire @Fuzzysqurl @IceKirby And the winner is... JoyFrost! DOY PLS So, now that we've tackled the worst, we should probably leave the negative and move into the positive. Let's start from the bottom of the barrel and talk about Mafia! You know, Mafia? The channel that won the most recent channel Hurt/Heal?. Yeah, that dinosaur is still running, and believe it or not people are still making themes with more coming. In order to be create a truly excellent Mafia theme though, you need to have an acceptable point of entry as well as something new and innovative. This innovation was mastered in our nominees, and those nominees for Best New Mafia Theme are... Body2 -- @Li Q. Assir and @Fuzzysqurl DNR -- @Whereabouts Unknown KACAW -- @Fate Testarossa, @Joeypals!!, and @Karp Karpity PP -- @Whereabouts Unknown ZOLDA -- n/a (technically Tyrex but...) And the winner is... KACAW! While DNR certainly has its cult following, there's no denying that KACAW, from a critical standpoint, is the most successful as a Mafia theme in 2016. Updating the old KACAW, this version of KACAW added a lore to the theme instead of "Rahhh you're a bird... and you're a tiger but who cares!" and made some much needed balance shifts, with new roles to boot, from JOAT Noivern to Vengeful Bodyguard Mega Altaria to new inclusions Rayquaza, Shaymin-S, and Yveltal. These merits easily push it over the top and land it as the best theme of 2016 (plus I gotta hug myself sometime here too lol) Speaking of dead game formats that got a sudden revival, let's talk about Forum Games. Forum Games, much like Mafia, have begun to cater to more of a niche audience. However, that audience was absolutely blown open in 2016, with games starting to take inspiration from television and movie media in both prize and scope, creating for something interesting. Gone are the days of Forum Mafia taking the center stage (although there's a total 3 Mafia games that were started in 2016) and in comes the age of Reality Show games. Now, here are your nominees for Best New Forum Game. "THE GREATEST BA(AAAAA)D SHEEP GAME" -- @Cheezeburgar "Paranoia!" -- @Whereabouts Unknown "Survivor" -- @TraceofLife "hunger games game" -- @Duster "Big Brother" -- @Joeypals!! and @Fate Testarossa "HURT and HEAL 2016 staff edition" -- @Duster And the winner is... Big Brother! Despite starting in the last 6 weeks of the year, Big Brother has quickly become one of the focal point of Pokemon Online due to something not really done before in a forum game -- cash prizes mixed with universal server exposure. With prizes in Safari, challenges in Mafia, and challenges in Trivia, as well as incorporating battles and forum shenanigans, in the 6 weeks Big Brother has been around it has taken center stage, enough so to directly influence what's sure to be a big hit for one reason or another, @NAVIDAD PIRATE's "PO Idol" (started Dec. 29th). Drama? Check. Laughs? You fucking bet. Lasting appeal? Sure. It hasn't been around for long, but the appeal set out is enough to give Big Brother this win and future wins for future seasons to come if quality keeps still or improves. Now, as we talked about with Worst Post, when creating posts, thoughts are created at a lightning-quick pace and recorded to create something meant to capture its audience in some regard. While the Worst Posts left us scratching our heads, the nominees in this category inspired memes, inspired minds, and inspired... well, more memes. Without further ado, here are your nominees for Best Post. Birth of the "Fire Lord Water" meme -- @E.T. (post #155, hunger games game) "Gaia☯Force" -- @チャンピオンワタル "Was it written anywhere in the rules ??" -- @aaditya 01 (post #185, Big Brother) "ORAS OU used Baton Pass" -- @Finchinator "Glalilite [Banned]" -- @Xdevo And the winner is... aaditya 01! Despite some very stiff competition here, from the Fire Lord Water meme to the most grandiose of RMTs this year, there's no doubt in my mind that aaditya wrecks this category. Originating from the very same conversation in Worst Post, you actually need to go to this post put up by @Fate Testarossa in order to get the context, and slightly higher up than that to catch the context of that post (and some tasty salt). Long story short, there was a challenge to ladder in "BW2 OU" (Clear Skies) and achieve the highest peak in that time window to win the challenge. Simple enough, right? Aaditya thought I had a creative loophole in there though, resulting in him boosting on the ladder and getting himself banned. That post alone spurred 48 hours worth of memes and just the best shitposting, from @Cheezeburgar's Thomas Paine to both of @Annoying Orange's main posts (triple-facepalm Stephen Colbert and Denzel Washington for @Zoroark). Just an overall great time, honestly thank you aaditya. Welcome back from the commercial break! Don't worry about what happened on set, @ZoroDark just gained another 300 points and @Hannah flashed the cops, no big deal. Anyway, when it comes to the forums, people will judge you on the spot for some very simple principles -- your title, and badges/banners you have, your signature, your grammar, and of course your avatar. Your avatar can be one of the most crucial pieces in making strangers like you (and don't act like you don't like that flattery, you're on the internet), so of course you need to pick out the best one possible. While some certainly rise to the occasion, some simply falter. As such, here are the nominees for both Best Forum Avatar and Worst Forum Avatar. (with my own custom naming!) BEST "Light and Dark Make Great Lesbian Lovers" -- @Fate Testarossa "When They Don't Choose You" -- @Hassin627 "Metallic Hellangel" -- @Sasuke Uchiha "Marshadow In Training" -- @aaditya 01 "TITTIES" -- @Email WORST "?" -- @Ascarotte "Canada" -- @ajhockeystar "Actual Pinata Monster" -- @Veteran Padgett "I'M MAREEP BITCH RAWR!" -- @Fuzzysqurl "My tits are too cold for this picture" -- @buny And the winners of Best Forum Avatar and Worst Forum Avatar are... Fate Testarossa and Veteran Padgett! Let's start with Fate. Despite me having absolutely no romantic interest in women, I have to admit those two girls are just the cutest things ever. In straight guy talk, "lesbians fuck yeah". There's something simple, yet intricate about your avatar that's quite lovely and eye-pleasing, thus why it wins. As for you Veteran Padgett.. what the actual fuck is that? A pinata dingo? Whatever it is, it looks like what happens when someone has diarrhea and the only things they've consumed in the last 96 hours were Skittles and Red Bull. It's terrifying the more I try to think about it, you should feel bad, and now I'm scared. ...welcome back! ...is anyone actually still watching this shit? We went ahead and handed out Best User over commercial break, but it's some drunk British man named @Professor Oak you've probably never heard of and probably will never again. Now, for the true prize of the night, the MVP Award. This award is given to people that stood out above the rest and truly accelerated PO in 2016 for one reason or another. The recipient has amazing qualities about them, from a strong work ethic to a friendly personality to actually doing shit instead of just sitting around expecting shit to be done *coughSAFARIPLAYERScough*. And in my mind, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind as to who should receive this award, though I will admit that there are multiple MVP Awards. The winners of the MVP Award are... @Fuzzysqurl, @coyotte508, and @turbedi. Gen 7 wouldn't be on the server without you guys, and I thank all three of you for your work. And that's all we have for the 2016 PO Awards! Tune in next year to see a twerking Mickey Mouse snorting coke off of Barney's back as Elmo dances to whatever dance craze is popular that week. I'm Joeypals, this has been 2016 PO Awards, and don't worry about this shitty humor going away anytime soon, as my 2k post is just around the corner. ...thank @Joyverse for this idea btw.
yeah I'm moving this to Lake of Rage, this isn't really generating discussion, and it's just 1 person's opinion
plus if we wanted PO Awards, you'd need to discuss it with the holder of the PO Awards account that would be me unfortunately I remember the shit shows of previous PO Awards, so I'm gonna say no before anyone asks lol
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. when ur tagged and for a side comment. joeypals for worst user for not having a democratic awards and for saying azelf eats too much you also voted your own mafia theme as best new one. yikes
fyi, my thoughts: Spoiler Best User - probably someone like Fuzzysqurl, turbedi, RiceKirby or Strudels. They've helped to keep PO going through various means, such as development of the simulator, or #Safari, or other side channel additions, or even just by helping to keep people in line. Worst User - Draciel. He got us hacked :< Best Post - Pretty much everything that involved Fire Lord Water in the Hunger Games thread wins this for me. Worst Post - Whilst MeowMix almost snatched this at the last minute, cos his flying cock post meant that coyo checked the forum for the first time in about 2 years, I think I have to give it to Aaditya. However, not the "I didn't know it was against the rules" post. The one where he says he'd fuck Zoroark... and then realises dating was banned too. He made me post a meme in response, it was that bad. Best New Forum Game - Because of the hilarity that surrounded it, Hunger Games should win this every time. Big Brother has had too many issues with its challenges and has pissed off too many of its players to get this award. Best New Mafia Theme - From the list Joey posted, I'd have to go with DNR. It kills the channel, and it takes a while to get into playing it, but I enjoy playing DNR a lot more than every other theme he listed. ZOLDO would be a very close 2nd, however. Best Forum Avatar / Worst Forum Avatar - lol who gives a fuck MVP - Clearly me. I'm the best. (I'd probably pick anyone from the "Best User" category I mentioned, idk why I need to answer the same thing twice ffs)
I really wanted to nominate shit and vote stuff fam, what you do?! >:[ What kinda Trumpo #Democarcy is this? Papa Dio isn't impressed.
That moment when you get mentioned simply because of someone's creepy comment made the day for a lot of people @_@
Yeah Joey sucks by forgetting VP :v #EvenMoreAppreciation Fuzzy, Turbedi, VP, Coyo, and whoever helps the Dev process, including those who posted information in "things to add in gen 7",those who did the translation, and those who reported bugs to me or on the forum, for those who talked and discussed mechanics in Indigo, those who helped test a lot of mechanics, and even for Smogon dataminer/in-game tester. Without the help of any of the above we couldn't have made it! ------- K this is lake of rage so let me shit-post too: best meme of the year: DOY PLS best command of the year: ?yell worst meme of the year: Draciel is fat
Well, when I first read this post (before looking at the comments, obviously), I somehow managed to think this stuff actually got voted for. I literally spent 30 minutes trying to find where the thread for voting for this was. Spoiler I'm a very intelligent user. WHY IS MY POST ONE OF THE NOMINEES? I knew Joy meant 100 likes on just that single post, and not her total likes from all her posts. I was just bming. On another note, that post made the nominee list of worst posts of the year, despite it being posted 7 hours before the year ended (for my timezone). I'm a fucking champion. HOW DOES KLAND NOT WIN THIS? YOU PUT HIS NAME FIRST FOR A REASON. "I" CREATED BODY2 AND ZOLDA. (I just put their names there so people could bother them instead of me if they had any issues with the theme.) Spoiler Good sMA alert. DNR is the best fucking new mafia theme (I'd say in my opinion but nah, it might as well be a fact), kind of how CG is also one of my favorite themes. It's just most of the players are the reason why I no longer play either of the themes. FOR THOSE THAT PLAY OR EVEN JUST WATCH DNR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. Spoiler: What does he mean? (Never hammering, L arresting d1, people using /is name:Light when the result will always reveal as "not Light", teamvoting [as in people voting for confirmed village roles, either those that were already lynched or those that were confirmed by L/Mello/Near's incorrect arrest], people using /is name:Bad (seriously, it needs to be a ROLE) and the recently very frequent bad Misas that reveal Light in the chat or don't PM teammates they inspect.) Spoiler I am not a toxic player or flamer. There is a channel made solely for that when it comes to mafia among other things. Ok, I have to stop myself now before I get out of hand. Moving on. Cheese's Common Sense post won this for me. The first time I saw it, I actually fell out of the chair laughing, and then the chair fell down with me. Spoiler That casual condescending smirk though. Thomas Paine doesn't hold back. They aren't even lesbian, they're just /really/ good friends. Damn, I thought Hassin's would win. It's just so good, not to mention how well it worked here when it didn't win. NICE CUSTOM NAMING ON HASSIN'S AVATAR BY THE WAY. Poor Ascarotte got nominated for worst forum avatar for keeping the default OG forum avatar. I guess you didn't know this, but Vet's avatar is the official symbol of the long sought after PADGE BADGE. Yes, yes they do. Nice, you're learning already! Spoiler: FORGOTTEN HEROES Oh by the way, hey there AO, Zoroark, and Hannah! No, none of you were nominated for anything, so you can all kindly fuck off. Thanks! DISCLAIMER: This entire post was made for the sake of giving my own opinions, reactions, and an attempt to be "funny". None of this was meant to actually be rude or anything like that. Spoiler except for maybe the part about DNR
lol DNs been dead all year and you still throwing shade users that requiredthe most attention in 2016, please vote for the following: @Joeypals!! voting ends 24 hours from now
Safari is better than any mafia theme. No actual mafia theme gets to increase channel activity as much as it. Spoiler Also DNR and CG sux and always kill the channel.
Congratulations @Joeypals!!, your post was officially so shitty, that even DatXFire came back from the dead to shitpost on your shitty post.
u cant touch me peasant i have the best post of 2015 and the best post of 2016 plus a great contender for best post of 2017 you have worst post of 2017 already i get @meeps dog to pee on ur pinky toe
Links to the nominated posts would be helpful so we could read them without having to search ourselves.