Best of 2017 Althy Nominations

Nominations will close on 1/8/2017 at midnight EST.

Remember, you can nominate up to 3 people/characters. You can only nominate with one account!

Please also only consider people's 2017 exploits.

Here are the categories. Just copy/paste them, and fill in your nominations!

OOC AWARDS - for the players

Most Missed Olbie - a non-active member you wish would come back
Friendliest Member - the nicest non-staffer on the site
Best Comeback - best member who returned to Althanas in 2017
Best Newbie - best member who joined Althanas in 2017
Best Quester - the best quest writer in 2017
Best Brawler - the best battle writer in 2017
Best Contributor - The person who provided the best/most feedback in workshops in 2017
Fastest Responder - Awarded to the player who is known for quick replies in threads
Most Improved - who improved the most in 2017
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - the person who best exemplifies what Althanas is

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - which PCs were hot and dirty
Best IC Partners - the best PC duo on Althanas
Best IC Rivalry - the best rivalry PC on Althanas
Best IC Odd couple - the strangest IC paring
Best Quest - the best quest COMPLETED in 2017
Best Battle - the best battle COMPLETED in 2017
Most Original Character - only characters approved in 2017
Best Villain - who's the best character you love to hate
Best Hero/Heroine - who's the best character you love to love

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge - who was the best judge in 2017
Most helpful/friendly Mod - who was the most friendly moderator in 2017
Staff VIP - who was the hardest worker in 2017

Most Missed Olbie -
Friendliest Member - Paladin Lorenor, FennWenn, Nevin
Best Comeback - Nevin
Best Newbie -
Best Quester - Storm Veritas, Nevin, Amari
Best Brawler -
Best Contributor - SirArtemis
Fastest Responder - Amari, Nevin
Most Improved -
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Philomel

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - Nevin and Haremthanas
Best IC Partners - Madison Freebird and Amari :cool:
Best IC Rivalry -
Best IC Odd couple -
Best Quest -
Best Battle -
Most Original Character -
Best Villain - Kayla for the following exchange:

(16:52:30) Briarheart: Hyperion lives on!
(16:52:43) Briarheart: Hugwaifu will make everything better!
(16:52:52) sweet.seduction.: I don’t care for some half ass Madison!

Best Hero/Heroine -

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge - Philomel
Most helpful/friendly Mod -
Staff VIP -

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OOC AWARDS - for the players

Most Missed Olbie - Aurelianus
Friendliest Member: Lorenor, Fennwenn
Best Comeback : Nevin
Best Newbie
Best Quester - PRobably Storm Veritas
Best Brawler Breaker
Best Contributor: Sir Artemis
Fastest Responder: Amari, Nevin
Most Improved - who improved the most in 2017
Mr./Mrs. Althanas : Fennwen/ Breaker



IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - Nevin and Eteri, Breaker and that succubus
Best IC Partners - Amari and Madison
Best IC Rivalry - Hyperion and everything lewd
Best IC Odd couple Varin and Aynur, Philomel and Hunter
Best Quest Massacre Girls
Best Battle - don't read battles
Most Original Character Ezra (from Arcanafate)
Best Villain -Amari for killing Madison, and Madison for making amari kill her, Lye for being Lye
Best Hero/Heroine - Storm Veritas, Madison

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge:
Most helpful/friendly Mod
Staff VIP - who was the hardest worker in 2017 :


(also may edit more in later)

Most Missed Olbie - Aurelianus
Friendliest Member - Pav :)
Best Comeback - Nevin
Best Newbie -
Best Quester - Breaker
Best Brawler - Revenant. (The Dancing Stones as a good reference and the Osiris Open)
Best Contributor - SirArtemis
Fastest Responder - Nevin by far
Most Improved -
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Shinsou and Rayleigh.

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - Shin and Phi
Best IC Partners - Madison Freebird and Amari
Best IC Rivalry - Madison and Veridian (Phi's fox)
Best IC Odd couple -
Best Quest - Massacre Girls.
Best Battle - the dancing stones (I was in it but goodness it was amazing)
Most Original Character -
Best Villain - Lye
Best Hero/Heroine -

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge -
Most helpful/friendly Mod -
Staff VIP - Shinsou and Rayleigh

To be added to.

I'm guessing our exploits on Althanas 3.1 in 2017 are going to be consigned to the dustbin...

Ah well. I'm including 3.1 material on here too.

Most Missed Olbie - Witchblade and Rayleigh
Friendliest Member - Pav, obviously
Best Comeback - Letho Ravenheart
Best Newbie -
Best Quester - Breaker / Storm Veritas
Best Brawler - Revenant
Best Contributor - Revenant
Fastest Responder - Nevin
Most Improved - Pav
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Breaker / Philomel

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - Shinsou and Philomel
Best IC Partners - Jake and Joshua Cronen
Best IC Rivalry - Philomel and Lye
Best IC Odd couple - McKinley and Breaker
Best Quest - Need for Steed: Survani's Oasis (3.1 thread)
Best Battle - Revenant vs Lorenor
Most Original Character - Stare
Best Villain - Lye Ulroche
Best Hero/Heroine - Breaker / Philomel

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge - Philomel

Most helpful/friendly Mod - Breaker and Philomel

Staff VIP - Breaker and Philomel should be given medals for keeping this place going. Rayleigh for busting her ass on 4.0 and everything she did in 2017. Dirks for the infinite amount of behind the scenes work required in keeping this place afloat.

Most Missed Olbie - Silence Sei, Amber Eyes, Witchblade.
Friendliest Member - Philomel, Fenn, Elthas.
Best Comeback - ?
Best Newbie - Nevin and Fenn still count?
Best Quester - Nevin, Philomel, Storm Veritas.
Best Brawler - Revenant, Redford the fitebear.
Best Contributor - SirArtemis works so hard on all the workshops! Nominating Breaker as well.
Fastest Responder - Nevin, Amari.
Most Improved - ?
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Breaker and Philomel.

Hottest IC Romance - Nevin x EVERYBODY? More specifically, Nevin x Eteri.
Best IC Partners - Nevin + EVERYBODY, Madison and Scarlet/ Amari.
Best IC Rivalry - Lye vs. EVERYBODY; Scarlet and Jake.
Best IC Odd couple - Lye and Scarlet still count as a couple?
Best Quest - ?
Best Battle - ?
Most Original Character- Hyperion, hands down.
Best Villain - Can we nominate Lye Ulroke, Destroyer of Lives, one more year? Maddy gets nominated too. Because Maddy. Nosdyn also definitely deserves a nomination!
Best Hero/Heroine - Nevin, Paladin Lorener, and self nominating Felicity :P

Best Judge - ?
Most helpful/friendly Mod - Philomel.
Staff VIP - Breaker, Max Dirks, Lye.

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge: Phi
Most helpful/friendly Mod: Phi
Staff VIP - who was the hardest worker in 2017 : Breaker, Phi, Shin

These couldn’t be easier to pick.

Please keep in mind my experience is limited to like, October onwards.

OOC AWARDS - for the players

Most Missed Olbie - I uh. Dunno. Uh. Whoever ran Talus?
Friendliest Member - Wenn. Or Pav.
Best Comeback - hmmmmmmmmmm. Fuck. Kayla?
Best Newbie - Fate.
Best Quester - Nevin. Everywhere.
Best Brawler - Shin.
Best Contributor - Boris
Fastest Responder - Tiff or Kayla.
Most Improved - I have no comparison to judge this against.
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Breaker, Ailsa.

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance -... Nevin and Eteri, as much as I hate nominating myself. Uhm. Breaker and the succubus.
Best IC Partners - uh. Fuck. I don't know.
Best IC Rivalry - Nevin and Haremthanas (it's not a thing people!) for real. Though, Huntsman and Philomel. Which is more natural? Science, or Magic?
Best IC Odd couple - Nevin and Eteri. What? I know it's weird.
Best Quest - Massacre Girls. It was a ride to read. Though if the three of them had finished Beach Somewhere, I'd be putting that thread here.
Best Battle - the best battle COMPLETED in 2017
Most Original Character - Ezra. Hands down.
Best Villain - hmm. From what I know? Madison. Made her best friend murder her because she was tired.
Best Hero/Heroine - I...... Plead the fifth.

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge -..... Whoever has to deal with judging the smut threads I write.
Most helpful/friendly Mod - Ailsa. Saw her the absolute most and she helped me a lot.
Staff VIP - fuck. Shin, or Phi. I see the two of them everywhere. Breaker too.

I need to write more :(

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Arden

I need to write more :(

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To be frank, most people only remember the past 3 months or so for these nominations. So, no hard feelings, lol.

OOC AWARDS - for the players

Most Missed Oldie: Logan/Sean baby come back! Lol
Friendliest Member - Nevin.
Best Comeback - Me only cause I don’t know who else made a come back xD
Best Newbie - Nevin, Erik
Best Quester - Phi!
Best Brawler - Breaker
Best Contributor - Phi or Breaker!
Fastest Responder - Erik/ Nevin
Most Improved - no idea?
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Phi andddd Phi again cause she is just awesome

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - Breaker and McKinley, Camille and Erik or Shin and Amari, are they still a thing? Whatever they were still hot!
Best IC Partners - I dont know
Best IC Rivalry - no idea again
Best IC Odd couple - Breaker and Leila
Best Quest - uhhh ?
Best Battle - Not sure
Most Original Character - the huntsman!
Best Villain - Lye or Madison
Best Hero/Heroine - Shin or Breaker

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge - Phi!
Most helpful/friendly Mod - Phi or Breaker
Staff VIP - Dirks by default cause he started this site, Phi, Breaker and Shin fer sure keep this site alive! Thanks to the three of you loves!

OOC AWARDS - for the players

Most Missed Olbie - Flames of Hyperion, or if he hasn't been gone long enough, Ithermoss.
Friendliest Member - FennWenn
Best Comeback - Didn't someone come back in 2017, join staff, place third in a tournament and score multiples JCs?
Best Newbie - Unsure of who joined in 2017
Best Quester - Shinsou or Storm
Best Brawler - Revenant
Best Contributor - Revenant
Fastest Responder - Nevin
Most Improved - FennWenn
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Fezomorph

IC AWARDS - for the characters

Hottest IC Romance - Breaker and McKinely (DAMN RIGHT I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF!)
Best IC Partners - Storm Veritas and Shinsou Vaan Osiris
Best IC Rivalry - Amari and the Jake
Best IC Odd couple - Nevin and Eteri
Best Quest - The Death of a Deity or The Cleansing Corruption
Best Battle -
Most Original Character - MoffWenn
Best Villain - Nosdyn
Best Hero/Heroine - Cards of Fate for trying the hardest to be heroic

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators

Best Judge - Shinsou
Most helpful/friendly Mod - Shinsou
Staff VIP - Rayleigh, Shinsou and Philomel

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Originally Posted by Lye

To be frank, most people only remember the past 3 months or so for these nominations. So, no hard feelings, lol.

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He's right. The Althies are more of a "What have you done for us lately" type of awards.

OOC AWARDS - for the players
Most Missed Olbie - Fred
Friendliest Member - Pavfriend!
Best Comeback - I am not good at keeping track of oldbies
Best Newbie - NEVIN
Best Quester - SIR NEVIN
Best Brawler - fitebear
Best Contributor - are there any other viable options other than Boris
Fastest Responder - Amari/Nevin TIE
Most Improved - Ashla friend~
Mr./Mrs. Althanas - Breaker/Rayfriendo (or Amari!)

IC AWARDS - for the characters
Hottest IC Romance - there are no lesbian couples; but Nevin/Harem is acceptable
Best IC Partners - Maddy/Amari!
Best IC Rivalry - ???
Best IC Odd couple - Eteri/Nevin
Best Quest - ???
Best Battle - ???
Most Original Character - EzraEzraEzra
Best Villain - Maddy!
Best Hero/Heroine - We still have those?

MOD AWARDS - for the moderators
Best Judge - Phi?
Most helpful/friendly Mod - Phi
Staff VIP - howamIsupposedtochooseyouallworksohardShinandBreak ermaybeInomforthis


May or may not fill in the gaps later!

Nominations closed, voting polls will be up this weekend.

For the record. I'm only posting top three nominations. If there are ties, they are included in the list.