NationStates

• The Nomination period is from now through sometime on the 2nd
• The Voting period is from the close of Nominations through midnight on the 9th
• Awards will posted fairly shortly after that

• Nominations by those generally blacklisted for OOC reasons will be voided
• Nominations of individuals and regions generally blacklisted for OOC reasons will not be counted
• You may make as many or as few nominations for each award as you wish
• Nominations may only be made in this thread
• Self-nominations in the Individuals Awards category (and Most Popular) will not be accepted. If you can not get others to nominate you, you don't deserve it
• Explanation of nominee is greatly appreciated but not required
• Nominations require a second to move to the voting stage
• Seconding must be done by name
• Nominations will close when I am online to close them and not before

• As before, votes by those generally blacklisted for OOC reasons will be voided
• One vote per award
• Voting will conclude when I am online to close them and not before

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[b]Raider of the Year:[/b]
[b]Defender of the Year:[/b]
[b]Independent of the Year:[/b]
[b]Up and Coming Raider:[/b]
[b]Up and Coming Defender:[/b]
[b]Politician of the Year:[/b]
[b]Most Influential Gameplayer:[/b]
[b]The Armchair Award:[/b]
[b]Gameplayer of the Year:[/b]

[b]Raider Military of the Year:[/b]
[b]Defender Military of the Year:[/b]
[b]Independent/Unaligned/Other Military of the Year:[/b]
[b]UCR Region of the Year:[/b]
[b]GCR Region of the Year:[/b]
[b]Best New Region:[/b]

[b]Invasion of the Year:[/b]
[b]Defense of the Year:[/b]
[b]Political Event of the Year:[/b]
[b]Failure of the Year (IC only):[/b]
[b]Event of the Year:[/b]

[b]News Operation of the Year:[/b]
[b]News Article of the Year:[/b]
[b]Best Thread/Essay/Long-form Dispatch:[/b]
[b]Quote/Short-form Dispatch of the Year:[/b]
[b]Most Popular Award:[/b]

• Raider of the Year - The most villainous, the exemplar of evil, the paragon of raiding in the last year.
• Defender of the Year - The doer of good, the leader of righteousness, the stalwart defender of the last year.
• Independent of the Year - For that wishy-washy person who nonetheless was very competent this last year.
• Up and Coming Raider - That new person to the art of raiding who shows the most promise. Nominations may be made of those new to raiding in a longer time-frame than the last year, within reason.
• Up and Coming Defender - The best recruit of the side of righteousness who shows the greatest promise. Nomination requirements are the same as above.
• Politician of the Year - Ah, the infamous profession. This award is for those who have power & influence by position, and have used it the best.
• Most Influential Gameplayer - The equal and opposite of the above, this award is for those who don't have powerful positions, but somehow end up influencing and/or in the room where it happens anyways.
• The Armchair Award - The oft-maligned award, this goes to the individual whose activity level is most inverse to how much they talk about what is going on.
• Gameplayer of the Year - The crown jewel in any awards cabinet, this award is for that person who is the best Gameplayer around (or at least in the last year).

• Raider Military of the Year - Given to the military that has best demonstrated the crushing of natives for the past year.
• Defender Military of the Year - That Military that did the most to protect the mostly-innocent masses from raiders this year.
• Independent/Unaligned/Other Military of the Year - An award for the undecided militaries among us that play on both sides.
• UCR Region of the Year - The user-created region that did exceptionally well this year.
• GCR Region of the Year - Supposedly an award for the game-created region that did the best this year, we all know that's code for most popular.
• Best New Region - That new region everyone is talking about, and looks to be doing the best.

• Invasion of the Year: Even the most epic of invasions deserves more accolades.
• Defense of the Year: The defense that most showed what defenders can do.
• Political Event of the Year: - Treaties, wars, and political intrigue oh my! This one is for the big things happening in Gameplay politics.
• Failure of the Year (IC only): - Missed triggers, opsec leaks, and more! This is the IC event (OOC stuff is out) that gets the dubious distinction of being dubbed the greatest failure of the year.
• Event of the Year: - The biggest thing in Gameplay to happen in the last year.

• News Operation of the Year: - Regular journalism, yellow journalism, and tweets. This goes to the operation deemed the best at putting out the news we all sometimes care about.
• News Article of the Year: - That which is deemed to be the biggest or best article of the year, by the whims of the mob.
• Best Thread/Essay/Long-form Dispatch: - The thread or similarly long thing deemed to arbitrarily be the best.
• Quote/Short-form Dispatch of the Year: - That witty/funny/weird comment we all like.
• Most Popular Award: - The silliest and most arbitrary of awards, this award is for whoever we all evidently like the most.

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    [b]Raider of the Year:[/b] Aquila, JoWhatUp, Sweeze, Dax, Sakana
    [b]Defender of the Year:[/b] Karp, Haku, Phoenix, The Python, Mathew
    [b]Independent of the Year:[/b] Frenchy, Rom, Sweeze, Istillian, Atlae
    [b]Up and Coming Raider:[/b] Dax, Twobagger, Waste Steven, Peeps
    [b]Up and Coming Defender:[/b] Phoenix, Grea Kriopia, The Python, Boda
    [b]Politician of the Year:[/b] Libertanny, Dilber
    [b]Most Influential Gameplayer:[/b] Xoriet, Tim, Dakota, HumanSanity
    [b]The Armchair Award:[/b] Koth, Evil Wolf, Liliarchy
    [b]Gameplayer of the Year:[/b] Codger, Dakota, Tim

    [b]Raider Military of the Year:[/b] The Black Hawks, Lone Wolves United, Lily, 3Guys
    [b]Defender Military of the Year:[/b] Rejected Realms Army, South Pacific Special Forces, The Order of The Grey Wardens, TITO
    [b]Independent/Unaligned/Other Military of the Year:[/b] Lily, North Pacific Army, EPSA, Legio Pacifica, ERN, Autumnal Court of CS
    [b]UCR Region of the Year:[/b] Karma, Lily, Europeia, The Leftist Assembly, Thaecia, Caer Sidi, Social Technocratic Union, 10000 Islands
    [b]GCR Region of the Year:[/b] Osiris, Warzone Sandbox, The North Pacific, The South Pacific, The East Pacific, The West Pacific
    [b]Best New Region:[/b] Founderless, The Snakes, Res Publica, Edlhus

    [b]Invasion of the Year:[/b] South Pacific, Operation Stargazer, Nationstates, Boston, Chicken Overlords, Slatos
    [b]Defense of the Year:[/b] Smol Fur Empire, 143 Chases in One Update, Christmas
    [b]Political Event of the Year:[/b] TBH Violation of TSP's Sovereignty; TSP Response, TEP Breaking Off Relations With TWP, 10000 Islands' Reemerging Foreign Policy
    [b]Failure of the Year (IC only):[/b] "Liberations are now literally impossible", South Pacific Liberations, TBH Violation of TSP's Sovereignty; TSP Response, Bowzin's Balder Endeavours
    [b]Event of the Year:[/b] Operation Stargazer, Nationstates raid , Potato Alliance Rally, Drewpocalypse

    [b]News Operation of the Year:[/b] The Cable, NSToday, The Rejected Times, Europeian Broadcasting Corparation, The Northern Lights
    [b]News Article of the Year:[/b] [None Received 2 Nominations]
    [b]Best Thread/Essay/Long-form Dispatch:[/b] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1395219] Onder on Imperialism
    [b]Quote/Short-form Dispatch of the Year:[/b] Curious Observations was right,"Liberations are literally impossible"
    [b]Most Popular Award:[/b] Mathew of Hartfelden, Tim, Dakota, Wymondham, Jamie

New Vedan wrote:You should have included a "most hated player/region" category alongside the "good" categorys. Tho I suppose that wouldent really be in the spirit of Christmas.

Sweeze wrote: [b]independent of the year (this category's existence is a copout and yall know it ^-^):[/b

Great Algerstonia wrote:Most Popular Award: Max Barry

Jar Wattinree wrote:

Great Algerstonia wrote:Most Popular Award: Max Barry

Invalid, nominee is CTE.