deltablue Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Good Moaning! Yep, the time has come again, and I can't believe we're on year 8 Most of you know how it works but we always have a few people (and even have an award for it) who are experiencing the joys of FMCU awards season for the first time. Here is last year's award thread for a taster/reminder, though the pictures are all messed up because of photobucket. The rules are as follows... you have to speak for a minute on a subject that I give you without hesitation, repet... oh hang on, wrong card. There are 9 award categories...Best FMCU Newcomer For the best.... newcomer. As in someone who hadn't posted a thread on here before this year, and you can see a people's thread starting history on their profile. There are a few out there to choose from.Best FMCU Team For your favourite side that someone has had.Best FMCU Journeyman Career For be best journeyman career, were people travel around taking charge of multiple sides.Best FMCU Poster An individual award for posting activityBest FMCU Fountain of Youth For youth only careers, which means not signing any players at all. Yes some people struggle with that concept.Best FMCU Retro Career The best career on an older version. Anything before FM17 counts.Best FMCU Thread Name This should be pretty obvious FMCU Manager of the Year Returning after a successful debut last year.Best FMCU Thread For the best thread of any type, one-club, journeyman, youth-only (which are always one-club anyway)...Rules 1. PM all votes to me. 2. You're not allowed to vote for yourself, your thread or anything from your thread. No one tries but I still check and it's worth repeating every year. 3. You can only make one vote in each category. 4. Try and vote in every category if you can. 5. Only threads started in the past year are eligible, with the exception of the 'Retro' category which can be older. Awards night will be held at 6pm on Saturday October 14th, so the voting deadline will be 7am that morning. Good luck everyone, I look forward to seeing your votes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 So is there no longer a rule on threads being older than one year as long as they're still active? This might impact my decision in a couple categories. I'll be voting in a few hours! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 hours ago, oriole01 said: So is there no longer a rule on threads being older than one year as long as they're still active? This might impact my decision in a couple categories. I'll be voting in a few hours! Not formally. I considered it (and last year as well) due to there being hardly any 'Retro' threads from this year and widen the field a little but given we can't have the same thread winning an award in multiple years that would rule out Withnail's old 'Scandinavian Shankly' thread that ran for most of the year. I couldn't decisively decide one way or the other so I was just going to leave it up to people's interpretation and hoping no one would raise it However since that didn't work I think I'll keep things simple and say that they still have to be started in the past year, and edit the OP accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 OK scratch that. As I was writing that last post the first set of votes came in which included a 'Retro' vote for an older thread (not mine, in case anyone was wondering). It would be unfair to disallow it since there was nothing specifically forbidding it so I guess that opens the door for older threads after all if people want to go for them, but only for the 'Retro' category as I do think that it should mainly be about threads specifically from the past year. It fits the theme of the category anyway to the point that the one year we had the 'Classic' award as well (for threads like that since we had a few active long runners at the time, as a stop gap to potentially getting rid of the 'one year old' rule) people got confused about which was which with the then-new 'Retro' award . If people have strong opinions one way or the other we can set that in stone again from next year, but hopefully this will be a suitable arrangement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Three sets of votes in already, with mine (done last week) making 4, definitely a flying start! I really enjoy number-crunching (every year I've kept tally not just of the votes from each category, but also an overall leader-board) so I genuinely love recording all the votes and watching the situation unfold. That's why I feel like making update posts in here on voting progress and it's hard not to say too much and risk spoiling anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 5 more votes this evening, which is actually incredible, good work guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 57 minutes ago, deltablue said: 5 more votes this evening, which is actually incredible, good work guys. Vote early, vote often... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Up to 11 now. I think we only had 13 or something in total the first time I did this two years ago, though there were a bunch more last year. It's good to see so many people interested this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Does seem to have been one of the more active years I can remember in the last few, which is great to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Sorry guys, Oriole01 does not count as a newcomer (he had a Kidderminster thread the previous summer), since I've seen that twice now. However those are the only 'ineligible' votes I've had so far which compared to previous years is pretty good going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 7 hours ago, deltablue said: (he had a Kidderminster thread the previous summer) Is it okay if I hide that one real quick? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Voted! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Cheers guys. A lot of people got their votes in early but we've still had a few trickle in, with a full week and a half to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 53 minutes ago, deltablue said: Cheers guys. A lot of people got their votes in early but we've still had a few trickle in, with a full week and a half to go. Just got mine in now. There's one category I am not sure if my entry is valid, but I'm sure you'll confirm before long if I need to rethink Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Your newcomer vote was fine. Things are definitely getting interesting now. We have a few cases were someone was comfortably leading a particular category only for things to even up a lot more, with 3 ties as things stand, so votes yet to come are still going to make a big difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Gonna vote when you CONFIRM PATRICK STEWART and not before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 It's not Patrick Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 2 hours ago, deltablue said: It's not Patrick Stewart Patrick Duffy?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: Patrick Duffy?! Robert Patrick?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, Deisler26 said: Robert Patrick?! Oh ****, it's Robert Pattinson, isn't it?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 It's definitely none of the above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Patrick Mycock? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 On 10/5/2017 at 21:53, Nobby_McDonald said: Patrick Mycock? And the winner for best double-entendre is...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Drew Peacock? Dan Gleeballs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Rod Fanni? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 On 2/10/2017 at 12:11, deltablue said: Up to 11 now. I think we only had 13 or something in total the first time I did this two years ago, though there were a bunch more last year. It's good to see so many people interested this year Were we can vote mate?🙂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 30 minutes ago, Sheriff7 said: Were we can vote mate?🙂 PM your votes to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Just a few days left to vote. Most of them came early on since the votes have dried up but hopefully there are still more to come, as we still have a few close contests including a tie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 I think we're probably going to have a nomination cap next year. Best Thread Name in particular always attracts a lot and I've just received nomination No.12 for this year (of which only 4 have multiple votes), which seems ridiculous, and this is the absolute last one I'll allow (since it's far too late for any new contenders to emerge anyway). Add in some long and complicated thread names (and a bit of post formatting) and it can be a bit of a pain to list them all as I like to do. We're also going to have a couple of extra guest stars, (and the pictures are going to have to be done differently) so I'll have quite a lot on my plate, plus I'll have only recently returned from the pub Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 My votes will be incoming tomorrow. Here's hoping for lucky 13 (and Sir Patrick Stewart, obvs). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just hours left to go guys, and we're just back to a tie for one award. So Wavelberry (or anyone else) could well be the deciding vote. Just don't give us a tie in another at the same time since there's just one vote in it for a couple of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 3 hours ago, deltablue said: Just hours left to go guys, and we're just back to a tie for one award. So Wavelberry (or anyone else) could well be the deciding vote. Just don't give us a tie in another at the same time since there's just one vote in it for a couple of them Is it too late for me to pull myself together and cast my votes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, Benjoe said: Is it too late for me to pull myself together and cast my votes? You have until I wake up tomorrow morning, so around 11 hours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just now, deltablue said: You have until I wake up tomorrow morning, so around 11 hours Should be just about sufflicent time to catch up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 OK, voting is now closed. We had 26 people send in their votes this year (plus my own, since obviously I wasn't sending them to myself) which is something double two years ago, and probably a decent improvement on last year as well. It's great to see so many people engaged and as always it's been interesting looking at everyone's voting choices and watching everything unfold over the course of the past couple of weeks or so. I hope a lot of you guys will join me for awards night (which will have it's own separate thread) from 6 this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 2 hours ago, deltablue said: OK, voting is now closed. We had 26 people send in their votes this year (plus my own, since obviously I wasn't sending them to myself) which is something double two years ago, and probably a decent improvement on last year as well. It's great to see so many people engaged and as always it's been interesting looking at everyone's voting choices and watching everything unfold over the course of the past couple of weeks or so. I hope a lot of you guys will join me for awards night (which will have it's own separate thread) from 6 this evening. Any bookies allowing bets on this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 I am actually not going to stay for a pint after the game today so I can be back in time for this. What have I become? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjaferrie Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 On 12/10/2017 at 08:40, deltablue said: I think we're probably going to have a nomination cap next year. Best Thread Name in particular always attracts a lot and I've just received nomination No.12 for this year (of which only 4 have multiple votes), which seems ridiculous, and this is the absolute last one I'll allow (since it's far too late for any new contenders to emerge anyway). Is it worth drawing up a shortlist of say 5 (or whatever) titles for future editions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Probably. Maybe wait for the first 5 or 6 nominees then quickly publish them as a shortlist, or have two rounds of voting. The fact that 8 of the 'Best Team' nominees come from 3 people seems a little odd as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Wavelberry said: I am actually not going to stay for a pint after the game today so I can be back in time for this. What have I become? Ever heard of smartphones? Alternatively, bring the pint back home! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 6 hours ago, deltablue said: OK, voting is now closed. We had 26 people send in their votes this year (plus my own, since obviously I wasn't sending them to myself) which is something double two years ago, and probably a decent improvement on last year as well. It's great to see so many people engaged and as always it's been interesting looking at everyone's voting choices and watching everything unfold over the course of the past couple of weeks or so. I hope a lot of you guys will join me for awards night (which will have it's own separate thread) from 6 this evening. Really sorry. Keep meaning to send my votes through but I found it really hard this year as although I have posted a fair bit, I haven't actually read many threads. Sorry again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 4 hours ago, noikeee said: Any bookies allowing bets on this? If so, my money is on @BoxToBox pulling a Kanye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: If so, my money is on @BoxToBox pulling a Kanye. Ruined my surprise, spent loads copying the haircut and all... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, BoxToBox said: Ruined my surprise, spent loads copying the haircut and all... Well, @oriole01 is wearing the dress, so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: Well, @oriole01 is wearing the dress, so... Whaaaat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 You guys can't get away with that sort of thing this year. Not considering who the co-host is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 11 minutes ago, deltablue said: You guys can't get away with that sort of thing this year. Not considering who the co-host is Patrick Warburton confirmed!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Let's just say she's famous for her karate chop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Just now, deltablue said: Let's just say she's famous for her karate chop Sounds like any girl that Mumbu approaches, @Benjoe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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