User of the Year 2012

User of the Year 2012 was Board 8's tenth annual UotY competition, hosted by th3l3fty.

User of the Year 2012 Final List

1. Sir Chris
2. WiggumFan267
3. AlecTrevelyan006
4. BIGPUN9999
5. Ed Bellis
6. NioraptH
7. CommodoreTN
8. RPGLord95
9. Cokes
10. XIII_rocks
11. Tom Bombadil
12. KingBartz
13. X_Dante_X
14. Procrastinater
15. Lockes Ragnarok
16. MrSmartGuy
17. FFDragon
18. TheRock1525
19. Team Rocket Elite
20. Silver_Ermine
21. Justin_Crossing
22. GenesisSaga
23. Luster Soldier
24. Princess Anri
25. CrimsonOcean
26. Ayvuir
27. MajinZidane
28. Mer
29. voltch
30. foolmo
31. Sess
32. SHINE GET 64
33. ZaziGuado
34. ctesjbuvf
35. SBell0105
36. DpObliVion
37. Lopen
38. Regaro_Ukiera
39. KleenexTissue50
40. ExThaNemesis
41. TheKnightOfNee
42. LeonhartFour
43. KamikazePotato
44. SEP
45. Sir Cobain
46. Chrono1219
47. Caelus
48. neonreaper
49. red13n
50. KCF0107
51. fetus
52. Forceful Dragon
53. edwardsdv
54. Icehawk
55. SuperAngelo128
56. Jeff Zero
57. HeroicGammaRay
58. Dr_Football
59. Drakeryn
60. masterplum
61. HanOfTheNekos
62. GuessMyUserName
63. agasonex
64. UltimaterializerX
65. swirldude
66. KommunistKoala
67. Ngamer64
68. TheKoolAidShoto
69. Heroic Mario
70. fr0q
71. snowcampsoldier
72. metroid composite
73. thundersheep
74. WalrusJump
75. GANON1025
76. Aecioo
77. Heroic Palmer
78. Haguile
79. GDiffuser
80. Naye745
81. DSRage
82. Dorobou
83. Menji76
84. Chronic1000
85. Coffee Ninja
86. GrapefruitKing
87. CycloReaper
88. VincentLauw
89. transience
90. rammtay
91. JaKyL25
92. BBallman7
93. Xcarvenger
94. Giggsalot
95. Grand Kirby
96. sephsblade
97. ShadowHalo17
98. SantaRPG
99. nintendogirl1
100. GTM
101. Articuno2001
102. th3l3fty
103. MoogleKupo141
104. Ness26
105. War13104
106. warning_crazy
107. JeffreyRaze
108. ZenOfThunder
109. Silverliner182V
110. jdizzy156
111. Paratroopa1
112. The Raven 2
113. dragon22391
114. Bonetail
115. tazzyboyishere
116. PrivateBiscuit1
117. Maniac64
118. Naomi_Diamond
119. TheCodeisBosco
120. DigitalIncision
121. RayDyn
122. SephirothG
123. SpeedYoshi
124. Jukkie
125. The Utility Man
126. Wanglicious
127. Emporer_Kazbar
128. PrinceKaro
129. meisnewbie
130. HaRRicH
131. Zea
132. Zylo the wolf
133. Raka_Putra
134. Dilated Chemist
135. Daranix
136. ertyu
137. Theo72
138. FAHtastic
139. GenesisTwilight
140. charmander6000
141. Surskit
142. dowolf
143. Fett0001
144. RappinHobo9292
145. BrettEagles
146. Not_Wylvane
147. ScorpionX3
148. JONALEON1
149. Seginustemple
150. EndOfDiscOne
151. Gr8CyberMonkey
152. Janus5000
153. mcflubbin
154. YetAnothrShadow
155. blindhobo13
156. KanzarisKelshen
157. shadosneko
158. Xiahou Shake
159. Psycho_Kenshin
160. Luis_Sera89
161. leo3leo
162. Colegreen_c12
163. Revenus
164. Anagram
165. agesboy
166. Peace__Frog
167. SensiShadeSlaye
168. LordoftheMorons
169. SSBDarren64
170. Inviso
171. Link the Midgit
172. Mac Arrowny
173. swordz9
174. SubDeity
175. Bidoof
176. Haste_2
177. Dark_Spiral
178. azuarc
179. Vlado
180. Durandi
181. TimJab
182. mnkboy907
183. GranzonEx
184. Me_Pie_Three
185. bbbtime
186. User728
187. StifledSilence
188. GameBopAdv
189. Diet Water
190. MycroProcessor
191. Xbyte
192. Sceptilesolarbeam
193. Iamdead7
194. tcaz2
195. Pokewars
196. Biolizard28
197. Andel
198. vcharon
199. RevolverSaro
200. MartinFF7
201. Takfloyd_mkII__
202. SuperNiceDog
203. Shenti_Reborn
204. FFaddict1313
205. DarkFalconX
206. NoName999
207. linkhatesganon
208. Omega
209. crazyisgood
210. KJH
211. Whirlybird
212. WishMeLuck915
213. Liquid Wind
214. catastrophy15
215. LinkMarioSamus
216. MWC
217. 20three
218. Strahax
219. maplejet
220. MegaWentEvil

Results

Round 8

1. +31 Sir Chris
2. +1 WiggumFan267
3. -32 AlecTrevelyan006

Victory Speech

Sir Chris Gives a Speech and Plots: UotY Victory Speech.
Achromatic | Posted 4/4/2012 7:51:54 PM

I am just going to start with the fact that I am a very weird guy. In a way I have wanted to win User of the Year for a very long time but now that I have won it I don’t quite know why. I guess I just like winning things. I can’t say that I am like Yoblazer where the victory itself means a lot to me, it is more in the details where I derive my satisfaction. I sat down at my computer yesterday and the first thing I noticed was Alec saying my victory was well deserved and long overdue. That meant a lot to me. I don’t think a lot of people really get why anyone would follow User of the Year or why anyone would want to win it. It has nothing to do with User of the Year, it just is a good chance for amazing people like Alec to give me praise I don’t think I deserve sometimes. User of the Year is nothing but a collection of people telling other people how they feel about them through their votes. For example, Zea and Maria like to mock everyone for their enjoyment. If that doesn’t shine through in User of the Year I don’t think you were paying attention very well.

Not to steal The Rock’s gimmick but it is about the people. The people behind the votes. On this little message board of ours I have always been lucky to have great friends. People like Red who I’ve known from way before I ever knew what a GameFAQs even was. I remember back in 2003 I made TheCalmness and DP my advisors for god knows what. I wonder if DP even remembers that. I remember bonding with Wigs over my AP History questions I did for bonuses in the Survivor contest I took over for MWIS. Alec I first knew on from the baseball board and when I saw him posting here it blew my mind that a person could be on two message boards at once for some weird reason. It shows Alec’s great patience that he can count me as a friend even after all of the one sided conversations we have had in regards to board 8 baseball. I am passionate, and that is probably the only kind word I can say for my behavior about that project at times.

Since I have been coming to board 8 regularly for nine years now I could make this a very long post highlighting a lot of people, but I don’t find much of a need to do all that, I just wanted to make sure I included my fellow finalists in here and thank both of them for the tremendous amounts of content and sheer fun they have brought to the board. It is them, along with so many others, that made me decide to stay year after year on this board like I have nowhere else. 9 years later very little about me is the same. I like completely different things, I have moved several times, and I am very glad to say I am not the same person who clicked on board 8 for the first time.

I love this place. I don’t regret a second I’ve spent here. I think everything in life is what you make of it. I feel I’ve learned a lot because of board 8 about the world and about people. I have had fun, I have found my motivation to pursue my dreams, and I have learned so much about being a better person. For many the idea of those last two would seem laughable about a message board to which I would say it seems I am just awesome at taking opportunities in unexpected places!

So all of that sappy and boring stuff said I have won User of the Year which means to keep all of the dozens of people I rallied quiet I must appease them. Appeasing rallied people isn’t easy, just ask XIII! It takes a lot of different promises being kept and what I like to call dynamic bribing. You see XIII’s rookie mistake was that he begged and pleaded with people, which just isn’t smart. No, what you must do to be successful is offer them cool stuff and then fulfill these bribes to the fullest extent! Only then will people keep their silence. So, in a completely unrelated segment, here is what I am going to do because I won User of the Year:

1. I am going to host User of the Year next year, assuming that I am still here and am not a shell of myself or something along those lines. Lefty will be kept on as his tallying is very useful, but that will be his only involvement in User of the Year. This is not an indictment on Lefty but I don’t think anyone wants him to run it and so it shall be. Sess and Ulti are of course welcome to pitch me ideas about changes and ways to improve it in general, as I know them to both be very creative people.

2. From today until December 31st there are going to be 100 Doom updates. You saw that number correctly. To make sure that this is accomplished I have been playing through a game of Yellow in order to establish events that need to take place. Don’t worry though, there is still going to be a lot of random blood and Doom speeches.

3. When I fix my computer I will be completing my Top Ten Gaming Memories list. This actually would have been accomplished a while ago but I am not very good at fixing my computer.

4. Before the year is out I am going to have a polished completed book. I am going to share this book with Board 8 for free rather than charge all of you money for reading high quality stuff. You are welcome.

5. I am going to do a My Little Ponies Watchthrough topic because a lot of people who voted for me like the show. If I don’t like it I will do several Doom spinoffs where he maims and brutally murders the cast of said show. Either way, someone is going to be happy with me!

6. You guys like Pokemon, right? Me too! I will do a ranking topic of every single Pokemon, all 649 of the little (and big!) guys. Oh, and guess what? There’s going to be a guessing prize~

7. I am going to be hosting a Doctor Doom Travels Through Kanto themed Mafia game with the most epic flavor a mafia game has ever had. That’s a promise.