2008 Trixie Awards

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: BlondeTwiggy

craig, you're killing me over here quote>

And those are all ones that he did not submit.  

 

He's writing trixies and he can't stop

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Oh thank god for that. I didn't think he'd actually submit nominations like that for real, but then again, it's Craig we're talking about here… so you never know do you?

'Member with the most superfluous numbers at the end of their username'... I'd thought you'd come up with some parrot humor related thing. Like the 'Smart ass parrot' award or something, everyone just ignores the numbers.

Love hal's though, that joke's gonna be with you forever now.

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

I really wouldn't put it past him, I wouldn't be surprised at all if some of them were word for word real nominations

I might just have to go back to playing Fallout 3 for another straight week (or two) before these results come out!

-Todd

[Wrightguy0 40]

Originally posted by: Cockatoo-210893  everyone just ignores the numbers.quote>

That's because they're superfluous.

I nominate you for the Prestigious Most likely to be seriously injured in a Monty Python sketch award*

*not affiliated with the TRIXIE Awards in any way shape or form. Writguy0 is not responsible for accidental death, or unwanted comments about plumage.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Cockatoo-210893

  That. I didn't think he'd actually submit nominations like that for realquote>

 

 

 

Originally posted by: SimHoTToDDy

 I really wouldn't put it past him, I wouldn't be surprised at all if some of them were word for word real nominations quote>

[Eastwinn 6]

Wait, nominations are over? Snap! I missed my chance to submit! Now I feel like such a bad member .

[thepokemaniac 18]

Dang it! I forgot to get on ST over the weekend!

[deathtopumpkins 43]

You guys had what, two weeks?

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: hym But you see, the first two pictures were normalized as being the base unit of function.  You added another picture of Viggo, but not one of Cloud Strife, so you've taken the original work equation of W=(X+Y), and transformed it into W=(2X+Y).  You need to add another picture of Cloud Strife to raise the Y value of the function.  Once you do, the function can be rebalanced and written as W=2(X+Y), which shows the proper multiplicative constant.quote>

On what exactly are you basing your assumption that Cloud and Viggo are separate variables that need multiplicative constancy?

I daresay it would prbably work more along the lines that each picture of either has an inherent capacity for motivation, which we shall say is measured in Work Motivation Units (WMU). The capacity is dependent on the size and sexiness of the image, though depending on the mood of the viewer, each may be taken with varying levels of efficiency.

Also, it is likely that as more and more pictures are posted, each has gradually decreasing returns. We can perhaps measure the total effect with the following function:

P = log(Σ(ME)-1)

where:

P = power output (rate at which work gets done)

M = motivation potential from a given image in WMU

E = efficiency at which the motivation is taken from that given image (from 0 to 1)

Still, there are limitations here. It's obvious that returns decrease with increasing quantity but is it logarithmic or is it radical? The following function might fit better:

P = √(Σ(ME))

Even so, these are merely empirical formulae, not theoretical ones. Made obvious by the fact that they are not dimensionally balanced (that is, the units don't work out). The other key flaw is that we're not taking the time interval between postings (and viewings) into account, which certainly matters.

Or maybe the real flaw is that the workings of the human mind are far too complex to model with simple math, have some randomness to them, and therefore we both ought to knock this nerdy nonsense the hell off since it's getting us nowhere.

Originally posted by: abcvs

Duke87:  Member with the most schtickability quote>

Yeah, I'll tell you where you can schtick it alright.

newyorkrunaway1:  Member with the most free timequote>

I contest that.

*olympic time waster with no life*

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Meanwhile back in the counting house...

Hym:  Member most likely to sing ...  One two buckle my shoe... Three four knock at the door...

zelgadis:  Hotter than a Balrog with diaper rash when Aragorn is around..

deathtopumpkins:  Whatever...  actually...  Society for Protection of Cruelty and Unusual Punishment to Vegetables... on its own works...

BloneTwiggy:  Member most in need of Bullet Proof Body Armour

Greekman:  Mediterrainean Diet:  Member with the longest life expectancy.

haljackey:  Outstandamosaicamazing!

Skigeek:  She would kill me slowly and painfully if I posted the real nominations I made Trixie

Cockatoo-randomnumbers:  Member most likely to mess with abcvs's signature.

SimHoTToDDy:  Great for coughs, colds and other ailments starting with C.

Wrightguy0:  Most consistent use of a grayscale avatar which seriously looks way cooler than the original.

Skigeek:  Admin most likely to roll her eyes at whatever the heck abcvs has come out with this time. 

Eastwinn:  Go Create a Private Topic start hording ideas for next time Trixie.

thepokemaniac:  No idea who you are but welcome anyway Trixie.

Duke87:  Member most likely to poke a hole in the logic of a post unless thepokemaniac has already beaten him to it.



Thank you.  Thank you very much.
I'll be playing here all week.

[beebs 129]

Do the guys at work know this is what they're paying you to do?

[Wrightguy0 40]

Stop it man, I'm about to cough up a lung

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Originally posted by: beebs Do the guys at work know this is what they're paying you to do? quote>

 

Feel the burn...   someone other than me can work out timezone differences....

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

Great for coughs, colds and other ailments starting with C.quote>

At least I know That I am beneficial, I always thought I was harmful to be around for too long, but you are the nurse and should know better than an engineer like me. Though I might have to watch out for people trying to add me to their tea, soup, or what have you.

-Todd

[Cockatoo 2,256]

Cockatoo-randomnumbers: Member most likely to mess with abcvs's signature.quote>

Well, what can I say... it's not often you (a non-admin) get a chance to mess with about 10 peoples sigs all at once (I had no idea so many people were going to use it when I made it for you). I was gonna replace it with the 'We didn't like it, so we removed it, singed admin.' banner, but then I thought I might cause an international incident or something and freak you guys out, so I just decided to switch around the years. Took me about half an hour searching the web-archive to find the 06 banner in VT's sig.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Yes one always does have to watch out for the 'what have you'...

Especially when you are dealing with a nurse and an ailment starting with C.

But I had better stop that particular train of thought lest I cause consternation or that other word that rhymes...

OK shutting up now.

Mostly.

Edit:   Cockatoo! I knew it was you!  Well who else could mess with your imagehosting site...  gotta admit that was one of the best site pranks for a while!   Apparently in the good old days dirk pulled a few crackers!    The best was supposed to have been when he changed the whole site to make it look like EA had taken over ST...  but we probably need Duke to tell us about that one.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Originally posted by: abcvs

OK shutting up now.

Mostly.quote>

Somehow, I can't really ever picture you "shutting up."  Definitely not completely.

Unless it's in Schulmania where I crept up on you and overtook your #5 posting spot.

[Explodingsims 3]

Well, this is exciting!

I just wish I had gotten around to making a submission.

Oh well. Next Year!

Also, A bit off-topic, but, man, this site looks weird in widescreen. Still not used to my new monitor.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: abcvs Cockatoo! I knew it was you!  Well who else could mess with your imagehosting site...  gotta admit that was one of the best site pranks for a while!  quote>

Okay, the lesson you should all learn from that is: don't hotlink. Save and reupload.

Not the first time I've seen something like this happen. There was a situation a coupe months back where some blogger discovered a couple people hotlinking his images on their sites and had fun with it in a similar manner, albeit more severe. One of the sites doing the hotlinking was a conservative political article speaking favorably of George Bush. So what did the guy do? He replaced the hotlinked image with an image of Bush dressed as Hitler.

Fortunately for all of you, Parrot boy's substitution was far more of lighthearted prank than a "mwahaha I'll teach those bastards a lesson".

Apparently in the good old days dirk pulled a few crackers!    The best was supposed to have been when he changed the whole site to make it look like EA had taken over ST...  but we probably need Duke to tell us about that one.quote>

As if I'm the only person aroun who remembers it.

Okay, I might be the only person around who has screenshots of it.

Have some tasty copypasta from this thread:

Originally posted by: Duke87 I, out of wise forethought (or OCD hoarding, whichever you prefer) took screenshots.

Unfortunately, this was before I knew better than to save them in JPEG format in MS Paint (or than to use Internet Explorer, for that matter), so they're a bit speckly. Just think of it as an "artistic enhancement".

quote>

Here too:

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Firebird You should have been around when Dirk pulled his last April Fools joke. He made it look like the entire forum had been bought out by EA and would be made into a Sims site.quote>

Ah yes, that. I kick myself now for saving the screenshots of it in jpeg format, but here they are:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8quote>

[GreekMan 246]

WOW thanks craig!

I can image myself at 100 posting a CJ with a million members on this site!

anymore to crack us up?

[your_adress_here 11]

I remember that April fools - although it was before I had joined. Back then I actually had doubts if it was real!

[Meg 368]

Just a quick update on how it's going . . .

The official count is 1,329 nominations.

There are 355 nominations for Custom Content awards.  There are 616 nominations for CJ awards.  The rest are for the other categories.

Less than 2% of the nominations have failed the "sanity check".    We are only considering CJs and BATs that were posted, uploaded, or updated here during 2008.

There are 190 ad-hoc nominations.   Not all of them will be awarded but some of them definitely will be.

The category with the most nominations (64) is Best City Journal.

 

Some of the categories have clear winners.  Others, not so much.  We are reading those descriptions that most of you did an good job of writing.

Not surprisingly, Craig made the most nominations (55).   Ilikehotdogsalot was close with 48.

(and only 41 of Craig's were ad-hoc.  )

 

Just thought you might like to hear about how it's going.

[GreekMan 246]

awesome! keep it up!

[TheSixCents 0]

I thought we voted after nominations.

What is going on...

[AndisArt 2,066]

cool, thx SkiGeek for the update! Exciting I LOVE award shows!!

@TheSixCents:  nominating someone for the Trixies IS like voting.

[Eastwinn 6]

Originally posted by: SkiGeek

Not surprisingly, Craig made the most nominations (55).   Ilikehotdogsalot was close with 48.

quote>

I would'a smoked both of them if I had remembered.

[TheSixCents 0]

Last year we voted, though.

I would have nominated more people if this was the only part...

Wow.

[DioAngel 1]

When are we going to see the results? :-) I can't wait! :-D

[Haljackey 17,302]

Originally posted by: DioAngel When are we going to see the results? :-) I can't wait! :-Dquote>

Its like asking when the next NAM is going to come out.  You'll never know until its out. 

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: TheSixCents

Last year we voted, though.

I would have nominated more people if this was the only part...

Wow.quote>

 

   The process hasn't changed for years.