Board 8 > Your 2018, and final ever, User Of The Year Is....

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Lopen posted...

Ulti being able to disguise something as a real news topic is far more unbelievable than him secretly having run an entire UotY contest

None of his topics are really news so hes been good at disguising them so far
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I don't think anyone actually thinks they're really news

Do they?
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I have received the first draft of UotY Drakeryn's acceptance speech:

Drakeryn posted...

I love bad bitches, that's my fucking problem. And yeah I like to fuck, I got a fucking problem.

Truly a man of the people.
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what a moving speech from good friend drakeryn/gatarix
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Internet is sure serious business, isn't it?

Congrats Drak!
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so incredibly serious
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User of the Year was always always the worst part of b8. And b8 has Ulti.
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uoty made people crazy

icehawk played the game SO HARD for like four years and came up short

and then disappeared
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OliviaTremor posted...

User of the Year was always always the worst part of b8. And b8 has Ulti.

not even close.

the alpha/beta arguments alone prove your claim wrong (and this is coming from someone who participated in these arguments a ton).
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FFDragon posted...

uoty made people crazy

icehawk played the game SO HARD for like four years and came up short

and then disappeared

he showed up on discord for like two days
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Congrats Drake!
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Wait is it seriously done for good?
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10/10 Drak

But this is done? Looks like I can stop trying to join in on everything for attention

Bye discord
Bye gauntlet
Bye jackbox
Bye mercs
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Aww, but Johnbobb, you came in 14th this year!
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HanOfTheNekos posted...

Aww, but Johnbobb, you came in 14th this year!

Oh sweet new record

And I tied with Tazzy too woah crazy
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Oh hey I don't have to watch Naruto this year.
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The_Ctes posted...

Oh hey I don't have to watch Naruto this year.

We need to make a new user contest.
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nah we probably don't
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this contest is basically nerd of the year so I am glad that it is over

and he just slides in with the perfect 69th post like its nothing
you guys seriously take him for granted
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Wouldn't it be more fitting call him 2017's UotY? Like 2018 Just started, how do we know he's going to be the best user for this year?
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can't fill a filled position
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MysticBrohan posted...

and he just slides in with the perfect 69th post like its nothing
you guys seriously take him for granted

Good point.

Let's just declare slycooper69 the UotY from 2019 to the heat death of the Universe.
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Waluigi1 posted...

2018 Just started, how do we know he's going to be the best user for this year?

experience, mostly
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I think I want to throw another comment or two as someone who used to be insanely obsessed with user contests what... 8-9 years ago? Time sure flies.

Back in the day these contests were the shit, it was like a drug to many here, myself included, User of the Year was obviously the biggest one, having by far the most active group of voters. I know it's been very cool to hate on it for the past many years, but I'll go ahead and say I always found it to be a good contest with some great formats in between, GP in particular. It also comes with the added bonus of many users becomming more active, which sure is gameplaying, but nevertheless a good thing imo. I have a bunch of fond memories related to UotY.

That said, the past bunch of years hasn't been quite as fun. I'm not sure exactly when the decline happened, or at least not when the decline became too much. I want to say after Ed Bellis stopped it, but Lefty was a great host and the year Chris hosted we had the greatest votals ever. I think the past 3 or 4 years were too bad. Cliques (or groups of close friends because some people hate being called a clique) has always been a thing, but in recent years the voterbase has mostly only consisted of one or two cliques and I think that's where it slowly stopped being fun. As someone previously quite active in b8chat and discord, having a board contest that has less and less to do with the board felt a bit weird imo. This combined with less people caring and pretty much everyone at this point being on the "uoty sucks" train, probably made it actually really suck the past few years, at least to some extend.

UotY became more of a drag than anything, something we did because we always had. Predicting while watching Naruto became a drag as well honestly. I did that for six years straight, beginning in 2012. The first two years were fun, others were making predictions too, there was a general interest. The third year was a bit less fun, so in 2015 I didn't plan to do it, but no one else made predictions either, so a bunch of people started asking for it again, being the most memorable prediction series I suppose. Learning that people actually enjoyed them, I brought it back again and continued to do that every year, making as much fun of it as possible. And it was fun! Just not all the time. I usually kicked a lot of energy into it at first, but to do it consistantly over the course of the contest was not something I had time to do really, meaning half the write-ups ended up being ass. That coupled with how some users took them personal meant that it was more often a duty than a fun project, and then you know it's time to stop, right?

Same with UotY, it has run its course. Doesn't mean it couldn't ever become a thing again, though I do believe it's unlikely at this point seeing how active the board is. Perhaps if we still got contests at the rate we used to. I just think it's a shame it probably ran for longer than it should've, since as much as many users probably wouldn't admit to it, they had fun doing this and seeing how popular they are online lol.

My last of many UotY rambles. Ctes out!
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i'll admit, i expected more resistance
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Time to bring UotY back until we get the respectable amount of outrage it deserves
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ctesjbuvf posted...

I'm not sure exactly when the decline happened, or at least not when the decline became too much. I want to say after Ed Bellis stopped it, but Lefty was a great host and the year Chris hosted we had the greatest votals ever.

to be totally honest, UotY went downhill once Ngamer introduced spreadsheets

Smurf's terrible hosting was an important ingredient
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UotY was bad as soon as you realized you are a full grown adult on a video game message board rallying for people to vote on you or your friends for validation.
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Steiner posted...

i'll admit, i expected more resistance

What you actually wanted was someone to volunteer to run it this year.

I see through your shit, steiner.
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you honestly think i would let anybody else do this when i have the opportunity to kill uoty dead forever?
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Yes
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We could always get mwc to take over
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Johnbobb posted...

We could always get mwc to take over

we all know who he'd crown as User of the Year
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Steiner posted...

i'll admit, i expected more resistance

Lol. As if anyone who is opposed to this would admit it.
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When did it become cool to hate on UotY and why am I such a trendsetter on all things hip
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Lopen was, dare I say it, ahead of the curve.
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As somebody mostly on the outside of uoty (even when I was co-hosting) I was never really aware of much drama, and thusly am a bit bummed to see it go. I have no problem believing there is toxicity though so shrug.
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redrocket_pub posted...

Lopen was, dare I say it, ahead of the curve.

I expect this sort of lavish praise when everyone bails on Discord
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No surprise that UotY has hate.
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