The Dromies 2012! (NOW TAKING YOUR SUGGESTIONS!)
 

Hey, gang! I've been thinking about this for a couple weeks now and I'm fully prepared to put the work in and bring the Dromies back! I'm not gonna throw down any rules or anything yet, this is just to put out the feelers to see if the interest is there.

Holla back, kids!

Edit: Alright, for the immediate sake of my sanity in doing this and for those willing to help out, I'm going to put some pretty basic rules and some thoughts on the table to try and make this as painless and as FUN as possible. Key word in that entire sentence is fun, so let's all keep that in mind.

First off, if anyone is serious with helping me just shoot me a PM and we'll set up something where we can converse freely. From my one previous year of doing these awards this is far and away one of the most important aspects of putting these things together. At the same time I appreciate that a lot of people will want to have a hand in helping out, but I'm gonna try and keep the group small, not only to avoid potential arguments, but to keep things in control. Be warned, I won't allow for the awards "committee" to be nominated or voted for, to avoid any conflict of interest.

I'm planning to keep all nominations and votes entirely through PM, because publicly voting and nominating completely destroys this entire process.

I'm going to pair down the amount of categories significantly to remove possible redundancies and to keep it simple, but once the "core" categories have been worked out we'll open up the floor for people to suggest a few they'd like to see.

SPREAD THIS ACROSS THE FORUM! We've got an influx of new members and the TMNT sections are constantly buzzing, so let's get as many people involved in this as we possibly can. The more involved the more entertaining this all is!

The moment any whining begins, whether involving people upset with the awards themselves, the nominations, the amount of time it takes to organize everything, or any other petty nonsense, I'll shut the entire thing down and forget it. In the same vain, let's try to keep the kind of crap TMNT Canadian already pulled off 2 posts into this thread at a minimum. It's annoying.

I'll have the complete set of rules for the awards once I get a crew together and we begin hammering out the process. Until then, let's spread the news of the 2012 Technodrome Awards aka The Dromies, as far and wide across the forum as we can.

Edit 2: Listening to MC Peanut and R-Izzy representin' with On Da Drome to get myself motivated.

Edit 3: We feel we've locked down our categories and now we're opening up the floor to you guys to give us some suggestions before we head into nominations. If you've got ideas for a category in this years awards, let us know!

Sounds like a plan. I'll be glad to help. I propose a "life time achievement award" for this years Dromies.

hmm...wonder if i could get nominated for something?

YES!!! This will be fun... :D

Of course you would...:P

So...what are the categories?

I seem to remember:

• Best Thread Creator
• Worst Thread Creator
• Most Thoughtful Poster
• Least Thoughtful (Most Thoughtless) Poster
• Best Duo
• Best All-Around Member
• Funniest Member
• Angriest Member
• Nicest Member
• Member You'd Most Like to Meet

Any I'm missing?

I don't understand? Why are you confusing me? :P

Here's a list from 2008:


and the year before:


Second Annual's List:


I think this is the first years list:

How about adding a few categories:
Best newcomer

Most dedicated comic fan

Most dedicated other media fan

Coolest Social Group

These sound like fun awards. I think it would be awesome to bring them back, especially as we're getting a lot more activity now.

Those all sound terrible. Keep it simple.

Best Newcomer seems kinda cool. Coolest Social Group could get a bit dicey though.

Alright, I'm gonna go ahead and edit the main post to try and lay out some ground rules, because immediately we're getting some of the same problems that have destroyed the Dromies in years past.

Sounds cool. I don't think I've ever been around when one of these things ever happened. Looking forward to it.

You have my support, homieeeeee. Although 4 people with links in their sigs isn't enough. Let's go, dawgz!

Got it in my sig

Sounds good to me!

Got it in my sig. Excited to see what happens.

I'm in. Was 2008 really the last time we did these?

There have been attempts, but I think that may actually be the last one that actually got finished.

I remember Making those awards... :)

It's not much, but I posted the link to this page in my sig.

On a side note, Peanut, listening to On Da Drome again kinda inspired me to make a music video representing it. :lol:

I dunno when I'll be able to do it, but it's an idea.

Oh my gosh. I never heard this song before..!

Really? It's a really great parody. I know I enjoy it.

Benny (it's still cool if we call you that right?), if yo do make a video of it, I'd love to see it.

the Funniest Member gotta be mine

Well, THAT certainly made me laugh....

Cue the slew of posts by people that claim to ignore him.

Yawn.

lol, whatever helps you sleep.

I currently have no software to make with at the moment, but we'll see. Like I said, it's just an idea. I'd love to do it, though.

I'd love to see it if ya can get it done

Well, when I say "music video", I don't mean like an actual performance, haha.

I mean more of the lines of pictures as the song plays. Maybe pics of some members when they names are mentioned (that is if they don't mind).

I knew I should have been more annoying this year. There's still time!


*Internet meme*
*video-game opinion*
*praise for Venus*

Still looking for a few more people to help out before we move ahead with the awards discussion. Again, if you'd like to help just throw me a PM and I'll get back to you about it.

The only regret I have about On Da Drome is the fact I was named Lain at the time. That's not my name!! :cry:

Also, this song changed my life. Rez420.

I've forgotten how much like a real song it sounds. Real good stuff.

maybe i could be presuaded to provide a pic of myself

You're not in the song.

oh well, fine then

You weren't even a member of the forum when the song was made, I don't think.

just thought maybe it would be redone for all members who've since joined

Yes. It'll be redone to include you. You special special snowflake you.

Really hope this gets rolling soon.

Lol...ok. Let me just sit down and lay out an entirely new song, then get R-Izzy to rap it again, for the sake of people who joined up to SIX YEARS LATER.

Come on, man. Damn.