Back by popular demand - the UM Awards have returned.

The official UM Awards 2005 give you the chance to nominate and vote for your favourite posts, topics and members on the Unexplained Mysteries community forums. Due to the popularity of the awards last year, this year there are more award categories and the awards event itself will last for twice as long.

There will also be a new type of award category, which is not open for public vote. This category will award those who have broken forum records, made outstanding contributions or who in our view, are most worthy of a special mention.

Winners of this years awards will also have a custom title added to their profiles to show they've won.

This year's award categories are as follows:

Best Member (Female)
Best Member (Male)
Best Member Avatar
Best Member Blog
Best Member Quote
Best Member Signature
Best Topical Thread
Funniest Member
Most Bizarre Member
Most Original Username
Most Annoying Member Avatar

and last but not least, the coveted "Member Most Likely to be an Alien" award.

How it all works
Like last year, a thread will be posted for each of the 12 categories of award. Members will be able to nominate in each of the 12 categories over the period of two weeks. After the two weeks, the nomination threads will be closed, and the final voting will begin. 12 threads representing the final selections in each category will be posted, and members will be able to vote for the winners. After a further two weeks, the winners will be announced.

Q. Can i cheat by registering multiple usernames to vote or nominate ?
A. No. We will be looking out for anyone doing this, and will take action as necessary against those who do.

Q. Can i nominate/vote for myself ?
A. Yes you can.

Q. Can i PM/email people and get them to nominate/vote for me ?
A. No, we do not allow voting/nominating incentives or the eliceting of votes or nominations via spam, mass messaging or any other means.

Q. When do the nominations stop and voting begin ?
A. The nominations will finish on the 25th June, at which point the nomination threads will be closed, and the final voting polls will be opened. The final polls will be closed and the winners accounced on the 10th July.

Q. Why do some categories have less than 10 finalists to vote for ?
A. In the event of several nominees sharing the same number of nominations for the last few places in a category, only those nominees with more than that number of nominations will make it through to the final vote.

Awesome!

I can't wait!

yep....

Will we all have to wear tuxedos for the ceremony? As long as there's drinks after ...

Excellent, looking forward to it!

methinks I'll bring the cat back for a short while....you just never know...

I voted....blah...

HAng on...

Couldn't we have a best debate catogorey?

'Best Debate' may be making an appearance as a non-votable award.

Oooooooooo.....Okay, coolies!

Will we be handing out the Choopie?

When will the voting polls close, and when is awards night?

Updated the FAQ in my first post to include the full dates.

Best of luck to everyone

I've got a few nominations again...wow,so cool...at least I can't lose to Aslan for worst avatar this year...I might be in with a chance...

Good luck everyone...and most importantly...have fun,as thats what this is all about.

Definatly Alice

Is evreyone excited? Voting begins tomorrow!

Good luck evreyone!

Tomorrow is the 24th.

Voting starts 25th, Saturday.

Well that is tomorrow for some of us you know Burnside...

Yeah that's true.
Not for Walken though.

Or Saruaman, and I think we all must live by the Scottish time zone which rules the site...

Its 3:30am Friday in scotland... Therefore tomorrow is correct lol

Walken is not though, he's just crazy...lol

Tomorrow is correct NOW. Not when Walken posted. I win!

No, for when you posted it was wrong... it was correct. Walken and you were wrong.... lol

Quieeet!

^^^SPAM^^^^

Will the nomination threads close at midnight tonight(BST)?

*Realises she has walked into a mod meeting and beats a hasty retreat*

Gate crash a Mod meeting is exatly how this feels... I best sneak back out before they notice me.

Who said that! *shakes fist*


I'm looking forward to seeing who proceeds to final voting.

.....Burnside owned Walken.

Me too. Some of them I worked out who would go through when bored.

All final voting polls are now open, good luck to everyone.

Next year could you add a "Best Member Story" category? That would be sweet...

Where was the "Best subby" categorie for voting?

Oh this is indeed a sad day... lol

I think I'm scooting right into the role of UM's very own version of Susan Lucci. Always nominated, never winning. It's a hard job, but one I'm willing to accept.

When you win an award is there a special title you get added to your profile?

or is there an awards hall somewhere that i dont know about?

I don't know... Maybe we put in our sigs "Voted _______________ 2005!"

EDIT: according to SaRuMaN's first post,



That's so cool!

Me too hun...I think Im in the votes to make the others look better... Its a dirty job....but someones got to do it(and its in my job description)