Subject: ADRICS 2000 - Millennium Award for Most Memorable Net Whovian Date: 05/17/2000 Author: Chris Rednour Chris Rednour wrote: > > Good Evening. > > I am proud to present the MILLENNIUM AWARD FOR MOST MEMORABLE NET WHOVIAN > for ADRICS 2000; if this title seems to be a bit wordy, I encourage you > all to think of it as the "armed and dangerous " award. > > It is encouraging to see the Adrics Award so big and lively this year. In > many ways the Adrics have paralleled my own development as a poster to > RADW. As the Adrics began, so I moved from Lurker to Poster, then > Frequent Poster, Quotefilee, Adrics Organizer, and now - the ultimate - > award show presenter. > > This was no mere bit of luck, instead it was a feat of sheer > determination, for my friends, the Adrics are cursed. > > Not cursed for the winners, of course. They're all destinied to lead > happy productive lives as useful citizens; no I mean the sad fate that > befalls all those who organize the awards themselves. There is a reason > why there is a new organizer every year. Anyone who remembers the > incident involving Alden Bates, sled dogs, and a gaping chasm know of what > I speak. This year it reached unparalleled heights, as I'm sure you'll > agree. > > I was asked to make my award presentation representative of the award's > title, but looking out over the faces of my captive - bound and gagged - > audience, I think I'll spare you the other 999 years worth of my speech. > It was merely an overambitious campaign for myself in next years awards > anyhow. So on with the reason why were here, awards for mathematical > excellence. > > Any award is often best represented by those who were nominated and just > missed the final ballot. Indeed I speak of the "Honourable Mentions" who > often go on to greater things than the award winner does after his or her > ego swells. This millennium our Honourable Mentions for Most Memorable > Net Whovian are: > > John Long, who is currently leaving yet another impression on the > newsgroup... > > Charles Martin and Peter Anghelides, yin and yang of the newsgroup... > > John Pettigrew, whose tentacled creation touched us all, many > inappropriately... > > Meddling Mick and Mark Phippen who usurped the use of the letter "M" for > their own, nefarious purposes... > > Ed Jefferson and Benjamin F. Elliot who have mastered the art of the > superfluous letter "e"... > > Shannon Patrick Sullivan the man for whom the Adrics' flame burns the > most...and refuses to see a doctor about even though it flares up every > year about this time. > > David J. Howe, a fount of factual information that informs and shakes the > foundation of online fandom everyday, usually in the form of a roving > flamewar over story titles, although that's not his fault... > > Alden Bates who no longer harbours a love for sledding through > Antartica... > > Dangermouse the writer, the poster, the legend... > > Douglas B. Killings, we hardly knew ye...but you impress us anyhow. > > Each a memorable poster from the halls of RADW, each made more memorable > by having been involved in the impromptu "Full Monty" presentation a few > years back, which I'm sure you will all remember fondly. Take a bow, > gentlemen, you've left an indelible impression on us all. > > Now this leaves us with the nominees, those who made the final ballot, > those whose sincerity, depravity, or both have placed them into the minds > of the unsuspecting readers of RADW who forever after harbour dark > thoughts in their psyche... > > The nominees for the Millennium Award for Most Memorable Net Whovian are: > > Azaxyr - RADW's Godzilla, apparently recently returned from battling > Rodan... > > Jonathan Blum - the Seventh Doctor in Time Rift; probably much to his > chagrin this is how I see him whenever I think of him as I > read his posts...how very convienent. > > Charles Daniels - Papa Smurf. He knows what I mean. > > Shaun Lyon - So ever present on web and online, working hard for fandom at > large. > > Robert Smith? - Never was a Quotefile keeper more appropriate, since he > deserves to be in it all the time. > > Snarky - Under incredible pressure to top last years superlative awards > ceremony Snarky has created a complex orchestrated ballet, > complete with discordian overture... > > Dave Yadallee - What can be said about this RADW legend that hasn't been > said before? > > So there are your nominees for the Millennium Award for Most Memorable Net > Whovian. I'll now pause briefly for dramatic effect. > > I'd like to point out that everyone listed are already winners, because > they've left an impression on the minds of others, one that will be hard > to shake, even after the years of therapy that I'm sure we'll all be > undertaking at the conclusion of this ceremony... > > The fifth runner up is: > > SHAUN LYON! > > The fourth runner up is: > > DAVE YADALLEE! > > The third runner up is: > > AZAXYR! > > The second runner up is: > > SNARKY! > > The first runner up is: > > CHARLES DANIELS! > > and the winner of the Millennium Award for Most Memorable Net Whovian is: > > A TIE! A TIE! A TIE! > > JONATHAN BLUM AND ROBERT SMITH?! > > Well there you have it. Jonathan Blum and Robert Smith? your > ADRICS 2000 Millennium Award for Most Memorable Net Whovian winners. I'm > sure you'll find them even more memorable when we return to their > acceptance speeches, after this pause for a word from our sponsors. 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