10pts -
Dezzy - I gather there's some sort of in-thread campaign to get Dean to win this but that's all immaterial, I'd have given him my 10 anyway since he's probably the only person on this list that I talk to every day. We are now the last two relics of 2007 TiBBers (except perhaps Dia, but she may've been 2008?) and we can still shudder with the memories of Fall Out Boy albums and Little Britain boxsets. I actually quietly disagree with Dean on a lot of things, and have regarded his struggles with the admin/moderation on here with a bit of an "arms-length" distance from my part. He can be impulsive and petty and stubborn and we bicker over quite a lot of things. They're often trivial, though, and what I like the most about Dean is how determined and passionate he is about the things he cares about. I know a lot of the reasons in this game are going to mention the big "resignation/firing" but I will just say this to James: your insistence on blaming everything wrong with this forum's current status on one moderator's decision is laughably out-of-touch and just a drip in the pond of your terrible delusion. Dezzy is someone who's given a lot of time to the forum but I vote for him because he's also given a lot of time to me, someone I've laughed with about a lot on the Playstation and who's educated me on how to use Overwatch characters correctly - even if he gets me killed too often on DBD - and he just has this fine-tuned sense of humour that I *get* and enjoy. He also has a soft side that's happy to give out ample advice whenever I'm struggling with something personal and I value him greatly as a friend.
9pts -
Black Dagger - Lucas... Lucas is someone who I've obviously been vocal about in my love of, in the past. Our trips have been documented in the very nadirs of TiBB's "Holidays from Hell". I've had a lot of friendships come and go on here as people move on and I seem superglued into the Premier League prediction game or something idfk... but Lucas is one I feel can probably be a lifelong friend. Someone who at the age of 43, I'll read about in the papers for chinning someone at Bingo for stealing his WKD Irn Bru, and have to bail him out. We don't talk as frequently as we used to, and I'm terrible at giving romantic advice especially when it's to someone who wears their heart on their sleeve so vividly as Lucas... but that's why I love him and find him a scream. I don't want people to think I don't care about them, and I know I do a terrible job of that on here because I'm aloof and snooty and would rather fire back a putdown than write something heartfelt and supportive, but I hope you can forgive that Lucas
8pts -
Sullen Girl - I don't think I've ever given Scott this many points but I guess the dregs are really draining! Scott is the person who most visibly cares about my reviews so naturally I must return the favour with points, but come to think about it he only really posts in there demanding some random with 78 album sales to get a mention and then never reacts to the actual review
I don't know where to start with the history of TiBB jokes we have... Leh leh leh, the Deana GIF (thanks Reece <3), the decorated horse, the Azealia Banks GIF, trying to get mrlecturer pregnant... I'll remember Scott in 45 years when I'm choking on my own blood from a punctured lung when I'm crushed by the falling Fiona Apple vinyl collection I'll have. x
7pts -
Babayaro. - I find Marc annoying to be honest but I throw seven points at him in the hope he'll evolve into someone that makes sense one day. I do have a brother called Mark so maybe that's why I like him. I cringe every time I open Skype (which is only like once every 3 months now tbh) and find he's been typing like Nicky91 sporadically since I last logged in, but it's a talent and he's good at it. He likes his karaoke and his gaybaiting as well. Good to have hobbies I guess.
6pts -
Firewire - I wrote above that Dezzy was a 2007 Original but so is young Jonathan! I think! Whenever I think of Letitia Dean - and that is often - Jonathan is the first connecting thought and he's an icon. A show runner to the stars. He has that gift of recognising true British iconography and it's an eye that's hard to gain. I value him enormously.
5pts -
Mokka - We have a fractured history on this site that I don't really know how to explain but I do know that it's all immaterial and that Mokka is someone whose posts I enjoy and has a whole range of similar interests to me. She's funny, she's smart, she's sensible and she has taste. My kinda lady.
4pts -
Smithy - Would I have voted for you if you weren't the host and my inactive friends had somehow made it? Well no obviously not, but you're here now and you've made it. Well done. You're on thin ice though, those frequent thirst traps on Twitter and the curiouscat questions are getting a bit repetitive aren't they luvvie! But yes you're a skinny legend and you've a great sense of humour, and you fought the good fight in getting Gags her Oscar. Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?
3pts -
Hayden - Hayden is now a TiBB institution and someone whose efforts into the weird and wonderful history of Big Brother, Drag Race and music haven't gone unnoticed. The video edits are obviously exemplary but I vote Hayden for our occasional wall-posts, the mutual favourites from the shows I've already mentioned, and for being a great poster.
2pts -
SherzyK - I don't really know anything about SherzyK but what's ML all about if it's not for giving points to people who deserve it but you don't know why? I don't even know their bloody gender. What am I doing? The Dead by Daylight thread is my main reason for allocating these points, because that game is hell and anyone who enjoys it in spite of all its flaws is a person to be admired for their courage. Plus Sherzy just seems a nice, fun person.
1pt -
Kate! - I sneak Kate into my list because even though it's only been like 2 weeks since her return, the place is noticeably more active and chatty and ameliorated. She just has that knack for getting conversations going and sparking energy in the forum, and this place has missed people like that for a good few years now. <3
Extra points (???): Mitchell, Daniel-X, Vicky, Toy Soldier and Braden