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Previous incarnations and hosts:

Simfish: 2002
kevo: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
ax_man1: 2007
Scud: 2008
Lord Basse: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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Awards schedule:

Friday, December 26th
Most Helpful Forummer
Best Moderator

Saturday, December 27th
Most Active Forummer
Most Improved Forummer
Nicest Forummer

Sunday, December 28th
Funniest Forummer
Most Intelligent Forummer
Most Badass Forummer

Monday, December 29th
Best Signature Design
Funniest Signature
Best Avatar

Tuesday, December 30th
Most Missed Forummer
The HockeySam18-Lord Basse-Possidon-Popeychops-John the Late Medal
Best Splash Splash
Best Noobie

Wednesday, December 31st
The Forummer of the Year
All in all

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(*) denotes last year's winner, if found on the list.

Most Helpful Forummer
You'd think this year's victor would have this award in the bag from the start every year, but so far in FotY history he has never quite been able to snatch it... until now! By a slim margin, follow closely by HockeySam18, this year's winner is our very own TC moderator Major Helper! Give him a round of applause!

1^st Major Helper: 16
2^nd HockeySam18: 14
3^rd John the Late: 11

4th: Popychops: 9
5th: Barbarossa89: 6
5th: Lord Basse
7th: Leif Ericson: 4 (*)
8th: Dead_End: 3
8th: Devestator
8th: Jan dc
8th: Lurkur
8th: Matt LiVecchi
8th: Scripter64
14th: CarolKarine: 2
14th: JustTesting1234
16th: Arnas: 1
16th: danielpereira
16th: Keisari Tapsa
16th: Mithril Knight
16th: Rewaider



Best Moderator
With so many new names in green (and a few old!), this was destined to be a close race from the start! It was rather even between Dead_End and Popeychops for first place, with Major Helper and yours truly vying for third, but in the end, Dead_End managed to snatch the trophy by a single point's margin!

1^st Dead_End: 20
2^nd Popeychops: 19
3^rd Lord Basse: 17

4th: Major Helper: 14
5th: John the Late: 8
6th: HockeySam18: 7
7th: Leif Ericson: 2 (*)
7th: Possidon



Most Active Forummer
No surprises here, this award goes to our very own Moff, who snatches the prize for the second year in a row!

1^st Moff: 28 (*)
2^nd Popeychops: 17
3^rd ax_man1: 12
3^rd Lord Sipia

5th: CarolKarine: 11
6th: Devestator: 3
6th: John the Late
6th: Possidon
9th: Al_Kharn the Great: 2
9th: Excelsior
11th: Dead_End: 1



Most Improved Forummer
Unless you discovered the forums at the ripe old age of 20, chances are you were once an annoying little fellow with whom you struggle to identify these days. As someone who pretty much discovered AoKH and the internet at the same time, staying clear of CAPPA regulations by just a couple months, I know what it's like. Really. But with a little bit of luck, your years in the community will improve you and shape you into a better forummer. If you also spend those years posting constantly, chances are you'll end up high on this list, as this year's winner has: Jetkill Fastmurder ditches DementoKing and takes the first place for himself this year, which means he has now been the most improved forummer three years in a row! Give him a round of applause!

1^st Jetkill Fastmurder: 16 (*)
2^nd Lord Sipia: 12
3^rd Moff: 8
3^rd Possidon

5th: DementoKing: 6 (*)
6th: John the Late: 5
7th: CarolKarine: 4
7th: Devestator
7th: Gunkanchud
10th: Rewaider: 3
11th: HockeySam18: 2
11th: Lord Basse
11th: Mahazona
14th: Arnas: 1
14th: Coldviper
14th: Mithril Knight
14th: Popeychops



Nicest Forummer
One of the things that has always set AoKH apart from most other gaming communities, and even other AoK-related communities nowadays, is the friendly, inviting atmosphere. That atmosphere is built up by batch after batch of nice and helpful forummers, and so it's only fitting that this year's Most Helpful Forummer is also chosen as the nicest forummer! The winner, thus, is Major Helper!

1^st Major Helper: 31 (*)
2^nd HockeySam18: 14
3^rd Lord Basse: 11

4th: John the Late: 7
5th: Popeychops: 4
5th: Possidon
7th: CarolKarine: 3
7th: Dead_End
7th: Leif Ericson
7th: Lurkur
7th: RedHandedJill
7th: TheLaughingMule
13th: Jan dc: 2
14th: Mithril Knight: 1



Funniest Forummer
This was an even one, with Moff and Aro vying for first place. Moff had an early lead, but Aro's strong late game propelled him ahead. In the end Moff won by a single point!

1^st Moff: 19 (*)
2^nd Aro: 18
3^rd Lord Sipia: 13

4th: trebuchet king: 11 (*)
5th: CarolKarine: 6
6th: ax_man1: 5
7th: Dead_End: 4
7th: Popeychops
9th: Bart Pimpson: 3
9th: Lord Basse
11th: Lurkur: 2
12th: zyxomma100: 1



Most Intelligent Forummer
These are the people you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley armed with nothing but an abacus! Last year's winner, Popeychops, improves his score by a single point this year and snatches the title once again!

1^st Popeychops: 27 (*)
2^nd Dead_End: 15
2^nd Kor

4th: Julius999: 7
5th: Taichud: 5
6th: Jan dc: 4
7th: ax_man1: 3
7th: Lord Basse
7th: Moff
7th: trebuchet king
11th: Leif Ericson: 2
11th: Lord Sipia
11th: Matt LiVecchi
14th: CarolKarine: 1
14th: HockeySam18
14th: Thymole



Most Badass Forummer
Oh how the mighty have fallen! Last year's baddest ass, morgoth bauglir, was violently kicked off the throne by Ax "Not-Quite-The-One-Anymore" man1, aka ax_man1, who came just one point ahead of our former seraph Aro!

1^st ax_man1: 17
2^nd Aro: 16
3^rd Moff: 11

4th: zyxomma100: 7
5th: trebuchet king: 6
6th: Al_Kharn the Great: 4
6th: Dead_End
8th: Bart Pimpson: 3
8th: Lord Sipia
8th: Vinyl
11th: Coldviper: 2
11th: Popeychops
13th: Matt LiVecchi: 1
13th: morgoth bauglir (*)



Best Signature Design
While signatures have become a slightly redundant since the introduction of avatars, they're still a nice way of making your posts more identifiable, and a way to bring some colour and ASCII art to the forum. This year it was a very even race between yours truly and Leif Ericson, and after placing second three years in a row, Leif finally managed to snatch the trophy this year!

1^st Leif Ericson: 20
2^nd Lord Basse: 18 (*)
3^rd Popeychops: 8

4th: Andanu Trisatya/Whoracle: 5
4th: Mithril Knight
6th: Jatayu: 3
6th: Lildbehr
8th: Lurkur: 2
8th: Moff
8th: ThelaughingMule
11th: Gwame: 1
11th: Julius999



Funniest Signature
Not all signatures are ASCII artworks with funky colour schemes, some are collections of quotes and other texts that serve as a form of background entertainment whenever you stumble upon them. The funniest signature of all this year was Popeychops'!

1^st Popeychops: 15 (*)
2^nd Reganknight: 13
3^rd Lurkur: 10

4th: CarolKarine: 8 (*)
5th: Lord Sipia: 7
6th: trebuchet king: 6
7th: morgoth bauglir: 5
8th: Ashrzr: 1
8th: Jetkill Fastmurder
8th: Matt LiVecchi
8th: Taichud



Best Avatar
As always, this was a very diverse category, where the ones receiving votes from more than two ballots were the exception! With a mere eight points, Devestator took first place this year, follow by the trio of Leif Ericson, Popeychops and Dead_End!

1^st Devestator: 8
2^nd Dead_End: 6
2^nd Leif Ericson
2^nd Popeychops

5th: Vinyl: 5
5th: zyxomma100
7th: Arnas: 4
7th: John the Late
7th: Lurkur
7th: Possidon
11th: Coldviper: 3
11th: HockeySam18
11th: Moff
11th: morgoth bauglir
11th: Rion
11th: Thymole
17th: Guthan: 2
17th: RedHandedJill
19th: Andanu Trisatya/Whoracle: 1
19th: Excelsior
19th: Keisari Tapsa
19th: Lord Basse
19th: Major Helper
19th: Matt LiVecchi



Most Missed Forummer
Age of Kings Heaven has been around for over fifteen years, which by internet standards is basically since the Dark Ages. It's no wonder, then, that we have lost quite a few of our most beloved forummers to the horrible fate that is real life: school, work and family life all take presence over having fun online, and many an active member has slowly drifted off, or taken a sudden leave of absense. This year we've seen the departure of two great forummers and moderators, panel and Felix, both of whom placed in the top three... but the prize this year still goes to TheLaughingMule, another former moderator and TC alumnus! Congrats, and please stick around this time, Mule!

1^st TheLaughingMule: 16
2^nd panel: 13
3^rd Felix36: 8

4th: Aro: 7 (*)
4th: sissi
6th: Leif Ericson: 5
7th: Mashek: 4
7th: Watson
9th: Julius999: 3
10th: NowhereT/Slartibartfast: 2
10th: VonCorgath
12th: Andanu Trisatya/Whoracle: 1
12th: Berserker Jerker
12th: Fanica
12th: Other White Meat
12th: Scud



The HockeySam18-Lord Basse-Possidon-Popeychops-John the Late Medal
With five new moderators hired, AoK staff has doubled over the last year. But still, new people are hired every so often, and this award is a way for the community to show who they think is suitable to be fitted with a pair of green wings. The winner this year is no other than CarolKarine, who took the trohpy with quite a margin!

1^st CarolKarine: 22
2^nd Jan dc: 14
3^rd Devestator: 11
3^rd Lord Sipia

5th: Mithril Knight: 3
6th: ax_man1: 2
6th: morgoth bauglir (End of Days?)
8th: Matt LiVecchi (a glorious return?)
8th: Reganknight
8th: Thymole



Best Splash Splash
As opposed to last year, when the humongous spamfest known as "The Year That Never Should Have Been" took more than half the votes, this category was very even this year! In the end our current Splash Splash, Splash Splash LI: Anarchy!, won out by a single vote!

1^st Splash Splash LI: Anarchy!: 7
2^nd Splash Splash L: The United Splashes General Assembly: 6
3^rd Splash Splash XLVIII: Speakeasy: 3



Best Noobie*
Even though the stream of newcomers has been dwindling quite considerably, it's still interesting to see that a community for a fifteen-year-old game is still seeing fresh faces among its ranks! This was another even category, and in the end Erskine Ravel took first place by a single-point margin, leaving croatianboss in the dust!

1^st Erskine Ravel: 17
2^nd croatianboss: 16
3^rd Shyam Prasad: 9

4th: TKaniac: 5
5th: DelCrosB: 2
5th: HELLKNIGHT61

* several people who received votes were not eligible as noobies as they had all registered and been active before December 7th last year. These were: Big D, Al_Kharn the Great, dire_wolf and Lildbehr.



Forummer of the Year
The most prestigious award of them all, the award for the allround best forummer in our ranks, goes to HockeySam18 this year, who narrowly snatches the trophy from last year's winner Popeychops!

1^st HockeySam18: 20
2^nd Popeychops: 19 (*)
3^rd Major Helper: 9

4th: Dead_End: 8
4th: Lord Sipia
4th: Moff
7th: ax_man1: 5
7th: Lord Basse
9th: CarolKarine: 4
10th: Possidon: 3
11th: trebuchet king: 2
12th: John the Late: 1
12th: Leif Ericson



ALL IN ALL
While losing to HockeySam18 for the FotY, Popeychops still manages to rake up the highest total amount of votes by a wide margin! Congrats to him, and congrats to all the other winners this year! Happy New Year folks!

1^st Popeychops: 131 (*)
2^nd Moff: 82
3^rd Major Helper: 71

4th: Lord Sipia: 68
5th: Lord Basse: 66
6th: Dead_End: 64
7th: CarolKarine: 61
7th: HockeySam18
9th: ax_man1: 44
10th: Leif Ericson: 43
11th: Aro: 41
12th: John the Late: 31
13th: Devestator: 29
14th: trebuchet king: 26
15th: Lurkur: 24
15th: Possidon
17th: Jan dc: 23
18th: TheLaughingMule: 21
19th: Erskine Ravel: 17
19th: Jetkill Fastmurder
21st: croatianboss: 16
22nd: Kor: 15
23rd: Reganknight: 14
24th: panel: 13
24th: zyxomma100
26th: Mithril Knight: 12
26th: Rewaider
28th: Julius999: 11
28th: morgoth bauglir
30th: Taichud: 10
31st: Matt LiVecchi: 9
31st: Shyam Prasad
33rd: Felix36: 8
33rd: Vinyl
35th: Andanu Trisatya/Whoracle: 7
35th: sissi
37th: Al_Kharn the Great: 6
37th: Arnas
37th: Barbarossa89
37th: Bart Pimpson
37th: Coldviper
37th: DemontoKing
43rd: RedHandedJill: 5
43rd: TKaniac
43rd: Thymole
46th: Mashek: 4
46th: Watson
48th: Excelsior: 3
48th: Jatayu
48th: Lildbehr
48th: Rion
48th: Scipter64
53rd: DelCrosB: 2
53rd: Guthan
53rd: HELLKNIGHT61
53rd: JustTesting1234
53rd: Keisari Tapsa
53rd: Little Fighter
53rd: Mahazona
53rd: NowhereT/Slartibartfast
53rd: VonCorgath
62nd: Ashrzr: 1
62nd: Berserker Jerker
62nd: danielpereira
62nd: Fanica
62nd: Gwame
62nd: Other White Meat
62nd: Scud

[This message has been edited by Lord Basse (edited 12-31-2014 @ 08:19 AM).]