I'm excited to have em back!  Those are a cool way to bring the fandom together for some fun times.

I vote for Cybertron Override :tflaugh

Urgh... now I have to track down all my comments in those ghey "best TF" threads to compile my responses.

As promised, an update. First off, the new name of the internet's longest

running Transformers Fan Awards, for the 2004/2005 voting season is.....

 

THE GOLDEN DISK AWARDS

 

Why the change? To begin with, just to put a new stamp on it. As the old

awards were a takeoff of the comic awards the "Squiddies" which were in turn

inspired by the Oscars and the nickname more inspired by the Emmys, "The

Golden Disks" felt like a nice homage to another set of entertainment awards

(Golden Globes), with a TF spin.

Secondly, as some of the feedback from my last message echoed, the name

"Trannies", however amusing, seemed to put off some fans, so hopefully this

will be more inclusive.

 

I've also taken note of other comments on a.t.t. and the web boards and

streamlined the ballot. The 80+ question ballots of years past were fun, but

were also probably intimidating to new voters - so we're trying to keep it

simple and dropping a number of the more obscure questions.

 

If your favorite question is gone this time, there will still be a Free For

All section where you can write in whatever award you like (though please

keep it as concise as possible- for the results, these will probably be

posted separately from the main awards, to appease those who disliked having

a book of Free For Alls at the end.) If enough people respond wanting a

certain question back, we can certainly add them next time, after all, as

fans these are OUR/YOUR awards :)

 

Questions with a specific set of answers, like "Best TV Episode of 2005"

will provide a list of choices, either on the online ballot (see below) or

via a link to other online resources where you can quickly refresh your

memory.

 

There will still be space for comments about your votes, after all that's

where the best material of the awards comes from! But filling them out is

definitely not a requirement, just vote for whatever questions you like, and

comment whichever ones you like.

 

There will be 2 ways to vote:

1) Fill out the ballot via an online, web-based form, either all at once or

in sections (Characters, Toys, etc.) at your leisure. This is the preferred

method, to make our lives easier when it comes time to tally.

 

2) More like the old ballot, fill out a form offline and submit it to us.

 

Or, you can combine the two, and still help us from pulling our hair out

consolidating the ballots- fill out the offline form at your leisure, then

cut and paste your answers into the online form.

 

We're putting the finishing touches on the ballot and it should be ready to

go this weekend, at which point I'll post again with complete instructions.

The voting period will run through February.

 

Finally, we have something special in mind for the actual awards

"presentation"... but more on that later:)

 

 

Malin