I had to post the results early due to lack of voting and the poll expired.

Here are the awards.

Trader Poll Results:

The Best Trader Award
SavageAmusement

The Most Organized Trader Award
Loren

The Fastest Shipper Award
Loren

The Best Trading List/Best Stuff Always Available Award
Lamont

The Most Honest Trader Award
SavageAmusement

Trader That Gives More Stuff Than Asked For Award
KristinHerreraFan

Best Video Quality Award
ytk3joker

Best New Trader Award
Jie3

Miscellaneous Awards Poll Results

Worst Trader Award
Collinwood2003

Slowest Trader Award
Collinwood2003

Worst Scammer Award
Agent 13

Worst Video Quality Award
wolf11

Best DVD Menu's Award
KristinHerreraFan

Trader Ratings (also includes traders that did not win an award, but were judged by past trades and refrences)
NOTE: If you did not win one of the awards, the highest you can get is Good
SavageAmusement - Superior
Loren - Superior
Lamont - Excellent
KristinHerreraFan - Excellent
y2k3joker - Excellent
Joey1727 - Good
staypuffman2004 - Good
Lilhave - Good
Cartoondvds - Good
Dragonbear - Good
Scottdvd - Good
TVResearcher - Good
Jie3 - Good
Jennymcc - Good
Agent 13 - Fair
Collinwood2003 - Poor

Congratulations to all of the traders who have recieved one of our awards.

Now we have the acceptance speeches, and we're going from best rating to worst.

First we have SavageAmusement with her acceptance speech on winning "Best Trader" and also "Most Honest"

Savage, if you will be so kind...

***************this space at first had a post where i was saying some of the stuff might be harmful to post--- AND THE MODERATOR EDITED A LITTLE OF IT_--- - i was wrong

so here is my reply

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ok damn, im sorry i opened my mouth

WHEN THE POLL CAME OUT k.h. fan IM'd me and alerted me at once- that it was up

i had a slight issues with the rankings, MY ISSUE was with the ratings, b/c i thought that was unfair as it was NOT based on the POLL it even says it is ALSO based on past comments

for instance some people like JOEY or LILHAVE were rated only good, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE EXCELLENT and K.H. fan told me that if you "DIDNT WIN an award, the highest you could go was GOOD" that was all

i dont think im a better trader than joey, or harvey or others who were GOOD

and jennymc, who i think is a great trader was listed as FAIR originally and i thought that she was getting the shaft on that one

IT WAS NOT MY PLACE to speak out for them, and i am sorry on that one---- BUT MY INTENTIONS WERE TO KEEP people from feeling like they got the shaft only b/c people dont know them as well as me or loren

TRUST ME my comments were in no way any defense of any member

AGENT 13 also got a BAD award for WORST SCAMMER CATEGORY, and i emailed saying that award "Might cause problems" by having it public----

was trying to avoid a fight or threats on that one because I heard that last time Agent 13 had public issues it caused problems between and for users----
i was NOT defending Agent13, or trying to argue with anyones opinion at all

and YES the poll was conducted and the results were in and I shouldnt have said a damn thing and im honestly sorry about it----- didnt mean to get people ticked off at Lamont and i should have kepy my big mouth shut on this one---- so there we go, old Lamont has made public what was erased

ORIGINALLY jennymc was rated only fair, agent 13 was rated only fair and Agent 13 won for the WORST SCAMMER AWARD

lamont has not posted the LOST AWARDS publicly and feel free to comment on what a stupid backwoods hillbilly moron i am for opening my mouth to start with, ill take a hit on that one, but please accept my apologies
and if K.H.Fan wants to, PLEASE PUT IT ALL BACK EXACTLY as it was

perhaps i jumped the gun on this one and im sorry, if people voted and harvey is only good, put him down as good, if people voted and AGENT 13 gets WORST SCAMMER AWARD, then she gets it

it was not lamonts place to comment and im sorry i did
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well this is the downside of these type of polls
the results are not always accurate

i can say that I have traded with several people that are rated GOOD or FAIR and they should be rated much higher!

If you did not win an award the highest rating you can get is Good. Superior and Excellent are only for the people who won one of the awards.

i think you REALLLLLY ought to consider editing some of it out

because 1. some people are going to be offended that they are ONLY listed as GOOD when they might should EXCELLENT--- for example, LILHAVE does not trade that much and maybe he didnt win an award, BUT he is a HECK of a lot better than good

and jennymc, she doesnt trade as much, BUT she is always fast and honest and i give her 2 thumbs WAY UP

i think its gonna cause hurt feelings

2. the WORST awards --- i think most of us were under the impression that those would NOT be posted publicly and again, i think that keeping them posted will cause more harm than good

again, its NOT my call and i am honestly really pleased that i won something (BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW I BITCH AND MOAN AND CRY IF I LOSE CONTESTS) :crybaby: :crybaby:

also, there are Trader references rankings on only a few traders--- BUT There are many many many more who trade on this board, who aint even rated?

But i just hope everyone who reads it realizes, that only a few people actually voted and in truth, these awards really do not mean squat! and to be honest, I think most all of the traders who were rated on the list are GREAT traders and regardless of the GOOD, EXCELLENT or SUPERIOR i think they are all SUPERIOR!

(.... well, ok NOT collinwood, ha ha ha)


I'm sorry I have to say this, but you are asking way too much, Lamont! It's just a poll, I'll edit out some of the stuff you requested, but as for the LILHAVE and JENNYMCC, I said it through email, PM and on this thread and I will say it one last time IF YOU DID NOT WIN AN AWARD THE HIGHEST YOU CAN BE RATED IS GOOD for someone who wasn't awarded, "Good" is actually a very good rating, because it's the highest possible rank for people who have not been awarded. Just saying, you complain too much :lol:

By the way, after we're done with the acceptance speeches, I have a suprise for all of you! :)

Well ratings are hard---and if anything, this should encourage more people to get involved- cuz the more there are the fairer the ratings will be-
Obviously, the more involvement, the larger the views and opinions stretch

There are some on that list that I would rate higher definately-
and I have to say, sometimes I feel like I am a darn good trader-
but other times I think others inspire me to be better.

So I suppose my acceptance speech goes as this-


From the day I started trading, no matter how well a trade went, or how bad-
It has taught me invaluable lessons. From how to make better menues, to how to edit better.
To reach for better quality, and put the extra time and effort into ordering the episodes.
I have learned about new programs, and better media from people such as Loren-
I have learned the love of older rare shows from Lamont.
I have learned how to start making better menues, with KristenHerrarFan as a a guide, JoshfromKc, Joker, and Norm.
I have learned to be more calm, and let things go with Lilhaves humor, and to put things in perspective with Jokers views, and cartoondvds opinions.
I have learned there are really good, generous people who care more about the friendship from traders like Lilhave,linna59,christyking,jie3 and dragonbear.
I was taught how to turn the other cheek from Agent13 and Sheri220
And hopefully how to moderate better and more objectively.
I have learned how generous and caring as a group we can be, when tragedy strikes- and how compassionate others are towards each other such as april4972,joey1727,jenncymc and many more.
And how we can band as a unit when scammers pop up, disaster for programs-
I have seen people send off discs and vhs tapes they no longer need, when a trader was hit by the Katrina disaster-to help rebuild her collection
And have learned that this hobby may be what we have in common-
but many have brought so much more than a common interest to this board, but friendship and loyalty.


This poll doesn't represent all the great trades, only the few that were involved- and without 100% participateion Lamont is right there is no real fair way to judge.
Those who are good traders know it-
those who are bad traders know it (even if they don't want us to)

There is not one person on this board - or even some who aren't on the board anymore that didn't not influence me to be a better trader, a better moderator- maybe even a better person.

My only hopes is that through that knowledge, I inspire others as well to be more gracious, more considerate, more responsible, and to realize there is no real "best trader"
Sometimes I believe we are only parts of one larger trade machine-
We all need each other, and hopefully, through each other can become the best WE can indivually be as well as, as a group.

Thank you so much SavageAmusement, and cangratulations!

Next we have Loren with his acceptance speech on winning the awards "Fastest Shipper" and "Most Organized"

Loren, go ahead...

I'm sorry I have to say this, but you are asking way too much, Lamont! It's just a poll, I'll edit out some of the stuff you requested, but as for the LILHAVE and JENNYMCC, I said it through email, PM and on this thread and I will say it one last time IF YOU DID NOT WIN AN AWARD THE HIGHEST YOU CAN BE RATED IS GOOD for someone who wasn't awarded, "Good" is actually a very good rating, because it's the highest possible rank for people who have not been awarded. Just saying, you complain too much :lol:

By the way, after we're done with the acceptance speeches, I have a suprise for all of you! :)

I showed my wife that I was voted good. She said " how could you be voted good when you don't take out the garbage"? Thank G-D that wasn't part of the criteria. I was hoping sweetness, kindness, being loveable and being a Paul Newman clone in the looks department would score more points. I can see charm, and being the most cuddly didn't count. Oh well, relegated to the garbage dump one more time.

A still happy Harv

Lilhave, Good is the highest rank you could've gotten, which is very very good, the rank "Good" for someone who didn't win one of the awards represents a top shelf trader, and I'm sure you are! :)

the rank "Good" for someone who didn't win one of the awards represents a top shelf trader, and I'm sure you are! :)

Yeah Harv,

they put you on the "top shelf" like they do with all good antiques.

Lilhave, Good is the highest rank you could've gotten, which is very very good, the rank "Good" for someone who didn't win one of the awards represents a top shelf trader, and I'm sure you are! :)

I'm happy, I'm happy. Could I get a teddy bear or something? Last time I won anything was in pre K when one one of the little girls asked me if I was into body painting. Dropped all my crayons and ran home.

Harvey who hasn't gotten over it yet.

I'm happy, I'm happy. Could I get a teddy bear or something?

Harvey who hasn't gotten over it yet.


Awww Harvey do you need something to help you sleep?
I might have a teddy bear or something here...

Awww Harvey do you need something to help you sleep?
I might have a teddy bear or something here...

I need something warm and cuddly. You got anything in mind?

Harvey who is hoping.

Wow! I just got around to looking at the boards! A lot has happened in a day! I haven't had time to read everything, but I see my name has been mentioned here and there.

Congratulations to those who won the "best of" categories! You all deserve it!

I am happy to be a "good" and/or "fair" trader.

:)

...and thanks for watching my back Lamont!:wave:

If Harvey needs something to help him sleep I've got a good solid
frying pan. :-)

ANY DAY NOW LOREN....

!!

Since Loren is taking forever, we're gonna get back to him later.

Now we have Lamont with his acceptance speech on winning "Best Trade List" award.

Lamont, take it from here...

First--- i want to point out the ORIGINAL poll results are NOW BACK TO AS THEY WERE--- before Lamont shot off his big mouth so read them and weep

second--- thanks a lot for the award guys----- but in truth the ONLY way my list is able to grow so large is due to all the other great traders here who have swapped with me--- Loren, nrawson, lilhave, joker, beavis, Cptdunsal, CaptSpiffy, etc, etc, etc, etc, and the real award goes to them all for putting up with old pain the the A** lamont for so long! Thanks!

Very nicely said Lamont, couldn't have said it better myself! :)

I guess it's my turn to say my acceptance speech for the "Gives More Stuff" award.

Here goes.

First of all, I'd like to say thanks to Mele503, a person I have traded with in July 2005, she was the person who got me into the habbit of "giving more stuff" at the time, I sent her only 5 episodes, and she sent me 4 discs full of episodes! I must say I was in awe, from that point on, I always wanted to be a trader like that. From that point on, I have always given people more than they asked for, SavageAusement gave me GG Season 1, I gave her FOL Seasons 1 and 2. Socttdvd gave me complete Series of Brady Brides, all 10 episodes, I gave him the complete 2nd season of FOL, 16 episodes, etc. etc. These are just some examples, but I really have learned a lot from trading with all of you, no matter what the poll says, you are all superior to me, you have all been an inspiration to me, you have all changed me into a better trader, and you have all helped me get some of my favorite shows, who can say if I've been changed for the better? Because I knew you, I have been changed........FOR GOOD.

:clap:

Next we have Jie3 with his acceptance speech on winning the "Best New Trader" award.

Jie3, take one...

Jie3 is taking too long, we're gonna skip to y2k3Joker with his acceptance speech for winning the "Best Video Quality" award.

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Ummm, First of all I'd like to thank members of the academy for this honor - Thank You!

Ummm, I'd like to thank my Mom cuz without her I wouldn't be up here receiving this award today. Thanks Mom for getting up at 6:00 am every Saturday to drive me to dvd authoring classes no matter what the weather was like outside. Mom, you're the greatest - Thank You ! :happyface


Ummm, I'd like to thank my profesors, LS and allaboutduncan from CPS for beating it into my head that a 7.5/10 quality dvd is just not acceptable - that all VCD is crap - and that anything done with a PANASONIC dvd recorder is the work of the devil. Thank you fellas for those words of wisdom and my source of inspiration. - Thank You ! :p


Ummm, I'd like to thank the good people on this board who voted for me and/or have chosen to trade with me despite all the crazy things I say sometimes. You are very courageous to get involved with a lunatic like myself BUT more importantly, you have displayed your sense of humor by being able "to get the joke" more often than not and I commend you for that. - Thank You! :wave:


In closing, I'd like to thank all the "haters" out there for it wasn't for YOU, there'd be no Joker today.
Thanks for reporting all my posts, thanks for caring so much that you put me on your ignore list, thanks for pretending you don't read every post I make - thanks for taking the bait every time I put it out there and being such good subjects to work with ..... if it wasn't for you, NONE of this would be possible - Thank You!

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Joker

:clap :clap :clap :clap

Let's try and get back to Loren, Loren your acceptance speech, please!

Hey guys, Sorry for not showing up sooner, I'm in a different timezone here.

I wish I could be there in person to collect this award, but I'm over here in the UK working on my latest project (oh the demands of tv trader):lol: . So I'll have use this satellite link-up to make my speech, I...just.... hope ....the...time...delay...isn't...too.... noticeable.

First of all, I can't believe my name is on that list alongside some of the creme-de-la-creme of traders, I feel like a kindergarten's scribble hanging in a gallery of davinci's. It's an honor to be in your company. :notworthy

Best new comer, sheeeesh! When I told my boss, he said 'yeah right, more like best late comer'! I can think of loads of traders who deserve this more me, but you ain't gettin' it :lol:

Seriously, in order to establish yourself as a trader, you need support from others. Lamont, my first trade on this board was with you, and even though my list was nothing short of pathetic, you took a chance and traded with the 'Wee Scottish Guy' with a funny accent. Traders like Joker, Joey and Konfusion showed me how a good should be done, and where would I be without Savage's guidance and her generosity in helping me build my list. And Mr HerreraFan, I thankyou for allowing a relative newbie like me to get some recognition in a poll such as this.

I know there are others I have forgotten to thank, if I could mention every trader I've dealt with, I would, but.....dum-de-dum-dum...here comes the title music, so I'll have to wrap it up.

Thanks to everyone who voted for me, and thanks to all the great traders I've traded with, here's to another year of great trading experiences.

:thanks:

on the contrary Jie3 has a GREAT list
it may not be HUGE but its CHOCK FULL OF GREAT STUFF
and i am one of those who voted for u for best new trader
and i can recommend jie3 as highly as ANYONE on this board! :wave:

Thank you Jie3! :)

Loren, we're still waiting...

i want to thank my mom for voteing numerous times

i want to thank all the little people i stepped over on the way to stardum

i wanna thank all the scammers and slowassed traders who make me look so good

ok jokes are over now

best organized, and also fastest shipper

its very nice to get two awards, and be singled out for decent things

thank youall

after we all get done fighting and bitching about scammers, its all about building collections and haveing a common interest

i have always been well organized, i think the time spent to do it, saves a lot of time in the long run

fastest shipper, well thats an easy one

how does one compete when there are tons of others with much the same items, get it there quickly, i bet the average dvd provider, is close to a month, the person on the receiving end will remember the provider that does it in a couple days

i do have to admit i cheat, i keep a good stock of already burned sets on my stock shelf, my machines run 3 to 5 copies at a time, so the extras are stashed until needed

thanks also to the folks i swap with on a regular basis,

Thank you Loren, and finally! :lol: :p ;)

I have a suprise.

For those of you who were ranked between Superior and Good, now have permission to join "Superior Traders Forum"

I am the admin of the board (and would like savage to join immediately so she can be another admin ;))

if you were ranked Fair or Poor, your account will be denied

http://superiortraders.forumup.com/

Thanks a million! I'm there! I've never been a superior anything!


Thanks again,


J

I gotta say the acceptance speeches are really great ot hear- a lot of kindness and gratitude-

And Joker, yours especially-

As I said there is no real great trader- because you guys are all outstanding for different reasons- And when you put you all together, you make one helluva trading forum.

Congrats to all of you for being the best of the best.
Wether your the funny one, the artistic one, the calm one-
The quick one, the knowledgable one, the nice one-
The generous, the argumentative, the considerate or the friendly
Your all wonderful in so many ways.

Thanks for being part of the traders forum