Not sure if we will have awards next year, considering this was the feedback that was given when I posted the poll asking who would be interested in forum awards:
Yes 53 89%
No 13 11%
......yet only a little more than a handful of people took the time to actually participate in it (by picking their nominations).
The point of having the mods choose most is because you guys wont be honest with who you REALLY think should win and will choose people you are 'tight' with. The mods took the time to actually type up paragraphs (yes, paragraphs) discussing why we chose who we chose. It was fair and examples were given to back up our choices. It wasn't just 'yeah, this guy'. It's just natural for people to choose their friends, so don't take what I am saying the wrong way, but it's also unfair, and we didn't want people to win when there was a more deserving candidate in the list who has done a better job of earning an award. We wanted people to really be recognized for the great posts they do here, not just have someone win because they are popular. Defeats the purpose, really.
There are some things in the list that I think would be a better fit for members to pick but it just happened that most of the categories you guys wanted were member vote friendly and we didn't want that for the entire list for the reason I gave above.
This isn't to say that we wont have awards for sure next year, it was just disappointing that not many people posted nominations. The awards aren't for the mods, they're for you guys, so, if you want them, people gotta show interest, lol, or it just kinda seems like a waste.