RealGM Raptors Forum Poster Of The Year Awards (Vote!)

[Scraptor]

Probably will forget a bunch because I haven't been around as much, but here goes.

Raptors RealGM First Team
1) rhettmatic... indispensable.
2) Randle McMurphy... I hate when I disagree with him because it usually means I'm wrong.
3) hillbilly hare... the Cassandra of last spring/summer. Flawless timing on his fire BC tirades, solid logic, if a little too verbose for my ADD-addled brain.
4) Flulikesymptoms... always find his posts worth reading.
5) Turbo Zone... hilarious, creative, etc etc.

Raptors RealGM Second Team
1) Reignman... bulldog to argue with, but always worth reading
2) fredericklove... lots of great draft-related posts and responsible for the most entertaining year-long sig bet
3) GREY 1769... always like reading her posts
4) choker... wish I'd seen more from him this year
5) anson carter... often weirdly hilarious

Raptors RealGM Third team
1) dagger... I am not sure he isn't an employee of MLSE but he still brings a ton to the table
2) Double Helix/lobosloboslobos/HankScorpioLA... rarely agree with their opinions or logic but admire their almost quixotic optimism
3) hassassin... always contributes a ton
4) triplemke23... stepped up to the plate with a ton of great graphics this year
5) mirrornick... solid game threads, the love/hate with yoga was pretty funny

Other honorable mentions:
Unfortunately the mod/former mod team sort of bleeds into one another for me, but they're all pretty good (Schadenfraude, YogiStewart, wham!, Alfred, the skinny, DG88, Marvin!, darth federer)

Also... fairview4life, Mr.Raptorsingh, PRESTIGE, TheGoodDoctor, MEDIC, sanity, vvv, undefeated, IvanIV, theonlyeastcoastrapsfan, tsherkin, Phil A Xiao, Los Manos, ditchweed, Courtside, forevertfc, TorontoRapture, marvin martian, whysoserious, Harry Palmer, Dr Octagon, bboyskinnylegs, SkywalkerAC, TheAlchemist, Rapsobsessed7, and of course Dr. Positivity.

Those of you I missed, it's probably due to not having a unique enough name or due to my ruined long-term memory. Sorry. (eg. ballislife or dballislife - I can't remember which is which.) Also if you have an opposing team's player in your name, like Lebron or Kobe, I tend to instinctively ignore what you have to say. For this I am not sorry.


MVP: Flulikesymptoms

ROY: no idea. RaptorNews or Phil A Xiao I guess.

Favorite Mod: rhett/yogi

Most Likely the next to become a Mod: eastcoast(?)

Funniest Poster: anson carter/Turbo Zone

Most Knowledgeable: not sure, there are a lot of guys who know more than me here, but I most respect the guys who can combine strong convictions with flexible thinking.

Best Signature: triplemke23 fulfilling my request for the Raps creating alcoholics since 1995, it really sums up the entirety of my fanhood with this team

Best Avatar: fredericklove's babe game has really dropped off, so I'm going to go with Choker's current Shay Mitchell. I'm more of a Kate upton/Melanie Iglesias guy myself but I can never remember who has them.

GIF/Graphic of the year: TurboZone has most of these sewn up, but I'll give runner up to triplemke23 and third place to infernoskull's Dali-esque pickle pics.

Thread of the year: How many pickles does Rudy Gay have? - so weird and hilarious.

Raptor Scrub of the year: Bargnani

Most LOL Moment of the year: Reignman getting drunk and yelling at everyone. I can respect that because I've done it before.


Goddamn that was a lot of work. Thanks to all for a fun year. I need to get more work done so I'm gonna cut way back here, but then again I say that every few months. But this time... this time I mean it.

[SharoneWright]

thanks to everyone who puts effort into their posts. i can't say i always do the same.

regardless of your knowledge or pov, it's great to read people bringing passion to this board.

must say, i've particularly enjoyed reading Hassassin's contributions this year.

[tiger7]

Favorite Mod: Rhett
Best Signature: Turbozone (duh)
Thread of the Year: How many pickles does rudy have?
Raptor Scrub of the year: Alan Anderson
Most LOL moment: see thread of the year/Jonas dora the explorer backpack initiation/Ed Davis foam peanuts in his car prank

[Reignman]

Props once again to the mods for dedicating their time to keep this board clean (for free I might add).

Rhett for keeping us updated on everything Raps related and even transcribing for those that can't access information live.

Also for all posters that keep the discussion alive on this forum with great threads and thoughtful posts.

Thanks!

[FluLikeSymptoms]

Scraptor! I'm probably more MWP than MVP but thanks for the love. Post more!

[theonlyeastcoastrapsfan]

There are so many to mention that I feel bad for leaving people out.

Thanks Mods, Special shout to Rhett, like how he handles business and types like a robot.

Love Turbo Zones sense of humour as much or more than the graphics, which are also great.

If you can make a good point without being a D-bag about it, EastCoast likes being on the board with you. And if you can be funny at the same time, I would knight you if I could... If you also love The Band, we cool. If you've mentioned me in this thread, we be hetro soul mates.

If you're the type that joins in a mob attacking kids on their twitter feeds, I' could do without, that. Seriously. I could care less if you agree with me, disagree with me. Some of my favorite posters disagree with me on almost everything. But life's to short for to waste time bringing people down.

[JYD]

There are so many really interesting, intelligent and funny posters on here so as usual I won't name anyone..but I'll say through our collective pain I think we've really formed something special over the last decade plus on this board...easily the best board/fanbase on realgm and definitely my internet home. Not only it is really nice that there's such a passionate group here to discuss our team with, but the fanbase here bleeds over into other OT boards and it's a really nice sense of community, I think.

So I'm kinda like the douche who did this:

[RedX]

best poster: dagger

[TorontoRapture]

I have to say...I've been a loyal fan of the Raptors since it was announced that Toronto was getting an NBA team, and as much as I've been a fan of the franchise to a fault, I've also been a fan of all of you here on RealGM. The consistent contributors to the Raptors board are apparent, and to you I tip-my-hat. I'd be remiss not to thank all those who have cared enough to add to our discussions here as well, no matter how sporadic, because the Raptors give little reason to care enough about them in the grand scheme of things.

So, thank you. All of you.

Chive On.

[Hassassin]

Raptors RealGM First Team
1) Rhettmatic
2) TheDoctor
3) Double Helix
4) Schadenfreude
5) tsherkin

Raptors RealGM Second Team
1) DG88
2) Dagger
3) Undefeated
4) vini_vidi_vici
5) Turbo Zone

Honorable mentions: dTox, Maritimer, theonlyeastcoastrapsfan, whysoserious, LLJ, The_Hater, Harry Palmer, Alfred, ATLTimekeeper, theSkinny, Reignman, pbj, Hendrix, MEDIC, Rapsobsessed7, FluLikeSymptoms, Morris_Shatford, triplemke23, scraptor, j127, The Duke, Yuri Vaultin, YogiStewart, Fairview4Life, StMikes31, FlutieX, ®ated, HankScorpioLA ... too many to name

MVP: Rhettmatic.

ROY: I don't know who joined this year.

Favorite Mod: All of them. People don't realize how much time the mods have to put in on a daily basis. It's a thankless job.

Most Likely the next to become a Mod: I wouldn't wish this on anybody

Funniest Poster: Turbo Zone via his hilarious graphics.

Most Knowledgeable: This one is tough because there are a lot of guys that don't post a lot any more, but know a ton about the game.

Best Signature: Turbo Zone

Best Avatar: fredericklove

GIF/Graphic of the year: Turbo Zone

Thread of the year: Undecided, but probably the pickles thread.

Raptor Scrub of the year: Landry Fields

Most LOL Moment of the year: Wale vs Matt Devlin

[KobeDwightPau]

The problem with this thread is that this board has so many good posters. I look at my list then look at others and see names that didn't come to mind.

[dTox]

I don't wanna create an all first/2nd because I'll end up missing those who I truly enjoy reading and can't fit into a list of 10, but special shout outs to: Rhett, Schadenfreude, Harry P, DH,Tha Cynic, Wham!, Hassassin, Randle, choker, the doctor, eastcoast, DG88, j-roc, Fairview4life, Borris, Wolverine,goodjoey (for inside news), Alfred, Hank_scorpio, Phenomenologist, and most important of all: TZ!

I'll add more throughout the day because I'm quite tied up with work

Note: I enjoy people who post opinions without trying to force it down people's throats either by insulting others or by repeating the same thing in every post, and also people who post factual info (without disguising their own opinion/agenda as one)

[BackseatBoss]

Raptors RealGM First Team
1)TurboZone - best sigs on these forums, not just the Raptors board.
2)Rhettmatic - him transcribing all of the videos or interviews in the mater of minutes after they happen are incredibly valuable.
3)Hassassin - always great to watch player specific highlights if you miss a game.
4)Double Helix - so many stat breakdowns...
5)fredericklove - dat sig bet...

Raptors RealGM Second Team
1)dagger - I usually really like the way he shares his opinion with long, well thought out posts, even if he often looks like he's too positive towards the team.
2)J-Roc - a lot of the times makes me laugh on these boards and usually has many entertaining posts.
3)triplemke23 - if TZ ever decides to retire from sig making, we have his prodigy.
4)pbj - an underrated poster in my opinion. Can post some hilarious stuff, but also can make intelligent and insightful posts.
5)DG88 - another great poster whose posts are usually really interesting.

MVP: TurboZone. You know that whenever he posts, it will be gold.

ROY: no idea, since it's very hard to really remember who the rookies were.

Favorite Mod: Rhettmatic. He's usually very fair towards other posters and adds a lot to the boards with nearly everything he posts.

Most Likely the next to become a Mod: no idea how you can become a mod, so I won't write anyone in.

Funniest Poster: Got to be TurboZone with his sigs, but there's some good competition coming to knock him off the throne.

Most Knowledgeable: Double Helix. Like I said before, his breakdowns are great and usually make you look at the players from a different angle.

Best Signature:

Spoiler:

Best Avatar: theSkinny. Whenever I look at his avatar, I completely forget what I was doing and just stare at it for a few minutes. It's so mesmerizing.

GIF/Graphic of the year:

Spoiler:

Thread of the year: How many pickles does Rudy have? Such a stupid and magnificent thread.

Raptor Scrub of the year: how can this not be Bargs?

Most LOL Moment of the year: Gray's screen that opened up the way for Kobe to make the game winning dunk OR how Casey said we needed to play Bargs in order to stop Luke Walton.

[Turbo_Zone]

Thanks for all the love guys!

The sigs are all about you and your die-hard obsession with the Raptors. I'm just happy to channel that energy and glad I make you laugh from time to time.

Developing TZ may have cost me my career, health and relationship stability, but in the end it was all worth it.

I live for Minor Trade Exceptions, 3rd-string pick-ups and horrible out-of-bounds plays.

I'm glad to be at home with others who share that passion.

Thank you to all who post here.

Raps for Life.

Turbozone

[FluLikeSymptoms]

Thanks for all the love guys!

The sigs are all about you and your die-hard obsession with the Raptors. I'm just happy to channel that energy and glad I make you laugh sometimes.

Developing TZ may have cost me my career, health and relationship stability, but in the end it was all worth it.

I live for Minor Trade Exceptions, 3rd-string pick-ups and horrible out-of-bounds plays.

I'm glad to be at home with others who share that passion.

Raps for Life.

Turbozone

What's with your current sig? Are Knick fans eating up your Bargnani goodness?

[Turbo_Zone]

Thanks for all the love guys!

The sigs are all about you and your die-hard obsession with the Raptors. I'm just happy to channel that energy and glad I make you laugh sometimes.

Developing TZ may have cost me my career, health and relationship stability, but in the end it was all worth it.

I live for Minor Trade Exceptions, 3rd-string pick-ups and horrible out-of-bounds plays.

I'm glad to be at home with others who share that passion.

Raps for Life.

Turbozone

What's with your current sig? Are Knick fans eating up your Bargnani goodness?

Just a joke!

[dagger]

I'll take this thread seriously when the mods chip in to buy the all first teamers a beer. Or two or three. And Skinny, that means ex-mods, too.

[Morris_Shatford]

Thanks for all the love guys!

The sigs are all about you and your die-hard obsession with the Raptors. I'm just happy to channel that energy and glad I make you laugh sometimes.

Developing TZ may have cost me my career, health and relationship stability, but in the end it was all worth it.

I live for Minor Trade Exceptions, 3rd-string pick-ups and horrible out-of-bounds plays.

I'm glad to be at home with others who share that passion.

Raps for Life.

Turbozone

What's with your current sig? Are Knick fans eating up your Bargnani goodness?

I believe that TZ was included as part of the Bargnani trade.
How else do you think we got three picks out of the deal???

[Harold_and_Kumar]

If there was Lurker of the Year award - It has to go to me - on this site night and day for the last 11 years

I'm with ya buddy.

[VinBaker6]

Just wanna give a HUGE SO to Hassasin and Rhett. Co-MVP's to me. Love Hassasin's player highlights every damn game (can't thank you enough for that man) and Rhett for doing what he does, especially covering Raptors pressers for all of us at work/school.

Also SO to DoubleHelix, love your stuff man. Keep it up. TZ is too good and Mirronick aka JO for life is hilarious as well. I've been lurking this board since 2009 and just joined this year and man I love it. There's too many names that keep this place awesome, even the trolls lol.

Moment of the year has to be Wale vs Devlin.

Peace and Love y'all.