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

[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?

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???

Bad deal! Should have been a 2014 first (top-3 protected)!

[Just Win Baby]

Best sig: The BC bullsh*t detector one (not sure who is repping it anymore)

[whysoserious]

Agree with all the names mentioned. Massive shout out to Rhett for always giving the recaps. It helps a lot when you're at work and can't hear all the interviews.

As to the rest, there's way too many individual names to single out. Agree or disagree, it's just a great forum/community to be a part of and talk basketball. Half the time at work, everyone wants to talk Hockey and Leafs and while I enjoy that conversation, there aren't enough guys throughout the day to talk basketball with.

So thanks to all of you!

[J Dilla]

Rhett- recapping everything
Double Helix - love his statistical analysis
Dagger - informative posts
Turbozone- for all the work he's done
Cynic - different from a lot of posters, brings readers back to reality
Geddy - same as above
JRoc - same as above
Yogi - favourite mod

i know I didn't use the format, and i know i missed on a few posters

[J-Roc]

Agree with all the names mentioned. Massive shout out to Rhett for always giving the recaps. It helps a lot when you're at work and can't hear all the interviews.

As to the rest, there's way too many individual names to single out. Agree or disagree, it's just a great forum/community to be a part of and talk basketball. Half the time at work, everyone wants to talk Hockey and Leafs and while I enjoy that conversation, there aren't enough guys throughout the day to talk basketball with.

So thanks to all of you!

Not sure this is discussed enough, but I frankly don't come across Raptor fans. I have my friends, but at work for example, the Raptors are like a secret I keep. No one watches games. They all think of the team as a joke, like we might think of a CFL team. So for that reason I need RealGM to get my fill.

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[emfive]

Agree with all the names mentioned. Massive shout out to Rhett for always giving the recaps. It helps a lot when you're at work and can't hear all the interviews.

As to the rest, there's way too many individual names to single out. Agree or disagree, it's just a great forum/community to be a part of and talk basketball. Half the time at work, everyone wants to talk Hockey and Leafs and while I enjoy that conversation, there aren't enough guys throughout the day to talk basketball with.

So thanks to all of you!

Not sure this is discussed enough, but I frankly don't come across Raptor fans. I have my friends, but at work for example, the Raptors are like a secret I keep. No one watches games. They all think of the team as a joke, like we might think of a CFL team. So for that reason I need RealGM to get my fill.

Sent using the RealGM mobile app.

Probably a lot of that going on around here.

[TorontoRapture]

Spoiler:

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.

Thanks for the shout-out.

[Phenomenologist]

First Team

1) Harry Palmer (writes beautifully; enjoys logodaedaly; is generally intellectually honest, conversations concerning Bargnani excepted)
2) Schadenfreude (the smartest person on this board ... is thus always right) **you should post more, though**
3) Randle AKA Mustard Tiger (never backs down despite being constantly derided for his obviously correct views)
4) Hillbilly Hare (for his tomes describing in gory detail just how much of a clown BC was; relatedly, for coining the brilliant BC moniker, "Clownangelo")
5) Scraptor (about the only intellectually honest moderate during the reign of BC; funny too)

I won't bother with a second team, because after the top five there are just a bunch of posters that I like mostly for the same reason: their prejudices typically resonate with mine.

In particular:

rhettmatic, darth federer, sanity, prestige, GREY 1769, bank shot, jroc, thecynic, wolverine, wham!, tecumseh18, scase, ... I'll add to this list as I reencounter the other posters I like.

Okay, I've run out of steam. Maybe I'll finish the rest of this list later, probably not though. I'm mostly absent during the offseason so, barring some crazy trade, see you all next season!

Fondly,

your resident wet blanket

[Scraptor]

Forgetting to include Phenomenologist calls into question the validity of my entire list. So his vouching for me discredits himself. Except not really. Also can't believe I missed tecumseh18.

Just goes to show how quickly the best can be forgotten even during a short absence. So the moral of the story is, never leave. I say this as someone who keeps trying to leave.

[Inevitable]

Randle is Mustard Tiger? I should of known!

[Double Helix]

Do you and Harry know each other at all offline, Phem? You're very alike. I agree that Schad has the sharpest wit on this board. Terrific writer and he's hilarious, too.

PS - It is flattering to be on some of your lists, folks. I really enjoy talking Raptors ball and sharing info with each of you even when we disagree. I figured I'd be hated around here since I'm still supporting Rudy, Amir and the guys but it's nice to know that hasn't put all of you off. Looking forward to next season! GO RAPTORS!

[pbj]

Two 2nd team votes and an honourable mention! I'm flattered!

Anyway, as for my votes - I'mma play this one like Masai and continue to evaluate patiently.. only been active here since April or so..

[sanity]

Doug Smith deserves an honorary local beat-writers nomination for something. He has provided many laughs over the last year and still continues to do so!

[bape_lovers]

favorite poster and nominated for GT is Mirrornick

[HEDOBALL]

Rhett doesn't get enough love for the recaps he does.

That and I feel like the Mirrornick circle jerk GT's this year didn't get enough recognition.

All in all, twas a good year.

[Totem]

Everyone is voting the same posters so.... I vote yoga as MVP.

Hehehe


Seriously schadenfreude gets my vote, it got to the point that i look for his posts. Just too funny.

My rookie of the year goes to the guy with the pizza pizza avatar. I think it was pbj. He's a budding comedic poster.

Also SO to TZ, when are your next sigs coming out.

[RaptorNews]

That's me actually! Thanks for the mention

TZ is number one in my heart, funniest guy on these boards by a long shot

[GreatWhiteStiff]

Ima vote Mustafa for MVP!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!

[StMikes31]

MVP - Rhett

Top guys who know what they are talking about:

DG88, Alfred, The Duke, Yogi, Wham, Inevitable, Hasassin, Hank Scorpio, dtox, RealBlizzy, Raps in 4, Raptornews, Wolverine.

And shout out to Turbo Zone for awesome work.

[TANKNATION]

MVP - Rhett

Top guys who know what they are talking about:

DG88, Alfred, The Duke, Yogi, Wham, Inevitable, Hasassin, Hank Scorpio, dtox, RealBlizzy, Raps in 4, Raptornews, Wolverine.

And shout out to Turbo Zone for awesome work.

You forgot me...