Topic: [Results 2021] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆 (Read 2701 times)

Nice my friend!
This means that, after all, the fun in organising went to more than offset the difficulties you encountered in the process. So it is nice to have you back next year!
Gazeta " Best plastic Bottled Win drinker"!

I would also like to express my gratitude to icopress, to sponsors, and to confirm that I received (very fast) the prize from ChipMixer! I would also like to thank to all which nominated me during the contest.

It was a great contest, which needed plenty of work. I felt joy participating, same as last year, but this year I also realized how difficult can be, in fact, to organize such a contest. And I saw only a part of it! This happened after icopress asked for my help in counting the votes and I did not hesitate even one second for ensuring him of my willing to help.

But only after that I realized how much time he invested last year, and this year too, for managing all the parts of the contest(s). Counting nominations seems an easy job and it is so, in a way, as it's not like dealing with rocket science. But it requires a huge amount of hours. So although it is not hard, you do not sweat by doing it, it really needs to have plenty of hours for writing down each voter; each nomination; then counting them; marking who is not eligible to vote; then, after a while, making a double-check; then, after finishing this, making a triple-check and so on.

While doing these chores I had a revelation and only then I understood how much dedication icorepss had for creating these two contests from scratch - talking to staff, talking to sponsors, talking to helping hands (if any), creating the topics (remember, there were 3 topics created for each contest - the one for nominations, the one for discussion and the one with the quiz), creating the templates for announcing the winners... Even writing these topics, formatting the text properly, finding the funny pictures (and many other similar activities) require a lot of time, hard work and passion!

I was thrilled by his request and, I hope, he was pleased by my work.

I know, there were many vocals about "that's not fair / the other thing is not fair" etc. but the truth is that nobody can anticipate everything. All he did was his own initiative, nobody asked icopress for doing these contests and, furthermore, he did not owe anything to anybody. He wanted to make an activity for joy and, in most parts, he managed to do it -- this is why I am congratulating him again! I also believe that most of the participants felt joy and fun during the contest and, seen as a whole, this initiative was a success!

Of course, minor errors existed but lessons were learned and I am sure that next contest will please even more users! I wish I could also give a hand of help, if it will be needed.

Excepting all these, I am congratulating all winners, all nominated users and all participants!

We have sent the award to the rest of the winners: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/f2fdfc0deb6dd9f65b701e011074690131d5b93f5af23ca694dbcb2a8d4320e4

Congratulations!

Wow! Congrats man for being one of the lucky ones in the dip! I know it's a stroke of luck but then not everyone gets that lucky. Enjoy the moment. One luv.

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Congratulations to all 2021 awardees. You guys were all best in the categories you won. I think there should be consolation prices for those who come 2nd and 3rd in the next year's edition, instead of winner takes it all. I think that should be helpful as I've witnessed that some people got their votes scattered in different categories by voters and as a result couldn't amass total votes for any category. More so, I want to state here that I've maximum respect for the sponsors of this year's award, especially Bestchange. Kudos.

Theymos, I love your love for giving. Your insistence that your winnings should be sent to Razom is worthy of emulation. You've my respect.[/list]

Thanks!


Received & donated, thanks!

So,... ain't there something for high IQ nerds? 🤪

This would be a great idea and not only for Community Award winners, but for all other bitcointalk forum members.
I always prefer printing my own stuff locally if possible instead of ordering them abroad and waiting for delivery that many times have unexpected delays.
Let's get those sticker files released and ready for printing... I am especially interested in T-shirt designs.

If you have family or friends living outside of Russia, you can always have your prize package delivered to them. When the situation calms down, they can re-ship it to you or you pay them a visit and get it yourself. 

Congratulation to all the winners!

We have sent the prize: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/4e2b926c3c8728d13de20393885329fa71622a7cc129370fb59cda7c51ae8935

We are still waiting for a few winners to send us their wallets, and will dully send them their reward.

Yes, there should be a lot of different knick-knacks in gift tubes.

As for your personal situation, I think it will be very difficult for Cyrus to send you prizes. I will talk to him and clarify the details ... besides, if delivery to your country still fails, I can ask him for vector sketches and you can print these stickers anywhere in your city where mugs or t-shirts are printed.

I also quickly received a prize from ChipMixer, for which I am immensely grateful. And BestChange also sent a mail asking them to send them the wallet number.
My thanks.

Same, ChipMixer were very quick and I thank both them and you again @icopress

I confirm I've received the prize from ChipMixer 4 days ago

Update: I've received the prize from Best Change 1 minute ago

Update: I've received the prize from Sportsbet too

Friends, I can say without exaggeration that you are really cool guys, all of you, the core of the forum, which I first mentioned about two years ago. Special thanks to our sponsors and those who supported this event in every possible way, whether it was an unknown designer or a forum regular who helped with the counting of votes. Thank you for the heated discussions, as our life (including forum life) is partly made up of small dramas.

• More photos here: https://imgur.com/a/rTsxtRJ

As far as I know, most of the winners have already received their prizes, and if not, this issue will be resolved as soon as possible. As for the collectibles, we need time... I'll remind Cyrus periodically, so expect a PM from him. In addition, free bets will be in your accounts tomorrow, so you can use them in the afternoon.

best regards
Mr. X

Hi All,

Congratulations to all nominees and winners.

It's great to see recognition, celebration, and positivity around the place!

Massive thanks again to ICOPRESS for organising this

On behalf of Sportsbet.io & myself, I can assure you we are not offended. We certainly respect your right to privacy.

For now, getting towards the pointy end of the EPL season and also a trip gone begging over the "Beers with Steve" Promo too.. this may have to carry over to the start of next EPL season. ( We will for sure honor the prizes in some way.)

Let me have a chat with the boss Joe to see what we can come up with and Ill get back to Icopress at a later date with potential work arounds.

Thanks all and regards,

Steve.
Sportsbet.io

So the three qualified winners in three categories actually turned down the chance to watch Southampton or Arsenal play, which would have been a dream tour for some users who have never been to the UK. At the very least, getting to see Arsenal get beaten at home in their next game would be a pleasure. Lol.  

What happens now that the three qualifying winners have declined for whatever reason, and the award cannot be converted to BTC? Is it possible for them to nominate someone to take their place? @icopress

Phew, i will have to be absolutely spot on to interprete your questions. No, the awards isn't for specific positions, anyone can be voted for, but in order to qualify to vote, you will have to have at least 50 merits, or be a full member and above.

The awards is open for absolutely any user, irrespective of local board/section. (I am guessing that is what you mean by "country community")

Not in every local board (i am still guessing that is what you mean by "community" here). Theymos chooses Merit Sources, and yes some MS in their application state their intention to be more active in giving out source merits in their local section, thus if such MS are accepted, they can be said to be dedicated MS for such local section, i see you are from Pakistan, so i will give you a related example: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5287171 i do not know if that user was later selected as a merit source in your local board. But overall it is up to users to apply if they want to be MS in their local community; and Theymos to decide. Here is how to apply:

I actually have a question Is the Awards are for specific Position as explained in Page 1.

Isn't it is possible for the Awards same for every Country community or some awards for community sebior members.

One more question as Repeat Posts are not allowed so Is there is Source merit in every Community or just in Particular Community. Thanks

Yeah, nominations could solve some of the problems with the format of the awards. Think that would be a decent idea, although the nominations should be open to everyone, same as the voting.

I don't take DdmrDdmr as the award receiving type, by that I mean a user that sought after recognition or awards. I'm sure they're quite aware of their recognition among the community, and hopefully that's rewarding enough, considering the results of the awards.

Congratulations to all the winners selected through this voting result. I was a little surprised by the result that there were 14 votes during the event for me in the discovery category of the year. I'm not sure if that's an honest voice or not, but I do appreciate them. Thank you for all, icopress, sponsors and anyone involved during this event.