Well, it's been a grim, grim, seven days. The Hutton whitewash, the deaths on the hajj, Blair refusing to take his tongue out of Bush's rectum, and some boarders (yours truly not excepted) going bonkers and saying rude things.
But there have been many, many boarders who stayed out of it, whose good humour and sanity have brightened all our lives.
In honour of these, I propose an experimental "Boarder of the Month" poll. Here are the rules (you gotta have rules!)
1) You may nominate one fellow boarder and one boarder only.
2) Politely, you are asked not to nominate boarders you know socially.
3) If you give reasons you must make them nice ones: only praise will count.
4) Nominations for Rebellion employees &/or 2000AD creators will not count.
I'll tally up the votes when I feel that everyone who's going to contribute has contributed, and the winner will get a *very* small prize (tbc).
...Dudley
I vote for Woolly, who is seemingly the nicest person ever...
Can we also vote for a #2 and #3, as this would lead to a broader cross-section of public opinion?...
One man, one vote. Saves time, makes it clearer, shows why I'm not going to win...
:)
(Incidentally, PLEASE don't put up reasons why this is a bad idea. If you don't like it, just ignore it).
PVS 8-)
I vote for me, because I'm fantastic.
- Trout
Has anyone noticed that Cadbury's have discontinued Taz bars and now have "Freddo with caramel" instead. Cadbury's are obviously fleecing us because Freddo is a smaller shape than Taz and thus there is less chocolate and caramel for our hard-earned ten pence...
Anyone else been fleeced recently?
I seocnd the vote for PVS.
Another vote for PVS. The man tries to inspire 2000ad related debate and ends up being mercilessly shot down by the boards version of the Chuckle Brothers.
My vote (I get one, like anyone else), goes to Byron Virgo.
Funny, well-thought out posts that always have me clicking open the thread.
How galling- I'm afraid my vote will have to go with 'the misery' as well.
I vote PVS
He maintained a level of dignity and logic in the face of direct abuse and then put in a juicy and heartfelt ?Fuck off? just when it was needed. Brought a smile to my face.
(My vote may not count ?cos PVS is the only boarder I?ve actually spoken to at a con, albeit briefly, oh two cons in fact. Is that socialising?)
That's definitely not socialising.
However, the jury considers that votes for PVS by Solar Wind (genius 70's homage comic available from many good bookstores and PVS!) contributors may be eliminated in the final count. This also counts for votes for Art by FutureQuake (genius collection of short sci-fi self-contained shocks, available from www.smallzone.com) contributors.
Voters who feel they may be included in these categories are politely asked to consider changing their votes...
Just simplify it, folks.
Vote for me.
I'm great.
- Trout
Devon's Daddy
Cause he sent me a PS1 game. How nice is that!!
I vote for the Trout.
He is great, after all.
I've came here to say I'm not to keen on the idea personally. Logan was joking (the git) when he put my name forward. I appreciate any votes, but I don't really want to be in it.
Hey! That's not fair! Just because I draw up a few of the man's scripts, I can't vote for him?
I still think he's a right misery and those scripts *never* turn up on time- but he does keep a pretty cool head while the rest of us are going through online electoral rolls looking for addresses*.
I find his posts interesting as well- even though they contradict my own most of the time.
Wait- I get it- you're just trying to weed out the competition. This way, I can't vote for PVS, Art, Gary or UKDane either!
Bah! FIX!
*or is that just me?
I vote for johnnyeyebrows. Cos I'm scared he'll rip my head off again if I dont.
Exactly. I vote for PVS again.
See?
Oddboy makes sense.
- Trout
See? PVS= MISERY!
;)
Thanks Pete. I know you're really voting for me because I'm so great- but I understand your reluctance to come clean about it! And you understand that this gesture of goodwill won't be reciprocated, right?
>I've came here to say I'm not to keen on the idea personally. Logan was joking (the git) when he put my name forward. I appreciate any votes, but I don't really want to be in it.

La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
If you hadn't been trained to kill people Logan, you'd be in dead trouble right now...
I think I might change my icon for something that smiles, I can't understand where this misery tag comes from...
And I thought the boarder of the month idea was a stupid one... This gets funner and funner.
voting for the people you don't know socially is a bit diff' are we discounting those we've met at comix things then?
what are we voting on?
very kind & generous
make us laugh
dignified & never bitchy
significant & worthy berserker powers
un-remitting cynicism
the ability to have a good battle ( fun battles not wanky bollox )
techy help & knowledge fu
supreme 2K database skills
general being inspirationally clever-gits
or the ability to wield chainsaws whilst still looking stylish
?
cos theres plenty of all the above... including those previously mentioned.
descisons descisons
Bou, it's Boarder of the Month.
Not Half-Pint Drinking Half-Pint of the Month.
- Trout
/goad 1
Well, obviously I'm only voting for you because Molcher's away. I mean, he's much better than you are. I know how much you want to be him.
/goad 0
We could add a "only girl in the village" award?
Bou - "know socially" means whatever you want it to mean: if you feel you like someone loads more than their postings deserve just cos they're a been a bloody good laugh both times you've met them, then I'd count that as knowing them socially.
Clarificatory Rule 2 subsection/a: If unsure, vote for someone you've never met/emailed privately and know ONLY through the messageboard.
...Dudley
ooooOOOoooh- get you! Cutting! I think Molcher's come on leaps and bounds as it goes- and definately improved more than I have in the last year.
Other than that, you are totally wrong, of course.
[pete makes 'the list']
But I've met people through the board, and now know them socially.
What do you mean Dudley?
Do you regret this yet?
Do you see now why good intentions are pointless?
Why won't anyone else vote for me?
Questions, questions...
- Trout
but i know them all? theyre all my best buddies ...but the message board is socially isnt it ? you mean theres some other way of knowing people?
I'm the only girl in the village you know, i have my own special half pint glass and everything.
"i have my own special half pint glass and everything"
She climbs inside and everyone points and laughs.
- Trout
Cuh! You know what- I was going to vote for you after all, Dud- but it turns out we've emailed each other.
I reckon we'll have to dump this thread among the smouldering ruins of your 'moderated threads' idea...
;)
Ah, so you DO want to be him!
You love him, you do. :P
Hey, I have an idea.
Let's talk about cakes.
I like chocolate eclairs.
Anyone else got a favourite cake?
- Trout
errr... im going to be contreversial and vote for...
KRUSTY.
Yup, And this is due to the fact that the boy has come a long way in the last few months, from making daft n inappropriate jokes (hum hum) to making some darn fine points (and giving us the spelling game!)
Well done that lad! (or is that too patronising for ye?)
I'm quite partial to lemon cake. I'm not mad on eclairs, I don't really go for cream cakes. But they're OK.
Custard doughnuts.
Ugh. I'm afraid I don't like donuts, Herr General.
But Pete - that's intruiging.
Lemon cake? That would be nice with a cup of tea, if the lemon taste isn't too sharp.
- Trout
"Dear artistic Geniuz,
I think that yor stuff iz really grate and I hate being a reporter and I wish I was as good as you. Lets be bset frendz forevur and you can show me why yor so grate and I can lern to be better and stuff.
Yor number one fan,
Michael J. Molcher. I'm extremly tall you know."
So you see, Pete- Molcher's only what I've made him. A great man. Just not as great as me. That's a direct paste from one of the many emails he sends me. Daily*.
He's away for a week, right?
*some of this might be stretching the truth a bit while quite a bit more of it may, in fact, be total bollocks.
yes, it goes well with tea.
The flavour's a bit delicate to make it a suitable accompaniment to coffee, though. I think you'd need a more robust cake, such as ginger.
MmmMMMMmmm... chocolate flapjack...
Ah, yes.
But I'm not too keen on coffee.
I keep meaning to make proper shortbread again. If I ever get round to it I'll send you some.
It's fish flavoured and entirely safe to eat.
- Trout
Ginger's for old ladies that smell like wee...
3rd time!
3rd bloody time! Bloody injoking gits.
...gets upset, kicks over thread, leaves in huff
Well, c'mon now.... As an Internet based messageboard community, we *do* of course represent a horrendously insular clique, present a hive-mind death-to-outsiders mentality, and comprise a grumpier-than-its-component-parts society.
Therefore it doesn't matter who gets the prize, because it belongs to Us All, liberal Stalinism stylee.
What I'm saying is, the only logical course of action is to vote for me. You know I'm right.
UGH! Dudley's a colour corrected Oompa Loompa!
FREAK!
snigger
I wonder how many times one thread can be dragged off-topic, over and over, before the original poster jumps off a bridge?
- Trout
Matt and Mikey, sitting in a tree...
Si, Dudley has excluded you.
You must fight him now.
- Trout
Almost correct comerade Spurrier. However I think you'll find that under Liberal Stalinism all prizes belong to Liberal Stalin, who acts on behalf of The People, and anything else is anarchism and may result in an educational holiday in rural Siberia.
/kill petemaskreplica...
I'm worried.
That's two separate threads mentioning Oompa-Loompas and Adrian Bamforth - keeping you newbies informed, he's their biggest fan - hasn't turned up to praise them.
Is he dead?
Or did Tharg finally give him the new Dredd illustration work he so truly deserves?
- Trout
oh, not again... ;)
Anyway, I mock your liberal Stalinism, as I mock all political ideology.
For I am the only true leader of the world.
Your leader must be this mighty mutant fish!
- Trout
Now Dud- you *know* I'm incapable of having sarcasm directed back at me.
And I don't play the bongos...
/kill dudley
Dudley: that's quite nice.
Is it a gift for me?
Should I send you a postal address?
- Trout
aiieee! run, everyone! run, before he slaughters us all!
W R Logan
for reasons only known to justice department
Might be an idea if you want the negatives.
/kill everyone
Negatives?
What happened to your campaign for positives?
Traitorous scum-sucker!
/kill entire human race
- Trout
Stamp on him before he breaks out into a song with a moral about eating too many lollipops! He'll be doing handstands in a minute!
By the way, it took me a while to realise that Wils was going out with Malchi and not Molchi...
Does Wils eat ginger cake?
- Trout
I do eat ginger cake actually (but it's got to be McVitie's Jamaica Ginger Cake), but my fave cakey is apple turnover with real cream inside.
As for the suggestion that I smell of wee...
I LIEK TEH KAKE!
pvs? nah - too tongue-in-cheek.
I vote for Tulkas.
Hah! Boredom of the month and maybe I'm your man.
I suppose I'd better retract my vote for Trout then, having drank with him a coupla times.
I can't vote for you Si, I helped you get through university (and as such demand an equal share in your qualification so as to make my CV look better) while simultaneously providing entertainment for your lobster.
Umm in which case, I nominate.... Bone Machine - for randomly living in my old street, one digit out from my parent's house.
Just to surpise everyone I nominate RC for causing lots of teacup tempests!!! Intentionally or not!
Yer Slips
:O
It is with a heavy heart, Odders me ole chum, that I announce the sad loss of Rambo, the fresh water lobster.
He shed his armoured carapace as usual at the end of last month, only to come a-cropper of a hunger-crazed Keyhole Cichlid whilst still soft and vulnerable.
He will be sadly missed. The big fucking whuss.
Well If PVS doesn't want my vote then i too go for RC.
Agree or Disagree, for better or for worse, he (I'm presuming you're a he) has given me something to read in the last few days, and made my work day go faster.
Heh, that's suitably ironic for me, feel free Tulkas.
Fucker won't be getting my vote...
:(
I vote for Mr Dribbles, and I'm NOT talking about my penis...
So, in alphabetical order, those nominated so far include...
.Woolly
Bone Machine
Byron Virgo
Devon's Daddy
Johnnyeyebrows
Krusty
Logan
PVS (self-excluded)
RC
Trout
Tulkas
(Can't be bothered to work out who's vboted twice, whose votes are discounted, blah blah blah)
Is there someone who you're surprised isn't on that list? Vote now!
Change is as good as a rest, eh, Wul?
;)
Another one for devon's daddy!
.....nobody voted for me....grumblehummf......
Poor li'l blighter.
I've no idea what a hunger-crazed Keyhole Cichlid is, but will it be featuring as Random's arch-enemy in the forthcoming story?
HORROR!
Heh, heh.
Kill the lobster! Such is the tragedy of creatures of the deep.
Wils: Kiss my fins.
Odds: Traitor. You will be destroyed.
BTW, don't you love the way that no matter how decimated it becomes, a good thread remains true to its original purpose?
- Trout
art seems sensible.. id like to nominate: art
I don't vote for any one person. I find such pols divisive and likely to cause more harm than good, potentially leading to many feeling offended at the choice of others.
There are far too many nice people here for me to pick one. You are all bloody marvelous.
PVS... he has this annoying habit that I really hate.
Hands up out there, anybody who has went to post something clever, only to find that He has got there first with some well thought out post, rendering your post pointless?
ugh!
Theres two I'd like to nominate, but since I can't do that. I'd like to give honorable mention to Floyd Kermode and Devins Daddy.
Will
This is the best thread I've read all night!
1: Vote for Rac, nice E-bloke. Not met.
2: Cake: Cheesecake at the moment, with blackberries.
3: All hail the trout, for he is horrible to behold.
4: Si: Sorry to hear about the lobster, but I never knew they shedded. Does Random have to hide every so often whilst he sheds? Tharg does!
Bolt-01
PVS for me too please. I would also like to vote for Tiramisu as the best cake thingy ever!
Thanks for a brilliant thread. Kept me entertained nicely :-)
well trouts off the menu this month he hasnt been funny enough.
molchers away.
Johnny gets a vote for being delightfully beserker.
PVS gets a vote for being PVS
Mr Thrash Sir gets a vote for ...ah no... weve met.
somthing Fishy & flyod get votes for being calm & decent regardless of what maddness abounds
tank grrl, vampjen, & malchi get votes for being girls in the face of all this macho bollox
Art gets a vote for being a cynical sod.
Wake gets a vote cos he's s daddy star...oh no he's an employee
and theres a bloke in a bad hat, & a few greys don't get anything at all. ever.
we may have met Bou, but I think it was the knowing someone well that was banned..
anyway, taht sounded like a plea for a vote...so...bah
I nominate Krustabi for interesting and funny threads and a good icon
"tank grrl, vampjen, & malchi get votes for being girls in the face of all this macho bollox"
actually, the only reason i've not been around much and there for not secum to the 'macho bollox' is because my computer crashed and wouldn't start up again. luckily i have a computer whiz friend who sorted the problem without loosing a single file. YAH!
but thanks for saying something positive about me. i will of course assume that being a girl does not mean being girly as the latter makes me shudder...
i nominate BT bcos hes an allround standup guy
heh
and us punks have to stick together
i nominate PVS too cos he seems like a good all round stand up guy
woolly and LMS also get strong nominations for same reason
krustabi cos his threads are really different if a little off topic and vampirajen as best newcomer
>W R Logan
>for reasons only known to justice department
Its nice to be appreciated 8-)
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
i like everyone.
but i think Logan gets my vote for his wonderful
links to information requested.
he has made many many contrubitions to thrill power knowledge.
Oh well.. as your all going ahead with this stupid little game anyway.
I vote for DD as he is an all round top bloke even though he comes from the wrong side of the border (a different thread i know).
I vote for Wake. (Duh!)
My vote has to go to PVS because I enjoy reading his threads and posts.
If I got a second (or if PVS' dont count) then it must be Logan who continually amazes me with the amount of images that he can appear to pull up at whim to suit the thread.
I'm quite partial to toffee cake by the way.
logan and watcher for their services to thrillpower
Pah! Toffee cake!
Wils had it right (damn his eyes!) the mighty Apple Turnover is king of the bakery!
< pitchfork >
Death to the sponge-eating nay-sayers!
< /pitchfork >
on closer inspection, i notice i'm not allowed to vote for DD, Jen or Bony fella who've all been gr8, so i'm gonna go with the other punx. Go BT and Stront!
Cake-wise, ya can't beat a good chocolate fudge hash cake. Satisfies body and mind.
And one for Krusty's 'VD' thread. heh!
Then I'll vote for Bolt-01, because you were kind enough to vote for me!
Crap! Actually I better change my vote to Bolt=01 'cause he voluntarily drew something I wrote which is great genorosity indeed.
If this works, ignore the text. Just look at the pictures.
>I'm quite partial to toffee cake by the way.
To try and keep on topic:


La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
I believe, without checking too closely just yet (sssso many law-breakers, sssso little time), that Krusty and Logan are neck and neck.
Don't forget, you decide - so if you haven't voted yet, get one in!
BYRON VIRGO
For sending me free comics in the post and for having nice hand writing.
Thanks Byron I wasn't expecting the amount. You really are a stand up fella.
I can't vote - too many nice people and only one vote.
Besides - no fecker's voted for me...
-Sulkybast
I would like to pay special mention to Floyd and Tanky. I didnae beforehand because SOMEBODY wouldn't let me.
That someone was mr. "inside-everyrevolutionary there's a policeman" - Dudley
Hey - it's a free country.
You're free to make as many votes as you like.
And I'm free to ignore them.
I just assumed you'd nick everybody else's votes ;P
'EY!
Calm down, calm down!
Aaah - this level of sophisticated and original, non-sterortypical comedy reminds me of shining wit that is Sinister/Dexter.
Mmm. There may have been a spoonerism in that last sentence.
I'm always pretty interested in what PVS and Art have to say but I think I'm excluded from voting for them.
I would nominate TROUT because he is our King.
All Hail Trout! But I'm excluded there as well.
I think I'd have to go for someone like DD - his enthusiasm for 2000AD and being nice to people does genuinely shine through.
He can start a debate and canvass opinions and realises that they are *only* opinions - there is no right or wrong when it comes to personal taste.
He's also one of the few boarders humble enough to admit that the stuff he likes isn't the always "critically" well recieved or is the epitome of cool or trendy.
And he is, after all, Official Welcomer.
Weren't thinking of driving this evening were you, Pete?
It's the bus for me then... again.
Dudley: for volume if not content ;)
Battenburg : Ditto
pffff , not only am i the only girl in the village, but i'm sad to see that my popularity rating has dropped below that of a troll, well thats what i get for not keeping my gob shut & protesting about bullies wandering about stirring trouble & causing fights.
Bad girl naughty girl, must talk about cake & flutter eyelashes in a more appealing manner.
Yes, you have been very, very bad.
Ah, but see, Bou- you're clearly underestimating the comedy value of a troll...
Mister Johnny's home!
Good day in the ratrace, mister J?
I vote for anyone who hasn't kept this bloody silly thread going.
I vote for anyone who hasn't kept this bloody silly thread going.
of course, by trying to protest i am guilty of taking party.
bollocks to it.
i've had it with his damned bollocks board
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for the next five minutes.
Bloody hell, the fish has lost it
ha, fishy, you managed to raise a chuckle there ! good man, ive had it too...I'm off ! ... in a minute... saffin raffin comix bollockx, really not worth putting up with sexist slime balls, if i wanted that i'd go to the pub, in fact, this place has become so irritating, i'm off to the pub instead... in a mo.
aye & Trolls & ruffians have taken over the shire, pfff youre welcome to each other... just as soon as ive stormed off..like.
The fish has gone postal.. get out of my way rc or you get it too.
Bloody right Bou. Good on you.
Damned scum troll poo eating shitey head farts.
You storm out and take a few heads with you.
They come anywhere near this pond i'm going medieval on their ass!!
I think I might have accidentally done something in that pond earlier...
try that again hillbilly boy.
i'll bite yer nob off.
for fear of being hung from the highest tree, I think we all need to hug the fish..... he seems to be harbouring some pent up aggression there..... coooome here you lovely likkle fishy!
ARSE
I wish there were some women on this board.
Well, the last time I looked........
Cool.
Uptight?
No, rc. You wish there were some women on the board that would talk to you.
Ohhh! You go girl!!!
Ouch.
But I think me & Bou get on just fine.
This competition is now closed. Remember, if you broke any rules, your vote will not have been counted.
The clear winner has been emailed and has confirmed that they does not wish to take part.
It has been decided by a hand picked group of judges that in the event of the winner withdrawing, the title "Boarder of the Month" is to be declared null and void.
This decision has nothing to do with the judge realising that he's broke and 18 days away from pay-day, thus presenting a slight difficulty in obtaining a give-away prize.
Nor does it have anything to do with the belated realisation that this was a silly idea in the first place.
I say let the "people" vote!!!
"The People's Boarder", like Alex Higgins.
it was a fun thread.
which is always a great thing to start.
but the only vote thing was tough.so many deserving souls here. for so many reasons.
none the less. whilst on the subject of voting.
boarder awards????
when we will be enjoying this. i understand people are busy but i really want to take part.
"Dear artistic Geniuz,
I think that yor stuff iz really grate and I hate being a reporter and I wish I was as good as you. Lets be bset frendz forevur and you can show me why yor so grate and I can lern to be better and stuff.
Yor number one fan,
Michael J. Molcher. I'm extremly tall you know."
So you see, Pete- Molcher's only what I've made him. A great man. Just not as great as me. That's a direct paste from one of the many emails he sends me. Daily*.
He's away for a week, right?"
JUST found this, you git ;oP
Blimey, necro posting of the worst kind!
You really are quiet at work today!
Bolt-01
You have to admit though, it is funny that it took him eight months to find it!
Anyway, who's boarder of the month now then?
I nominate myself, coz I'm great.
I think I'd nominate Pyroxian, for GIVING me complete Judge Dredd 3-26.
Bolt-01
'Nother one for the absolutely marvellous Pyroxian who in a true above-and-beyond moment not only replaced the entire collection my mum threw out, he also lugged it all (4 full carrier bags!) down to Oxford just to hand it over.
In fact, screw it, I reckon the guy deserves a Krill tro Thargo for that.
Oh bloody hell, what's this thread doing back?!
I vote me cos my pooter's great.
Oh, and mr c for the drunk pirates!
Trout for arranging a fantastic Dreddcon for all boarders and the monster (....I mean Group) Photograph
Or maybe Jamie B for a fantastic Dreddcon for all
Slips
Oh bloody hell, what's this thread doing back?!
I got bored and Googled my own name ... hey presto, Eyebrows-based abuse was uncovered ...
(PS I'm not counting the votes - LMS is in charge of this round)
Pffp, I just resurrected it to point abuse at Timmo ... I ain't doing no counting ;oP
Will you stop moaning, you old woman?!?
It's no wonder I take the piss out of you at every available opportunity...
;)
Has your unholy offspring torn itself away from the comfort of the womb yet? Or does it have the work ethic of its father? ;oP
Pfff... I work for myself- you're stealing from your employer every time you post here- now sod off and investigate your own work ethic!
;)
It's due a week today, by the way.
your unholy offspringNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Trout. I get *paid* to arrange DreddCon, and furthermore, it ain't just me who does it.
J-Bo-1
I didn't even say anything!
Oh, bugger off.
- Trout
Oi! Leave the next ruler of all that is out of this!
Oh, wait. I get it.
Jamie's comment wasn't addressed to me.
Sorry.
I'm having an INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL DAY.
Anyway, I nominate Scottie for boarder of the month, for kindly posting my Steve Yeowell page to me, thus saving the risk of getting it home via Easyjet.
Good man!
- Trout
There are lots of people who probably deserve a nomination in the wake of Dreddcon.
Trout for suggesting the photo.
Max, for sending me poster mags he don't want no more ;)
PVS, for the free copy of Solar Wind he sent me after buying some of my stuff off eBay.
But the nomination has to go to...
Arthur Wyatt, for taking it on trust that I'd get round to giving him coins for a copy of Futurequake.
Coins for futurequake? I've always paid in beer, a far more sensible currency.
I'd vote for WR Logan, for donating me a programme 4.
(Although Pyroxian's donation to Dudley is possibly more impressive.)
>I'd vote for WR Logan, for donating me a programme 4.
>(Although Pyroxian's donation to Dudley is possibly more impressive.)
That last line might cost you 8-)
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Oddboy hastily backtracks
Errr, I mean impressive in a lugging lots of bags around way... as opposed to the quality and generousity of the donation, which is why Logan is clearly the best boarder of the month, nay, year.
HURRAH FOR W.R!