Nominate your favorite board for vBBotM - January

[s.molinari]

Hi all,

Well this is the start to a new year of vBBotM and the end of the first complete year of winning boards. I've enjoyed this year although some of the contests have had heated discussions. But, that is just a symbolization of how much winning this contest means to most of you which makes doing this very much worth while. I hope next year will be just as competitetive and, with the release of vB3, even more interesting.

Please start nominating. And please don't forget to second too. That makes the draw a bit more interesting.:)

Scott

Nomination guide lines

1. This month only 5 nominees will be accepted.
2. You can nominate your own board, but you must sit out a month before you can nominate it again.
3. If your board wins, it cannot be nominated again for a year.
4. If somebody else nominates your board the month after you nominated your own, the nomination will be accepted.
5.***Important!***Nominations will only be accepted for 4 days after the start of this thread. Deadline is 19:30 Hours GMT on the 19th.
6. A good board is based on whatever makes you happy.;)
7. When you make a nomination please include the Board URL and maybe a reason why you like the site.
8. A nomination must be seconded by a non-biased person before it will be accepted as a nomination. That means the second must come from somebody who is not affiliated with the board being nominated. (I know this will be difficult to inforce but please comply.)
9. You can nominate as many boards as you'd like but please second only one or two. (This is not a definite rule and therefore won't be inforced. It is more like a polite request. I added it because the question, "How many boards can I nominate or second?" always seems to come up.)
10. All seconded Nominations recieved within the 4 days will be thrown into a hat and 5 final nominees will be pulled. This selection will be 100% random!

If you have any more opinions/ ideas for other guidelines or opinions on these guidelines, please feel free to post them.

[Faruk]

I nominate my place again: the Couch
www.kurafire.com/thecouch

I just added a Journal System (self-written) to it, upgraded some other hacks I made on it, gonna improve some vB coding to use less queries on pages (considerably less for some people), made a Quotes DB section, and I'm working on Way more features as we speak. All of it is integrated with the vBulletin forum and eventually, it'll be a complete site with tons of various features that are built on the vB forum but the forum'll be only a tiny part of it.

I've been nominated and seconded a few times in the past, only made the running 5 once and then I was up against three very good boards, kinda hoping to have a chance again :)

Oh, and I haven't nominated myself in several months but I have no idea if someone else did in the meantime, so I guess I can nominate myself, right? :)

[DirectPixel]

I nominate the DirectPixel Forums (http://forums.directpixel.com).:)

Newly redesigned and re-launched from stratch.

Also, I second the Couch.:)

[nabeel]

www.fragblast.com (http://www.fragblast.com)


Just finished a working battle system, with customizable characters..You have stats which are factored into the battle system. From battleing you gain experience, and with enough experience, you level up. When you level up you can stat points which you can free distribute to your own stats, which include attack, defense, magic, speed, agility. There's also an Itemshop which has been modded, item's you buy in the Itemshop are used, such as armor. You buy armor, and when you battle, it's factored in. You use potions to heal yourself.

Battling is accompanied with a challenge system, so you can issue challenges to people. If the challenge is accepted, the battle will take place, and either party can view the log of that battle, a hit-by-hit analysis of the battle.

Different classes also have different default stats. Next version of the battle system will include classes that are stronger when versing others, a magic system, different selectable attacks and defense manuevers for each class and different weapons

:) :cool:

[JungleMan]

I also nominate Fragblast :D it has substance, a cool admin, and an active member base :p

[alkahf]

Hello

I nominate my forum vBulletin Club
http://www.vbulletinclub.com

There are four styles
I think you'll like it

I like you vote which style do you like
http://www.vbulletinclub.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=369

Thanks :)

[croft]

nominate my place again: the Couch
http://www.kurafire.com/thecouch


Cool board =) i second that board.

[Smoothie]

Originally posted by alkahf
Hello

I nominate my forum vBulletin Club
http://www.vbulletinclub.com

There are four styles
I think you'll like it

I like you vote which style do you like
http://www.vbulletinclub.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=369

Thanks :) Hope you received permssion from Apple Computer to use those images on your site.

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
I nominate the DirectPixel Forums (http://forums.directpixel.com).:)

Newly redesigned and re-launched from stratch.

Also, I second the Couch.:) I'll second DirectPixel.

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
I'll second DirectPixel. What an honor to be seconded by an admin of SitePoint and a vBulletin Team member!

Thanks!:)

BTW: Happy BDay!

[chopper]

I would like to nominate http://www.webmaster-talk.com

[filburt1]

Eh...third DirectPixel ;)

[alkahf]

Originally posted by Smoothie
Hope you received permssion from Apple Computer to use those images on your site. Hello Smoothie :)
I like Apple as you
And I like that you know all rights reserved for our site!
Thank you for your visit Smoothie :)

[max11]

I think alkahf"s board is the best one!!!!

Just take a look here :eek:

http://vbulletinclub.com/showthread.php?amp;threadid=369

And a coooool headr and footer :cool:

Best Regrds

max11

[Floris]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
I nominate my place again: the Couch
http://www.kurafire.com/thecouch

I just added a Journal System (self-written) to it, upgraded some other hacks I made on it, gonna improve some vB coding to use less queries on pages (considerably less for some people), made a Quotes DB section, and I'm working on Way more features as we speak. All of it is integrated with the vBulletin forum and eventually, it'll be a complete site with tons of various features that are built on the vB forum but the forum'll be only a tiny part of it.

I've been nominated and seconded a few times in the past, only made the running 5 once and then I was up against three very good boards, kinda hoping to have a chance again :)

Oh, and I haven't nominated myself in several months but I have no idea if someone else did in the meantime, so I guess I can nominate myself, right? :)


I second that
(and so should you!)

[Phobos[X]]

I nominate www.ffsphere.net/forum (http://www.ffsphere.net/forum)
It has 3 excellent styles, a 4th coming up. Its only been up for 2 months, with over 15,000 posts, and 190 members!


Although I did not make the forum, I am an admininstrator there.

You should check out the postbit, forumhome etc. Each is clevely modified for to match the website.

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by Chruser
Besides, there are 16 alternative styles to choose from, try "X79" if you have a great computer, for instance. Alpha filters hurt, believe me. :)

I tried it and it took me a few seconds to figure out what was different from the default "synthesis" theme because I switched before it had finished loading. My computer didn't have a problem with the effect, was slightly annoying to me though.

[abutraiky]

I would likke nominate http://www.vbulletinclub.com
I think it's the best one

thanks all

[Boothby]

I'll nominate Projekt Starwars (http://www.projektstarwars.de/forum/).

[PiotrasG]

DirectPixel got my Polish vote nice board.

[Dean C]

I'd like to nominate www.vbulletin.org

I can't believe it has never won before.. Definately the best board out there :)

- miSt

[Chris M]

Originally posted by Mist
I'd like to nominate www.vbulletin.org

I can't believe it has never won before.. Definately the best board out there :)

- miSt I totally agree:)

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/

It gets my vote;)

Satan

[Zidaneffs]

Originally posted by Phobos[X]
I nominate www.ffsphere.net/forum (http://www.ffsphere.net/forum)
It has 3 excellent styles, a 4th coming up. Its only been up for 2 months, with over 15,000 posts, and 190 members!


Although I did not make the forum, I am an admininstrator there.


You should check out the postbit, forumhome etc. Each is clevely modified for to match the website.

I second that, I nominate it as well :)

[Joe Gronlund]

I nominate asendtechnologies.com

http://www.asendtechnologies.com/vb/index.php - Tech Support vBulletin


http://www.asendtechnologies.com/index.php - Portal

[Vile]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
I nominate the DirectPixel Forums (http://forums.directpixel.com).:)
Newly redesigned and re-launched from stratch.


I third Direct Pixel Forums.

[DirectPixel]

Originally posted by Vile
I third Direct Pixel Forums. Thank you.:)

(BTW: It's 5th, not 3rd.;))

[Vile]

Originally posted by DirectPixel
Thank you.:)

(BTW: It's 5th, not 3rd.;))
NP. LOL, I'm lazy, I guess I didn't read through all the posts :p

[filburt1]

Originally posted by hellsatan
I totally agree:)

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/

It gets my vote;)

Satan Technically there is no rule against it running unless some ex post facto rule would be implemented...

[bromyaur]

I will nominate

http://www.jmdsforum.com/vb/index.php?s=

and second


http://www.asendtechnologies.com/vb/index.php

[Koss]

Originally posted by s.molinari
Hi all,

Well this is the start to a new year of vBBotM and the end of the first complete year of winning boards. I've enjoyed this year although some of the contests have had heated discussions. But, that is just a symbolization of how much winning this contest means to most of you which makes doing this very much worth while. I hope next year will be just as competitetive and, with the release of vB3, even more interesting.

Please start nominating. And please don't forget to second too. That makes the draw a bit more interesting.:)

Scott

Nomination guide lines

1. This month only 5 nominees will be accepted.
2. You can nominate your own board, but you must sit out a month before you can nominate it again.
3. If your board wins, it cannot be nominated again for a year.
4. If somebody else nominates your board the month after you nominated your own, the nomination will be accepted.
5.***Important!***Nominations will only be accepted for 4 days after the start of this thread. Deadline is 19:30 Hours GMT on the 19th.
6. A good board is based on whatever makes you happy.;)
7. When you make a nomination please include the Board URL and maybe a reason why you like the site.
8. A nomination must be seconded by a non-biased person before it will be accepted as a nomination. That means the second must come from somebody who is not affiliated with the board being nominated. (I know this will be difficult to inforce but please comply.)
9. You can nominate as many boards as you'd like but please second only one or two. (This is not a definite rule and therefore won't be inforced. It is more like a polite request. I added it because the question, "How many boards can I nominate or second?" always seems to come up.)
10. All seconded Nominations recieved within the 4 days will be thrown into a hat and 5 final nominees will be pulled. This selection will be 100% random!

If you have any more opinions/ ideas for other guidelines or opinions on these guidelines, please feel free to post them. the deadline is dec19 or Jan 19 ??

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Koss
the deadline is dec19 or Jan 19 ?? december 19th

this is the deadline for nominating boards, no more. Upon deadline, all the boards that got nominated + seconded will go into a hat and 5 will be taken out, randomly. then, on January 1st (or, seeing as how that's NYD and all, probably 2nd or 3rd of Jan) there will be the official Voting thread :)

[TownGirl]

Originally posted by bromyaur
I will nominate

http://www.jmdsforum.com/vb/index.php?s=
I'll second that :cool:





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[Floris]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
december 19th

this is the deadline for nominating boards, no more. Upon deadline, all the boards that got nominated + seconded will go into a hat and 5 will be taken out, randomly. then, on January 1st (or, seeing as how that's NYD and all, probably 2nd or 3rd of Jan) there will be the official Voting thread :) Hope you get drawn.

[Chruser]

Originally posted by Mist
I'd like to nominate http://www.vbulletin.org

I can't believe it has never won before.. Definately the best board out there :)

I second, third or whatever that..! :D

[Koss]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
december 19th

this is the deadline for nominating boards, no more. Upon deadline, all the boards that got nominated + seconded will go into a hat and 5 will be taken out, randomly. then, on January 1st (or, seeing as how that's NYD and all, probably 2nd or 3rd of Jan) there will be the official Voting thread :) damn missed it

[Cary]

Originally posted by Koss
damn missed it No you didn't. Today is December 18th.

[zachb]

second http://www.webmaster-talk.com/

[SpeedStreet]

How about my site at speedstreet.org?

We just crossed the 500 thousandth hit mark...22 thousand posts...closing in on 300 members :)

It's a car community that links up smaller communities together into one big one.

[Mr. X]

Originally posted by Asendin
I nominate asendtechnologies.com

http://www.asendtechnologies.com/vb/index.php - Tech Support vBulletin


http://www.asendtechnologies.com/index.php - Portal

I'll third Asendtech and 6th^3.4th Directpixel. I like em both equally.

[Faruk]

38 more minutes to go!!!!!!!

:D

[corsacrazy]

i would like to nominate http://forums.ev0lution.co.uk

purly because of the stunning use of graphics its such a well layout out forum too !

[snyx]

I think I JUST make the deadline.. nominate myself thanks. :)
http://www.form-kaos.com

-Myles

[jediguy]

If I'm not too late:

http://forums.shoresofvalinor.com

Second-worthy? ;)

[Faruk]

Only corsacrazy was in time, the other two were too late. However, corsacrazy was only in time with nominating, nobody seconded him in time, so he's still out of the hat.

Scott, when're ya gonna make the competing 5 public? :)

[s.molinari]

Hi,

The nominating is over and the nominees are drawn. And the nominees are:

1. ffsphere.net (http://www.ffsphere.net/forum)
2. asendtechnologies.com (http://www.asendtechnologies.com/vb/index.php)
3. kurafire.com (http://www.kurafire.com/thecouch)
4. directpixel.com (http://forums.directpixel.com/)
5. webmaster-talk.com (http://www.webmaster-talk.com/)

Good luck to all of you and may the best board win!:)

Scott

[corsacrazy]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Only corsacrazy was in time, the other two were too late. However, corsacrazy was only in time with nominating, nobody seconded him in time, so he's still out of the hat.

Scott, when're ya gonna make the competing 5 public? :) dam :( lol

[Floris]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Only corsacrazy was in time, the other two were too late. However, corsacrazy was only in time with nominating, nobody seconded him in time, so he's still out of the hat.

Scott, when're ya gonna make the competing 5 public? :)


Everybody that doesn't vote for kurafire will not receive vbulletin3.zip :)

[Flup]

Originally posted by xiphoid
I second that
(and so should you!) I nominate my forums :S
http://sat-gsm.dyndns.org/forum/

[Dean C]

Your a bit late..

And i'd like to state my disappointment at vbulletin.org not getting into the final draw...

I think the first 3 highest nominated should be in then all the rest go into the hat...

- miSt

[Faruk]

Originally posted by corsacrazy
dam :( lol w00t!

I'm in the running again, /me go ^_^ :)

For the first month of next year. Ah, 2003 should truly be a good year for me. :)

Thanks Scott for the quick response ;)

*crosses fingers* ^_^

[Chris M]

Originally posted by Mist
Your a bit late..

And i'd like to state my disappointment at vbulletin.org not getting into the final draw...

I think the first 3 highest nominated should be in then all the rest go into the hat...

- miSt

Indeed...I think the result was fixed so that vBulletin.org could not win:mad:

Satan

[Faruk]

I think they agreed at one point not to make vb.org eligable, but it could be that that wasn't official but merely a suggestion. *shrugs*

Personally, I think vb.org is too affiliated to Jelsoft to be eligable, even though it's a very nicely hacked board.

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by xiphoid
Everybody that doesn't vote for kurafire will not receive vbulletin3.zip :) Pretty arrogant... Vote for who you like.. I have already chosen my vote.

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Wayne Luke
Pretty arrogant... Vote for who you like.. I have already chosen my vote.


pffft, I'm pretty damn sure that it was a joke, Wayne :p

[Dean C]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
pffft, I'm pretty damn sure that it was a joke, Wayne :p I can't see why vbulletin.org can't be nominated and vbulletintemplates.com can?

That doesn't make sense because they're both affilated to jelsoft and i know that vbt is on jelsoft's server so.... it can't be true..

Can someone confirm if vbulletin.org is allowed?

Regards

- miSt

[s.molinari]

vBulletin.org was in the hat when I did the draw. It unfortunately stayed in it.:)

Scott

[snyx]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
Only corsacrazy was in time, the other two were too late. However, corsacrazy was only in time with nominating, nobody seconded him in time, so he's still out of the hat.

Scott, when're ya gonna make the competing 5 public? :) wow that was pretty hurting. thx boys. :mad:

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by snyx
wow that was pretty hurting. thx boys. :mad: There is always next month...

[Faruk]

Originally posted by snyx
wow that was pretty hurting. thx boys. :mad:

Why? I was simply stating the facts so that you wouldn't go wonder why you weren't even in the hat.

It's not that hard y'know. The deadline is set at the start of the thread, this happens every time Scott makes the BotM thread, and I think the deadline has only changed _once_ since the start of BotM.

It's just weird to keep seeing people nominate their boards (well) after closing time. Why don't you read the first post entirely, but only for like 10-20 words? If at all...

*sighs and rolls eyes*

[snyx]

ok whatever, but were not talking some major contest here
like how far was I off, a few hours maybe? geez..

but rules are rules..
haha

joke.

[filburt1]

Originally posted by Mist
I can't see why vbulletin.org can't be nominated and vbulletintemplates.com can?

That doesn't make sense because they're both affilated to jelsoft and i know that vbt is on jelsoft's server so.... it can't be true..

Can someone confirm if vbulletin.org is allowed?

Regards

- miSt vBT is not an offical Jelsoft site and is in no way affiliated with Jelsoft. No, they don't use Jelsoft's servers (VO), they use SaintDog's host (ViperHost).

[filburt1]

Well vBT definitely isn't an official Jelsoft site. Maybe they've changed servers since I last checked.

[mfinc]

I think some people are cheating, by either nominating them selves, because there are some people who have only one post, and just signed up and nominated, and never seen any posts by them again...wierd?

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by filburt1
vBT is not an offical Jelsoft site and is in no way affiliated with Jelsoft. No, they don't use Jelsoft's servers (VO), they use SaintDog's host (ViperHost). A tracert on both servers would say otherwise. It places both servers in the same NOC and quite possibly on the same computer since the IP addresses are within 2 pips of each other. Also the fact that vBulletintemplates.com requires you to be licensed to do certain functions, also gives another hint. ;)

excerpt from vBulletintemplates.com tracert:


Tracing route to vbulletintemplates.com [205.214.66.221]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
10 64 ms 64 ms 63 ms gigabitethernet0.yipes9.bbnplanet.net [4.25.24.62]
11 168 ms 147 ms 141 ms 66.54.149.66
12 65 ms 65 ms 64 ms 205.214.66.221
Trace complete.


excerpt from vBulletin.com tracert:


Tracing route to www.vbulletin.com (http://www.vbulletin.com) [205.214.66.219]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
10 93 ms 64 ms 74 ms gigabitethernet0.yipes9.bbnplanet.net [4.25.24.62]
11 * 185 ms 207 ms 66.54.149.66
12 69 ms 64 ms 66 ms 205.214.66.219
Trace complete.

[Dean C]

Hasn't a clue what that means ^

But i know for a fact its hosted by John and not VH

- miSt

[HenryG2]

Originally posted by Mist
Hasn't a clue what that means ^

But i know for a fact its hosted by John and not VH

- miSt That means that we're 99.9% sure that vBT is on the same server as vB.com.

[Dean C]

Which proves im right then :p hehe

[Faruk]

Originally posted by Arunan.S
I think some people are cheating, by either nominating them selves, because there are some people who have only one post, and just signed up and nominated, and never seen any posts by them again...wierd? You're free to nominate yourself and then not post again, there are no rules against that at all. You're just not free to nominate yourself again within one month after that, or if you've _won_ BotM of course. :) (then it's either 6 months or a year, I forgot..)

That's not cheating, it's normal, accepted behaviour. You can't demand from people to spend time on this forum just to be eligable for BotM. Not everyone has something to do here, y'know, but plenty of people own a vB license and made a great board and would like to have a shot at winning this, nonetheless. :)

[d2alio]

Originally posted by 1337Devil
You're free to nominate yourself and then not post again, there are no rules against that at all. You're just not free to nominate yourself again within one month after that, or if you've _won_ BotM of course. :) (then it's either 6 months or a year, I forgot..)

That's not cheating, it's normal, accepted behaviour. You can't demand from people to spend time on this forum just to be eligable for BotM. Not everyone has something to do here, y'know, but plenty of people own a vB license and made a great board and would like to have a shot at winning this, nonetheless. :) pretty nice entries for January 2003 guys. I've got my vote all ready :)