User blog:Scrawland Scribblescratch/2015 ERB Wiki Awards Nominations

It's time again. Nominate people for the categories. Nominations end December 5, 2015. Voting will begin December 5, 2015 and end December 22, 2015. The Awards Ceremony will be on December 23.

Categories
'''IMPORTANT: The year 2015 begins on December 1, 2014 in this context. Any user, battle, or other thing can be nominated from after December 1, 2014.'''

'''THIS IS NOT THE VOTING BLOG. THE VOTING WILL BEGIN ON DECEMBER 5, 2015.'''

YOU CANNOT NOMINATE YOURSELF.

User Awards
'''IMPORTANT: No users who were banned for more than one month or blocked at all in the aforementioned time period can be nominated for any categories except Worst Troll. The Best Staff Member must be someone who is still a member of the staff. This means no retired staff members. The Best User must have been on the wiki for at least 2 month prior to their nomination. Nominations will be capped at 6 for all user awards.'''
 * Best User of 2015: For the user you think was the best person, contributor, helper, etc.
 * Worst Troll of 2015: For the troll you think caused the most damage over the last year. Or the funniest troll.
 * Best New User of 2015: For the new user (joined on or after December 1, 2014) you think was the best person, contributor, helper, etc.
 * Best Former User of 2015: For the user who left over this past year and you think was a great person, user, etc.
 * Best Conduct of 2015: For the user you think was the nicest and most caring to others in general.
 * Best Editor of 2015: For the user you think made the greatest contributions to the wiki over this past year.
 * Best Rapper of 2015: For the user you think was the greatest rapper on the wiki. Please provide at least two times where they rapped as themselves.
 * Worst Rapper of 2015: For the user you think had the worst and least entertaining raps in 2015. Please provide two times where they rapped as themselves.
 * Best Staff Member of 2015: For the staff member you thought was the most valuable and helpful. Cannot nominate anyone who was demoted during the year of 2015.
 * Best New Staff Member of 2015: For the staff member you thought was the most valuable and helpful. Cannot nominate anyone who was demoted during the year of 2015.
 * Best Former Staff Member of 2015: For the retired or demoted staff member you thought was the most valuable and helpful. Cannot nominate anyone who was promoted in the year of 2015.
 * Most Creative User of 2015: For the user with the most original content and creative ideas.
 * Funniest User of 2015: For the user who made you laugh the most.
 * Best Commenter of 2015: For the user who had the best, funniest, or most creative comments in 2015.
 * Best Username of 2015: For the person you think has the coolest username. User has to have joined on or after January 1, 2015.

Rap Awards
Nominations will be capped at 8.
 * Best User Battle of 2015: For the coolest and most epic battle between users. Please link the battle.
 * Best Fanmade Battle of 2015: For the coolest and most epic fanmade battle created by a user on this wiki. Please link the battle.
 * Best Crap Battle of 2015: For the best parody battle or fake premise battle of 2015. (Like ERB of Food, or other joke battles.) Please link the battle.
 * Best Tourney Battle of 2015: For the best battle from a tournament in 2015. Please link the battle.
 * Best Battle Royale of 2015: For the best battle with more than two participants. Can be fanmade battle or user battle. Please link the battle.
 * Best Battle Series of 2015: For any series of battles made by a user. Can be serious or comedy. Ex: ERBVG, Epic Rat Battles of Horror, etc.

ERB Awards
'''Important note: The 2015 Rapping Year began with Oprah vs Ellen and ends with Stan Lee vs Jim Henson. This is because nominations last year were cut off at Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter. Nominations are not actually being taken for this category because all battles are up for the win.'''
 * Best Battle of 2015: Your favorite battle that was released in 2015.
 * Best Rapper of 2015: Your favorite rapper in an ERB that was released in 2015.
 * Best Actor of 2015: The actor you think portrayed their character best in an ERB released in 2015.
 * Best Cameo of 2015: Your favorite cameo from an ERB released in 2015.

Miscellanea

 * Best Project of 2015: For any project undertaken during the year of 2015. Includes works of writing, series, comedies, etc. No Hurt/Heals.
 * Best Abstract of 2015: If you think something like a blog or some excellent photo editing from the year 2015 needs to be recognized but don't see an award for it, nominate it for this category.

Lifetime Awards
Lifetime Awards apply to the whole lifetime of the wiki, from founding to present. Nominations are capped at 5 unless stated otherwise.

Note for future years: You cannot win the same lifetime award more than once unless stated otherwise.

Lifetime User Awards

 * All-time Best User: The best user in the history of the wiki. Can be anyone.
 * All-time Worst Troll: The worst user in the history of the wiki. Can be anyone who broke rules and was punished for it.
 * All-time Best Staff Member: The best staff member in the history of the wiki. Can be anyone who ever served on the staff, demoted or not.
 * All-time Best Editor: The best editor in the history of the wiki. Remember: Quantity over quality. Can be anyone.
 * All-time Best Rapper: The best rapper in the history of the wiki. The best flow, the sickest rhymes, the most savage burns. Please provide 5 instances where they rapped as themselves.
 * All-time Most Creative User: The user who had the most creative, original, or interesting ideas in the history of the wiki. Can be anyone. Please provide examples of their creativity and/or resourcefulness.

Rap Lifetime Awards
Lifetime awards for rap. No winners can win again.
 * All-time Best Fanmade Rap Battle: The best fanmade rap battle ever. Cannot be a battle between wiki users. Nominations required. Please provide a link to the battle.
 * All-time Best User Rap Battle: The best user rap battle ever. Cannot be a battle from an official tourney. Nominations required. Please provide a link to the battle.
 * All-time Best Battle Royale: The best battle, fanmade or user, ever with three or more main rappers. Nominations required. Please provide a link to the battle.
 * All-time Best Tourney Battle: The best battle ever from any of the four official tourneys. Nominations required. Please provide a link to the battle.
 * All-time Best Official Tourney: The best of the four official tourneys. No nominations required.
 * All-time Best Battle Series: The best battle series ever. Series must contain at least 10 battles to be considered. Nominations required. Please provide link to a template or blog hub where all the battles can be found.

ERB Lifetime Awards
Best things from all 51 ERBs. Also includes Michael J. Fox vs Chucky.


 * All-time Best ERB: The best ERB ever. No nominations required; open field. The Best ERB Lifetime Award cannot be won again unless people want to challenge it with a new battle. None of the 50 losers will be contenders for the award in the future, only new battles.
 * All-time Best Rapper: The best rapper (character) ever. Must have rapped a full verse in a battle. Nominations required. No rapper can win this award more than once unless they make a second appearance where they rap a full verse and people nominate it again.
 * All-time Best Actor (and Best Role): The actor who played and rapped as their character the best. Must have rapped a full verse in their battle. Nominations required. No actor can win this award for the same role twice unless they make another appearance and they rap a full verse.
 * All-time Best Actor: The best actor ever in general. Nominations required. No actor can win this award twice.
 * All-time Best Season: Out of the 4 seasons. No nominations required. The winning season will go on to fight the next season for the award next year, and so on so forth.
 * Nice Peter or Epic Lloyd: Peter or Lloyd? This is not just based on their battle, this encompasses everything ever, from their music to their acting to their overall being. No nominations required. This lifetime award will not be repeated ever again.