KarateForums.com Awards 2024: Winners Revealed!

[Patrick]

Hello,

Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com.  

After almost two months of nominating and voting, the 23rd edition of the KarateForums.com Awards have come to an end. It is now time for us to announce the winners!

Before I do so, I wanted to once again congratulate everyone who was nominated. Regardless of whether or not you won the award, the fact that you were nominated means that, when asked to identify a member who really stood out in the past year, your fellow community members thought of you. In the history of this community, only 169 members have ever been nominated for an award.

To be nominated is pretty cool, and you should be proud. If you did not win or were not nominated, please don't take it badly. These awards do have meaning, but they are also for fun and not everyone can win or be nominated. Please join me in congratulating our winners.  

I would like to specifically thank everyone who participated in the process by nominating and voting. It is the community that selected the nominees and decided the winners. There are no KarateForums.com Awards without you.

In fact, a majority of our nominees took the time to vote in categories where they were nominated. Since you can't vote for yourself, your choice is to vote for someone else or not vote at all. Though I can't reveal who voted for whom, please know that I appreciate everyone who thoughtfully voted in the categories where they were nominated. It says a lot about you, and I love to see it. If you are reading this now and realizing that you accidentally voted for yourself: Don't worry, those votes were deleted.

Without further ado, here are our winners:

1. Member of the Year: @DarthPenguin

2. Community Spirit Award: (tie) @bushido_man96 (for the 8th year!) and @Nidan Melbourne

3. Staff Member of the Year: (tie) @bushido_man96 (for the 8th year!) and @Wastelander (for the 2nd year!)

4. Funniest Member of the Year: @DarthPenguin

5. Karate Contributor of the Year: @Zaine

6. Health and Fitness Contributor of the Year: @DarthPenguin (for the 2nd consecutive year!)

7. Instructors and School Owners Contributor of the Year: @Montana

Congratulations to DarthPenguin (3 wins!), bushido_man96 (2 wins!), Nidan Melbourne, Wastelander, Zaine, and Montana!

Zaine has now hit the milestone of 5 wins over the history of the KarateForums.com Awards, which places them T7th all-time. In addition, with 3 wins this year, DarthPenguin is now in our top 10 all-time, T10th with 4 total.

With their wins this year, both aurik and Zaine have moved themselves into the top 10 for most KarateForums.com Awards wins, as they are both tied in 9th place with 4 wins. Zaine becomes only the second member to threepeat for Member of the Year, following sensei8, who did so from 2009-2011. Congrats all around.

For past winners and all of the awards historical data, please check out: http://www.karateforums.com/awards.php

Thank you for reading and for supporting the KarateForums.com Awards.

Sincerely,

Patrick

[Nidan Melbourne]

Thanks for lettin me know. 

[KarateKen]

Once again, I have to settle for the participation trophy.  Can I get one of those @Patrick ?

 

[sensei8]

Congrats to the winners of this year’s KF Awards; well deserved to all!! Until next year’s awards!!

[Zaine]

I'd like to thank the academy!

But seriously, to be awarded this by such a fun and supportive community is humbling and invigorating. Thanks to everyone who voted, and here's to another wonderful year at KF!

[Nidan Melbourne]

Well thats a surprise and thank you for whoever nominated me and voted for me in the Community Spirit Category.

[aurik]

Many kudos to all the winners!

[Patrick]

On 12/17/2024 at 2:41 PM, KarateKen said:

Once again, I have to settle for the participation trophy.  Can I get one of those @Patrick ?

 

I don't know if we have those, but I will say this is a bit more than a participation trophy. To be nominated is pretty cool in my estimation because it means someone thought to manually enter your name in a ballot! That's a pretty solid impression.

[KarateKen]

3 hours ago, Patrick said:

I don't know if we have those, but I will say this is a bit more than a participation trophy. To be nominated is pretty cool in my estimation because it means someone thought to manually enter your name in a ballot! That's a pretty solid impression.

I will take it! 

[bushido_man96]

Thank you everyone, and congratulations to all the winners!  I'd also like to express appreciation for the members that nominated and voted.  The community is what makes this forum so great, and without all the great people here that post, respond, and most importantly, help each other out, then it would just be another spot on the web.  Instead, you all make this the best place to come and talk about our passion.  Thank you all for being here!