The UU Potato Au Gratin Award for Excellent Posting

***kokoloko**** · Sep 1st, 2012, 8:36:41 AM

Hello, fellow UUers!

We have decided that it's time to create an incentive for posting in this forum. We want to recognize all of our excellent posters, and the constant efforts they put into our forum. As such, we are introducing the UU Potato Au Gratin Award for Excellent Posting! The award will be given out at random intervals (determined mostly by me), which will be flexible, but we anticipate them to be around one to two weeks. If you win this award, your name will be featured in this thread for all to see, along with links to several of your good posts. Winning this award multiple times can lead to some other future awards, and maybe even some pretty pixels in your postbit (as in, badges).

What defines a good poster, you may ask? Well, I'll try to break down a list of criteria. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, but it should give you a good idea on how to succeed:

Make quality posts. Overall, your posts should be worth reading. Readers of your posts should gain insight about the topic at hand or the metagame in general. Your posts should be mature, coherent, and to the point (as in, not tl;dr). I'm not saying you have to be completely stoic, but make sure your humor isn't out of place. You should also participate in or lead projects and help out in the Simple Questions / Answers thread.
Know and follow the rules. You can't create new threads just to ask a question. You can't flame other users or act like an idiot. You can't whine about the Senate's decisions on banning / unbanning stuff. You should check to see if a thread about (insert Pokemon/Item/Move/whatever) has not already been made or is not already active. Stuff like that.
Keep out of trouble. With this, I mean mostly in the UU forum, but it can also be applied to other forums and IRC, especially if you win multiple times and get nominated for a badge. Being an excellent UU poster but shitty person outside the UU community will get your potential badge nomination denied almost every time.

Of course, there are other things you could do to gain an upper-hand in receiving this award, but this should give you a good idea where to start.

I ended up stealing NUs OP anyway!

***kokoloko**** · Sep 1st, 2012, 8:50:17 AM

DestinyUnknown has been chosen as the first winner of the Au Gratin award!

Clear, concise, and helpful posts such as this, this, and this, alongside the fact that he apparently always has his eye on the Simple Questions / Simple Answers thread, have earned him the cheese. Congratulations, DestinyUnknown!

Django · Sep 1st, 2012, 10:02:38 AM

kokoloko is not a Sweet Potato.

***kokoloko**** · Sep 22nd, 2012, 1:40:38 PM

I finally picked a winner :)

DestinyUnknown's posts should go to show everyone that long posts are not necessarily good. Clear, helpful, and concise posts are much more approachable. Use him as an example and you might become the next winner of the Au Gratin award!

~~hilarious~~ · Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:16:26 PM

Congratulations! Now we know whats expected and now we can see whats neither acknowledged nor appreciated.

**RT.** · Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:18:15 PM

Lol

SoulWind · Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:21:45 PM

lol why the hell did you give the award to that noob.....

jk, congrats DU :D

FlareBlitz · Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:23:06 PM

Don't be sad pif, I didn't get a potato award either. And after I gave you guys Beat Up Ambipom...

Congrats, DestinyUnknown!

Pokemazter · Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:28:34 PM

Congrats D-Unk!

So 1-2 week interval = 21 days? Seems legit.

**RT.** · Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:29:06 PM

Also, 7 posts for all of september, 2 of which were made today. Congrats, nevertheless.

***kokoloko**** · Sep 22nd, 2012, 8:30:52 PM

Despite salt being a natural condiment on potatoes, it is not appreciated in this thread. Thank you :)

Silvershadow234 · Sep 23rd, 2012, 2:13:12 PM

Congratulations DestinyUnknown. Very well deserved.

Aurora. · Sep 24th, 2012, 3:20:39 AM

Congratulations, DestinyUnknown!

***kokoloko**** · Nov 12th, 2012, 4:19:43 PM

Yeah, we're not doing this anymore.

Special shouts to Pokemazter, SilverShadow, RT., PK Gaming, and a few others who would have eventually won this.

Anyway I'm stopping this because it doesn't actually do what I intended it to do (which was to improve posting quality in this forum). Besides, we have a new incentive for higher quality posting now in the new Senate format, so that's that.

That is all.

Sep 1st, 2012, 8:36:41 AM	#1
*kokoloko i wanna dedicate this song to all the lettuce out there Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,389	The UU Potato Au Gratin Award for Excellent Posting Hello, fellow UUers! We have decided that it's time to create an incentive for posting in this forum. We want to recognize all of our excellent posters, and the constant efforts they put into our forum. As such, we are introducing the UU Potato Au Gratin Award for Excellent Posting! The award will be given out at random intervals (determined mostly by me), which will be flexible, but we anticipate them to be around one to two weeks. If you win this award, your name will be featured in this thread for all to see, along with links to several of your good posts. Winning this award multiple times can lead to some other future awards, and maybe even some pretty pixels in your postbit (as in, badges). What defines a good poster, you may ask? Well, I'll try to break down a list of criteria. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, but it should give you a good idea on how to succeed: Make quality posts. Overall, your posts should be worth reading. Readers of your posts should gain insight about the topic at hand or the metagame in general. Your posts should be mature, coherent, and to the point (as in, not tl;dr). I'm not saying you have to be completely stoic, but make sure your humor isn't out of place. You should also participate in or lead projects and help out in the Simple Questions / Answers thread. Know and follow the rules. You can't create new threads just to ask a question. You can't flame other users or act like an idiot. You can't whine about the Senate's decisions on banning / unbanning stuff. You should check to see if a thread about (insert Pokemon/Item/Move/whatever) has not already been made or is not already active. Stuff like that. Keep out of trouble. With this, I mean mostly in the UU forum, but it can also be applied to other forums and IRC, especially if you win multiple times and get nominated for a badge. Being an excellent UU poster but shitty person outside the UU community will get your potential badge nomination denied almost every time. Of course, there are other things you could do to gain an upper-hand in receiving this award, but this should give you a good idea where to start. I ended up stealing NUs OP anyway! __________________

Sep 1st, 2012, 8:50:17 AM	#2
*kokoloko i wanna dedicate this song to all the lettuce out there Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,389	DestinyUnknown has been chosen as the first winner of the Au Gratin award! Clear, concise, and helpful posts such as this, this, and this, alongside the fact that he apparently always has his eye on the Simple Questions / Simple Answers thread, have earned him the cheese. Congratulations, DestinyUnknown! __________________ Last edited by kokoloko; Sep 22nd, 2012 at 1:38:51 PM.

Sep 22nd, 2012, 1:40:38 PM	#4
*kokoloko i wanna dedicate this song to all the lettuce out there Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,389	I finally picked a winner :) DestinyUnknown's posts should go to show everyone that long posts are not necessarily good. Clear, helpful, and concise posts are much more approachable. Use him as an example and you might become the next winner of the Au Gratin award! __________________

Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:18:15 PM	#6
RT. Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,110	Lol __________________

Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:23:06 PM	#8
FlareBlitz This was never a story that would have a happy ending. Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,041 Somewhere on the edge of the bell curve	Don't be sad pif, I didn't get a potato award either. And after I gave you guys Beat Up Ambipom... Congrats, DestinyUnknown! __________________ Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt. I'm back, baby. Look for me in 5th gen UU!

Sep 1st, 2012, 10:02:38 AM	#3
Django The gloves are off Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,682 The wisdom teeth are out	kokoloko is not a Sweet Potato.

Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:16:26 PM	#5
~~hilarious~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 282	Congratulations! Now we know whats expected and now we can see whats neither acknowledged nor appreciated.

Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:21:45 PM	#7
SoulWind majestic Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 999 Spain	lol why the hell did you give the award to that noob..... jk, congrats DU :D

Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:28:34 PM	#9
Pokemazter 04/01/13 never forget Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 614 Edmonton, AB	Congrats D-Unk! So 1-2 week interval = 21 days? Seems legit. __________________ Ever wanted to contribute to Smogon? Visit the Contributions and Corrections forum! \|Work \| UU Titans project \| UU Research Week Mk.III #5 \|

Sep 22nd, 2012, 6:29:06 PM	#10
RT. Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,110	Also, 7 posts for all of september, 2 of which were made today. Congrats, nevertheless. __________________

Sep 22nd, 2012, 8:30:52 PM	#11
*kokoloko i wanna dedicate this song to all the lettuce out there Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,389	Despite salt being a natural condiment on potatoes, it is not appreciated in this thread. Thank you :) __________________

Sep 23rd, 2012, 2:13:12 PM	#12
Silvershadow234 is MANLY Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 456 England	Congratulations DestinyUnknown. Very well deserved. __________________ <&imanalt> i woudl fuck my cat, but my dick is bigger than she is iSkylight I think I find ducks sexually appealing idek CherubAgent I got a fleshlight from my friends as a present once CherubAgent I didnt need to share that did i SmashBrosBrawl: Landorus has the power to 2hko or 1hko almost anything bar its checks/counters. VM or PM me for a BW2 UU / RU rate

Sep 24th, 2012, 3:20:39 AM	#13
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Nov 12th, 2012, 4:19:43 PM	#14
*kokoloko i wanna dedicate this song to all the lettuce out there Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,389	Yeah, we're not doing this anymore. Special shouts to Pokemazter, SilverShadow, RT., PK Gaming, and a few others who would have eventually won this. Anyway I'm stopping this because it doesn't actually do what I intended it to do (which was to improve posting quality in this forum). Besides, we have a new incentive for higher quality posting now in the new Senate format, so that's that. That is all. __________________