The Eighth NinSheetMusic Superlatives! (CURRENT PHASE: Final Voting)

[cacabish]

There sure is a lot of dust around here... methinks I might sne.... eez.... ACHOO! ...ugh... ...I'll get a broom... and a vacuum... and a ventilator...
Welcome! Greetings! And salutations to all! This is the Eighth NinSheetMusic Superlatives!
I'm your host, cacabish! It's been a couple years and, despite not winning the "Most Likely to Host Next Superlatives" last time around, I've agreed to host them this time around since both previous winners are busy with various endeavors. (We miss you E. Gadd... )

Now, on to business! This time, we'll break this into five phases, with each phase lasting ~1-2 weeks: (Current phase is highlighted in blue and previous phases are struck)
1. Category Ideation -- Where people can propose new ideas for categories this time around!
2. Category Voting -- Which of the existing and the new categories should go on?
3. Nominations -- Naming people you think deserve to win each category!
4. Final Voting -- Amongst the people nominated per category, who deserves the crown?
5. Announcement -- The coveted list of the winners!
I will update this post as we move through the phases.

Current Phase: Final Voting (now until January 27, 2025)
The nominations are in and have been aggregated! It's green light for the final voting! I've taken the top nominations in each category and put them into a poll for you to vote on.

Two quick notes:

• You are free to skip any contests you don't want to vote for, but I'd encourage you to vote in all contests!
• And yes, you are free to vote for yourself! You made the final cut, so you deserve all the votes!

Voting Link

You have until 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, January 26th, 2025 to cast your votes! That's about 1½ weeks from the time of this post! (Time zone conversion link for your convenience)
After that, I'll write up the post that announces the runner-up(s) and the winner(s)! Homestretch time!

Finally, just remember that his whole thing is just for fun and should not be taken super seriously; we're here to celebrate each other in a fun way! <3
And, if I've left something unclear, forgotten something, or if you have any other comments/questions/concerns, feel free to post them in the topic or in the #superlatives channel in the Discord! I'm new to this and I'm realizing E. Gadd left size 17 shoes for me to wear...

Get excited! This is gonna be fun!

[cacabish]

Reserved for final results

[cashwarrior1]

most whimsical!!

actually i think best update might be fun. you can choose based on the update message itself or whichever one has your favorite sheets!

[BlackDragonSlayer]

"Most Likely to Edit their Post"

[The Deku Trombonist]

Most likely to be King Sammer

[Latios212]

Here are a few random ideas that might be fun:
- Most highly specialized knowledge
- Most supportive
- Most tech-savvy

How about splitting most musical into things like performing and theory knowledge since we already have arranging?

[cacabish]

How about splitting most musical into things like performing and theory knowledge since we already have arranging?

Not a bad idea. I think that helps with a bit more granularity since if someone is a master in one, they usually take the whole thing, whereas it'd be nice to recognize people in different ways

[Atcero]

I'll throw in quigglys since he has to keep his 4:20 streak.

Best Critic - Best reviewer of media
Best Redemption Arc

[LeviR.star]

By "best reviewer" do we mean the person who has the best reviews, or the person who simply spends the most time reviewing? Because I've been accumulating quite a few questionable takes on video games as of late, not sure that's worthy of any kind of award. Hell, "spiciest takes" might make a good category of its own, if it hasn't been suggested already.

[E. Gadd Industries]

I throw my hat in the ring for "Most Likely to Be Three Raccoons in a Trenchcoat"

Also hello hi Glad I caught this at the last minute. This semester has been an utter dumpster fire y a y

[cacabish]

By "best reviewer" do we mean the person who has the best reviews, or the person who simply spends the most time reviewing?

Either/or. A lot of these categories are meant to be flexible and up to individual interpretation, so "best reviewer" could be based on quantity, quality, both, neither, just depends on the person! Though, I'll probably try to make it more specific than that since "reviewer" is an overloaded term.
Although, I do like "Spiciest Takes" as a category suggestion... :)c

[cacabish]

Current Phase: Category Voting (now until December 25th)
Thank you all for the category submissions! It's now up to you to decide which categories you will nominate people for! So, go to the provided link and pick all of your favorite categories! I'd shoot to vote for about 25ish since that's about how many I'll take, but just be choosy -- try to not vote for all of them!

Category Vote Link

You have until 11:59 PM PST on Tuesday, December 24th (Christmas Eve) to give your suggestions! (Time zone conversion link for your convenience)
That means make sure you submit your bed before you hang your stocking and leave your cookies for Santa!
After that, it'll be time for nominations!

[cacabish]

Current Phase: Nominations (now until January 13, 2025)
Thank you all for the category votes! I've tabulated the results and here is the list of the winning 25 categories that you will nominate people for:

Winning Superlative Categories

• Friendliest
• Funniest
• Most Chill
• Best Vocabulary
• Best Artist
• Best Arranger
• Best Musical Performer
• Most Musical Knowledge
• Most Wholesome
• Best Peacekeeper
• Best Profile Pic
• Most Helpful
• Most Improved
• Most Reactions/Emotes
• Most Likely to Be Online
• Most Likely to Be Lurking
• Most Likely to Not Actually Exist
• Most Likely to Nominate Themselves for this Superlative
• Most Likely to Edit Their Post*
• Best Redemption Arc*
• Most Highly-Specialized Knowledge*
• Most Spiciest Takes*
• Most Likely to Be Three Raccoons in a Trench Coat*
• Most Likely to Give a Panel at NinSheetMusicCon*
• Most Likely to Actually be a Pokémon*

* = new Superlative for this year

[close]

Now, it's time to nominate people! I will take the top 3-ish people nominated for each category and those people will move on to the final voting round!

Ground Rules

• Nominations MUST be forum names, Discord names, or common nicknames/abbreviations of NinSheetMusic community members. If I don't know who you are talking about, I will not count them.
• The scope of the Superlatives is all of 2024. That means that you should focus only on stuff that happened in 2024 and/or frame the Superlative within the context of 2024.
• You can submit as many names as you like per category. You can also nominate someone for as many categories as you like. However, you can leave some/any categories blank. Try to shoot for 1-3 names per category, but leaving it blank is fine too!
• You can nominate inactive users, but this is discouraged. If the category pertains to older/inactive users, then that's fine.
• You can nominate yourself, but this is also discouraged. This is primarily a celebration of others rather than of yourself. That said, if you really feel you fit the category, then you deserve to be nominated!
• Try to use a consistent format when submitting names (like separating each name with a comma). This will just make my life easier when it comes time to tabulate the results.
• Don't think too hard about this! This is all just for fun and not meant to be any kind of official census or whatnot. Feel free to interpret any unclear Superlatives how you see fit and don't get bogged down with needing to submit a comprehensive list of names.
• Finally, to reiterate, this is all just for fun and to celebrate the accomplishments (and idiosyncrasies) of each other! Please do not be mean-spirited or offensive.

I'd recommend filling out your list of nominations on a notepad on your phone as you go about your days and then transferring it over later. But Google Forms also saves your progress on the same device, if you want to do that. If you have any questions, let me know in this topic, the #superlatives channel on Discord, or via DM!

Nominations Link

You have until 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, January 12th, 2025 to give your suggestions! That's about 2½ weeks from the time of this post! (Time zone conversion link for your convenience)
After that, it'll be time to vote on the top nominations!

[cacabish]

Current Phase: Final Voting (now until January 27, 2025)
The nominations are in and have been aggregated! It's green light for the final voting! I've taken the top nominations in each category and put them into a poll for you to vote on.

Two quick notes:

• You are free to skip any contests you don't want to vote for, but I'd encourage you to vote in all contests!
• And yes, you are free to vote for yourself! You made the final cut, so you deserve all the votes!

Voting Link

You have until 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, January 26th, 2025 to cast your votes! That's about 1½ weeks from the time of this post! (Time zone conversion link for your convenience)
After that, I'll write up the post that announces the runner-up(s) and the winner(s)! Homestretch time!