Wow-whee, what an exciting start to the New Year! I’m just speechless… from 2 to 3 wins this year?
Anyway, congrats to all winners of the Awards, the forums wouldn’t have been as awesome without your presence and contributions. A few I want to mention:
A big thanks goes to Rachel and TSS, the organisers of this occassion and two of my first buddies on the boards when I arrived. Without your time spent getting the act together and counting our votes, this ceremony would not have happened, so kudos for that. Thanks also to the tech-wiz Phileas for bringing so many changes to the site in the brief time since you’ve been here, you deserve your ‘Best Staff Member’ award. Huge thanks to qxgnxamy too for patiently organising and synching the commentaries for us all, as well as lizardgirl for being a great mod and critiquer of my work.
My hearty congrats to my fellow winners: ffdude, you deserve your awards both as the craziest (in a good way) fan of Up, and as a funny and enthusiastic friend. Mitch, although she does not pop by here as often, deserves mention for continually inspiring me and other members in our artistic pursuits of awesomeness. little_chef, for crafting one of my favourite fanfics of all-time and being such a congenial and wonderful friend to all, BDD, for her comments and being a loyal supporter of old-school Disney, Rachel, for being the sweetest (hurr hurr, cakes=sweet) ‘conversation starter’ and ‘law enforcer’ this board has ever had, and TSS, the best Incredibles fan video artist in existence, and whom I’m proud to share the honour of ‘Best Video Maker’ and making promo sigs for.
Wow, I am so, uh, happy? I can’t think of a better word, to be the ‘Best Anton Ego’ and ‘Video Masher-Upperer’… and I’m really glad you all enjoyed my ‘groovy’ Wall-E spoof. So to all my loyal commenters and fans of my videos, graphics, and fan-art, you’re the reason I continue making these lame little parodies and MVs… from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I am, to quote the LGM, “eternally grateful” for your support these past two years, and I hope to continue to entertain you and spread the fandom for a long time to come!
Oops, the band is playing me off the stage. Congrats again everyone, and here’s to another Pixar-tastic year ahead!