The GNamer Forum Annual Awards 2016

The 3DS - Had a quietly good year! Okay you might have needed to be into JRPGs, but all the best and most discerning gamers are, right? ...right?

Nintendo's marketing department - I slammed them last year, only fair I should praise them this year. Was it due to Kimishima? Whyever it was, they got the Switch reveal bang on, and I even saw some adverts for 3DS games this Yuletide!

Star Fox Zero - just outside my Wii U Top Three, this. The best way to describe the controls is that they "reward patience", to be sure, but the storyline is the best of any Star Fox game. I should revisit and find some other paths through the game.

Pokémon Blue - the nostalgia!

PES 2017 - I can’t stress how good PES 2017 is – I’ve had it for 6 weeks and already on my fifth season of Master League (50+ hours). Can I give it all 3 of my Top 3 positions? Pweeasee…”

Pokémon Go - This was the most fascinating thing that happened in gaming for years. I wouldn’t call it a classic game or anything like that, but it was a compelling for sure. Everybody was daft about this in the summer, and I don’t remember any game capturing folks’ imaginations like this did.

Retro Gamer Magazine – They’ve been getting it so right for the last nine/twelve months – fantastic.

The Wii U - Nuff said.

Mid-gen. power upgrades - Nintendo started it with the New 3DS, so they are bad and they should feel bad. A stupid, wasteful idea. The basic consoles won't be abandoned, so what we're left with is a bunch of unnecessary electronic landfill-filling, mostly so that developers can shift around slightly more pixels than anyone cares about.

Firewatch - Literal bum nugget of a game.

Miitomo - It was good internet silliness for a few days, but it just didn’t have a tail. I’d quite like to see Nintendo retire the Miis; they’ve had their day.

White Denim’s Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah) – The tune from the original Switch video. I’ve had this in my head for about three months, and it’s not even that good. A special dishonourable mention for all the hipster arsehole games journalists who immediately came out and said that White Denim were their favourite band. Bollocks! Go back to earning 4p an hour and fuck off to peado island.

Shantae: Half Genie Hero - I wish there'd been another level, or the penultimate level had been longer. Just not quite enough to get my teeth into. Shame.

Star Fox Zero - Just too fiddly, and so frustrating on so many levels. I don’t think that this should ever be remastered: I just think that it should be redone.

VR - Next year, maybe, it'll come into its own. This year, an unnecessary and distracting mess.

Leak culture - Nuff said.

My Nintendo - I’ve got 290 gold coins sitting in my account, doing the square root of hee-haw. Jesus Christ lads, someone support this! It’s somehow much worse than Club Nintendo.

Star Fox Zero is without a doubt the most discussed game in these awards, I reckon. It keeps popping up!

=Muss (2 votes)



“I look forward to reading a Muss post. It's almost always either chock-full of great points and things to push a discussion onwards, or is simply just full of the famous #bantz we're known for.”

=Jimbob (2 votes)



“Another guy who is both funny and interesting, what more do you want?”

“It's been a good year for the big man.”

=Drunkalilly (2 votes)



“Still the beating heart of GNamer. I shudder to think of the forum without him, as he's always there to raise an interesting point, scribe a thought-provoking article or just to make us smile with a humorous post. Top stuff from a top guy.”

“Always a strong contender for the award and this year is no different, classic mix of interesting and funny posts that keeps the forum worth visiting.”

JayMoyles (4 votes)



“My second favorite all-around outstanding moderator man. Ever vigilant, and armed with wise words and a dazzling array of Gifs. Has shown admirable restraint in maintaining GNamer's heritage under his stewardship, but the fans are ready for the Moylesification of GNamer now .”

“I feel like I'm repeating myself. Yup, I am. Still a man who throws himself into every forum project with aplomb. Remember when he/you vanished from here in 2014? So glad he's/you're back!”

“I know it’s cliché at this point for the organiser to do well in this vote, but the admins do a hell of a lot of great work and Jay still finds time to be top bantz, to play online with loads of us and to be The Main One on some cracking audio content, so I’ve got a lot of time for him.”

“He's running the forum awards this year and is, for all intents and purposes, a thoroughly nice chap.”

ZeroJones (6 votes)



“We all know he’s a Nintendo man but he still likes to chime in on Nontendo and all things happening in gaming and everything going on on the forum.”

“My second favorite all-around outstanding moderator man. Always friendly and well written. Wields that ban-hammer with much style. Officer Gordon once forgot to say that he's the mod GNamer needs and the one they deserve.”

“I feel like I'm repeating myself. Yup, I am. Zero is still the wise old young-ish man of the forum. Reading his posts feels remarkably calming.”

“I am going to vote for ZeroJones based on his charming, often silly diversions. He’s also a warm, welcoming person on a forum that can seem off-putting to newcomers. He chimes in on any conversation and has an open mind, whilst maintaining the loyalty to Nintendo.”

“It’s been a good year for the big man.”

(all of the below received one vote)

The Cappuccino Kid



“Not just any Cappuccino Kid, you understand - THE Cappuccino Kid. The one who's made Simply The Best a fabulous thread to take part in. The one who's capable of both sensible and measured contributions alongside astoundingly witty stuff in the Kirby's rumour thread. The one who is going to make sure he gets to Newcastle this time so that I can shake him by the hand for being a ruddy excellent forumite.”

Athrun888



“I feel like Athrun has allowed GNamer into his life in a big way, getting more involved in multiple chats, forming friendships, joking with us and letting the GNamer way infect him. To me, Athrun represents the very best of what being a member of this forum can mean for someone, and I hope we’ve had as positive an impact on his life as he has on ours.”

Balladeer



“He will always be in contention for this one for me, based on sheer volume and opinionatedness (check your dictionaries, I'm not sure about that one) alone. Added to that that he is always a scholar and a gentleman ready to add his own special flavour of #bantz to the forum, and we have a mighty fine forumite.”

masofdas



“Top quality posts spill forth from this man like posts from a top quality post dispenser. I like his monthly release lists and always find them to be the highlight of my morning poops.“

gjones



“I think most would say this a shock pick as gjones is fairly new but I feel he has stayed around unlike some and he revitalised things like the Retro section.”

I'd like to share a sentiment left by the forumite who chose not to submit a ballot for this category: “You know what? I know this is an important decision, but I'm going to have to abstain from this. All the regulars are lovely wonderful people. Picking two wouldn't be possible.”

I think that's a really great standpoint to have, and one that rings true. You're all wonderful people! I'd be remiss not to thank the four of you who chose to vote for me, so thanks very much for your kind words, and of course, congrats to my admin-in-arms for his much-deserved win!

We actually discussed having us removed from the Forumite of the Year award ballot to shine more light on you lot... might be something we'll go ahead with next year, I think.