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2023 has been quite the year for Automation, with another large content update, a massive collaboration-based event in the form of the Gambler 500-themed competition, and a reorganization of the Discord server frequented by many. Given the absence of EOTY for 2022 in light of the Official Design Competition, plenty have been waiting patiently for its return.
For those not already familiar, the End of the Year Awards are a chance for the Automation community to celebrate its highlights over the past 12 months. It has traditionally consisted of a round of award category elimination, followed by nomination and voting on a per-category basis. The winners of each category are revealed a day or two before the 25th.
For those not already familiar, the End of the Year Awards are a chance for the Automation community to celebrate its highlights over the past 12 months. It has traditionally consisted of a round of award category elimination, followed by nomination and voting on a per-category basis. The winners of each category are revealed a day or two before the 25th.
PLAYING CATCH-UP
In what is probably a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence, community members will be eligible to put forward nominees for both 2022 and 2023 via two different forms. In spite of this doubling in potential entries, please do your best to fill out as much of both nomination forms as you can (albeit with 2023 being a slight priority).
Ultimately, though, I won't force you to wrack your brain or comb Discord in pursuit of worthy nominees for 2022; if you just can't find anything, that's fine too.
Ultimately, though, I won't force you to wrack your brain or comb Discord in pursuit of worthy nominees for 2022; if you just can't find anything, that's fine too.
NOMINATION
This edition of EOTY comes with a notable change to the formula: for the first time, the initial category elimination has been done away with in favour of 23 predetermined categories (to represent 2023, but all categories are available for both years).
In this first round of EOTY, community members will get to nominate a candidate for later voting. The number of nominees per category depends on the number of nominations, but expect no more than ten.
Nominees are limited to one subject per category per response, and should be easily searchable on either Discord or Discourse (or have a reference link to a post on either platform provided). Including the model year of a given vehicle is highly recommended if there are multiple generations or iterations.
I reserve the right to ignore nominations of multiple subjects, as well as any nominations outside the scope of the category, so don't try to nominate a pickup truck as a non-car. Where grey areas exist, I'll allow such vehicles to be nominated in either of the two categories they straddle, an example being grand tourers in performance and luxury categories.
Finally, please don't nominate yourself in any category; any such nominations will be ignored (though the entire response will not be invalidated).
Nominations will remain open until December 6 at 18:00 EST (11:00 GMT).
Thus begins the seventh edition of the End of the Year Awards!
Happy voting, and happy holidays!
In this first round of EOTY, community members will get to nominate a candidate for later voting. The number of nominees per category depends on the number of nominations, but expect no more than ten.
Nominees are limited to one subject per category per response, and should be easily searchable on either Discord or Discourse (or have a reference link to a post on either platform provided). Including the model year of a given vehicle is highly recommended if there are multiple generations or iterations.
I reserve the right to ignore nominations of multiple subjects, as well as any nominations outside the scope of the category, so don't try to nominate a pickup truck as a non-car. Where grey areas exist, I'll allow such vehicles to be nominated in either of the two categories they straddle, an example being grand tourers in performance and luxury categories.
Finally, please don't nominate yourself in any category; any such nominations will be ignored (though the entire response will not be invalidated).
Nominations will remain open until December 6 at 18:00 EST (11:00 GMT).
Thus begins the seventh edition of the End of the Year Awards!
Happy voting, and happy holidays!
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Special thanks to pen15 for the HTML gradient text trick
Special thanks to pen15 for the HTML gradient text trick
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