moggsoceanlane

At the end of the year in Second Life®, like in real life, the various in-world magazines, publications, groups and what-not offer up Best of, in review, Sexiest/hottest and other lists. Many of these lists are reader/viewer choice which interprets as this is what the readers/viewers who could be buggered getting back to us thought. None of these lists are representative of the opinions of all Second Life® residents but are the views of selected demographics only. It therefore amazes me that some people feel bad when they don't make the lists.

I was telling my sister about some of the lists. Personally, I love reading them just for fun. I don't look at them as being an authoriative guide to the Best of Second Life® or anything else... I just enjoy them for what they are.

I rarely buy trash mags in real life... I couldn't care less what actors, actresses and other celebrities do with their time but I do love buying the December/January issues with the Best of and Year in Review lists. And often I keep them. They are like a time capsule of where the mainstream society was at for that year. And they are fun to read and bitch at in jest, laugh about or nod in agreement - but I don't take them too seriously.

In terms of at least one of the Second Life® lists, I think my sister put it best when she said incredulously Social Butterfly?!, it's a popularity contest - which really is what reader/viewer lists are - they are designed to answer the question "what products, people, places and things did our reader/viewers love or love to hate this year?"

For those who appear on the lists, it's a nice acknowlegement of their efforts - it's always nice to be recognised or thanked for our efforts, we all love it. For those who didn't make it, keep firmly in mind that the feedback you receive from your customers, peers and people you respect holds as much or more value as any list.

When the VAIN Inc 'Best of' Readers Choice Award Nominations were published, there was a lot of buzz on Plurk. Agreement, disagreement, expressions of interest about those not on the list and those on the list. Some people thought there were a few categories missing - and so I decided to plurk some award category nominations for the missing categories... just for fun and to see what people thought. A few people started requesting categories (via private plurk) that appeared in the VAIN Inc list, so I ended up plurking them too. There were more categories than I thought and so I ended up being a bit mortified because I totally took over the Second Lifer on Plurk timeline (I am genuinely sorry about the flood guys!).

I will share the plurk award nomination categories below, but first other end of year awards/lists... the first being a post from Praddles, which I loved and which sums up how seriously we should be taking these lists... his closing paragraph has my full agreement - without everyone Second Life® wouldn't be what it is, we all do our bit.

• Meterversally Speaking Awards 2008 - a blog post from Praddles (if you follow no other links, follow this one).
• VAIN Inc 'Best of' Reader Choice Award Nominations 2008
• Hottest Male Avatar 2008 Nominees (Winner)
• Best of SL Live [Music]
• Best of SL Entrepreneurs 2008
• 2008 Hippo Awards
• Best of Second Life (BOSL) Award Nominations (Mid Year/June)

And now for the very very unofficial Plurk Award Nomination Categories, Yearly round-ups, etc - the rules we established as we went along were/are:

• this is plurk, we have no rules - the community decides
• if we need rules, we'll make them up as we go along
• yes! of course you can self nominate
• no! there is no limit to the number of times you can post
• no! there's isn't a cut off date... there will be no ceremonies or announcements of winners... it's all in fun and gives all plurkers a chance to acknowlege and recognise the people, brands, places and things they love.
• yes! you will probably discover a number of places to visit and to shop and yes... if you shop at all places that interest you, you probably will be SL broke for all of 2009

DISCLAIMER: Even though any SLers on Plurk could have responded, only a small minority did - therefore the answers are only representative of those who could be buggered and ARE NOT in any way, shape or form representative of the collective view of the whole SL plurk community.

• Best of SL Tech (People who script, build viewers... the techos of our community.)
• Best of Podcasts/Postcasters
• Best of Community Service People/groups who have donated time/resources to the community.
Best of Performance Art/Theatre

• Best of SL Comedians
• Best of SL Costume Creators/Costume Stores
• Best of SL Avatar Creators
• Best of SL DRAMA 2008 Category suggested by the delightful Raul Crimson
• SLs most helpful Linden perhaps this should have been called the Lindens OTHER than Torely who are helpful award nomination
• Best of SL Public Events any event that was open to all residents regardless of subculture/memberships
• Best of SLer Magazines/Publications
• Best of SL Television
  
• HOLY SHIT... someone actually made that?! Award Category suggested by the delightful Rat Grrrl, Nimil Blackflag
• Best of SL Gadgets can be a personal gadget; business gadget... whatever.... This category has some cross-over with the much broader techo category.
• Best SL Blog/SLog This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of the Newcomer SL blogs in 2008 Category suggested by the delightful Vint Falken
• Best of SL Flickr Photostreams
• Best of SL DJ'sCategory suggested by the delightful Trinity Serpentine. This is also a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of Male Skins/Male Skin Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of Female Skins/Female Skin Creators (1) / Best of Female Skins/Female Skin Creators (2) (Note: I accidentally duplicated this category which is why it appears twice) This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of Female Hair/Female Hair Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of Male Hair/Male Hair Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of Neko Wear This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of BDSM Wear This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Couture This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Fantasy Wear This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Male Formal Wear/Male Formal Wear Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Female Formal Wear/Female Formal Wear Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Kawaii Wear This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Goth/Alt Wear This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Male SLebrity (SL Celebrity) This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Female SLebrity (SL Celebrity) This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Female Social Butterfly This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Male Social Butterfly This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Tattoos/Tattoo Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Male Shoes/Male Shoe Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Female Shoes/Female Shoe Creators This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Shopping Malls/Centres/Precincts This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Boutiques/Small Shops This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Furniture Design This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Most Innovative Sim This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best RP (Role Play) Sim This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best SL Builder This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Jewellers/Jewellery This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best SL Clubs This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best SL Live Musicians This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Prefabs This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best SL Artist This is a VAIN Inc Category. Note: Some people believe this category should be broken down a little more... perhaps into sculpture, composition, immersive art or into genres but as it wasn't... everything and everyone is thrown together without discrimination.
• Best SL Photographer This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Male Model This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Female Model This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Static Pose Creator This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Animated Pose creator This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Couple Pose Creator This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Dance - Single Dance or Syncronised Dance/Dance Creators
• Best New Designer This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best Freebie/Discount Designer This is a VAIN Inc Category.
• Best of SL Sales 2008 Category suggested by the delightful Shelby Rasmuson
• Best of SL Groups Category suggested by the delightful Shelby Rasmuson
• Best SL Slacker Category suggested by the delightful TallyHo Shawbridge
• Best SL Pixel Butt Category suggested by the delightful Dolly Voom Note: It was suggested that there should be separate male/female categories for this - but there are not... sorry!
• Most SL Lists in 2008 Category suggested by the delightful IYan Writer
• Best SL Mascot Category posted by the delightful Dazz Anvil
• People you would have most liked to orbit in 2008 Category posted by the delightful Radar Masukami
• Things you'd most like to see in 2009 in SL (other than increased reliability) Category posted by the delightful Alysha Rennahan
• Best Drama Queen Category posted by the delightful Strawberry Singh
• Most likely to try to sleep with every girl on the grid Category posted by the delightful Ryker Beck
• Missing Categories: Best particle creators/particle effects 2008, Best gardens/nurseries... and probably hundreds of other possible categories :)

Delightful - the Moggs Definition: People who I find delightful and who delight me in some way or other. Warning: they may not always play nicely with others. This post was originally published on my primary blog moggsoceanlane.blogspot.com