Gangster BB Awards - The Best of 2004

We almost forgot to do one. Just a thread to post your personal answers in the categories below. Feel free to add more. -Pat

Most knowledgeable member
Most influential member (good and/or bad)
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most
Favorite new member
Favorite person to debate with
Best topic of the year
Worst topic of the year
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad)
Most down to earth person on the BB
Favorite member

1- A Tie between Turnbull and SC
2- SC
3- Don Malta of Course
4- Don Smitty, Don Lepo
5- Plaw and TIS
6- Geoff's milestone post!
7- Anything that had to do with tragedy
8- The President's re-election which is good for me!
9- TIS, MIG, ZIA, PLAW, SC, GEOFF, TURNBULL, DMC, and many more too long to list!
10- I refuse to answer on the grounds of self incrimination!

Don Cardi

Most knowledgeable member - Turnbull: He knows every single thing that no one else knows.
plawrence and Saladbar: Who do you think helped me understand politics?
Guineapig and Mike Sullivan: History, history, history.
Capo de La Cosa Nostra and thug: They know their movies.
Most influential member (good and/or bad) - Saladbar: Honestly, who wants to duel it out with her? I wouldn't piss her off.
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most - plawrence: Don't leave, old timer.
Turi Guiliano: Who else is going to reply to things that no one else does?
Favorite new member - DonMichaelCorleone and Signore Sole Aumentante
Favorite person to debate with - Don Cardi, fathersson, DonMichaelCorleone, Double-J, Signore Sole Aumentante, AppleOnYa, raggingbull2003, and Mr. Baggins: Oh, it was fun. Don't lie!
Best topic of the year - Fahrenheit 9/11 (the first of many threads)
Worst topic of the year - \'Drips\'
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) - John Edwards as Kerry\'s running mate (good)
AP Newswire: KERRY CONCEDES; BUSH RE-ELECTED (bad)
Most down to earth person on the BB - TIS: She's never in a bad mood and is always interested in what you say.
JG: He'd be a good school counselor.
Favorite member - plawrence:

Most Knowledgeble member- Guineapig
Most influential member- gotta say Plawrence
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most- TIS
Favorite New Member- Zia
Favorite Person to Debate with- Patrick
Best topic of the year- Probably the election thread
Worst Topic of the year- The LOTR thread (which I regretfully started)
Best memorable moment of the year- Having the self control to hold back the bragging after the Bush victory.
Most down to earth person on the BB- Probably Capo
Favorite Member- Tough but I probably have to go with Angie

Most knowledgeable member- Turnbull
Most influential member (good and/or bad)-SC
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most-Don Geoff cuz if he left no more BB
Favorite new member-Kris,Zia
Favorite person to debate with-Patrick
Best topic of the year-Bush's re-electon
Worst topic of the year- Abortion thread
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) Brando's death-Bad
Most down to earth person on the BB-DJ,Don Cardi,Part,TIS,
Favorite member- So many

Most knowledgeable member: Turnbull without a doubt, is the master of the Mafia and then some. SC is pretty dang knowledgeable as well as Saladbar, all know so much about so many different subjects; Geoff who helps us all with our computer woes And Capo who is so smart who's intelligence shines thru with every post.

Most influential member (good and/or bad): Geoff, his influence on us and how he runs this board and "keeps" it as active and fun is mandatory to it's success. Kudos Geoff

Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most: Geoff, SC, TB, Don Cardi, PLaw, Part (others I'm sure)

Favorite new member: Consigliere's Lady, Zia, Mig, Patches, Angie (although don't know that she's that new)

Favorite person to debate with: Even tho I tried to stay out of them, I'll go with Patrick, DJ, PLaw, SB

Best topic of the year: Election (well most heartfelt/intersting)

Worst topic of the year: Shakespeare/Tupac or any rap related topic :p

Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad): Tsunami, the devasting presidential election results

Most down to earth person on the BB: Mig, Mary Cas

Favorite member: Too numerous to mention, but have added a few categories of my own with some of my favorite members.

Funniest members: Turi, Partagas

Most controversial topics/discussions: F911 and Passion of the Christ.

Member/s that seldom post, but nice to hear from: Ricardo, SFDenver

Member that has the most stamina: Patrick

Members I haven't met but would like to: Turi, Zia, GP, Angie, Capo, Blake, Partagas, DMC and I'm sure many others I'm not thinking of right now. :p

Members you wish would come back: Pacino Princess, Cam (on a regular basis), Corleone Chick, Joltin' Joe, Cheeks Lombardi. DJ disappered too.

Member who's posts you sometimes don't understand: Turi


TIS

Most knowledgeable member - Turnbull
Most influential member (good and/or bad) - Geoff
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most - no one
Favorite new member - DMC
Favorite person to debate with - no one (I don't like to argue)
Best topic of the year - all the congrats threads
Worst topic of the year - all politics
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) - meeting several memembers
Most down to earth person on the BB - SC
Favorite member - LDV

Most knowledgeable member - Turnbull (Mafia) Plaw (Fantasy)
Most influential member (good and/or bad) - TIS
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most - JG
Favorite new member - LTZ
Favorite person to debate with - Plaw and Pat
Best topic of the year - JG's 8,000
Worst topic of the year - haven't been around that long lol
Favorite Liberal who is going to soon be a Conservative- TIS
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) Presidential Elections
Most down to earth person on the BB - DC and TIS
Favorite member - JG/PL/DC

What, no votes for me?!!?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DonMichaelCorleone:

[Favorite Liberal who is going to soon be a Conservative- TIS


So what ya gonna do? Nice college boy eh???
I can't be hynotized!


TIS

i'm deeply sadend that i didn't get a single nomination from DC i thought we were buddies...

Still, no votes for me?!?!

Man I'm pissed!

You want a recount? :p

No Patrick, but you can kiss my ass, fool!

BTW, I vote for myself.

I was just joking. Chill out.

You are right my friend, you definately fall under favorite new member category! My sincerest apologies!


Don Cardi

You want a recount? :p [/b][/quote]

Very good Pat!

Here, let's give him a category :

Person that you would like to see kid around more and have fun : RonnieRocket


Don Cardi

One day, and that day will definitly come you will wake up and see that I was right all along

You will take down the dart boards and hang new pictures of them all over your house for all to see. You will rip up all liberal items and replace them with conservative masterpieces. Mark my words!


**and if that doesn't happen I can always beg **

Person that we wish would come back and post more :

La Dolce Vita

Where are you?


Don Cardi

Most knowledgeable member: Turnbull
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most: Don Sicilia, my MWA
Favorite new member: DMC & Letizia
Favorite person to debate with: fathersson
Best topic of the year: Fantasy Baseball and basketball
Worst topic of the year: Love Birds....yeech
Member I'd like to see come back: Alexander Supalov
Favorite member: Many. In no particular order: JG, SC, Turnbull, Don Sicilia, Don Cardi, TIS, SaladBar, Beth E, La Dolce Vita, Letizia, AppleOnYa, MaryCas, DMC, Capo de La Cosa Nostra, Patrick

Geoff, I have a category that only YOU can answer:


Person that signed up as a new member, enjoyed the company of several members, is a lot of fun, but hasn't made ONE damn post since joining : ___________________. Dat Whore! ( we know chu are readen dese boards mang, so just make a focking post, chu maricon!)


Don Cardi

I should just ban him already.

1. Turnbull
2. JGeoff/SC
3. Would have to be JGeoff(if he left no more BB)
4. Don't really have one
5. Patrick, There is someone else, but I forget his handle right now.
6. All political topics
7. Topics about religion
8. Bush winning re-election.
9. TIS she never seems to get upset over anything(well except maybe the election results )
10. All my fellow conservatives


Well I never got any votes either. But then I realized it's best to to avoid publicity in my line of work.

Well being in jail, "Iceman", can easily hide you from the spotlight.

Most knowledgeable member- TB, Plaw, SC

Most influential member (good and/or bad)- SC, especially when he inspires people to take free vacations.

Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most- all the regulars.

Favorite new member- DMC and Lavinia

Favorite person to debate with- I don't like participating in them (although I sometimes do), but if I've gotta pick who I love to watch, it's Plaw, because his heart is always in it... he doesn't get mad or offended, and he loves every second of it. The best is when people don’t get his sarcasm in a debate!

Best topic of the year – The short trivia ones: name that member; Mature Trivia (I, II, III), etc… “The List” was also an interesting one, and “plawrence hits 5 large” is one of my all-time favorites. What a thank-you post!! The “Mafia Books” sticky post is a great reference one, as well.

Worst topic of the year- “love birds” In some ways, it's the best thing to happen to us though... it's all in one place; makes it easier to avoid. “Joining a Family” in the Organized Crime forum is also… um… interesting.

Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) – Brando's death.

Most down to earth person on the BB - TIS, Mig, and Beth.

Favorite member- Ang, TIS, Kristen, Mig, Beth, Part, SC, DMC, JG, Plaw, MaryCas, Turi, Capo de LCN, Don Cardi, Afsaneh, TB, Pat, Double J, Sully, Ragging Bull, Mr. Baggins... So many great people, and we're supposed to pick ONE????

Best taste in music- TIS, SC, and Mike Sullivan

Most over-dramatized topic- Irishman's girl troubles.

Most successful topic of the year- Random Post Whoring

Biggest troublemaker/instigator- Patrick

Most knowledgeable member - Turnbull
Most influential member (good and/or bad) - Geoff, SC (bad)
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most - Geoff/TIS/Turi/Plaw/SC/Cardi, DJ,
Favorite new member - None
Favorite person to debate with None
Best topic of the year - Picture thread
Worst topic of the year - "Again, what to do?" and "Love Birds."
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad)Cam's return
Most down to earth person on the BB - Turi/TIS/DJ
Favorite memberDJ/Cardi/TIS/Turi

Most knowledgeable member Turnbull
Most influential member (good and/or bad) TIS, SC, Geoff
Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most Geoff.. no bb
Favorite new member DonMichaelCorleone, big bro.
Favorite person to debate with I try to stay away from the debates.. but I like watching the Patrick/Baggins ones.
Best topic of the year Random Post Whoring
Worst topic of the year all the political ones.. and "Love Birds" (hey, I'll admit it.. )
Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) The election
Most down to earth person on the BB TIS, Mignon
Favorite member I like just about everybody. But Anthunnie, Pat, TIS, Mig, Derek, DMC, Letz, Sully, and Ang are a few of my favorites.
Member I'd like to see come back my Anthunnie Lombardiii.. I miss him.

You are right my friend, you definately fall under favorite new member category! My sincerest apologies!


Don Cardi [/b][/quote]grazie don cardi

Most knowledgeable member: Turnbull

Most influential member (good and/or bad): TIS and Geoff

Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most: Geoff; where would we be?

Favorite new member: DMC; very friendly and funny

Favorite person to debate with: I try to avoid the debates, too...I like to watch Patrick debate, though!

Best topic of the year: Congrats threads and Game Threads

Worst topic of the year: Anything political, and I'll be honest like Katie and admit "love birds" is; it's all Derek's fault! :rolleyes:

Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) Election and Brando

Most down to earth person on the BB: TIS

Favorite member: Everyone's really great here!

1) Turnbull, without a doubt. Guy's scary smart.
2) TIS, she has influenced me to become a nicer and better person.
3) Geoff, that's a given. No Geoff, no BB.
4) DMC. That guy posts like crazy! I've been here longer, and he's already passed me by at least 1500 posts
5) Patrick. He's the only one I've really debated with, but his responses are intellegent and well thought out, and he knows what he's talking about.
6) That's a toughie. I'll go with "Random Post Whoring".
7) The political ones. Man, can they can heated!
8) Good: Red Sox winning the Series. Bad: The tsunami, followed by the mudslides, followed by the deaths of Brando and Carson.
9) Irishman12
10) You can't ask me that! Everybody's great! This is my online family!

Best Doctor:

Doctor Ferro

(The Doc)

P.S. I had to :p

I just thought of another memorable moment from 2004 good/bad. The Bush national guard documents, that CBS swore up & down were legit.

I loved seeing CBS end up with egg on their faces.

I've only been here for half of 2004 so I can't be a good judge. But I think we should do a red carpet of GBB!

WOW, I got one nomination!!!!!!

Thank you, Zia!!!!!

I'm beeing on this board for too short a time (since November 2004) to answer, but I want to take this opportunity to tell you that I already love this place and miss it when I can't log in. It's an incredible GF info resource and, most of all, there's a lot of terrific people here . And, as an extra bonus, taking part to the board it's a most effective and pleasant way for me to practice my English.

Yes, I've already got my fav members. At the moment they are MaryCas, TIS, Letizia, JustMe and RonnieRocketago (yes, he calls Mr Spielberg "The Beard", nontheless, he's a first class movie critic )

Most knowledgeable member: Turnbull or SC

Most influential member (good and/or bad): Patrick & plaw...both good

Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most: The Don, of course

Favorite new members: Zia and Lavinia

Favorite person to debate with: AppleOnYa

Best topic of the year: Bush Re-Election

Worst topic of the year: The one about Irishman asking out some girl

Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad) 10 July 2004...my winning goal in the over-35's soccer final.

Most down to earth person on the BB: TIS...with an honourable mention for Partagas

Favorite member: Saladbar

I'm sorry TIS for starting the Shakespeare thread

I'm sorry TIS for starting the Shakespeare thread [/b][/quote]Debra,

I was teasing Patrick. I was not referring to your Shakespeare thread. A while back Patrick started a thread comparing Shakespeare to Tupac. Pat knows how I hate Rap music, and I was referring to that thread, since I tease him about rap quite a bit. :p

TIS

Dont worry,I was just kidding around TIS
I'm replying to your PM now!

Thanx, Lavinia! You made my first nomination! You are one of my most favorite members too! And Don Cardi, Turnbull, TIS, SC, and many others, of course. There are truly wonderful people here!
I'm not so long here to judge about the whole year, but I think our topics "you are from...if..." were rather funny, especially "You are from GBB".

pssss...here's one for the old days:(but dont tell anyone here I got offtopic,k? )

You know you're from GangsterBB if you watched Connie's Wedding more times than the video of your own wedding.

k,go on with the oscars,no more off topic remarks from me

I love this one!


Don Cardi

Aw, thanks man, that means a lot. I got a vote, hee hee. Might I ask why you put that? I'm just curious!

Debra, It's great!
You must post it there, it will be lost here for future generations!
By the way it will bring the topic up and we may have another interesting thoughts added to it.

Most knowledgeable member: Turnbull, Senza Mama

Most influential member (good and/or bad): SC and JG of course

Person whose exit of the BB would affect you the most: Mine

Favorite new member: There's been a good influx of new members in 2004. Afsaneh, Zia to name just a few.

Favorite person to debate with: Maybe not debating but breaking balls with everyone here is fun

Best topic of the year: 'So you think you know the real..." Great topic. Less pleased that most think I swing both ways though.

Worst topic of the year: Anything political

Most memorable moment of the year (good and/or bad):Tsunami in Asia

Most down to earth person on the BB: Senza Mama, TIS, Marycas

Favorite member: I've always enjoy reading the works of the following people: Beth E, Goombah, Marycas, Senza Mama, TIS, Joltin Joe (funny fella), Guineapig, Saladbar, Plaw, Freddie, Turnbull, Patrick, Zia, Afsaneh, Utzopoke, SC, JG,

Young 'uns with a ton of potential in their lifelong journey: Patrick, Vercetti, Capo di la Cosa Nostra

*Sniff* I promised myself if I won I wasn't going to cry. Too late for that, here come the Paltrow waterworks. It's just such an honour to be nominated.