Second ;) Thanks for the nomination I'm glad the skin is finally done. *whew*

seconded :up:

Site Name: Computer Forumz
URL: www.computerforumz.org
Description: Free Computer Help - 24/7/365
Reason for Nomination: I am nominating Computer Forumz as both the staff and members have worked hard to make it a united community in which they can get support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year :)

SITE:General [M]ayhem Forums![/B]

URL: www.genmay.com

Description: Large off-topic forums with a pruned user base of around 50K users. Unusual in that the off-topic forum is the lead forum and tech, auto, etc are sub-forums only. The forum is a 'real-time' forum because there are a few hundred to thousand users online simultaneoulsy through out the day...

Genmay was formed when the off-topic forums at Hardforums.com were abruptly shut down in July 2003- a few members decided to create their own country on the internet.


Reason for Nomination:Genmay has been famous for several key internet events such as the public availability of Paris Hilton's hacked sidekick directory- article mentioning genmay in Washington Post and the Christopher Walken 2008 fake presidential bid reference #21 on his wikipedia entry.

Since last year we have been at the center of a wikipedia conspiracy when our entry was deleted suddenly

Genmay is now the anchor of a whole network of forums. All users have been merged so that any user can post on any network forum with their original log-on and password.

The network forums include:

www.spiceforums.com (adult conversation)
www.eternal-allegaince.com (celebrities and their fans)
www.bigscreentalk.com (TV and Movies)
www.therockforum.com (rock n roll)
www.lovethatsound.com (all other music)
www.forumbabes.com (forum hot or not type forum)


Genmay.com has the benefit of many customizations which will be pushed onto the other forums including all the fun stuff that is for sale in our store Basically, since genmay is a rough and tumble, off-topic forum- you have the ability to pay for moderation of each other through paid thread-locks and unlocks. Additionally an individual can have their avatar and title messed with through the store. We believe in Mayhem and these features add to the chaos. The sub-forums are very much on-topic however, and people are impressed at how fast their threads are commented on in any of these subject specific sub-forums.

I would truly appreciate a second to this nomination! :)

We will soon have the ability for users to purchase banners and text ads across our entire network. We will only accept ads from users that relate to their own e-business, or that are links to their threads or efforts online- no commercial advertising.

Beyond all of this will be the launch of our super secret, integrated user profile, search, and transaction engine- www.crowdgather.com

looks a nice site... I am nominating(second) it... :)

Site Name: The Linkin Park Projekt
URL: www.lpprojekt.com , www.lpprojekt.com/forum
Description: Dedicated to Linkin Park, updated daily with news and updates (Their new album is due on the 15th!)
Reason for Nomination: Great graphic design and style, with lots of hacks and customizations. Traffic has boomed in the last couple weeks!

Site Name: Xen Web Hosting
URL: http://xenweb.net/forums/

(To rid confusion on how to pronounce the title the "X" is pronounced as a "Z" as in "Xylophone")

Description: I offer free hosting with no forced ads and no forced posting. All accounts get cPanel w/ Fantastico, PHP, MySQL, cURL, FrontPage Extensions, Cronjobs, SSL, Web Mail, SSI, plus the other features in cPanel. All accounts get 999 Email Accounts, FTP Accounts, Subdomains, Databases, Addon Domains, Parked Domains

Reason for Nomination: The reason I'm nominating my message board is because I feel it offers more than other forums that provide the same services as mine.

Second

Site Name: Stirrdup
URL: http://www.stirrdup.com

Description: Social news site similiar to Digg and Reddit, but built upon the idea that the content that is the most interesting isn't necessarily the same as what everyone agrees with. Stories gain points through users doing what they would normally do while using a site (clicking links and leaving comments) and the ones that gain the most interest are promoted to the main page. If they continue to hold interest, they will stay higher on the page until the time weighted system slowly moves them down to allow more fresh content in. This fixes the "bury brigade" censorship that plagues Digg and Reddit.

Reason for Nomination: The entire site is implemented using vbulletin plugins. Not a single file change. Really shows the flexibility of the system.