[April / May 2009] BOTM Nomination Thread

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of April / May 2009.

Please note the BOTM Rules here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/info.php?do=botm

Nominations will be accepted until the 31st of March 2009.

When nominating please post the site name, URL to the forum, a short description what makes your board stand out from default vBulletin, and a reason for nomination that will motivate others to second the nomination. If the staff feels that a nomination post is too promotional it will be edited accordingly.

Any sites without a name, URL, description and reason for nomination will NOT be entered into the poll. Please ensure that your nomination is in the format:

Originally Posted by Sample Nomination

Site Name: vBulletin.org
URL: www.vbulletin.org - this must be clickable
Description: Official vBulletin Modifications Site
Reason for Nomination: Not Nominated. This is an example nomination.

When seconding sites, please ensure that you use the same post for the maximum of 3 allowed seconds. Any seconds not located in your first seconding post will not be counted. Please also ensure that you quote the nomination post you are seconding in your post (Use Multi-Quote Option if you are nomination multiple boards). If there is no name or URL provided then the post will be ignored when the nominations are counted.

Also, please make sure that you are seconding a forum that has already been nominated by its forum owner. Any seconds for a forum that has not been nominated yet will be counted as null and void.

Please posts only nominations or seconds, no "Thank you" posts are needed, they clutter the thread and will be deleted.

Any queries regarding the BOTM Contests should be sent via PM to King Kovifor or an administrator.

Best of luck to all nominees!

[pewa]

I'd like to nominate my site:

Site Name: Hojen.nu
URL: http://www.hojen.nu
Description: A swedish motorcycle community
Reason for Nomination: I've recently moved over to vBulletin from SMF and I'm really pleased with the result! I think the site has got a nice layout, is easy to navigate and a good example of how vBulletin can be used

[OcR Envy]

Site Name: Outcast Reborn
URL: www.outcastreborn.com
Description: Official site of Outcast Reborn. A mature, respected Halo 3 gaming clan/community.




Reason for Nomination:

• Customized Style
• Seamless integration of vBAdvanced & vBulletin
• Custom coding includes exclusive features two examples: Who's on XBL, OcR Member Gamercard and many many more.
• Above all else, a place to gather and play on XBL without running into the typical immature gamers.

[Enclave]

I want to put my site down for nominating:

Site Name: AlpenPlaner
URL: www.alpenplaner.ch
Description: One of the biggest mountain guide site in Switzerland
Reason for Nomination: A lot of custom work not out of the box, integrating with my CMS nice design (at the moment winter design).
I know the site is in German, but there are a lot of people here who speak german.

Thanks J?r?me

[abdobasha2004]

Site Name: 100fm6
URL: 100fm6.com/vb
Description: Nogoom Fm Forums
Reason for Nomination: My forum.

[duplu]

Site Name: Fruit-Emu
URL: www.fruit-emu.com
Description: A site devoted to the emulation of UK Fruit Machines
Reason for Nomination: We're almost 6 years old and have some healthy discussions.

Thanks

[nando99]

Site Name:
Fat Boy Magazine
URL:
http://www.fatboymag.com
Description:
Men's entertainment. Hot girls (no nudity), funny videos, funny pictures, jokes, movies, sports, MMA, poker and you get the point... my favorite way to describe it: It's like guys shooting the sh!t over a beer... online.
Reason for Nomination:
It's more then a forum, more then a site - it's members call it home. The whole site runs on Vbulletin, its extremely customized.

[Winterworks]

Originally Posted by nando99

Site Name:
Fat Boy Magazine
URL:
http://www.fatboymag.com
Description:
Men's entertainment. Hot girls (no nudity), funny videos, funny pictures, jokes, movies, sports, MMA, poker and you get the point... my favorite way to describe it: It's like guys shooting the sh!t over a beer... online.
Reason for Nomination:
It's more then a forum, more then a site - it's members call it home. The whole site runs on Vbulletin, its extremely customized.

Seconded.

Great site, majorly customized, and amazing content, I love it!

[3DSJFH]

Site Name:
TechSpot

URL (forum):
http://www.techspot.com/vb/

Description:
TechSpot is an independent PC technology publication catering to computer enthusiasts, gamers and IT Pros.

Reason for Nomination:
If you are into technology and computers, the TechSpot forums are an incredible place to be. Let alone the thousands of discussions that are usually referenced to as guides and FAQs, the environment is very accommodating for new members and PC users of all levels. There's a lot of free tech support offered as well as conversational and technical computer talk all around.

Our vbulletin-based forum is the central piece of our community, and our CMS shares the user database for other functionality across the whole site (news comments, picture gallery, etc.)

[Winterfell]

Site Name: Rural Spirit

URL: http://www.ruralspirit.com/forum

Description: A community for those with an interest in the rural way of life.

Reason for Nomination: It would have be on the strength of the design?which hopefully conveys a rustic feeling that reflects the subject matter?and not the community, as the forum has only recently been opened for registrations.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by nando99

Site Name:
Fat Boy Magazine
URL:
http://www.fatboymag.com
Description:
Men's entertainment. Hot girls (no nudity), funny videos, funny pictures, jokes, movies, sports, MMA, poker and you get the point... my favorite way to describe it: It's like guys shooting the sh!t over a beer... online.
Reason for Nomination:
It's more then a forum, more then a site - it's members call it home. The whole site runs on Vbulletin, its extremely customized.

Also, I would like to second Fat Boy Magazine. Very Spike TVish, which is a point in its favor!

[Jeffler]

Site Name: The Faceoff Boards
URL: http://faceoffboards.com/
Description: Faceoffboards is a hockey website with an open minded community and tons of activities and discussion.
Reason for Nomination: To start, it obviously is my forum. We've recently done a graphical revamp and cleaned the site up, removing excess categories and deleting no-posters and spammers (we were at 1800 members and shrunk it down to a current 230). The site's 1st birthday is in four days and being in the running would be amazing if possible. We're constantly trying to improve and hopefully will eventually be up there with the top hockey websites on the internet.