BOTM Nominations! January 2012!

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of January 2012!


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


The rules for this thread:

• Only post nominations or seconds, no chatter.
• All seconds are to be placed in 1 post, with a max of 3.
• All seconds should include the word "second" or "+1".
• All posts must be in English.

Please abide by these rules or your post will be removed.


Nominations will be accepted until the 31st of January 2012 (close to midnight... close means +/- HOURS. YES, I WILL CLOSE AND GET TO IT AS "SOON" AS I CAN (Like when they have to type that code in the tv show "LOST" this is some serious stuff here!!!)

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.

IMPORTANT inqueries regarding the BOTM Contests should be sent via PM to Roms, BirdOPrey5, or an Administrator.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Masked Crusader

Site Name: Masked Crusader

URL: www.maskedcrusader.com

Description: Masked Crusader is a forum aimed towards Massively Multiplayer Online games and allows users a place to buy, sell, and trade these game accounts, items, and currency for such games as World of Warcraft, Order and Chaos, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and much more!

Reason for Nomination:

- 100% Custom skin.
- Customized side-bar with several built-from-scratch forum blocks such as New Members and Top Posters!
- Custom forum icons.
- Trust Who Association: Allows the user to associate their e-mail from a service called Trust Who with their forum account.

^^^ +1 for this, he just today re-skinned it too! Much better now.

Originally Posted by BlueCheri

Site Name: Offwalk - The Off topic forum

URL: http://www.offwalk.com

Description: General chat and discussion forum. A place to meet and make new friends. Relaxing and refreshing platform for online community.

Reason for Nomination:

- User friendly
- Friendly staff and members
- Simple and easy to browse

^^^ +1 for this, nicely done!

Originally Posted by snoopytas

Site Name: Australian Photography

URL: www.ausphotography.net.au

Description: www.ausphotography.net.au is a photography forum where members share their photography, photo editing skills and techniques. We run regular photographic competitions using a fully vB integrated custom photographic competition system.

Reason for Nomination:

- Custom Photographic Competition System, fully integrated into vB4
- Additional Menu Items for logged in member (AP Extras) that makes navigation a breeze
- eLibrary (Vaultiwiki) with an excellent New To Photography book and Learning Plan
- New Photographer friendly
- Various Skin options, the default is a dark skin because that is better for images
- Free site that gives out more than $5,000 in prizes each year (via sponsors and advertising revenue)
- Free Gallery for members with 50 posts and 30 days membership
- Very active niche community, that also facilitates real world meetings
- Google 'Australian Photography' and it's the #1 forum (top of the pops for our target audience)

^^^ +1 here for this too, really pulled off well. Tasteful.

[BlueCheri]

Site Name: Offwalk - The Off topic forum

URL: http://www.offwalk.com

Description: General chat and discussion forum. A place to meet and make new friends. Relaxing and refreshing platform for online community.

Reason for Nomination:

- User friendly
- Friendly staff and members
- Simple and easy to browse

[Masked Crusader]

Originally Posted by BlueCheri

Site Name: Offwalk - The Off topic forum

URL: http://www.offwalk.com

Description: General chat and discussion forum. A place to meet and make new friends. Relaxing and refreshing platform for online community.

Reason for Nomination:

- User friendly
- Friendly staff and members
- Simple and easy to browse

+1 ...

I REALLY like that "Force Register" image in the bottom right hand corner.

Mind shooting me a PM with how you did that?

Thanks!

[Lazorbeam]

Originally Posted by Masked Crusader

+1 ...

I REALLY like that "Force Register" image in the bottom right hand corner.

Mind shooting me a PM with how you did that?

Thanks!

This little mod : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=272295

[Xcynic]

Site Name: Pixlicity - A True Fusion of Graphics and Gaming

URL: www.pixlicity.com

Description: A community that focuses on: Graphic design, programming and gaming.

Reason for Nomination:

-100% Custom and unique style.
-Growing community.
-Active staff.

[ry215]

Originally Posted by Xcynic

Site Name: Pixlicity - A True Fusion of Graphics and Gaming

URL: www.pixlicity.com

Description: A community that focuses on: Graphic design, programming and gaming.

Reason for Nomination:

-100% Custom and unique style.
-Growing community.
-Active staff.

+1

Nice designed

[stl7997]

Originally Posted by Xcynic

Site Name: Pixlicity - A True Fusion of Graphics and Gaming

URL: www.pixlicity.com

Description: A community that focuses on: Graphic design, programming and gaming.

Reason for Nomination:

-100% Custom and unique style.
-Growing community.
-Active staff.

+1
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[blake247]

Site Name: Masons of Texas

Url: http://www.masonsoftexas.com

Description: Online community for Freemasons

Reason for Nomination: Masons of Texas is an online community for Freemasons and those who wish to become one. We may be Texas in name, but we have members from across the globe who enjoy our site. We feature an innovative design thats both sleek and compact. Thank you for considering Masons of Texas for BOTM!

[BlueCheri]

Originally Posted by Masked Crusader

Site Name: Masked Crusader

URL: www.maskedcrusader.com

Description: Masked Crusader is a forum aimed towards Massively Multiplayer Online games and allows users a place to buy, sell, and trade these game accounts, items, and currency for such games as World of Warcraft, Order and Chaos, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and much more!

Reason for Nomination:

- 100% Custom skin.
- Customized side-bar with several built-from-scratch forum blocks such as New Members and Top Posters!
- Custom forum icon.
- Trust Who Association: Allows the user to associate their e-mail from a service called Trust Who with their forum account.

+1
Good color combinations.

[AusPhotography]

Site Name: Australian Photography

URL: www.ausphotography.net.au

Description: www.ausphotography.net.au is a photography forum where members share their photography, photo editing skills and techniques. We run regular photographic competitions using a fully vB integrated custom photographic competition system.

Reason for Nomination:

- Custom Photographic Competition System, fully integrated into vB4
- Additional Menu Items for logged in member (AP Extras) that makes navigation a breeze
- eLibrary (Vaultiwiki) with an excellent New To Photography book and Learning Plan
- New Photographer friendly
- Various Skin options, the default is a dark skin because that is better for images
- Free site that gives out more than $5,000 in prizes each year (via sponsors and advertising revenue)
- Free Gallery for members with 50 posts and 30 days membership
- Very active niche community, that also facilitates real world meetings
- Google 'Australian Photography' and it's the #1 forum (top of the pops for our target audience)