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Member Awards 2020: WINNERS

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Favourite Ride
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It seems @Sussy is still hungover from the quiz night, so it falls to me to announce the results of the votes from the 2020 TST Member Awards! We begin with the Forum Awards.

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Best Alton Towers Related Topic
Alton Towers Oktoberfest 2020, created by @Danny

Yes the best Alton Towers thread of the year has been snapped up by at last, a new major event at the resort! Maybe events at theme parks are actually popular? Who knew!

Best Europa-Park Related Topic
2020: Piraten in Batavia, created by @AstroDan
Though it’s unsurprising that the rebuild of a huge water-based dark ride at our favourite theme park got so much attention.


Best "Other" Theme Park Related Topic
Blackpool Pleasure Beach: General Discussion, created by @John

For a second year running!

Best Non-Theme Park Related Topic
Coronavirus, created by @Jb85
Somewhat unsurprising that the topic in question has all year, and continues to, dominate the headlines.

Funniest Topic
Due to Coronavirus, we're sorry but..., created by @AstroDan
A topic dedicated to ludicrous lacks of services, or rules, by different companies and institutions and blaming it on COVID was bound to be one of our more… POPular threads this year.

Fail Topic
Angry at husband for taking soft toy off my 15 year old daughter, created by @Ellaoftheball

Best Gaming Topic
Happy Planet Coaster Console Day, created by @Benjsh
After the latest major theme park simulator game became available to more players with its release on games consoles.

And now, we move onto our specific member awards.

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Best Contributor
@Matt N
TowersStreet’s ever-glowing beacon of optimism!

Best Poster
@Craig


Best Newcomer
@Pleasure Beach Valhalla


Geekiest Member
@John

Perhaps unsurprisingly, he holds onto his title for yet another year!

Funniest Member
@rob666


Most Serious Member
@RoyJess


Most Helpful Member
@Craig

Aka Problem Solving Bates who deserves it for his tireless efforts with running the quiz nights throughout the course of the year, as well as running the site and stuff like that but that’s by the by.

We now progress to something new for 2020, some park awards!

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Best New Ride
Piraten in Batavia

Which reopened with great success just 2 years after it BURNED TO THE GROUND. Quite the feat. Meanwhile if Phantasialand had pulled their finger out and actually built F.L.Y in a reasonable amount of time, it might have stood more of a chance.

Best Park Reopening
Europa-Park

Europa-Park, with not just the reopening of the park, but a new major dark ride and of course, the Magnum Pleasure Store… Expensive barnes!

Best COVID Measures
Alton Towers & Europa-Park

Anyone would think we were biased. But yes, with their heavy duty social distancing markers, a heavily limited virtual queue system, and being forcibly removed from queue lines if you remove your mask, you could argue that Europa was very much COVID-secure. And apparently you all thought Towers was too, with this being the only award this time round with joint winners.

Worst COVID Measures

Thorpe Park
Presumably as a result of that infamous Sunday of Fright Nights with a distinct lack of reduced capacity, although perhaps that was also down to the ostensibly permeable fencing along Monk’s Walk. Who knows.

And finally, something else new for 2020, in lieu of our meetup awards, it's the quiz awards.

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Funniest Team Name
Quiz All Over Your Face, @Ellie and @Josh

Apparently the quiz team name Josh has used since circa. 2009, it's clearly served him well!

Best Quiz
Quiz 4: TowersStreet Quiz No. 4, Sat 27th June
The results were at one point teetering towards that one quiz we spent the least amount of time on and just threw together, so we do thank you in the end! Clearly Carry On Up The Wentworth Garden Centre prevailed.

Best Round
Alton Towers History: It's Nice But It's A Bit OLD, Quizzes 1, 2 and 3, devised by @Squiggs

The one round that we had very little input with as we handed it to resident historian-turned-newsreader Phil. Pfft.

Most Difficult Round
Pictograms - Skylines, Quiz 4, devised by @Sussy
Although I’m sure if we ran the awards again some of you might say the layout geek league round.

So there we have it, congratulations to all winners! Your shiny new signatures will be on the way to your forum PM inboxes in due course. Thank you to everyone that took the time to vote in either or both rounds of voting, and we hope you're pleased with the results. Which leaves me with nothing else to say but to wish you all a joyous 2021!
 
Ah thanks - I would rather not be winning an award in these circumstances but hey ho - will take what I can get :)
Happy New Year all
 
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It seems @Sussy is still hungover from the quiz night, so it falls to me to announce the results of the votes from the 2020 TST Member Awards! We begin with the Forum Awards.

Forum-Awards.png


Best Alton Towers Related Topic
Alton Towers Oktoberfest 2020, created by @Danny

Yes the best Alton Towers thread of the year has been snapped up by at last, a new major event at the resort! Maybe events at theme parks are actually popular? Who knew!

Best Europa-Park Related Topic
2020: Piraten in Batavia, created by @AstroDan
Though it’s unsurprising that the rebuild of a huge water-based dark ride at our favourite theme park got so much attention.


Best "Other" Theme Park Related Topic
Blackpool Pleasure Beach: General Discussion, created by @John

For a second year running!

Best Non-Theme Park Related Topic
Coronavirus, created by @Jb85
Somewhat unsurprising that the topic in question has all year, and continues to, dominate the headlines.

Funniest Topic
Due to Coronavirus, we're sorry but..., created by @AstroDan
A topic dedicated to ludicrous lacks of services, or rules, by different companies and institutions and blaming it on COVID was bound to be one of our more… POPular threads this year.

Fail Topic
Angry at husband for taking soft toy off my 15 year old daughter, created by @Ellaoftheball

Best Gaming Topic
Happy Planet Coaster Console Day, created by @Benjsh
After the latest major theme park simulator game became available to more players with its release on games consoles.

And now, we move onto our specific member awards.

Member-Awards.png


Best Contributor
@Matt N
TowersStreet’s ever-glowing beacon of optimism!

Best Poster
@Craig


Best Newcomer
@Pleasure Beach Valhalla


Geekiest Member
@John

Perhaps unsurprisingly, he holds onto his title for yet another year!

Funniest Member
@rob666


Most Serious Member
@RoyJess


Most Helpful Member
@Craig

Aka Problem Solving Bates who deserves it for his tireless efforts with running the quiz nights throughout the course of the year, as well as running the site and stuff like that but that’s by the by.

We now progress to something new for 2020, some park awards!

Park-Awards.png


Best New Ride
Piraten in Batavia

Which reopened with great success just 2 years after it BURNED TO THE GROUND. Quite the feat. Meanwhile if Phantasialand had pulled their finger out and actually built F.L.Y in a reasonable amount of time, it might have stood more of a chance.

Best Park Reopening
Europa-Park

Europa-Park, with not just the reopening of the park, but a new major dark ride and of course, the Magnum Pleasure Store… Expensive barnes!

Best COVID Measures
Alton Towers & Europa-Park

Anyone would think we were biased. But yes, with their heavy duty social distancing markers, a heavily limited virtual queue system, and being forcibly removed from queue lines if you remove your mask, you could argue that Europa was very much COVID-secure. And apparently you all thought Towers was too, with this being the only award this time round with joint winners.

Worst COVID Measures

Thorpe Park
Presumably as a result of that infamous Sunday of Fright Nights with a distinct lack of reduced capacity, although perhaps that was also down to the ostensibly permeable fencing along Monk’s Walk. Who knows.

And finally, something else new for 2020, in lieu of our meetup awards, it's the quiz awards.

Quiz-Awards.png


Funniest Team Name
Quiz All Over Your Face, @Ellie and @Josh

Apparently the quiz team name Josh has used since circa. 2009, it's clearly served him well!

Best Quiz
Quiz 4: TowersStreet Quiz No. 4, Sat 27th June
The results were at one point teetering towards that one quiz we spent the least amount of time on and just threw together, so we do thank you in the end! Clearly Carry On Up The Wentworth Garden Centre prevailed.

Best Round
Alton Towers History: It's Nice But It's A Bit OLD, Quizzes 1, 2 and 3, devised by @Squiggs

The one round that we had very little input with as we handed it to resident historian-turned-newsreader Phil. Pfft.

Most Difficult Round
Pictograms - Skylines, Quiz 4, devised by @Sussy
Although I’m sure if we ran the awards again some of you might say the layout geek league round.

So there we have it, congratulations to all winners! Your shiny new signatures will be on the way to your forum PM inboxes in due course. Thank you to everyone that took the time to vote in either or both rounds of voting, and we hope you're pleased with the results. Which leaves me with nothing else to say but to wish you all a joyous 2021!
Thanks everyone for voting me Best Newcomer! Totally unexpected but thank you! :)
 
And you think that you were amused that you were even nominated for the most serious member? I think they got the nomination categories mixed up, either that or I need to work harder on my humour o_O
On the night quite a lot of people messaged me saying that I had been robbed because I was also nominated for that category!
 
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