CAG Community Award 2008

[CheapyD]

Using the above polling system, please vote for the CAG Community Award.
Which CAG, through his or her actions and contributions, best served the CAG community and exemplified it's ideals in 2008.


Last year's winner:
CAG Community Award: speedy1961
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/../images/cheapyawards/5th/community.gif (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168167)

This year, we decided to break up the CAG Hero into two separate awards, the CAG Community Award and the CAG Deal Buster. It didn't seem like it really mattered though as last year's CAG Hero winner, speedy1961, picked up both awards anyway. For those of you living under a rock, speedy1961 provides the CAG community with the heads up on each week's Sunday ads. Speedy had a pretty rough year as Circuit City subpoenaed both CAG and DVD Talk in a (failed) effort to learn his secret identity.

Congratulations (and thanks) to speedy1961, who had this to say in response to his double victory:
"These 2 awards mean the world to me this year especially in light of the fact that the villainous (or perhaps just misguided) CC tried to plant me in a hole in the ground and attempted to silence my voice forever. It really meant alot to me that CheapyD and all of CAG stood by my side during that painful & worrisome time. Thank you one and all for making me believe that my weekly scribblings have value and for showing me that what I do means a lot to my bretheren here at CheapAssGamer.com. Thanks!"

[TheGamingGuy]

speedy

[smarkbran]

I gotta go with jp0213 for giving us the Eb coupons and keeping tabs on trade in values. He puts in a lot of work into the forums.

[marcand]

Speedy! Sundays are my days to scout this site. I especially appreciate the summary when it is featured on the CAG home page.

[Squarehard]

Spread the love, MasterShake gets my vote.

[lordwow]

I nominate Liquid 2

[fizzywix]

jp0213 for the EB trade in values and such!

[shrike4242]

jp0213 for the GS trade-in value thread.

fidodio for his eternal Fry's update threads.

Speedy, for obvious reasons.

MasterShake for the Amazon DOTD updates and other random Amazon updates.

lwelyk for his work on the EB 10% coupon thread.

[Jmclark]

Speedy for the awesome job he's done with the deals.

[k9homan]

yes Speedy ! go speed, go !

[J7.]

jp0213 ty for your help.

[Twie]

Speedy1961

thanks for all the help

[CLAYB1RD]

Couldn't have done it without Speedy!

[TheRock88]

jp0213

[LiK]

Scobie for giving me an enjoyable night of L4D

[my2k2zx2]

Speedy gets my vote, love the ads since we dont get a paper.

[cochesecochese]

I gotta go with jp0213 for giving us the Eb coupons and keeping tabs on trade in values. He puts in a lot of work into the forums.
Seconded. I'm also a big Speedy fan.

[xGunCrazyx]

marten, he gave out some excellent prizes during the Childs Play Raffle, one of which I won :D

[gunm]

speedy, with Marten the perennial/quintessential charity raffle donater an honorable mention.

[johnnyrocker360]

Marten and his mega crazy prizes, which i didn't win. :cry: maybe next time...

[crystalklear64]

Shrike for keeping those unruly OTT members in check among other things. Just an overall great moderator.

[will530]

Speedy

[argyle]

Not to be an asskisser, but can I nominate CheapyD & Wombat? The CAGcast has really helped to relieve my boredom at work.

[rockslasthope]

speedy. everytime i think about it his name pops up again because of his contributions to the site. Marten comes in a close 2nd though from what ive seen of him

[tcolberg]

Speedy1961
Thorbahn for putting up good questions each week to the CAGBag so I can eke out a few more minutes of joy from the CAGCast.

[knightbeauchamp]

jp0213 for the GS trade-in value thread.

fidodio for his eternal Fry's update threads.

Speedy, for obvious reasons.

MasterShake for the Amazon DOTD updates and other random Amazon updates.

lwelyk for his work on the EB 10% coupon thread.

dito
:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: hard between speedy and MasterShake:applause::applause::applause::applause :

[jraf]

Thorbahn for his interesting questions

[Z_meista]

speedy, mastershake, marten

[KingBroly]

Mastershake

[sadunk]

jp0213 for keeping the GS thread updated. Yeah speedy does a lot too but I had to check the TIV everyday while flipping to GS.

[MrBlonde220]

me

[terra-kun]

The guy who posts all those Sunday deals.

[LinkinPrime]

Fidodido
Marten
Speedy

[louiedog]

speedy

[The Chop Suey]

speedy

[Jek Porkins]

I would say Speedy, but I don't have the vast majority of the stores listed on his weekly ads here, so it doesn't help me that much. I'll go with marten!

[Loonknight]

Speedy

[williamspam91]

either yourself Cheapy or Speedy

[PacManster17]

Shipwreck!

[Bojizzle]

wombat

[Monsta Mack]

speedy

[Darknyss]

Super-programmer-John

Because what would this place be without, like um, a cool website?

[biscuit]

Speedy

[Number83]

Wubb, for his awesome Fantasy Football Team!

[Foo228]

Props to speedy (weekly ads), Master Shake (dotds), phear3d and the sears clearance community, jp0213 and the gs coupon/tiv community, and any others that have helped provide/organize deals (even if it was a one time thing).

Looks like I won't vote in this one to take away from others.

*same post in hero forum

[ducttapeBigSexy]

I'm going with speedy - those early ads are my favorite part of CAG!

[Malik112099]

Marten for his crazy prizes

[rmb]

Though I rarely benefit from the Blockbuster thread, the flippers on here have to appreciate io's hard work in the blockbuster thread

[Walt Jay]

marten for his crazy Child's Play prizes

[grognard66]

It has to be Speedy1961

[Arakias]

Speedy

[ChernobylCow]

Speedy

[Galego23]

speedy takes it again, no doubt.

[Zark7]

Marten for the massive raffle support.

[darthbudge]

Manthing.

[ObiBen]

speedy1961

[blackmilk]

Io - updating and moderating the BlockBuster thread

[freshzen]

jp0213

[phear3d]

i vote for neocisco - he was laid off cuz his store was one of the closing circuit city stores. and the amount of deals we received from his deals thread on cag is enormous. easily one of my most frequented threads.. towards the end there were 2 other CC employees that post deals but neo did it for alot years

[manthing]

jp0213

[mrfreeziexp]

I vote Speedy again.

[SeanNOLA]

Super-Programmer-John!

[dc_fortythree]

speedy

[lukisha]

speedy

[pagster]

Marten

[Shimrra]

Speedy

[Chronis]

another vote for speedy.

[MrBlondeX]

Speedy. I can't even begin to figure how much money he's saved me.

[johnstca]

speedy

[cdeener]

We are going to have to retire Speedy. My vote goes to io for his work in the GS trade values and his wonderful work in the Blockbuster/Gamerush threads.

[Pck21]

I would have to vote for just the CAG community as a whole because I haven't met a bad person yet.

[Fuzi0n]

Marten for the insane prizes for raising money for child's play charity.

[rmb]

We are going to have to retire Speedy. My vote goes to io for his work in the GS trade values and his wonderful work in the Blockbuster/Gamerush threads.
this should be called the speedy award

[TheEyecon]

jp0213 and speedy.

[RelentlessRolento]

MarkMan for keeping us informed

[Lord_Kefka]

Speedy - for the Sunday Ads every single week
Master Shake - for the Amazon deals I've spent so damn much on.
Admiral Ackbar - for the football pool

[downbeat]

Speedy1961

[Davestation]

I use the PS3 forums and Friskey Tanuki lists alot of stuff that I enjoy.

[lwelyk]

Oh wow, someone actually nominated me. Thanks.

I nominate me too. = P

Seriously though, I'd say io. He's a great mod.

[SpitFire158]

Marten or Speedy

[xcopy]

Speedy1961

[phantom2k2]

One more for Speedy

[Hibikitour]

Marten. His help getting people donating to Childs Play is better than a deal in my eyes. I know quite a few who specifically donate because of his prizes.

[bsesb2003]

Marten

[Cleaner7]

speedy, with Marten the perennial/quintessential charity raffle donater an honorable mention.

This one.

[CaseyRyback]

I vote for Marten, even though he never gave Brak any money.

[msdmoney]

Marten, I was stunned when I read the list of his prizes.

[Koggit]

Marten -- I was shocked by his donations, incredible

[JEKKI]

fidodido!!

I dont even live close to or shop Frys anymore, but he brought me many fridays of joy during my old days of institutionalized education

[slimmers]

speedy for all the great deals :-)

[emg28]

Friend of Sonic for his work in the Target clearance thread and the BBV/GR thread. Honorable mention goes to Io for keeping the BBV/GR thread under control and maintaning that sweet GS TIV list for a while until jp0213 took over. Honorable mention also goes to the aforementioned jp0213.

[wubb]

Number83 for his awesome Fantasy Football advising!

[Maklershed]

Justden - for donating an unbelievable prize package for Child's Play raffle

marten - once again, is incredibly generous for the Child's Play raffle

speedy1961 - posting the deals!

(can't choose just one)

[Deadlybart356]

speedy

[orangeninja2]

Speedy for the great job he does.

[mvp828]

In no order... The latter three of course being huge in the Flipping business which in reality is one of the biggest ways to maintain a CAG lifestyle.

Speedy
JP0213
IO
Friend Of Sonic

[jeremywoods]

speedy and mastershake woot

[pbaz11]

Speedy1961

[degeneratorruch]

Speedy as the Sunday deals were how I originally stumbled upon this place.

[The Mana Knight]

I nominate jp0213. Not just for his GameStop coupon threads early and GameStop trade-in value threads, but also for being one of the best CAG traders and an awesome friend. :D

[Smuglittleman]

Same as last year...Speedy!

[Darklighter]

Speedy even if he isn't a gamer. :P

[malice207]

speedy for the win!

[Josef]

Another vote for Speedy...

[PR Mega X]

Speedy's weekly ad posting has saved me a ton, so he's got my vote. As others have said, Marten deserves honorable mention for his incredible Child's Play raffle prizes.

[BlueLobstah]

Speedy has my vote in the other thread, so I'm going to have to go with Marten for this one. Amazing random boxes, and quite generous!

[Big K 69]

speedy1961

[doraemonkerpal]

I nominate marten because he's always providing excellent prizes for CAG contests/raffles.

[Chase]

Marten, for his amazing prize donations. :applause:

[Okatta]

Speedy1961

[Rave Child]

io for the BBV thread, home of the cheapest ass gamers!

[Torque]

Speedy

[sasukekun]

speedy!

[SnatchMan]

Speedy is the man of the people. :)

[Azumangaman]

Marten for his incredible donations.

[naiku]

MasterShake - amazon deals ftw.

[Placebo]

Speedy.

[VipFREAK]

I guess speedy.

[Brak]

ff7scloud

[Jrittmayer]

Speedy FTW

[Sacsquash]

Speedy1961

[100bullets]

Speedy. Lost his job but atleast he can walk away with an award!

[Frythan]

speedy, he is my one source of the sunday ads, I'll miss you speedy

[TC]

Marten

[Magehart]

I nominate Marten. He's like the Jesus of CAG. If the world were full of Martens... awesome... awesome like pizza.

[Xavin]

Speedy, I think he should win again before he leaves.

[classflirt]

It's a crime if you don't vote for Speedy. All of the other candidates are deserving, in their own right. But Speedy is a CAG institution. I can't fathom how much money he has personally saved us CAGs.

[redline]

As someone who lives near a Fry's and frequents it, thank you fidodido!

[Guagloves]

Speedy. He always did a great job with the Sunday ads.

[Hestar]

speedy for all his hard work

[Danimal]

Everybody on the list is awesome, but it's gotta be Speedy.

[SuperDuperMan]

Gotta go with speedy1961

[Akira119]

jp0213. Just wanted to say thanks!

[heathdud]

Speedy. I used your info more than any other on the net. Thanks man and I hope things get better for you.

[zizo79]

Speedy all the way !!

[Zoulpain]

speedy1961

[SkeletonBrute]

speedy ftw

[spreadyl]

jp for the informative gamestop value thread

[=XcL=]

SPeedy

[Flak]

speedy1961

[BR1CK]

the reason i joined this board...speedy

[chililili]

Speedy definitely

[a5ehren]

Rename it the speedy memorial community service award :-p

[Static X]

Speedy.

[flybrione]

speedy

[crewj]

speedy... what a run it was

[benjamouth]

I went with Speedy, but honourable mention to Master Shake.

[kilm]

Speedy should get this award!

[Slayzz]

speedy!

[btt]

Speedy.

[Dr. Pizza]

That Goomba guy should be on this list.

[evildeadjedi]

Speedy

[MikeIsGood]

Speedy. Thanks for all your work.

[texas_dude02]

speedy hands down

[PoisenXcstasy]

Speedy!

[AlohaMars2]

Rename it the speedy memorial community service award :-p

I like this idea alot. Plus if speedy doesn't win, we can always break out the pitchforks and torches.

[lovemetal626]

speedy. like others have stated, those sunday ads rule. its the reason i come here every sunday. thanks again speedy.

[Nikadimas]

Close between jp0213 and speedy, but speedy gets my vote for this year. A lot of work and legal headaches were endured by speedy, yet he still managed to deliver week after week. I always looked forwards to his posts and hilarious sigs. Well deserved.

[SeanNOLA]

Speedy. Sundays are a lot less important now :-(

[Quintessence]

speedy1961

[shogun316]

jp0213 for his EB/GS TIV contributions. Needed it for the combo with the HWV $3.99 OG VG deal to succeed, and I thank him for it.

[Shady3011]

One last time for speedy.

[EnronLackey]

humm .. tough choices .. but speedy does it for me for his sunday work

[pROvIs]

speedy1961

[nabeshin]

Speedy again!

[erik_wolff]

Gotta go with Speedy on this one.

[MrNEWZ]

Speedy FTW~!

[integralsmatic]

close tie between speedy and marten.

every childs play raffle Marten comes up with the most insanse stuff that he donates. he even sent out two packages to lucky cags and hooked them up tight!

Speedy for obvious reasons.

[jimijumper]

thanks to all in the poll for their contributions.......but it's Speedy in a landslide

[KaneRobot]

I know speedy is a bang up dude and probably deserves some kind of lifetime achievement award, but Marten is nuts. No way he shouldn't walk away with this, easily.

[fatmanforlife99]

Speedy again

[Chitown021]

Speedy with Marten a super close second.

[ZaneZoom]

speedy

[EastBayAnt]

Marten for the Child's Play prizes, although all are awesome.

[Aceboogz]

speedy for all the stuff hes gone through for CAG

[uberpwner93]

Speedy! Our resident deal supplier. A gamers drug dealer!

[scion of ys]

speedy

[zman73]

speedy again

[A Yellow Fellow]

jp0213

[aihuman]

speedy1961

[KingCrow02]

There is nothing like intel to get ahead of the shopping crowds. Thank you Speedy1961 for all of your hard work and commitment. Long live, Speedy1961!!
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[Barnolde]

speedy

[micro44]

I gotta go with jp0213 for giving us the Eb coupons and keeping tabs on trade in values. He puts in a lot of work into the forums.

I agree. Another one for jp0213

[maigoyume]

speedy again :applause:

[Whambamm]

While I always enjoyed speedy1961's ads, the amount marten contributed towards Child's Play was unbelievably generous and he has my utmost respect for it.

[Mud_BooDa]

Gotta give it to my man Speedy! Thx for all the great ads over the years!

[freakyzeeky]

I'm gonna have to vote for Speedy, though Master Shake gets an honorable mention for doing a hell of a job... :)

[simp1ysimon]

gotta love speedy, he's always hooking us up with those sunday ads

[Lost_In_Shadows]

I voted for MasterShake

[jackoman]

Speedy has my support.

[NamPaehc]

Marteeeeen!

[keiko01]

speedy1961 you da man

[evergoo]

Speedy.

Helping CAGs enjoy their passion for gaming at a lower price.

[QuickKill]

speedy.

[WasabiJoe]

Of course, speedy1961

He faced legal action and kept on giving out of the boldness of his heart.

[Tyga24]

speedy will be a unanimous inductee into the CAG Hall of Fame

[Xavin]

Voted! Speedy, he has done so much, and now with him leaving, he should win.

[WhiskeyCrazy]

Speedy

[Kilo720]

speedy

[darkwhitehair]

SPEEDY for the win...

[AlienHeadBoy]

jp0213 gets my vote, athough speedy was just a C-hair behind.

[XXXplosive1]

jb0213

[Pojomofo]

Speedy the sentimental favorite

[x_mystery_y]

I wanna be like Speedy

[8BitWonder]

Speedy!!!!!

[Pootie Thang]

Speedy too bad he's gone in 09

[Shimrra]

Speedy rules.

[buffdrew84]

speedy with the deals

[Deona]

speedy1961

[GWIZ2260]

Speedy!

[CosmosTheMouse]

If Speedy didn't win this I would be shocked.

[GoAztecs]

This should be the year of Speedy!

[DAWG26]

Speedy I guess

[Dreamer]

No question in my mind on this one, it's definitely speedy! Look at all he went through to provide us with early info! w00t! Sorry to see this gone....

[DCJ83]

speedy.

[jqtaxpayer]

Speedy! Sundays are my days to scout this site. I especially appreciate the summary when it is featured on the CAG home page.

Same here. If I don't visit CAG on any other day, I certainly will be looking on Sundays.

[DOMINATOR912]

speedy

[lord_ebonstone]

Speedy = Heath Ledger of CAG

[JP]

I've been trying my best to stay out of this thread for the most part. I realized I was nominated and didn't think it was best to post until the very end. I want to thank anyone who nominated me. I'm honestly surprised to be on that list, not even sure if I deserve to be on there with speedy and marten and others. I haven't been here at CAG too long but I have really come to love and appreciate this community. I've met some great people on here and hope to be around long enough to meet some more great people.

With that in mind I want to take a moment and thank io for letting me take over the GameStop Trade-in Thread. He had every right/reason to take it back over without question but he let me continue. I also want to thank all the CAGs who post their values, not only are they giving me something to occupy my time at work but more importantly they are helping out the community greatly by sharing the information. Thanks guys.

Oh yeah, I also agree that this should be renamed the Speedy award. That man perservered through some very heavy stuff.

[loafing...]

speedy!

[speedy05]

speedy1961

[MidnightMarauder74]

speedy1961

[Rubacava]

speedy1961

[thehuskerfan]

speedy

[face76]

EB/GS can thank jp0213 for all the money I spent there!

[MiniB0ssBattle]

speedy1961 that guy saved me almost 100 bucks.