Credits
Niccea on Jan. 22, 2018
Quite frankly, the credits page doesn't do justice to all the work Banes did.
There were way to many real life things that got in my way for this cycle. I think I might have tried to get some extra help but I didn't try hard enough or ask in the right places. Banes emailed me as well as a lot of other Duckers to get the awards back on track. I ended up sending him my huge spreadsheet I keep every year to keep up with the awards, all the presentations that I had received, and wished him the best of luck.
Though the winners we announced a few months late, Banes took a half completed awards and wrapped it up pretty well.
I can't promise the next cycle will be easy, but most of the problems that kept me away have been solved. I look forward to planning the next batch of awards.
One thing I would like to bring up in relation to all of this. When I first took over the awards, I matched up with the schedule that amanda and JustNoPoint were following in the previous years. This worked out well for me then because I was still in college and working part time. The next few years, the busy time for my job wasn't until after awards season, so I didn't feel much of a burn. During the last awards, my work schedule changed and my busy season got moved up a couple of months. I was also working until midnight for a month and driving an hour both ways. That caused a couple of hiccups last year.
I don't know when the busy season will be with my new job, but since this awards was a bit late, is there any opinion to the schedule. Right now the general schedule is this:
March or April - Start discussing the awards
May - I create the comic and start accepting extras
June - Awards Design contest
July - Voting
August thru September - Judges and Presenters do their thing.
October - Awards announced
Recently I've had a couple of users express concerns that during the late summer they don't have the time to participate. So I would really like to hear what everyone has to say about how the schedule has been working. The only thing I want is that I would like for the awards to be wrapped up before November/December.
Ok. If you made it to the bottom, thanks for reading my ramblings and supporting the Drunk Duck Awards.
AmeliaP at 11:06AM, Feb. 26, 2018
Great job, team!
Avart at 11:00PM, Jan. 27, 2018
Good job to all the staff, really appreciate all your effort to bring us a fantastic ceremony. Congrats to all the DD team!
El Cid at 8:58AM, Jan. 25, 2018
*applause* Another successful ceremony, and nobody died! Um, except that one guy.... uh, the insurance people don't want us talking about it. Big thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, including the readers who took the time to vote for their favorite comics.
Bruno Harm at 2:31PM, Jan. 23, 2018
I honestly don't know how you guys find the time to do all this. Thank you so much for what you do for all the little comic makers out here!
Banes at 9:33AM, Jan. 23, 2018
And thanks again to KimLuster, Tantz_Aerine, Mika_yi and El Cid for all the extra work!
Banes at 9:32AM, Jan. 23, 2018
Thanks for the kudos, Niccea, and for coming back to finish up and do all the trophies! - I just left that part out completely. Congrats again to all!
plymayer at 7:38PM, Jan. 22, 2018
You folks did a great job. As always. Even with life's obligations.
KimLuster at 6:30AM, Jan. 22, 2018
Hey, trust me, I could feel your pain in not being able to handle this gigantic volunteer load!! Just know that we appreciate so much what you did do, have done, and will do!! And many thanks to Banes for stepping up!! I just smile in admiration! And a last-but-not-least thank-you to everyone who made this happen!!
PIT_FACE at 1:18AM, Jan. 22, 2018
Good job, guys! Thanks a lot!