Here's my list of suggestions for candidates. I made topics and suggestions in bold so they would be easier to distinguish from other babble.
Internalist
1.
Zweq - Undoubtedly the best internalist out there.
2.
TorInge - Along with Zweq belongs to the dynamic duo that's light years ahead of others.
3.
Karlis - A living legend. Karlis is like a wine that only gets better as time goes by. Recently made an impressive comeback after a little less active period (at least wr-wise) with a massive bunch of wrs that seem to be as easy for him to drive as it is for SoC to stay incoherent. Dominates the "veteran list" (tables with WRs) and is at the top, or close to it in almost all other internal stats as well. Good examle and target of idolization for n00bs and advanced kuskis alike. You can't spell wr without an r (Which can also be found in "Karlis").
Externalist
1.
axxu - Has won numerous small cups and done really well in some of the bigger ones. Has energy to participate in cups and contests no matter how small they are.
2.
The OooO - Mysterious kuski with massive amounts of good results in various cups and contests
Battler
1.
Markku - Easiest choise of all (not including best site category). Simply THE battler.
2.
veezay - Terribly good. No point in playing when veezay is around. SveinR's KOM description was accurate. veezay wins battles.
Rookie
1.
axxu - axxu is a new rising star on the elma sky. Definitely the most accomplished rookie.
Designer
1.
MP - Amazing level designer. A real creative artist who never runs out of new ideas. Also invented the "txt file in cuplevzip" -system which has been later adopted for more or less flawless use by other cup and contest holders.
2.
Ville J - Creates extremely beautiful and visually appealing levs that also have excellent gameplay and trick inventory. Also made the astonishing Pirate.lgr.
Team
1.
FM - Not much competition in this category as far as i'm concerned. FM is the definition of a great team. Enough said.
WR
1.
mr's 40,69 in Quick Round - Whoops, suddenly the wr is over 6 seconds better. Alrighty.
Multi WR
1.
ramone's and BarTek's 18,37 in Enigma - Amazing time with amazing style. ramone manages to drive perfectly, despite of BarTek's attempt to distract him during the last seconds. (Just kidding, okay?)
2.
mr's and ramone's 35,60 in Zig-Zag - This is what you get when two pro players get together to play with a great style.
Style
1.
Zweq's Zig-Zag - One of the most obvious styles but also one of the hardest to explain to someone while keeping a straight face. It was widely considered to be theoretically possible if you just could get enough speed... if you just could bounce... (Edited the style inventor from ramone to Zweq. (Sorry zamper, didn't know it was yours originally :*))
2.
milagros' Curvaceous- I think this one really surprised everyone. At least i was like "riiiight" when I saw the rec of it. Looks so far fetched that it's hard to think that anyone could invent something like this unless passed out in the backyard of a merged saw & apple company from licking too many poisonous toads...
Replay
1.
Jalli's Impsybility easy version - I know many people don't appreciate pipe replays, but i'm not one of them. Absolutely mad replay. You can easily endure the slight dizzyness because it's definitely worth it. Jalli seems to have an innate ability to survive his pipedriving style, it's quite remarkable really. Finally a little waring: If you are epileptic, stay away from this replay for your own sake.
2.
TorInge's Enduro - Can you say "clean"? I can't because i just watched the rec and now can't find my lower jaw. I have a small place and not much furniture but still... i know it's on the floor, maybe it rolled under the bed...
Level
1.
Motion Combo YYY by MP - Your first thoughts when playing this lev are probably: "Wow, this is long. Really long. Hmmm doesn't this ever end? Hey, come on, this is just ridicilous! Ok finished, but this lev is definitely too long." I know mine were. But later on you realise that it's really a masterpiece.
2.
Almost Forest by Ville J - This is a lev that I höyled excessively during King Cup. With a wrong style I might add. And no, the pipe doesn't count as style
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An excellent cup lev.
3.
Chain lev by various designers - Obviously many people thought that a massive chain lev with huge amount of makers would be a giant flop, i was one of them. Luckily BarTek, the leader of the project, had enough vision to greatly limit the polygon and vertex number that each maker could use. Granted, it was also because limitations in the editor, but BarTek also required that each part, on it's own should be easy and simple. And so the chain lev turned out to be magnificent cruising lev.
LGR
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Ville J's Pirate.lrg - I've never really liked different lgrs. I only use default and HighQ. When i tested Pirate.lgr it was almost a shock. It's so smooth and balanced. It doesn't jump at you or hurt your eyes in any way. Best non-default-based lgr I've seen.
Contribution
1.
Abula's work with Moposite - After long army, many people thought that abu wouldn't be interested in Moposite anymore, or at least not as much as before. Little did they know. Abula is back with seemingly endless amounts of energy and Moposite, the heart of elma keeps pounding stronger than ever. (I think i got something in my eye..)
2.
px's work with wr updates - Travels all around Finland and beyond and still has time to do wr updates. And if he doesn't, he informs about it in Moposite news. Exemplary work. Respect.
3.
skint0r's work with battlebot - When MagnusB left, #battle lost a precious tool, battlebot. And it soon became obvious that #battle would never rise to it's former glory without it. Luckily there was one man who would bring light to darkness. One man who wouldn't be afraid of the adversities. One man who would bring back something that was thought to be forever lost. That man was skint0r. Enough said.
Achievement
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TorInge's 37 min 24h TT - I'm starting to think that TorInge should change his nick to TIM, accoring to an old PC game TIM -The Incredible Machine. Eventhough TorInge is an internal expert of the highest caliber, and has maps and button timing patterns in the autoplay system that he has deep in his spinal cord, and not in his hard drive like one certain ex pro kuski, this kind of accomplishment still seems inhuman. Luckily there were witnesses.
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Truly, truly amazing.
Site
1.
Moposite - Absolutely, positively and undisputedly the best elmasite. Ever. No contest.
Abula, no need to exlude Moposite. I may have spoken too hastily last night. I know it needed/needs alot of work and Moposite deserves the acknowledgement for being the best.
Instead of excluding Moposite, maybe there could be awards for top2 in this category, or maybe even a new category could be added: "Best Non-Moposite site".
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