OzBargain 2014 Members' Annual Awards

scotty on 22/12/2014 - 16:25
Last edited 14/06/2018 - 23:45 by 1 other user

2014 is finishing up in another week and a bit. Continuing our tradition from last year, let me announce the OzBargain Members' Awards for 2014. The stats used here were generated from this morning.

Deal Poster of the Year

TRENT86 — this award is for the OzBargain who has posted the most deals in 2014. TRENT86 posted 727 deals with vote average of 22.91 this year, where 221 of them got onto the front page. Trent has been on fire since September, posting average more than 4 deals a day. Most popular deal this year? Telstra Prepaid Starter Kits for $8 from Harvey Norman.

Competition Poster of the Year

JSQUARED — competition-posting on OzBargain has gone through a re-design in the middle of this year, and this award is for the member with significant contribution to posting competitions on OzBargain. JSQUARED has posted 178 competitions so far this year, two have been featured the most popular (Tap King and Optus luck draws) with over 100 reported winners between the two.

Rookie of the Year

DAOtmc — this award is for the best contributor to this website who only joined us this year. This is especially hard to pick this year, but DAOtmc stood out. Joined in May this year, he has posted 44 deals with vote average 36.61. His most popular post this year — 2 for 1 Grill'd Burger.

Commentator of the Year

jv — it's for the OzBargain who had posted the most in comments this year, and it's the you-know-who again. While contributed merely 4 deals, he has participated in 3,451 threads with 7,271 comments — 42% more than last year (which he also won the commentator of 2013). Classic replies although occasionally informative. Others got voted to obvilion.

Helpful Member of the Year

scrimshaw — awarded for OzBargainers not only post comments, but helpful comments. Our not-so-scientific measurement of "helpfulness" is via the votes people received on their comments. It's also scrimshaw's second year winning this award, posting 2,669 comments this year, 17.5% of them getting +5 votes and 3.5% getting +15 votes.

Power User of the Year

tonester — this award is for the power users who have contributed the most in editing the deals and fixing up issues. They played a significant role in keeping the deals updated on OzBargain and helped the moderators to focus on moderation. If you still aren't sure what they do, check out some of tonester's recent edits — edit #1, edit #2, edit #3.

OzBargainer of the Year

I guess most would have already guessed… tightarse!

Joined OzBargain in January 2010. Posted 563 deals between 2010 and 2013, and then in 2014 — 579 deal posted with +99.83 vote average. From the interaction we have with TA, he does not just post lots of deals, but high quality deals as he is someone who cares a lot about his "craft". Some of his most popular deals — PayPal $5 credit, $0.01 Multi-Function Saber Card, compiled Shop-A-Docket vouchers #1 #2 and #3 etc. I believe many of us have benefited from tightarse's posts tremendously this year.

Prizes

I'll be contacting all the winners later today via PM. Top prize "OzBargainer of the Year" will get $1,000 PayPal credit or gift cards, and all other prizes will get $250 reward.

Our monthly awards for December will be announced in early January 2015. Until then, wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Site Discussion

Comments

  • devpress on 22/12/2014 - 16:37
    +2

    well done all :)

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2014 - 16:38

    congrats.

  • MadMaxBargainRoad on 22/12/2014 - 16:43
    +2

    Congrats to most of them for their significant contribution with one exception (You-know-why).

  • bluedufflecoat on 22/12/2014 - 16:56

    Wow… congratulations! :)

  • akd on 22/12/2014 - 17:01

    Congrats to all the winners.

  • PLA74 on 22/12/2014 - 17:03

    Congratulations guys!

  • sa-ozzie on 22/12/2014 - 17:06

    well done guys

  • blitz on 22/12/2014 - 17:07
    +1

    This is great, congratulations to the winners. And thanks also to Scotty and the mods for their great work on the site!

  • tightarse on 22/12/2014 - 17:28
    +128

    I'm at a loss for words right now… this is just too much. Thanks to everyone that supported my posts throughout the year. This is without doubt the premier bargain site in the world. Nothing else offers what Scotty & team have given us. I hope to continue providing you all with great deals in 2015.

    To Trent86, JSQUARED, DAOtmc, jv, scrimshaw & tonester - well done! And let's not forget the mods scotty, neil, hamza, moocher, aaa & foundit who provide unheralded support to keep this site as good as it is.

    May you all have a safe & happy festive season with friends & loved ones.

    Merry Christmas! TA

    • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2014 - 17:36
      +2

      lol i just saw the prizes bit. hory shet, erhmahgaahhhd etc

    • ShamelessBargains on 22/12/2014 - 19:01
      +15

      Maybe if I post Udemy and eBook deals I will win next year… Oh wait they are a waste of time and effort.

        • ShamelessBargains on 22/12/2014 - 20:15
          +17

          Sorry man but its the harsh truth. I don't think I have heard of anyone paying for a Udemy course as they are always free or will become free in the future. eBooks are the same except on the iOS store where you have to pay for titles.

          I think next year the Ozbargainer of the Year should be voted for by members of the community. This would be a lot fairer and respective of the communities view. I don't think a vote average should determine who gets this title; rather it should be based upon other factors like user interaction, forum discussions and the whether they reflect the true spirit of an "Ozbargainer".

          This is just my two cents anyway. Congrats Tightarse on winning this title and thanks for your time and effort posting deals :)

        • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2014 - 20:24
          +9

          @ShamelessBargains: the community vote is a really good idea
          and would also work well for monthly awards.

      • Tuttorix on 22/12/2014 - 22:12
        +17

        Just saying, if you scroll through TightArses' list of posted deals, he's done A LOT more than that. JUST. SAYING.

        • [Deactivated] on 23/12/2014 - 08:26
          +4

          JUST.SHOUTING.*

      • rvsure on 23/12/2014 - 08:07
        +5

        I almost agree with you. TA's most frequent deals are free Udemy courses or free Amazon eBooks. By seeing the up votes on those deals I always wondered do people really think they are bargains. But every time I think TA's deals are crap he surprises me with an amazing deal like $5 Paypal credit 0r 1c Gearbest deals.

        Having said all this I still think TA deserves the member of the year award not for the quantity of deals but the quality of some of the deals he posted. Quality is a subjective opinion so this is just my opinion, there might be others who think the Udemy course deals are quality deals.

        Congrats and thanks TA and others. Keep the good deals coming in 2015.

      • scotty on 23/12/2014 - 08:24
        +10

        Please note that none of the top voted deals I have linked in my original post are free ebook or udemy courses.

      • mskeggs on 23/12/2014 - 09:01
        +4

        I've found useful stuff in both amazon ebook and udemy deals. If TA only posted them this might be valid criticism, but there have been a lot of great deals.

      • Diji1 on 25/12/2014 - 16:27

        Gee you sure aren't shameless despite that nick …

    • gimli on 23/12/2014 - 07:06

      Congrats on a well deserved award.

      Hope you take a break ( when kit kats are on sale) and give someone else a chance :P

    • Peck on 23/12/2014 - 23:32

      Bravo Zulu TA

  • Davo1111 on 22/12/2014 - 17:33
    +3

    congrats guys.

    If there are further awards for cleo ozbargain bachelor of the year i'd like to nominate myself :P

    • scotty on 22/12/2014 - 17:34
      +18

      Have to wait for April next year for the launch of OzBargain dating site.

      • Juststingy on 22/12/2014 - 18:37
        +16

        OMG YES. OzBae.

        • iridiumstem on 22/12/2014 - 19:14
          +16

          Best Bang for the Buck. That should be the description of the dating site.

        • cim85 on 22/12/2014 - 22:28

          @AznMitch: Cant wait to see what 'bargains' this proposed dating site offers, lol……I am already starting to worry!

        • iridiumstem on 22/12/2014 - 22:31
          +1

          @cim85: 2-in-1 packages. BOGOF, etc etc. :) The possibility is endless.

        • [Deactivated] on 23/12/2014 - 03:53
          +15

          @AznMitch: And the inevitable comments: "stay away, not genuine", "cheap, but took forever to come"

        • Davo1111 on 23/12/2014 - 11:54
          +3

          @Thrift:

          10/10 would do again.

        • iridiumstem on 24/12/2014 - 17:43

          @Davo1111: How much do they normally sell them for? Is it a bargain?

        • 51ngh on 24/12/2014 - 18:00

          @AznMitch:

          Best Bang for the Buck

          Best Bang from the Buck

  • neil on 22/12/2014 - 17:38
    +6

    Great job everyone. A very well deserved list.

  • hamza23 on 22/12/2014 - 17:43
    +4

    Well done everyone, all worthy winners for different reasons, certainly deserve it for all the time and effort you put into this site and to have made it such a great year.

  • Commonwealth Pig on 22/12/2014 - 17:54
    +3

    Congratulations all! Some tremendous effort displayed in the stats Scotty has used to determine all the winners. Well deserved :)

  • scotty on 22/12/2014 - 18:04
    +30

    Congratulations to all! I need to thank my moderation team to keep everything under control, and all the awesome members here making this a great community. There are many other great contributors on OzBargain — check out our monthly awards for those outstanding OzBargainers.

    On a sadder note, which I didn't post in the main post:

    • theearth, who was the deal poster of the year last year, has decided to leave us. His last deal post was June this year.

    • miss turnip, whom many would remember being very active in forums this year, has disabled her account in November. She would probably have won the "Helpful Member of the Year" from her comment vote average.

    • moogi27 on 23/12/2014 - 13:20

      I miss miss turnip :(

    • silverrat23 on 23/12/2014 - 22:20
      +1

      Aww, what happened to the two that caused them to leave?

      • [Deactivated] on 24/12/2014 - 17:04
        +1

        They got ozbargained

      • Tal_Shiar on 30/12/2014 - 02:12

        So what caused her to leave?

        • hamza23 on 30/12/2014 - 02:28
          +1

          She didn't give moderators a reason sorry.

      • scotty on 30/12/2014 - 09:55
        +2

        No idea. When people want to close down their account they used to need to contact the moderators. Now you can go to you account settings's page and hit the "Deactivate Account" link & put in a simple reason to disable your account. We have people disabling their account every week for various reasons — 63 of them from the last 30 days when I just did a database query.

        • 24 says "Other" — they might not want to state the actual reason.
        • 10 says "I do not know how to use OzBargain"
        • 9 says "I have another OzBargain account"
        • 6 says "I do not feel comfortable participating on OzBargain"
        • 3 says "I spent too much time on OzBargain"
        • 3 were probably disabled by the moderators (persisting trolls, spammers, etc)
        • etc

        As of theearth — he is still around but no longer posting deals here at OzBargain. turnip disabled her account with "Other" as reason so we might never know what happened.

    • spackbace on 30/12/2014 - 14:27

      Have noticed the main contributer on Buckscoop has the nickname 'Earth'… coincidence? Joined there on 5-9-2014

    • tonester on 18/01/2015 - 21:30
      +1
      • miss turnip, whom many would remember being very active in forums this year, has disabled her account in November. She would probably have won the "Helpful Member of the Year" from her comment vote average.

      a belated welcome back :)
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/user/117531

      • [Deactivated] on 19/01/2015 - 21:02
        +2

        Oh wow. LOL. Thanks everyone. naww. and cheers tonester.

        Didn't realise my weirdo disappearance would be so obvious, derp. Guess it'd be superfluous to explain but it was never a problem with OzB :) Just needed a forced-break from a lot of things in life. How annoyingly vague, right? :P (mental health stuff, gotta take some time off to be kind to yourself I guess, blah blah blah).

        Thanks for the kind words guys. I missed knowing what discussions were happenin'. Always got a big fat opinion around here lol… I wouldn't call them necessarily 'helpful' :P ha

        <3

        • [Deactivated] on 20/01/2015 - 16:12

          welcome back

  • Food on 22/12/2014 - 18:42
    +2

    Congrats to all winners, and a special thanks to mods and power users for keeping the biggest money saving website in Oz running!

  • TRENT86 on 22/12/2014 - 19:16
    +11

    Congrats to all involved, it was a big community effort and to mods and power users that help us all out thanks to you too :)
    MERRY XMAS EVERYONE :)

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2014 - 19:50
    +5

    Congrats to all. I'm looking forward to jv's humble yet acerbic acceptance post :)

  • 17833 on 22/12/2014 - 20:00
    +5

    Well done everyone. No Store Representative of the Year this year? There have been some really helpful reps that make a valuable contribution to OzBargain. It would be nice to acknowledge their efforts as well.

  • RocketSwitch on 22/12/2014 - 20:09
    +1

    Thanks TA, well deserved!

  • BobbyJ on 22/12/2014 - 20:46

    Congratulations to all the winners!

  • ibfragalot on 22/12/2014 - 21:56
    +11

    Waiting on jv's comment so I can give it a congratulatory downvote…

  • Tuttorix on 22/12/2014 - 21:58
    +6

    Thank you to everyone this year, it's been quite a warm welcome to the OzBargain community. Learning really quickly however that people like TRENT86 and TightArse are definitely the top contributors. Always seeing TRENT86 and TightArses' deals on FRONT PAGE, ALWAYS for a good reason.

    Definitely also want to thank the moderation team, they definitely keep OzBargain working and looking great. Thanks for choosing me guys!

    I hope everyone in the community enjoys a Merry Christmas, and prosperous holidays. As well as a great big Happy New Year soon to come!

  • Tasmaniac on 22/12/2014 - 22:00
    +1

    Congratulations, thanks for saving me some cash!.

  • dirtybird on 22/12/2014 - 23:13

    Gratz all

  • maximum on 23/12/2014 - 00:07
    +1

    Congratulations to all the winners. Special thanks and congratulations to TA, I won a competition that you posted in September and it started a really lucky streak for me making 2014 really special. Thanks to everyone who puts so much effort into making this a great site. Merry Xmas and happy new year.

  • viper8548 on 23/12/2014 - 01:20

    I come on ozbargain daily not only to check some deals but also to read jv trololol comments

  • MiniMoo on 23/12/2014 - 01:57

    Thanks to the posters, picked up quite a few deals this year.

  • MrBillions on 23/12/2014 - 05:59
    +1

    Well done & thanks for all the great posts.

    My resolution for 2015:
    In 2015 I will keep a record of all the money I spend on ozbargain deals.

    • BartholemewH on 23/12/2014 - 22:14

      Why scare yourself like that?

  • aussieaubs on 23/12/2014 - 06:03

    Great stuff All. Congratulations to TA

  • pongie on 23/12/2014 - 07:29
    +1

    No honorabe mention to Tom for the weber/eBay deals?

  • firedragon on 23/12/2014 - 08:19

    Congrats to everyone (especially TA)!

  • wildbill on 23/12/2014 - 08:54

    Thanks to you all.

  • Scrooge McDuck on 23/12/2014 - 09:41

    Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to the staff for saving us lots of money.

    P.S. Thanks to everyone who laughed at my jokes this year.

    • [Deactivated] on 23/12/2014 - 20:16

      It's a win win, we save on money on bargains and get to enjoy funny comments, while the staff earn money on web traffic and affiliate links while top posters get rewarded too. It's an endless circle of giving.

  • jv on 23/12/2014 - 10:41
    +17

    42% more than last year

    Oh my… I've worn out the keys on my keyboard… Might have to invest in one of these…

    Congrats to TA and all the other winners for making this such a great place to be…

    Merry Xmas to everyone…

    • tightarse on 23/12/2014 - 12:26

      Cheers jv. And a Merry Christmas to you and Mrs v as well. Hope she enjoys the iPad :)

    • [Deactivated] on 23/12/2014 - 17:23
      +6

      to everyone upvoting this, you've ruined christmas.

  • cantstanzya on 23/12/2014 - 11:44
    +1

    Congrats to all the winners and thanks to everyone who posts deals and didn't get a mention.
    As a lurker I appreciate you all!

  • kasumi on 23/12/2014 - 14:01
    +1

    Congrats to all! All well deserved esp to TA with those mega posts

  • roadsign on 23/12/2014 - 14:58

    +1
    G o t e a m !

  • moocher on 23/12/2014 - 15:22
    +1

    Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all the other contributors for making this site what it is. Merry Christmas to all. :)

  • step_hen on 23/12/2014 - 15:27

    Congrats guys!

  • movieman on 23/12/2014 - 16:25
    +6

    What about EasternCulture… No love for him?!?!

    • drongodave on 23/12/2014 - 18:50
      +2

      I'm pleased that somebody has acknowledged EasternCulture. I really appreciate everyone's efforts for making this site so great. Congrats to all the winners and active members such as Eastern Culture.

    • tightarse on 23/12/2014 - 21:24
      +1

      What about EasternCulture

      He took out the major award last year… a great contributor, and has helped me enormously with some of my posts :)

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/126862

      • movieman on 24/12/2014 - 11:11

        Ok TA,

        Fair call.

        Cheers.

    • scotty on 24/12/2014 - 12:37
      +2

      The awards were given based on some of the stats I run through on the 22nd of December. Based on the data I've got, EC didn't come up in top 5 of any category (came 7th in number of deals posted, 6th in most number of deals getting onto front page and 7th in number of comments posted excluding moderators).

      Not denying that he has been a great contributor to this community, and he did win the OzBargainer of the Year last year.

  • TheNewTightArse on 23/12/2014 - 19:58
    +3

    Do I get a cut?

    • [Deactivated] on 23/12/2014 - 20:17

      Nah that it reserved for the King, KingTightarse.

  • nahi11 on 23/12/2014 - 20:29

    Nice prizes.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/12/2014 - 20:38
    +2

    While I do not wish to provoke personal attacks I did a bit of research into copying deals and apparently quite a few of the top posters have been copy pasting from other deal sites/ community forums without any attribution. I don't have any problems with reposting deals but word for word is saddening for me and I hope we move in the right direction with the issue in 2015 and OzBargain stays relevant as ever.

    • Moderatorhamza23 on 23/12/2014 - 21:00

      Fair comment. Whilst I don't think this issue is directly relevant to this thread, we agree with your statement and are aware of such incidents. This issue was raised by Scotty here and various posters were spoken to about it since directly. As always if you have any specific concerns about recent posts then use the report button or speak to us in TWAM, we are always happy to have a chat and want to resolve any issues.

  • freakymonstah on 23/12/2014 - 20:48
    +1

    Congr8s to TA and all the other winners!
    Thanks for all the efforts. Cheers [_]p

  • unco on 23/12/2014 - 22:41

    Congrats to all of the mods, TA and everyone else on a fantastic year!

    Now I understand why jv posts so much :P

  • bxpressiv on 23/12/2014 - 22:49
    +9

    jv getting paid the princely sum of 0.0344AUD per post….not a bargain.

    • jv on 23/12/2014 - 23:50
      -2

      tax free…

  • moo on 23/12/2014 - 23:11

    Grats fellas, well done :)

  • nookie on 24/12/2014 - 08:34
    -1

    TA and JV should now join OzB Board of Directors

  • Adamiam on 24/12/2014 - 12:20

    Congratulations and thank you to all the winners for making Ozbargain what it is.

    Big thanks to Scotty especially, you've kept Ozbargain great for so long. Awards like this and huge charity donations really prove how much you're giving back to the community. Can't say enough how much I appreciate how well I think you run this site.

  • Nazy on 24/12/2014 - 13:38

    Congratulations to all the winners, and moderators of the site. Thank you for all the helpful deals and wish we have an even better 2015.

  • Jared17 on 24/12/2014 - 14:35

    Keep it going guys. Well done

  • johnno07 on 24/12/2014 - 15:06

    Tightarse - the Donald Bradman of Ozbargain?

  • rodzy on 24/12/2014 - 16:04

    magnificent performance again (all) posters - award winners are truly extraordinary! Bring on 2015.

  • Make it so on 24/12/2014 - 17:18

    Congrats to all, we owe you bigtime :)

  • altomic on 24/12/2014 - 23:54

    well done all. merry christmas. thanks to Scotty and the mods and power users for all their hard work.

  • FiDad on 25/12/2014 - 13:01
    +1

    Congratulation to TA and rest of the winners. Love the ozbargain community. Merry Xmas all

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