I had an idea to create a Hall of Fame of sorts for this board. We would elect one new member into the hall of fame once and a while, maybe once every week or every two weeks.

The members would be voted in based on certain criteria including...

- overall knowledge of The Godfather Trilogy and other mob films
- continuing contribution to board discussion
- tenure here on the board, aka how long theyve been here
- personality, whether they are a likeable person, friendly, helpful, etc.
- and if we need to, we can just revert back to the numbers, and go by number of posts

So at the beginning of each new election to the Hall of Fame, someone, maybe me for every one or perhaps the job could rotate, could nominate 4 people. Over the allotted time period, 1-2 weeks or so, people could vote, and who ever has the highest percentage at the end is formally inducted.

If people dont agree that any of the people being nominated should be in the Hall of Fame, they can abstain from voting. Perhaps if none of the nominees reach a certain amount of votes, then no one is inducted and new nominations are posted.

Just a fun little idea, people can participate if they like. I wont post a required amount of votes for this one, we'll see how many vote. Hey, maybe itll catch on.

So, for our initial induction, why dont we try a 2 week period. Ill make the first 4 nominations, and we'll go from there.

Gangster BB Hall of Fame single choice
Irishman12	10%, 4 Votes
J Geoff	49%, 19 Votes
Plawrence	36%, 14 Votes
Don Vercetti	5%, 2 Votes
Total Votes: 39 Voting on this poll ends: 10/19/05 04:47 AM

Hopefully it won't.

These kinds of things almost always create hard feelings.

Hopefully it won't.

These kinds of things almost always create hard feelings. [/b][/quote]Your are right Consigliere SC...

My apoligies, I kind of figured every 2 weeks, youll eventually get your turn.

But if its gonna be a negative thing you can just take it down.

Man I'm a first ballot HoFer, surely.

This was already done.

Wait 'till April of next year.

GangsterBB.NET Hall of Fame

I hereby dissolve the old GangsterBB.Net Hall of Fame, since the BB.Net member voted in never accepted the award.

Mista, go ahead with your new and hopefully longer-lasting HOF....and I voted for Vercetti!

Plaw for me!

Aren't there any wordjokesadepts who vote for Irishman?

Come on, a zillion posts deserve some votes!!

What is wrong with our old good hall of fame, Ronnie?
That would be a great pity, I voted there...
I hope, anyway, you'll continue the BB nomination, where we voted for best topic of the year, and favorite member, and so on.

Im open to anything really. I was told that this was a bad idea because it ends up all being about negativity and not about fun, so I assumed it would be taken down, but I guess if theres enough to public sentiment to continue doing a Hall of Fame, whether it be this one or Ronnie's or a combined form of the two, Im up for whatever.

My idea was just to be electing members, not also voting for favorites, such as Ronnie did, but if people liked that better, then can be done also. Maybe we could give this a shot and if it ended up descending into negativity as predicted, we could just dismantle it before it got out of hand.

And again, Id like to express my apoligies for reposting old topics. Im sure someday I will have seen enough that Ill stop doing this. I guess all BB members think alike.

Anyway, unless theres any major objection, Id like to try to do this, but again, I dont want it to become a bad thing. So how does everyone else feel?

Why does everyone have to think violent you can resolve a problem without violence

I'm new here so I don't know anyone I can't vote sorry I don't judge:D

Well, as to the idea that its a "pity" that my unsuccessful initial Hall of Fame was being scrapped...c'mon, its not the first time your democratic vote was wasted, right?

Anyway, I say one step at a time folks. Lets vote and induct our first member, then maybe in the future we create new topics, new categories, that sort of thing. You know?

I voted a couple days ago and my vote went to Don Geoff. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting some of the BBer's over the Summer.

I'm not on the ballot because I'm black, right? :p

No, its because you bet your lot with the 1-3 Buffalo Bills. While Irish, he stuck with the tough surprise choice of the Yankees.

:p

Don't worry when your name hits the ballot box I will vote for ya.

I voted for the Gangster BB god himself, JGeoff. This man makes some people repent for not being as smart and genuine as he is. I admire this man as a leader, genius, and all around man. He makes me strive for better things, and I hope one day I can look in the mirror, and say,"I have led the path that JGeoff has taken and it makes me feel good." JGeoff has left an everlasting memory in my brain, and as creator deserves more than anyone, a place at the top of the echelon. I hope he lives for 60 more years, so that I could mold my great, great, great grandchild into individual JGeoffs, roaming the world to make society's life cleaner and healthier. We could all learn a thing from this man, and I hope we all do.

That would be quite...stupid. There are many members here who have 2,000 [b]quality[/i] and others who have 17,000 posts.

We should be able to have a say in the nominations...

I like that idea.

Thanks, M4M, but I can't help but...

J Geoff, the patriarch of GangsterBB.

Some samples of the master's posts:

Hilarious.

Hopefully it won't.

These kinds of things almost always create hard feelings. [/b][/quote]I was gonna vote for you, SC, but I see you weren't nominated.

WHAT!!!! NO MAGIC MERLIN?????????


Don Cardi

Though I have respect for about everyone on these boards, I voted for Plaw. Not only because of his politics, but because he's charismatic, has experience, and can explain things well without degrading the question or the questioner.

I wish the ACLU would intervene and force this poll to include me because I'm black, I'm getting tired of this blatant prejudice! I am in shackles! Why don't we just go back to Plessy v. Ferguson, because its clear you want to keep me and my brothers and sisters down!

Wait, he'll come and tell us that we have no right to judge each other because we all have no talent of any kind hahaha.
If it doesn't take einstein to write books without punctuation, it certainly does to read them...

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