What a real treat reading this thread was since all the winners were excellent choices and there was a really good mix and wide variety!
I'm especially thrilled for Reevz1977's win in the artist award. Remember when i said that it would be a shame if this year's awards didn't happen because there was some great stuff happening this last year and some achievements really merited appropriate recognition? This was one of the main things in the back of my mind when i posted that. Very happy to see him get that recognition from the fellow fans even if Muppets Studio has a blind eye. (Maybe trying to hard to emulate Kermit pupils?)
Because i had a huge mess of things going on in my personal life this last decade, 2009 was really the first time i got a lot more involved with the forums again after being away or slightly in the background for awhile (pretty much taking a backseat around the year the awards began!) so it was a neat surprise to see myself winning my first two awards! Though of course the Muppeteer Supporter Award really goes out to everyone who took the time to send a postcard, write an article, phone/write/email Disney during the Wherefore Whitmire incident.
A quick correction though...
This is dwmckim's first Muppet Central Forum Award, but he has been an active member of Muppet Central since 2002.
Actually since 1998 since i was there at the beginning of the original Delphi forum. Normally i wouldn't say anything but now i have that whole "informative" thingie to live up to! Seriously though, since i started a new job this month, i'm hoping i can get back to being even more informative by reviving Muppet Freak though i want to wait a bit to see how things go (good job, pays well, but the top management is VERY fire-happy letting people go left and right on whims.)
BTW, Prawnie, when you have the chance, i think it would be nice if you could post a seperate thread that has a listing of the winners (and nominees for those years when they were also announced) of the last six years since that would also not only make a neat reference but also would allow people to find that information in a quick convenient way (since otherwise one has to hunt down the respective threads and often has to page through dozens of pages).
Congrats to all the winners...(and also the nominees as they all play just about an equal role in keeping the place special) and thanks to everyone who voted. What with all the slime and the water and such, maybe next year, we can get aired or at least some corporate sponsorship from Nickelodeon?