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The FLOPPYs are a joke awards event started in 2006 in response to the dreadfulness of the [[YUMAs]] that year. They were created by [[Matthew Tole]] and [[Sarah Leese]], the new and outgoing [[Station Directors]] at the time. They were named the FLOPPYs because that was the best object they could come up for prizes - floppy disks. After some discussion, it became an acronym: '''F'''or the '''L'''ove '''O'''f the '''P'''eople and '''P'''rogrammes of '''Y'''STV. | The FLOPPYs are a joke awards event started in 2006 in response to the dreadfulness of the [[YUMAs]] that year. They were created by [[Matthew Tole]] and [[Sarah Leese]], the new and outgoing [[Station Directors]] at the time. They were named the FLOPPYs because that was the best object they could come up for prizes - floppy disks. After some discussion, it became an acronym: '''F'''or the '''L'''ove '''O'''f the '''P'''eople and '''P'''rogrammes of '''Y'''STV. | ||
The awards continued after 2006 with many regular categories, including ''Nicest Member''. New awards were also introduced including ''The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew)'', named after [[Emma Bew]] and the ''[[Alex Muller]] Award for Presentness''. In recent years, the floppy disks have been augmented with (uncategorised) '''D'''eeply '''V'''alued '''D'''eparted discs for the graduating members. Traditionally the awards are organised by the new and outgoing [[Station Director]]s and the Social | The awards continued after 2006 with many regular categories, including ''Nicest Member''. New awards were also introduced including ''The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew)'', named after [[Emma Bew]] and the ''[[Alex Muller]] Award for Presentness''. In recent years, the floppy disks have been augmented with (uncategorised) '''D'''eeply '''V'''alued '''D'''eparted discs for the graduating members. Traditionally the awards are organised by the new and outgoing [[Station Director]]s and the [[Social Secretary]], and held upstairs at [http://www.evileyelounge.com/ Evil Eye]. | ||
== Awards by Year == | == Awards by Year == | ||
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* The Unicorn Award: [[Alex Muller]]<ref name="mullertwitpic">[http://twitpic.com/20ybdc Alex Muller on Twitpic]</ref> | * The Unicorn Award: [[Alex Muller]]<ref name="mullertwitpic">[http://twitpic.com/20ybdc Alex Muller on Twitpic]</ref> | ||
* The 'Hi, My Name Is... and I'm a Twitter Addict' Award: Alex Muller<ref name="mullertwitpic" /> | * The 'Hi, My Name Is... and I'm a Twitter Addict' Award: Alex Muller<ref name="mullertwitpic" /> | ||
* The “I’ll Start My Degree Tomorrow” Award: [[Simon Harris]] | |||
=== 2011 === | === 2011 === | ||
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The 2016 awards - in a departure from tradition - were held in the Wetherspoons Postern Gate. | The 2016 awards - in a departure from tradition - were held in the Wetherspoons Postern Gate. | ||
* Best Hair: | * Best Hair: Sam Willcocks | ||
* The Peter Ecksdale Award for being Peter Ecksdale (sic): Peter Eskdale | |||
===2017=== | ===2017=== | ||
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* {{unsure| [[Edwin Barnes]]}} | * {{unsure| [[Edwin Barnes]]}} | ||
==2018== | ===2018=== | ||
Also upstairs in Evil Eye. | Also upstairs in Evil Eye. It was prepared by Katherine Bell and Edwin Barnes. These FLOPPYs were spray painted Silver. | ||
*Adobe CC Award for Being A Celtic Creative [[Sam Hance]] | *Adobe CC Award for Being A Celtic Creative [[Sam Hance]] | ||
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*Can I See Your ID Award: [[Thomas Schubert]] | *Can I See Your ID Award: [[Thomas Schubert]] | ||
*Spam Warrior: [[Olivia Gibbs]] | *Spam Warrior: [[Olivia Gibbs]] | ||
*Best Stolen Member: [[ | *Best Stolen Member: [[Natalie Harris]] | ||
*Bob Marley Award: [[Joe Patrick]] | *Bob Marley Award: [[Joe Patrick]] | ||
*Making Constantine Sound Interesting: [[Theodore | *Making Constantine Sound Interesting: [[Theodore Bimson]] | ||
*Most Reluctant Clubber: [[Matthew Stratford]] | *Most Reluctant Clubber: [[Matthew Stratford]] | ||
*Benevolent Dictator: [[Edwin Barnes]] | *Benevolent Dictator: [[Edwin Barnes]] | ||
* | *YSTV's Favorite German: [[Matthias Söhnel]] (German Tom's friend that visited him at the time) | ||
===2019=== | |||
Once again back in Evil Eye. This year, the FLOPPYs were decided by a massive team: Outgoing Station Director [[Edwin Barnes]], incoming Station Directors [[Stephanie Shires]] and [[Thomas Schubert]], Social Secretary [[Zoe Dickinson]], and [[Olivia Gibbs]] and [[Caroline Preynat-Viero]], who just happened to sit next to them. These FLOPPYs were spray painted Gold (along with various other random objects lying around the [[Studio]]). | |||
*The David Attenborough Award for Excellence in Narration [[Sam Hance]] | |||
*Little Miss Sunshine Award: [[Stephanie Shires]] | |||
*Time Management Award (for always submitting a minute before the deadline): [[Thomas Schubert]] | |||
*Member with the Biggest Balls: [[Olivia Gibbs]] | |||
*The [[Anser]] to our Prayers Award: [[Tom Lee]] (actually a hard drive instead of a floppy disk) | |||
*Longest Standing Member: [[Kenric Yuen]] | |||
*Most Quoted Member: [[Tom McGonagle]] | |||
*Most Open Source Member: [[Adam Birtles]] | |||
*Best Endowed Member: [[Andrew Waddle]] | |||
*Most Arbitary Award: [[Jake Cullum]] | |||
*Scariest Member: [[Cal Cooke]] | |||
*Loudest Member: [[Charlotte Rogers]] | |||
*Best Stationary: [[Celine Yu]] | |||
*Best Sunglasses: [[Dan Derbyshire]] | |||
*The Last of his Kind Award: [[Erhard Zurawka]] | |||
*YSTV Mum: [[Hayley Louise Clark]] | |||
*The "I'll do my degree later" Award: [[Joseph Wharfe]] | |||
*The "Oh no, we're doing that for real?" Award: [[Andrew Battersby]] | |||
*Most Impressive CV: [[Malikah Blake]] | |||
*"#aesthetic" Award: [[Anastasia Arsentyeva]] | |||
*The Natural Presenter Award: [[Caitlin McDonald]] | |||
*Best Recorded Footsteps: [[Hope Shooter]] | |||
*The Mark Zuckerberg Award for Excellence in Social Media: [[Jack Carter]] | |||
*The "I'll write SoundCops, I promise" Award: [[Jacob Boyle]] | |||
*Liza Mzimba's One Man Fanclub: [[Jonathan Hughes]] | |||
*Best Hair: [[Karinna Hollins]] | |||
*The Spelling Award: [[Klara Simonova]] | |||
*YSTV's Resident Yankee: [[Lauren Voth]] | |||
*The Best Newest Newcomer Award: [[Luke Simmington]] | |||
*The Taylor Swift Award for Perseverance in Dating: [[Manuel Ausin]] | |||
*Best Laugh: [[Matthew Zeffertt]] | |||
*Double Agent: [[Natalie Harris]] | |||
*The Countryfile Award for Best Sheep Herding: [[Piotrek Przyborowski]] | |||
*The "Wait, You're Not TFTV" Award: [[Prakriti Jha]] | |||
*The Pronunciation Award: [[Ran Christer]] | |||
*The MIA Award: [[Richard Jones]] | |||
*Best Stolen Member: [[Jacob Dicker]] | |||
*The "Is He Still A Member" Award: [[Joe Patrick]] | |||
*The Invisible Member Award: [[Matthew Stratford]] | |||
*The No.1 Daddy Award: [[Edwin Barnes]] | |||
*Best Couple: [[Tape Team]] | |||
*YSTV's Favorite German: [[Annika Kohlstock]] (German Tom's friend that visited him at the time. I'm sensing a pattern here) | |||
{{Awards}} | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||