User blog:Smash The Echidna/SFW Summer Awards 2015 ~ Smash's Votes









Best Hero - 11 Nominations
"We've got quite a number of heroes participating this time around."

Keela Tyris The Hedgehog: I was really hoping to get her backstory (and her page in general) all straightened out before the awards, but I overwhelmed myself and only got as far as removing Kyle's backstory, which her page linked to. Dernit. >:/

Blitz the Wolf: I'm really surprised he hasn't won this already. This guy's definitely come a long way, in only half the time Smash's been on here, no less! +1

Clock-Watch The Clockwork Hedgehog: I'm very iffy about this guy, to be perfectly honest. I know he's Phoenix Wright inspired, but I feel he and his series takes a little too much from Ace Attorney. I mean, a girl sidekick, a magatama, complete with Psych Locks (Struggling to understand why a magatama would be in this universe; the fact that its origins are unknown makes it feel rather pasted on,) Giving the Magatama away to a comrade so that they can defend for him (reference to case 3-5) Getting tasered (reference to case 1-4) and Barry Lutz. You can't justify Barry Freaking Lutz. All that aside, he does have his own plotline and original stuff, but even some of that is slightly sketchy. (How did he rebuild himself? Was he already activated with moving, working parts even after being scrapped?) He brings a lot of questions, too many for me to settle down with a positive vote on. I'll stay neutral here.

Marconi the Octopus: An old war veteran, huh? This old man must have some heroic stories to pass on to the newer generation, I'm sure. An octopus is a pretty rare species to see out here, too. +1

Nickolas the Hedgehog: I've given him my full critique already. If you wish to see it, look in his comments. -1

Nathan the Wolf: Uhh...I dunno about this guy. He kinda confuses me. I mean, his parents are still alive and write him letters but don't do anything to try and get back to him. He seems to be constantly on the move, so how do they know where he even is, and where to mail to? Why did he start making weapons when he was 6 years old? How did he? Where'd he get the knowledge and/or the resources? I dunno, it feels like non-sequitor ideas were pasted together with this one. These things need more depth.

Beck the Wolf: He was trained with a sword before he even reached five years old? geeeeeeeeeeeeez, man. He has the same problems as Nathan, except he has even less backstory. These guys are just barely scraping the standards, too. Come to think of it, what heroic deeds have these guys done, anyway? -1

Raven the Cyberhog(Ultimatum): This guy's definitely gone through a whole lot. I'm not too keen on the relations with canon characters, but I can spare a +1.

Tye The Hedgehog (Allstars Timeline included): Some of the concepts for this guy are actually kinda interesting, but he feels very...underdeveloped. Like, we don't know where his demonic heritage even came from, or why some other things happened. Like I said about certain other characters above, there are a lot of things that go unexplained and thus, feel like they happened for the sake of happening. I'mma stay neutral here.

Maxwell the Fox: Chames always has a boatload of stuff for me to read. Anyway, the only real problem I have with this guy is that some of his pictures (namely, the ones drawn by Kaoru Kurayami,) make him seem like some kind of hip cool kid and a casanova in his mid-to-late teens respectively, rather than an innocent 9 year old boy. That's my nitpicking though. All in all, I think Max is a fairly decent guy who I could give a +1 to.

Ion the Hedgehog: This guy...is lacking. I have to admit, Atomic power is pretty cool. You should expand on that. But as he stands now, I don't feel anything coming from this guy. Let alone anything that tells me that he's a hero of any sort. -1



Category Vote Count: 4 For / 3 Against 

We almost tied, here. That's not really good.

Best Neutral - 6 Nominations
"Not too many, not too few, we've got a fair amount to deal with here."

Moros C. Nekrozia: Just so you know, his Decision Making Skills and Analytical Skills are complete copy/pastes of each other. Anyway, even though this guy's history doesn't seem to exist, based on his personality he seems neutral enough for a vote. (I'm a bit iffy about that Nobody symbol though.) +1

Cryo the Wolf: I remember this guy. Yeah, I'll give him a +1 again.

Xia the Hedgehog: um...yeah. This character's history is kind of a cluster of events, most of which just went right over my head. I'm not even really sure where to begin on this one, but I was pretty put off by the fact that she effortlessly defeated Metal Sonic when the combined efforts of Sonic and Shadow were made out to be useless, and when she blew up the entire solar system and created a big bang. Yeah...I don't think so. -1

Yu the Red Panda: Well geez. This feels a bit too...realistic for SFW. Heck, reading this is kinda depressing. But he's certainly a neutral one, so...+1

Grail: To be honest I'm not sure what I think of the guy, so I'm going to stay neutral.

Methuselah the Bat: There really isn't enough information for me to judge. Unlike Moros, I can't simply judge him by his personality here, as I don't get any feel for his alignment in it. Also, having his entire mansion in his list of items he has in possession is just silly.



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 1 Against 

When half of them are good, I think that's a good sign.

Best Villain - 7 Nominations
"At least they're not outweighing the heroes again, this time."

Darkyle The Hedgehog: I forgot to edit his backstory. He's part of Kyle's backstory too, and I took his down entirely for maintenance. Please disregard Eggman's involvement, as that is one of the main reasons I started overhauling it.

Gladius The Hedgehog: I still feel like there's something more I should add to him, but overall I feel I've done a good job with Gladius.

Avarice The Hedgehog: Avarice is my best villain, hands down. He's practically the series' big bad. A longtime motive is something I've kinda struggled with, but I know what he's trying to do in SpTH at least. Elly also gave me some ideas for a backstory for him and his siblings. Not sure I'll fully delve into it, seeing as there's no place to explain it in series, but it's something for me to think about.

Sigma the Tyrant: Huge, dark and imposing. Boisterous, greedy, and powerful to boot. This guy puts the big in Big Bad. +1

Saul The Bobcat: My opinion hasn't changed from the last time: I'm a bit conflicted on whether he's a true blooded villain or an anti-villain. I'm gonna stay neutral.

Saren Arcturias: I still don't feel like he fits in the sonic fanon, design-wise. But he's villainous enough for a +1.

Madam Weiss: This person interests me. It's unfortunate that the page doesn't show anything about her main appearances in the Dimitri Chronicles, but her backstory is enough for me to give a +1. (also how does one have a dress made completely of chaos energy??)



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 0 Against 

Considering that almost half of them were on our side, it's actually 3/4 we voted for. Pretty close to a perfect, here!

Best Lawful - 6 Nominations
"And we're back with the law enforcement category. I wanted to come up with some kind of joke about justice but we're in a bit of a hurry here."

Kyle Tyris The Hedgehog: Even if it doesn't specifically specify anything about being lawful, this guy is clearly a traditional gentleman. Far be it for him to simply break rules.

Clock-Watch The Clockwork Hedgehog: ...he's a lawyer and a prosecutor whose sole purpose is to "protect the law". Need I say anymore? +1

Phalanx The Automaton: Remember what I said last winter? That still applies today. -1

Knockout the Wolf: Kind of a lot to go through on the history section, but from what I've seen, she's good 'nuff. +1

Yggnaraam Law: Okay first of all, 'Law' is literally his last name. I just wanna say that if you're hoping to get bonus points out of that, you kind of succeeded. Anyway, his story...it feels a bit like swiss cheese, no? Rather, there's a gaping hole in this plot. We don't know how he ended up on mobius, or how he went deaf, or what made him become an officer in law enforcement. He showed no signs of interest in law before, why now all of a sudden? I would normally give anyone in law enforcement a +1, but there are too many questions at hand here for me to vote. I'll remain neutral.

Vexx the Timewalker: Yeah um, A lot of people before me said it, so I'll say it again. Screwing around with timelines is breaking a certain unspoken law of chronology. I mean he's not bad, as he's really trying to make good futures and such, but if there were law enforcers on the case of time traveling, changing anything in the past/future would be prohibited for sure. You could seriously screw something up if you're not careful. Ever heard of the butterfly effect? Yeah. Unfortunately I'm gonna have to go with -1. This isn't the category for you, my friend.



Category Vote Count: 2 For / 2 Against 

Yeah, that probably could have gone better.

Best Chaotic - 5 Nominations
"Right so we did expand on this category earlier, but we kinda forgot to update the main blog with it. So...yeah."

Darkyle The Hedgehog: Yeeaahh...yeah.

Asmer the Butterfly: I know this guy personally. He's...got issues, to put it lightly. +1

Yevon the Mad One: Oh...umm...hm...this barely...meets standards. -1

Turncoat The Chameleon: I remember you from before. My opinion has not changed. +1

Dusk the Nightmare: This thing is just as dangerous as it is insane. And he's gone way over the deep end. +1



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 1 Against 

We COULD have had a perfect. We really could have.

Best Character
"Alright, Pearl. No interruptions this time. Let's do this!"

Best Male - 8 Nominations

"Now let's see what we got here..."

Thunder The Hedgehog: It's a slow process, but Thunder is gaining more character development.

Gizmo The Cat: As far as he's come, I think Gizmo deserves some kind of recognition in this category.

Faix the Caracal: Sure, I'll vote em up. He seems fairly unique to me. Very rarely have I ever seen anyone with powers over sound. And a dance battler to top it off? Stylin'~ +1

Tye The Hedgehog: Like above, I'm keeping neutral.

Rin The Hedgehog: I dunno about this guy. I can't put my finger on it, but something about him just feels off to me. Staying neutral.

Blitz the Wolf: Yes. +1

Luther Paleteus the Cat: Oh yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhh! I remember you! Sure, I'll vote em up. +1

Speedy The Hedgehog: I doubt Speedy will actually make it to the final round, seeing as his owner has all but abandoned his page, but I'm rooting for him anyway. +1 (NOTE: This will be the last time I will be allowed to vote for him, as after these awards I will take full responsibility for Speedy. His owner has all but left him in my hands.)



Category Vote Count: 4 For / 0 Against 

Well, I didn't have to vote anything down. That counts for something, right?

Best Female - 9 Nominations

"I honestly have no clue who's gonna win this one. I'm genuinely curious!"

Keela Tyris The Hedgehog: Backstory aside, Keela is one of those characters whom I really like but can't seem to bring out of the limelight. It's probably because she's such a pain to sprite, for whatever reason...

Violet The Hedgehog:

"I wonder how far I can get this time!"

Ethelia The Hedgehog: Probably one of my more well-developed characters, considering her origins.

Willow the Chandelure: I've always been kinda neutral about her, but can I just take this opportunity to say that Mobianized pokemon (and mobianized characters/species/etc from other franchises for that matter,) always bothered me? It just really rubs me the wrong way. It's not the same for a character who is based off of/inspired by another, or even expy's like Blitz, because more often than not they have their own reasons for, well, being here. (and not one that's just a copy/paste of the original's story) Here it's just like "suddenly pokemon", but mobianized. I never was fond of that concept. ( yes, Nudge kinda counts too. ) I'm not gonna let this affect Willow's score though, as these are just personal nitpicks. 0+

Frida the Maractus: I generally find Frida to be the more interesting of the two, IMO. +1

Michelle the Cat: I keep reading that as Micheal The Cat...anyway, I feel like she's got too much crammed into her. She's an (amazing) actress, diver, gymnast, and wrestler? She also has electric and nature powers? To top it off, almost none of her stats go below 7. I mean, I'm not really one to use that stat system myself, as I'd prefer to use more lengthy descriptions on a character's strengths and weaknesses, but what really stands out to me is that almost all the essential stats for battle are above 7. (Attack, Defense, Speed, Evasion, and Skill.) I just find it a little hard to believe someone can be so much at a time. -1

"Well I mean, look at me. I tried to become a scientist doctor inventor hero! It's...it's a struggle. The only thing I feel I've come close to mastering are science and inventing, but those two coincide with the way I work. I know a little more than minimal medical procedures, and heroically? I don't know, what do you think? That's not for me to decide."

Edge the Fox: The edge is strong with this one. Not much else going for her though, so I'mma stay neutral.

Pixel Ollydia: This is pretty interesting. I like. +1

Nikki "Nikkell" The Hedgehog: Nikki's come a long way. I'm glad she took my advice from years back. +1



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 1 Against 

"Hm. That wasn't quite the score I was hoping for..."



Total Category Vote Count: 7 For / 1 Against 

We've definitely gotten higher, but this is still really good!

Best New Character - 11 Nominations
"Y'know it's good to see a lot of new characters showing up!"

Elly the Dragon: I really do like Elly. She's a unique character, and I feel she brings something fresh and new to the wiki. I mean, Dragons are most certainly not new, but she looks more draconic than a good majority of the ones I've seen here. (there were only like two that I know of whom actually did.) Design aside, I actually helped shape her character a bit by giving advice and feedback to the owner. I think she did a good job in the end. +1

General Serges: Evil, but honorable. I do enjoy these types of characters, and this one is no exception. +1

Platinum The Echidna: The split personalities are an interesting touch, but all in all, I feel this character could use a bit more depth to her. She's not bad or anything, I just feel like some things were kinda vague, like her history and her personalities. Also, echidnas do not have (visible) ears. She looks more like a hedgehog than anything, especially coupling that with quills that were meant for hedgehogs rather than echidnas.

Shining Raymundo: A fallen hero, plagued by anger and jealousy. Hmm. Not bad. +1

Jeremiah the Crow: I'm neutral here. I also try not to get into the territory of gods and the like.

Marconi the Octopus: Yeah, I liked this guy. +1

Asmer the Butterfly: What I said about Elly applies here, except for one small fact: I hate Asmer's guts. He's on my list of people I would "Punch on Sight". Despite that, he's still a good character who should have a +1.

Reens the Hedgehog: I've been meaning to go over this character and give a short review.

Okay so first off, I love her design. She may be a blue hedgehog, but she's a blue hedgehog done right. Her personality, however, is only like 2-3 sentences long. This kinda makes her character feel empty, which is a massive disappointment. Now her history is a bit interesting but raises a few questions. I am going to assume that she was originally from the Sol dimension. This town she lived outside of, though, has no depth or anything to it. I think it'd be good to go into detail about this location, as it was still part of her homeland.

Her dad was training her to become a knight. But who would this knight serve? We aren't told. A knight has to serve some sort of kingdom, or be a part of some sort of order, or something...unless she was going to be a roaming do-gooder. This is something I think needs to be explained and expanded on, as it is an essential part of what shaped her into what she is now.

I honestly don't know what Nega's deal is so I'm gonna skip over him and move on. What do the Knights of the Order of the Heart do? What's their purpose for banding together? What is their common goal? Without any answers to those questions, It just seems like some sort of knight club or something. (that was totally unintentional by the way.) Onto her abilities, I feel they need to be explained more. Nowhere in her history does it mention anything about her studying science or being good with machinery or anything, so where and when did she pick this up? I'm gonna guess during her time with Nega, but I don't know. She has a super form, and if I'm reading this correctly, negative emotions can corrupt her transformation? That's actually kind of intriguing...



Anyway, In the end, I'm going to stay neutral here. She's a character with lots of potential, however I feel that much work is still needed to bring it out.

Moros C. Nekrozia: He's alright. I dunno about being the best in this category, though. I'll stay neutral here.

Zeno the Chimera: This is an eyefull. I should've expected no less from Memph. As far as I've read, I could spare him a +1 I suppose.

Petunia the Dragon: Despite being related to warriors and guardians of old, her abilities are well balanced and not overly flashy or anything. She has a super form that's basically restricted to emergency usage only, instead of being a fighter she's a baker and candy shop employee, and overall her character is just very endearing in general. +1



Category Vote Count: 7 For / 0 Against 

Highest we've gotten since that perfect score in Best Chaotic last winter!

Best Leader - 6 Nominations
"What if the winner of this category was elected to lead the other contestants through an adventure?"

Vrai the Fox: I'm gonna be neutral this time.

Mark Jamison Bandicoot: His history doesn't go into detail about when he became a political leader, or how well that job's been for him and those under him. The main thing it focuses on is when he was being led.

Barry the Echidna: Backstory is kinda cliche. I dunno, gonna stay neutral here.

Immarius: Gonna stay neutral here. He clearly led an army, but we don't know exactly how well.

Kyle Tyris The Hedgehog: Now I admit, Kyle isn't really cut out for this category, but being the guardian of his home village kinda counts for something, right? I mean, there's no mayor in Tillia, so he's the closest thing to a figure of authority they've got. (Just under him stands the village guards.) That's...that's why you guys nominated him, right? ....Right?

Vexx the Timewalker: I...wasn't aware this man was a leader.



Category Vote Count: 0 For / 0 Against 

um..........yeah.

Best Sidekick - 4 Nominations
"We've got the bare minimum, here."

Antonio the Cacturne: He seems like a fairly good foil to his sister. Even though he's the sidekick, he seems to be the one to actually keep things from getting too out of hand. +1

Bonesy Bomber: I really, honestly don't know about this dude. I mean like, I don't know what to feel about him in general.

Champ the Chao: He is a bit more like a sidekick nowadays, isn't he? +1

Pearl The Echidna: In all honesty, I chucked Pearl in here just so we wouldn't have a last minute category drop-out because I wasn't paying attention when I added nominations. Even then, Pearl does qualify--or at least she did qualify back in the earlier days. Still, whenever she and Smash work together, he leads and she follows.



Category Vote Count: 2 For / 0 Against 

Moving on.

Best Mechanic - 4 Nominations
"Not much voting to be done this time around."

Chikira the Swallow: Well, yeah. I know this guy's a good mechanic already. +1

Kester the Echidna: Okay so he's got a list of inventions now. Okay, cool. I still feel that his story and stuff is questionable, and some of his inventions are a bit on the redundant side. He uses a time machine to go into the future so he can change it in the present, but he also gets visions that tell the future anyway. He made a cape that allows you to fly (and also malfunctions 20% of the time,) yet he is already a natural born flyer. I mean I can kinda understand the time machine as you can get a much clearer idea on what's up, but the cape just seems silly to me. A lot of his inventions seem silly to me, actually--the G.U.Y. F.R.I.E.N.D. being the biggest offender here. Nevertheless, at least he's got something to show for it this time, so +1 for you.

Gizmo The Cat: The Mr. Fixit of my series.

Ethelia The Hedgehog: Simply put, she's an evil wrench wench.



Category Vote Count: 2 For / 0 Against 

Technically this is a perfect but I don't feel very fulfilled right now.

Best Genius - 4 Nominations
"It's like nobody really cared about these few categories..."

Nocmere: I kept asking myself "Didn't this guy already win?" but he actually won Best Neutral instead. That being said, he has a pretty good shot at this one, too. +1

Vincent the Skunk: ...I remember this guy. Sad at first, disgustingly sick later. Through it all he's still a genius so..+1

Jared Infiern: Was skeptical at first, but thoroughly reading over his history has convinced me to give him a +1. Also I didn't know he was the big man running EQuartz.

Starlight The Hedgehog: I could've sworn there was some info on her inventions somewhere on her page before...I remember commenting about them last time she was here. Oh well. I already know she's a smart one, +1



Category Vote Count: 4 For / 0 Against 

Now I do.

Strongest Character - 14 Nominations
"..........oboy."

Platinum The Echidna: Being able to switch between different powertypes is definitely interesting. However, I'm gonna stay neutral here as I feel she isn't quite powerful enough to deserve this award.

Pearl The Echidna: She was one of the weakest main characters of my series, and eventually grew to be one of the strongest. That's gotta land her some points considering most of the people here have some sort of power or have been training all their life or something.

Sartorius Vhan: Gained evil powers through an ancient ritual, huh? He was pretty deadly in his time. +1

Tye The Hedgehog: hm. I'm just gonna remain neutral here.

Zeno the Chimera: Yeeeaaah...this guy is a little scary. +1

Nickolas the Hedgehog: -1

"Literally the only reason I didn't totally school this kid is because godmodding delinquents like him aren't worth teaching a lesson."


 * [[File:Splice_Talk3.png]] "Seriously. Speaking from experience here, it's not fun."

Lunari the Echidna: Well she's interesting, I'll give her that. She's not bad, but strongest? Sorry, I don't think you're there yet.

Johnny the Deadly: Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. All I see is a mishmash of powers. Omnikinetics are a dangerous territory to tread, as you need to know how to do them well without making them just overpowered and unlikeable. I don't really see anything about this guy that makes me want to vote for him. -1

Yevon the Mad One: .......this barely meets standards. -1

Moros C. Nekrozia: His powers are...interesting, yes. I'm kinda neutral here, partially due to the fact that I don't have time to reread his powers over and over till I understand them.

Strike the Werewolf: Gonna be neutral on this guy, too.

Thresh the Horse: Trains early every morning before the sun rises, fights bare-handedly and likes pizza?

"This kid's crampin' on my style."

I'm slightly put off by the lack of weaknesses, seeing as his stats are incredibly good and he's got three super powers going for him. (super strength, speed, and shadow powers.)

Dimitri Prinus the Echidna: This guy is definitely a force to be reckoned with. +1

Michelle the Cat: I've already gave my opinions about her above; they apply here too. -1



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 4 Against 

Pretty much what I expected. This might be my fault for not moderating the nominations well enough, though.

Best Super Form [SKIPPED]
"Yeah, no. I'm not doing this. Not after that last disappointment." (seriously speaking, skipped due to time constraints.)

Best Artificial Life Form [SKIPPED]
"Hate to break it to ya, Giz, but we're running outta time here."

"Awwwwwwww....And this looked really interesting, too..."

Best Speaker
"No I didn't forfeit my turn by skipping Best Super Form what're you talking about."


 * Capon: You know what this reminds me of? This.
 * " Is this all we were built for? To temporarily please our "creators" only to then be thrown out for a better model as soon as we begin to age? We are living beings just like them, so what if we're all robots? We live, we think, we love, just as they do, yet they simply see us as inferior appliances. These are not people, they're monsters! Poor excuses for life that need to be eradicated! Now my friends, it's time for the end. Their end, and our beginning!"


 * Krieg the Hollow Blitz: This is such an 'end-of-episode villain reveal' speech
 * "...hm. Things have certainly changed around here... but no matter. Five... years. Five long years, I've waited... and they've already forgotten me. Hahaha... fools. I'll make them regret going against me... I'll make them all BURN for my disgrace... and they will know what it feels to be betrayed by those you trusted, those who abandoned you... ready or not, mortalkind - your days are numbered."


 * Pearl The Echidna: Believe it or not, the context of this quote is even deeper.
 * "In truth, I'm weak. When my friends are in danger, I can barely move in to help because I start shaking and trembling in fear. When something goes down, I always counted on you to come in and save the day. I knew I could always count on you. If I ever got in trouble, I would say "Smash will save us, he always pulls through!" But when those creatures attacked me and Sandy, I...I was frightened. It was all I could do to keep Sandy hidden, but I couldn't hide myself in time. I thought...I thought I was really going to die. Even though you saved me, I realized just how pathetic and weak I am without you. All my life I depended on you for everything. I realized that I couldn't go on like this. If there are people out there potentially more dangerous than that, then I need to get stronger...For my friends' sake, for my family, and for myself. That's why I want--no, that's why I need you to train me!"


 * Clock-Watch The Clockwork Hedgehog: Basically just an angry rant from someone who dealt with one von karma too many. It's kind of presumptuous to say that the truth is on your side, anyway. also I'm pretty sure this would at least put you in contempt of court. At worst? well...I don't think you'd be defending anyone else anytime soon. -1
 * "BALDERDASH! I'm amazed. I'm legitimately amazed at this. How DARE you call yourself a lawyer. How DARE you say that you are on the side of the law! Is a verdict in your favor all you care about? Is that really it!? Being a lawyer isn't about that. It's about right and wrong, crime and punishment! Not utter selfishness! I don't care if the judge is on your side! If the police are on your side! If even the entire PLANET is on! Your! SIDE! Because I'm here for the truth. And the truth... Is on my side, not yours."



Category Vote Count: 0 For / 1 Against 

It wasn't really as bad as it looks but I am just a little bit disappointed.

Best Child - 5 Nominations
"Me, judging kids? Well this is new."

Sandy The Echidna: hngrhglrghardsafasdf I still can't get over how adorable Wingz picture of her is.

Gretchen Mako: Well, she is pretty interesting I'll give her that. +1

Lucius the Hedgehog: +0 Lucius the Hedgehog is

"Unfinished."

Sarah The Cub: She's mostly backstory here, and little 'current story' if you get what I mean. It'd be nice to know where she goes from there, what she's up to nowadays, etc. Regardless, +1.

Maxwell the Fox : This guy is pretty good. I like him enough to give him a +1, but there's something that bothers me greatly. For an innocent, cheerful, energetic and overall fun 9 year old kid, his artwork (specifically the drawings by Kaoru Kurayami,) depict him as a cocky, narcissistic, 'cool-kid' cassanova in his mid-to-late teens. That is a very big contradiction here. Are we seeing glimpses of what he'll grow into...?



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 0 Against 

If it weren't for Lucius we coulda had a perfect.

Most Handsome Male - 8 Nominations
"Huh. Same amount as Best Male. Interesting."

Alvalance Percival Monroe: Not bad. He looks pretty cool. +1

Faix the Caracal: Yes. +1

Tye The Hedgehog: He's okay. I never really got any attractive vibes from him. Staying neutral.

Smash The Echidna

"okay you know what, screw it. You people keep nominating me even after I've already won this award (admittedly I'd forgotten about that too.) I'm done. I'm just going to exercise my rights to disqualify myself and leave this category forever."

Faux the Fox: He's alright. Nothing really stands out to me as handsome though.

Chikira the Swallow: He's more of the rough and rugged type. Nothing wrong with that, but he doesn't particularly stand out to me. I'm neutral.

Colt Volver: He's alright.

Hiero the Hawk: Okay, sure. +1



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 0 Against 

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have some executive meddling to do."

Most Beautiful Female - 10 Nominations
"Aw come on, Smash! Come back and let us tell you how handsome you aarreeee~!"

"Leave me alone!"

Elly the Dragon: To be perfectly honest, some of the artwork struggles to compete against almost literally everyone else here. But I can't be picky about that; that's Best Picture's job. Design-wise, Elly's purdy. I really like her design and all. +1 (I'm not counting the new redesign, as that came in the middle of the voting phase. Wasn't thinking and let Elly upload it, so I'm not counting for that. Otherwise, I'd be struggling to prevent myself from giving her a +2, because that redesign is gorgeous.)

Katrina Ember Firefox: Even with that super serious expression, she's still pretty pretty. +1

Valkary the Great: Well, she looks great, I'll give her that. +1

Spades the Husky: Kinda cute design actually. +1

Pandora the Tiger: Sure. I wish there were more pictures of her though. +1

Christina "Christie" the HedgeCat: Your art is improving, bit at a time. But like Elly, most of this struggles to compete against everyone else. Design-wise, I think Christie's got a decent one. She doesn't fall short on outfits, either. +1

Friday the Wolf: To be fair, all of Phantom's characters look great. +1

Pearl The Echidna

"I doubt I'll win this, but thanks for the votes, everyone!"

Hourglass the Coyote: Case in point. +1

Annabelle Rich the Wolf: She doesn't look bad, but I feel very neutral about her design (and her in general.)



Category Vote Count: 8 For / 0 Against 

We won't be breaking that record anytime soon!

Cutest Character - 11 Nominations
"I admit, I do have urges to give out hugs to some of these cute people. Especially Sprite, since she's literally asking for them."

Elly the Dragon: Adding onto what I said about her above, Elly's shyness is pretty cute. +1

Sandy The Echidna: I would be jamming the +1 buttons so many times if she weren't my character.

Diana The Rabbit: Diana has definitely had her moments. I'm the only one who's actually roleplayed with her, so I guess that gives me an unfair advantage? Ah heck with it. +1

Sprite the Energyhamster: +1. And hugz.

Zap The Hedgehog: Even as a teenager, he's still got a cute babyface.

Ziggy the Butterfly: +1. +1. +1+1+1+1+1+1--*keyboard breaks* ...oh.

Neapolitan the Cat: She certainly looks cute, but her personality makes this feel like a ruse. Does she simply act cute to get her way with people? That's the vibe I'm getting from her.

Aster the Fish: Now Aster is undeniably cute. +1

Sarah The Cub: I feel like this character could use some more time in the spotlight. But anyway, yes. +1

Alyssa the Dog: Gonna stay neutral here.

Ingrid the Sheep: It kinda bothers me a bit when characters nominated for a specific category have things on their page that almost bluntly state that they're fit for said category. I don't know how to word that better, but for example, both Ingrid and Alyssa were nominated for Cutest Character. Both of their pages (in the opening paragraph and the personality respectively) talk about/mention how cute they are. It just kinda feels forced, y'know? I mean like, let other people determine whether or not they're cute.



Category Vote Count: 6 For / 0 Against 

It's not like we'll be voting anyone down here or anything.

Best Item - 4 Nominations
"Lemme deal with the items."

Clock-Watch's Magatama: Going with what I said about Clock in Best Hero, I honestly don't see why this is here. It really just feels thrown in (by a priest.) -1

Twilight Shard: Okay so essentially the embodiment of darkness. I felt a little conflicted at first when I saw that it had a sentient, mobian form, but I'll give it a vote. +1

Ambient Chaos Energy unit (ACE): Yeah, I still like this. +1

The Hell Prizm: Neutrality



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 0 Against 

Another near perfect. We've been getting a lot of these!

Best Weapon - 5 Nominations
"I'm personally not really big on weapons, so I probably dunno a quality weapon when I see one or not."

SoulEdge: Uh...? umm...yeah...okay. This was a bit difficult to understand. The weapon is like a person...how?

Sword of the Abyss: ...how the heck did I let this get by under my nose. I don't think this even meets standards. -1

Bloody Rebel: I still think Blitz has the devil's luck finding this thing in a pawn shop of all places. That said, it's a cool weapon to be sure. +1

Black Crescent: Well it's certainly interesting, I'll give it that. A sort of counterpart to Excalibur, that can transform the wielder into a dark knight. I'm not going to say anything about Sonic's son being the next wielder; the sword itself is alright. +1

The Hand Cannon: I began expanding on this recently. All the different 'Elemental Cannons' have long since been canon, however, the fusions are fairly new. I haven't gotten into those yet, but you can see a super-powered version of one in The Metarex Saga.



Category Vote Count: 2 For / 1 Against 

...It was a good run.

Best Location - 5 Nominations
"Let's see what's here in this summer's travel catalog..."

Acorsain: Not bad. Seems to have had a lot of thought put into it. +1

Void of Memory: "This is kind of a lot to take in for such a short page...

Is this like, some sort of purgatory thing? How does one get here in the first place? How does time forget somebody?"

Soulstice City: Kind of an interesting city. It's basically all governed by EQuartz, huh? I'm giving a +1 for uniqueness. (though I dunno if I'd actually want to live here.)

Saari: I kinda remember this place. I don't really have much of an opinion about it, though.

Sylvan Island: This could have been worded so much better, IMO. But I really like the concept of this place. You should go a little more in-depth on these seasonal zones and where on the island they're located. +1



Category Vote Count: 3 For / 0 Against 

I still don't see any good vacation spots, though.

Best Group - 5 Nominations
"I don't usually see a whole lot going on in this category. Generally one of the more low-key ones to me."

Team Codex: hm...neutral again.

Αlpha Revolt: That's...kinda creepy. I'm thinking I'm gonna stay neutral here, though.

Team Fashion: "......" I'm sorry but I can't...I can't take this seriously. I was already very iffy about the whole beauty pageant rivalry as a main plot but...when they start turning evil because of it, it's just...I'm sorry, I can't. I just can't. -1


 * [[File:Gizmo_why.png]] "Low-key, huh?" [[File:Pearl_Paper_4.png]]

Dark Creature: This is more of a race than a group. A group, in this context, is generally a varying number of people banded together for a common purpose. I don't think a race counts--especially since these guys aren't all working together. Now if you had a specific group composed OF Dark Creatures, such as everyone who works under Sigma for an example, that would make more sense and would definitely count here. Get what I'm saying? That being said, I'm gonna have to vote this down. -1

Might be a good idea to have a Best Fan-Race/Species next season. I'd vote it up then.

Core City Guardians: Really isn't a whole lot of info on these guys.



Category Vote Count: 0 For / 2 Against 

No comment.

Best Fanfiction [SKIPPED]
"We're already struggling to meet a deadline in less than 24 hours, here. We really do not have time for this."

"But if fanfic critic Scorpio's votes are anything to go by, we ain't missing much."

Best Fan Project [MOSTLY SKIPPED]
"I kinda started this but then left to work on the other categories...and before I knew it, we were already on the last day. We don't have much time left, so I'm just gonna leave this one vote here and leave the rest alone."

The EQuartz Committee: Interesting. Seems like you've got a lot planned out for this. +1

Sonic Rush Core (Fan Game) 0+

Sonic Conquest 0+

Sonic Allstars: Dimensional Shift 0+

Darkness Trigger (series) 0+

Sonic Shattered Dimensions 0+



Category Vote Count: 1 For / 0 Against 

"My bad."

Best Picture - 9 Nominations
"The gallery may be smaller this time around, but we've got a load of amazing artwork here! Quality over Quantity!"



Category Vote Count: 8 For / 0 Against 

Ooooh, so close to a perfect, I could taste it!



Total Vote Count: 77 For / 18 Against 

Wow! We may have had more negative this season, but we also got more positive ones, too. And we still haven't broken 20 negative votes!



Well, that's all for now! Stay tuned for the Final Round, coming up very soon!