2020 the year of the pandemic is thankfully coming to a close, which means it's time for our annual Boat of the Year vote!
2020 marks the 18th anniversary of the Checkmate Community Forums.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the community over the years.
On to the poll!
This vote includes all the monthly Boat of the Month winners from 2020, so this poll, represents the best of the best.
It's now up to all of you to decide which of the monthly winners is the very best of the best and our Boat of the Year for 2020.
The Boat of the Year poll will run until approximately January 1, 2021 at which point the poll will close and we'll declare the winner.
The Boat of the Year pic will then be made our gallery index thumbnail pic for the 2020 gallery category, so this one is just mostly for bragging rights.
The twelve past monthly winners are posted below for your consideration.
Here are the rules! Please read them before voting!
1) To be eligible to vote in this poll or any poll, you must have 100 total posts and have been a member for at least 365 days. If you wish to bypass those two thresholds, then you have the option of joining our supporting member program.
2) NO voting for your own boat!
3) No relatives or family members voting for your boat either. IF multiple voters are found with the same I.P. addresses voting for the same entry, we will view this as suspicious and we will investigate. If irregularities are found, the entry in question will be dealt with appropriately.
4) One member, one household, one vote! You are only supposed to have one account. If you have multiple accounts, contact me and I will merge the accounts into one with combined posts etc. Given that you're not supposed to have multiple accounts it stands to reason, you shouldn't be using multiple accounts to cast more than one vote. Again, if this is discovered, we will deal with it as fairly as possible. However, if an owner is found to be stuffing the ballet box so to speak, or breaking the rules, the most likely result will be disqualification from the poll. Claiming your two year old voted or the family dog has an account and voted won't wash!
5) All votes will be public. So names will appear beside the voting option similar to how they appear for the nominations.
Let's remember folks, this is supposed to be a fun little feature people. So let's not ruin it by taking it too seriously, instead, let's keep things in perspective and just have some fun with it.
Pics up for consideration are posted below.
Good luck everyone!
2020 marks the 18th anniversary of the Checkmate Community Forums.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the community over the years.
On to the poll!
This vote includes all the monthly Boat of the Month winners from 2020, so this poll, represents the best of the best.
It's now up to all of you to decide which of the monthly winners is the very best of the best and our Boat of the Year for 2020.
The Boat of the Year poll will run until approximately January 1, 2021 at which point the poll will close and we'll declare the winner.
The Boat of the Year pic will then be made our gallery index thumbnail pic for the 2020 gallery category, so this one is just mostly for bragging rights.
The twelve past monthly winners are posted below for your consideration.
Here are the rules! Please read them before voting!
1) To be eligible to vote in this poll or any poll, you must have 100 total posts and have been a member for at least 365 days. If you wish to bypass those two thresholds, then you have the option of joining our supporting member program.
2) NO voting for your own boat!
3) No relatives or family members voting for your boat either. IF multiple voters are found with the same I.P. addresses voting for the same entry, we will view this as suspicious and we will investigate. If irregularities are found, the entry in question will be dealt with appropriately.
4) One member, one household, one vote! You are only supposed to have one account. If you have multiple accounts, contact me and I will merge the accounts into one with combined posts etc. Given that you're not supposed to have multiple accounts it stands to reason, you shouldn't be using multiple accounts to cast more than one vote. Again, if this is discovered, we will deal with it as fairly as possible. However, if an owner is found to be stuffing the ballet box so to speak, or breaking the rules, the most likely result will be disqualification from the poll. Claiming your two year old voted or the family dog has an account and voted won't wash!
5) All votes will be public. So names will appear beside the voting option similar to how they appear for the nominations.
Let's remember folks, this is supposed to be a fun little feature people. So let's not ruin it by taking it too seriously, instead, let's keep things in perspective and just have some fun with it.
Pics up for consideration are posted below.
Good luck everyone!
Alright, I gots pittures!! Thank you