New CBB

Hello! I am Marty Burch/Berchanko, (preferably) better known as Helios on this board. I'll be hosting the 2nd Annual CBB awards, where you decide if overrated conlangs and conworlds get what they deserve. I have moved voting from Early-Mid September to Mid-Late July to avoid conflicts with my schedule.

The rules for voting are:

1. The conthing must exist.
2. Only conthings can be nominated.
3. No jokeconthings can be entered.
4. Only one nomination per category.
5. The conthing must be fully developed.
6. You may not nominate yourself.

Now let's begin the CBB Awards 2012.
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The Categories are:

Conlang Only

1. Most Hackeneye Conlang
2. Most Pointlessly Flashy
3. Most Dull
4. Most Pointlessly Difficult
5. Most Pointlessly Simplistic
6. Worst Original Script
7. Worst Spelling or Transcription
8. Most Arbitrary Grammar
9. Worst Lexicon
10. Worst Pragmatics
11. Most Empty Complete Conlang
12. Worst Conlanger (no offense to anyone who wins this award)

Conworld Only

13. Most Hackeneye Conworld
14. Most Overly Preachy
15. Most Overly Flashy
16. Worst Conhistory
17. Most Boring Conworld
18. Most Pointlessly Illogical
19. Worst Biology
20. Worst Sentient Being Culture
21. Worst Meteorology or Geology
22. Worst Accuracy for an Alternate History Conworld
23. Most Empty Complete Conworld
24. Worst Conworlder (no offense to anyone who wins this award)

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Can I nominate this thread for "Most useless thread on the board?"

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Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.

What's the point? I mean, I could understand it if it was for good things, but this just seems like it's for insulting people.

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It's not even like the cranks who actually deserve it like Darkgamma and whats-his-name are even around anymore.

So anyway, on "topic", I nominate myself for worst conlanger/worst conworlder.

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In defense of fairness, where are the "Best of...", "Most Improved...", "Hey, I can't believe you could do ____ in your conlang!" categories? Did I miss those awards? If I didn't, I'll get my tux dry-cleaned.

But you created Menlish! You should get an award for being the best conlanger!

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CrazyEttin's Lair

I nominate HyPry as Most Pointlessly Difficult (or perhaps Most Pointlessly Flashy... hm...), and cite the last translation (specifically, the gloss) as proof:

Cúo ıíxouxȷıŋ A ts'oulo'ıeg ʒúzı kekıekek hol fóı ıeɣe'o: ʒú ǔ'uhu, vı ʒú ladzæıx, fı ʒú ʒuezı keke'flon laklen, vı ʒú loukou lavıes, fı ʒú lègostʃo, vı ʒú ʒúı kekıevıesodz larelm, vı ıeŋ/ʒúz cœda róélofarou ta cǒǔ mȷod mòɯoduɣ Barıef cou lèuenoʃ mòge'go.
DEF-PL-ERG state[3+4]-ERG-3+4 general_timeline include-POT INDEF-PL-ACC state[body_part]-ACC-body_part but PROX-MASS_PL-ACC NEG-ACC-[placeholder_noun] : INDEF-PL state[act]-balloon , and[EXC] INDEF-PL state[act]-cramp , and[EXC] INDEF-PL INDEF-MASS-ACC state[body_part]-ACC-hair state[act]-lose , and[EXC] INDEF-PL disturbance state[act]-sight , and[EXC] INDEF-PL state[abstract_psychological]-rage , and[EXC] INDEF-PL INDEF-PL-ACC state[body_part]-ACC-SIGHT-COMP state[act]-appear , and[EXC] MESIODEF / INDEF-PL DEF-INSTRUCTIVE-ACC_PASS state[2]-INSTRUCTIVE-ACC_PASS-2 general_timeline DEF-TEMP night state[abstract_other]-middle-POSTTEMP eat-PERF DEF-[relation_marker] state[abstract_psychological]-health-ABL{2-having to do with} state[abstract_other]-problem .
"They'll probably cover anything except for bloating, cramping, hair loss, disturbing visions, fits of rage, growth of additional eyes, and any/all medical problems that occur as a result of your having been fed after midnight."

I haven't really introduced it to the board yet, though, as I never bothered to organize my notes for it in any way that is remotely legible. I should probably do so. Otherwise I suppose it can't count, as no one has proof (save for my sloppy and frankly ridiculous glosses) that it's anything more than a jumble of random letters. So feel free to discount my nomination until I get off my lazy butt and actually make a thread about it. Also, to be fair to myself... it's not really that bad. Ah, well.

Aw. No. You're not. You're really not. Menlish, as CrazyEttin said, is enough in itself to disqualify you from that category, and I'm sure it's but a single example of your wealth of brilliance!

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I am a conlanger, a scuba diver, a belly dancer, an introvert, a reader, a writer, a gamer, a Superwholockian, a pianist, a clarinetist, a sailor, a CGI artist, a singer, a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hope-er, a pray-er, and a magic-bean-buyer. Who are you?

Pretty sure Darkgamma/Elector Dark/Qaar was the only real oncogene on this board.

Don't treat yourself so badly, the award is to go to people who have a history of creating full, but horrible conlangs- like the dolt who created Toki Pona.

@Ossicone What? Last year the thread got plenty of voting.


UPDATE: NO NOMINATING YOURSELF.

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The ZBB hosts those awards.

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We've already established that Toki Pona is a terrible conlang. Unless there are positive awards, what's the point of this?

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"Wait for the starvation of glaciers, chicken hamburger Noel Weber Arthur."

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So if I understand this correctly you're not even trying to make a proper award thingy, you're just creating leftover awards for the categories they didn't wanna use on the ZBB?

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That's what it sounds like to me.

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Dotjen
Kotanese

Me too. Helios has started threads in the past that imitate those on the ZBB, so now I suppose that this one is a similar attempt.

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1. This is pointless.
2. I don't even remember the last year's voting.

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UNUS•ET•UNICUS

Modicone: I'm locking this thread as it serves no real purpose. Since these are negative rewards I doubt we'll see any answers different from last year and the typical round of conlangs people normally like to abuse.

In relation to what Aszev mentioned, there is no reason for the CBB to be limited to scraps of ideas left over from the ZBB. If you feel like expressing your opinion on good conlangs, bad conlangs, cool natlangs or not-so-cool natlangs there are plenty of places to do so.

Helios, in the future, please ask yourself the following questions before creating a new thread:
1. Is the content new or interesting?
2. Is there enough actual content?
3. Am I just making this thread because I want to make threads?

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.