Basically, anything that reminds me of high school I tend to hate with a passion. I just help out and play along with the excitement as a social gesture. Behind it all, I loathe looking at the results or even having anything to do with the awards. We all know who will win what award, so what's the point? The same people win the same awards every year. It really doesn't matter what new categories are added or what we put in our sigs or what we do to try to bolster our popularity. The results are always the same and will always be the same and the same people will always win the same awards.
When the Badge Folder section was added to our profiles, I hated it as it was yet another nail in the coffin. We know who is popular 'cause they have awards. We know who is unpopular 'cause they have no awards. And pity votes do nothing as everyone knows who gets a pity vote when it's their only single vote. It's stupid. It's high school on a forum and it sucks. [/rant]