In the spirit of previous years where you had to vote through a post in the thread, I thought I'd share some of my reasonings for my rankings for some sections:
Lolcow of the Year:
Fuck it, I'm gonna go all in on my nigga Austin because I feel like it. After that, I just ranked the Johmas, Maldavius Fagtree and Styx. I purposefully put Hasan last, not because he's a bad choice, I can understand why any of these 5 would be your top choice. I am ranking Hasan last because he's a dirty fucking turkroach and I don't want him to win. Πήγαινε να γαμηθείς, σκυλοζάπερ.
Michael Alan White OPsec Fail Award:
For the OPsec fail award, my top choice is Alex, with Claudio as a close second. After that I chose Raymond Quiles because I found his failed PA request really funny. Then there's Pedro and Donal. I'd say I roughly rank Raymond, Pedro and Donal pretty close. Below that is LurkingLemur, who I found funny due to his failed bomb threat and arrest. After him is Jack who I haven't really followed, from what I can tell he's gay and br*tish. I ranked Leto last because he's just a fucking nuisance.
As for some of the other sections, for the Deviant award, I have to go with Francis Joseph Benditt / fallenchungus, for Girlcow I went with Pizzacake, for Breaker of Scales I went with Chantal, for Fresh Meat I did Karl Jobst, for Gen X I went with Fatrick, stalker child, for VTubers I went with Nachisu Miku, although I put Peanut as my second choice for the meme, and for the Herd I went with Bluesky mainly, but there's a bunch I ranked high like KiwiTubers and Synthcels that I'd be happy with as winners. For Supporting Actor I went with Billy Mitchell and Clint as second place. I ranked Frogan at the bottom. For Media, it's hard to choose, I ranked HH, the Stancil Show and Clavehicular Assault as my top 3, but there are plenty of solid choices.
And finally, RIP to Cobes, we lost a fucking legend this year. Fuck sickos.