Post by duan on Apr 19, 2008 12:49:42 GMT -5
Crowd is buzzing already and most of the roster is here. Old and new. Some new faces aswell. Seated to the left of me is Alex right now and it was great for him to find time to stop by. Shorty had left a big impact on this place. My cue is coming up soon, I better go get my speech out of the car. I leave and Brady stops me for a hi. Wasn't expecting him to be here, but I did invite him. Oh well, I walk to my car. I take a breather as I finally did it. We are pretty much at PSM now and I can relax. I grab my speech and go back inside. I walk backstage and see the floor director. He sends me to the stage. Looks like I'm on...
First award I wanted to present is the Surprise of the Year award. I have the assistant bring it out to me and I announce that Teh Game has won it. It takes me awhile to spot him, but there he is. Nice suit and tie. I present him the award and he seems overjoyed. He gives me a nice firm handshake and I start going on about how much Teh Game has improved since last year. He is becoming the future of this business. He is truly the surprise of the year in my book.
Alright, looks like we are moving on to the next award. And it is the Right Hand man award. Awesome. I explained to the crowd that I've had a ton of help this year with everything. And these next two men will co-own the Right Hand man award. My Right Hand Men are MJH and Gazza. Matty and Gary walk up to the stage and give me a couple of handshakes and high fives. I let them shine for a little as I look around the room. Something that Matt said, along the lines of, "This place seems to be here forever and never die", just gave me chills down my spine. They walk off and I explain to the crowd about how they pretty much keep me running.
Next up, we have the Most Reliable award. I personally love this award, because it gives me time to show everyone the guy I lean on to hand in everyweek. And this guy definitely does it. I present Bret with the award and he is already running up to the stage. Lewis gives me a big hug that I warmly accept, as he has been here for aslong as me. He goes on about how I keep him going, when its the other way around for me. I spot a few celebrities there, such as Jack White of the White Stripes and Rainn Wilson from the Office. Awesome. Bret finishes up and gives me one more handshake.
The Break Out Class Member award is next. I tell everyone that even know the class is finished with, they still deserve an award like this. Swanton is the person who wins it for me and I can see Triple M pissed in the corner. Tough break kid. Tyler and I exchange pleasantries and he explains about how the class really helped him get his game where it is now. Makes me feel good about myself. Some powerful words from him here.
I am presenting two awards at the same time now. Both go hand and hand with eachother and they belong to the same man. The Best Winning Percentage & Best Record and these two trophies belong to Great One. I hand them over to G1 and he begins his very short speech. The man of few words, though one of the best in the business. We shake hands and I give him a pat on the back. I can see Dylan walk in now and my face probably lit up. A ton of history there.
INTERMISSION TIME....
I walk over to the bar to of course get myself a drink and I look over my shoulder that Alex, Braedon, & Frank are re-uniting with each other. Kyle & Larry talking with Dylan. These two great groups, just re-kindling relationships right before my eyes. I grab my drink and I walk back to my table, where I am greeted by none other than the great Chris Jericho, who happened to come down and check out this event. I was obviously star struck and didn't say much. I went back to the stage for the rest of the awards.
Before I could start presenting, that freakin' Triple M had to be throw out, because he tried to steal Swanton's trophy. Anyway, its time for Best Feud. I knew from the start of this feud, that it would win this award. I called Bret & Cass to the stage to accept the Best Feud award. Cass was slightly buzzed and barely made it to the stage. Kinda amusing actually. Bret shook his hand and talked about the feud while I talked to Cass in the corner. Didn't understand anything he was saying really. Oh well. The two left and only 4 more awards to give out.
Now this next award, is special. Its for the tag team of the year. Now, I know I probably sounded cocky up there, but when I announced that MJH & I got the award, the crowd seemed alright with it. I asked MJH to come up and take the award for us and Matt was overjoyed. Not much of a speech here.
Next award was for the Next Big Thing or someone I think will have a huge impact in the coming year. This was probably the hardest award for me to pick, because so many of my boys have a bright future. But when I announced Kody, I saw his eyes light up from the stage. He ran up to me and I shook his hand firmly. He gave a 5 minute speech about how much he loves it here and appreciates my work. I told him that PFF is just as good as here and we shared a hug. Awesome moment for him.
One of the 2 real big ones now. Its time to find out Duaner's MVP of the year! Now, this isn't the best Overall photoshopper, this is the person with best skill. And I once again called Matt to the stage and we shook on it again. He couldn't believe it and he mentioned that Great One deserves it over him. Crowd chanted for MJH in the fan section. Pretty funny. After his speech, I kept Matt up on the stage. I announced that he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. I could see him get teary-eyed, so I just let him go and got ready for the big award.
The last award of the night and you all know what it is. Photoshopper of the Year, the overall best WPF Photoshopper in the past year. And this award goes out to Cass, since he dominated that WPF during his now longest WPF World Championship reign. Cass got back up to the stage and presented a speech the best he can do. He was still a bit buzzed, but it wasn't as bad as expected. He talked about how its almost time to hang up the boots and shook my hand as he left. I said that everyone can now go home and Thrice played over the stereosystem as everyone walked out.
It has ended.
First award I wanted to present is the Surprise of the Year award. I have the assistant bring it out to me and I announce that Teh Game has won it. It takes me awhile to spot him, but there he is. Nice suit and tie. I present him the award and he seems overjoyed. He gives me a nice firm handshake and I start going on about how much Teh Game has improved since last year. He is becoming the future of this business. He is truly the surprise of the year in my book.
Alright, looks like we are moving on to the next award. And it is the Right Hand man award. Awesome. I explained to the crowd that I've had a ton of help this year with everything. And these next two men will co-own the Right Hand man award. My Right Hand Men are MJH and Gazza. Matty and Gary walk up to the stage and give me a couple of handshakes and high fives. I let them shine for a little as I look around the room. Something that Matt said, along the lines of, "This place seems to be here forever and never die", just gave me chills down my spine. They walk off and I explain to the crowd about how they pretty much keep me running.
Next up, we have the Most Reliable award. I personally love this award, because it gives me time to show everyone the guy I lean on to hand in everyweek. And this guy definitely does it. I present Bret with the award and he is already running up to the stage. Lewis gives me a big hug that I warmly accept, as he has been here for aslong as me. He goes on about how I keep him going, when its the other way around for me. I spot a few celebrities there, such as Jack White of the White Stripes and Rainn Wilson from the Office. Awesome. Bret finishes up and gives me one more handshake.
The Break Out Class Member award is next. I tell everyone that even know the class is finished with, they still deserve an award like this. Swanton is the person who wins it for me and I can see Triple M pissed in the corner. Tough break kid. Tyler and I exchange pleasantries and he explains about how the class really helped him get his game where it is now. Makes me feel good about myself. Some powerful words from him here.
I am presenting two awards at the same time now. Both go hand and hand with eachother and they belong to the same man. The Best Winning Percentage & Best Record and these two trophies belong to Great One. I hand them over to G1 and he begins his very short speech. The man of few words, though one of the best in the business. We shake hands and I give him a pat on the back. I can see Dylan walk in now and my face probably lit up. A ton of history there.
INTERMISSION TIME....
I walk over to the bar to of course get myself a drink and I look over my shoulder that Alex, Braedon, & Frank are re-uniting with each other. Kyle & Larry talking with Dylan. These two great groups, just re-kindling relationships right before my eyes. I grab my drink and I walk back to my table, where I am greeted by none other than the great Chris Jericho, who happened to come down and check out this event. I was obviously star struck and didn't say much. I went back to the stage for the rest of the awards.
Before I could start presenting, that freakin' Triple M had to be throw out, because he tried to steal Swanton's trophy. Anyway, its time for Best Feud. I knew from the start of this feud, that it would win this award. I called Bret & Cass to the stage to accept the Best Feud award. Cass was slightly buzzed and barely made it to the stage. Kinda amusing actually. Bret shook his hand and talked about the feud while I talked to Cass in the corner. Didn't understand anything he was saying really. Oh well. The two left and only 4 more awards to give out.
Now this next award, is special. Its for the tag team of the year. Now, I know I probably sounded cocky up there, but when I announced that MJH & I got the award, the crowd seemed alright with it. I asked MJH to come up and take the award for us and Matt was overjoyed. Not much of a speech here.
Next award was for the Next Big Thing or someone I think will have a huge impact in the coming year. This was probably the hardest award for me to pick, because so many of my boys have a bright future. But when I announced Kody, I saw his eyes light up from the stage. He ran up to me and I shook his hand firmly. He gave a 5 minute speech about how much he loves it here and appreciates my work. I told him that PFF is just as good as here and we shared a hug. Awesome moment for him.
One of the 2 real big ones now. Its time to find out Duaner's MVP of the year! Now, this isn't the best Overall photoshopper, this is the person with best skill. And I once again called Matt to the stage and we shook on it again. He couldn't believe it and he mentioned that Great One deserves it over him. Crowd chanted for MJH in the fan section. Pretty funny. After his speech, I kept Matt up on the stage. I announced that he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. I could see him get teary-eyed, so I just let him go and got ready for the big award.
The last award of the night and you all know what it is. Photoshopper of the Year, the overall best WPF Photoshopper in the past year. And this award goes out to Cass, since he dominated that WPF during his now longest WPF World Championship reign. Cass got back up to the stage and presented a speech the best he can do. He was still a bit buzzed, but it wasn't as bad as expected. He talked about how its almost time to hang up the boots and shook my hand as he left. I said that everyone can now go home and Thrice played over the stereosystem as everyone walked out.
It has ended.