Finally, all of you have to know that this is for fun and it is just a game. The purpose is to meet new members, create new friends...
If I create two friends, can I nominate them, even though they don't exist? Is there enough evidence to support the idea that the past winners have actually existed?
trysts - for coming back
Maybe if we reward her, tony and all the other people who left will want to come back too.
pdela - for the second place competition
oinquarki's former identity - for the heck of it
nonowho - for this
I know, but he's still tony.
List:
trysts
pdela
fullmetalalchemist
nonowho
Maybe we could make ProKnight a fancy banner while we're at it.
Something like that, but nicer.
Another try.
(Edit) Why don't pictures brought up from paint, ever "stick" in the forums?
If one is not allowed to nominate oneself, it seems a bit of a stretch that one is allowed to nominate one's own former name which is no longer registered . . .
I nominate Cystem_Phailure for being the founder, president, and treasurer of the "Chess Players for the Trump/Palin 2012 Presidential Ticket."
You, sir, are a brave man.
For this chess player of the month topic, I nominate the 4 highest-FIDE-rated players, i.e. Anand, Carlsen, Aronian and Kramnik.
I nominate TheMouse for providing amusement by always being one step short of actually understanding
I nominate Cystem_Phailure for being the founder, president, and treasurer of the "Chess Players for the Trump/Palin 2012 Presidential Ticket."
You, sir, are a brave man.
On the Trump/Palin ticket you just know there would be a big fight as to who got to be on top! 
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind a chance to be treasurer for Trump for 5 seconds-- the first time he turned his back I'd be out the back door and across two borders as fast as I could run with my pockets stuffed full of zillion dollar bills.
I nominate Cystem_Phailure for being the founder, president, and treasurer of the "Chess Players for the Trump/Palin 2012 Presidential Ticket."
You, sir, are a brave man.
On the Trump/Palin ticket you just know there would be a big fight as to who got to be on top!
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind a chance to be treasurer for Trump for 5 seconds-- the first time he turned his back I'd be out the back door and across two borders as fast as I could run with my pockets stuffed full of zillion dollar bills.
I would hate to make change for a zillion dollar bill. It would be a lifetime of saying, "Keep the change", Cystem.
List:
trysts
pdela
fullmetalalchemist
nonowho
Estragon
Cystem_Phailure
TheMouse
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tonydal (OmayCayenne) already won.
Do you know someone who needs to be mentioned? Well you've come to the right place. Join this month's Chess Player of the Month for May 2011! (aka CPOTM) The rules are that you can nominate anyone on chess.com for whatever reason. Whether it would be friendly, humor, or personality, they can be nominated. However, please try to keep is positive about your nominated person.
Each person can nominated up to 4 nominated members. You HAVE TO SAY why you want to nominate he/she or you will be ignored. If a member that you want to nominate has already been nominated, do not say: "I second the nomination!" or "I etc. the nomination." However, you can say another reason why you think that person should be nominated. I cannot be nominated. You cannot nominate yourself. Those who have won the other CPOTM contests cannot win again.
The past winners are:
veggiegirlie, haddad56, deckers1066, Alan_Tudor, LisaV, heinzie, goldendog, ilikeflags, OmarCayenne, blackfirestorm666, batgirl, bigpoison, Kacparov
so they cannot be nominated again. It follows the same rules as the other Chess Player of the Month forum topics I have posted.
As for the voting rules, we will be vote on the last week(s) of this month, depending if we have a lot of nominated members or not. You will have 2 votes and cannot vote for yourself. However, you can't use both your votes for the same person. Both votes do not need to be used. Also, I want to make it clear that there is no advertising to vote for one member for it will not be fair for the member(s) not advertised. If you do advertise, you will be blocked until the end of this month AND next month, and the nominated player you have advertised will be removed from the list.
I want to make it clear that I do understand that I cannot control one's actions from advertising, but at the same time, they should always take a look at the first post of this thread. From now on I will not be responsible for your actions, so beware. Spamming will be taken seriously so if you spam, you will be blocked until the end of the month.
Finally, all of you have to know that this is for fun and it is just a game.The purpose is to meet new members, create new friends, and see the personalities of the people around chess.com. It might be a popularity contest, but in the past, I have seen members nominate new members to chess.com who they thought were amazing friends. Feel free to send me personal messages about any ongoing problems. The winner will receive a trophy for winning this month.
It is now May so get ready to nominate! Any questions?