I nominate the entire 173rd.
Chess Player of the Month October 2011

Why not limit the nomination to ... say to the size of the 173 rd Airborne Brigade
The size of the slate seems to vex you. Good thing you haven't been around for many of the previous months of CPOTM, because so far this list is only about half the normal size.

Why not limit the nomination to ... say to the size of the 173 rd Airborne Brigade
The size of the slate seems to vex you. Good thing you haven't been around for many of the previous months of CPOTM, because so far this list is only about half the normal size.
My vote will have more meaning to me with fewer nominees. Get it.

I suppose if there are way fewer nominees, to the point where the only nominee is the person one wants to vote for, then that vote will have a lot of meaning. But I think this month's candidate list is already past that point. I can't see enough scandals erupting in the next 2 weeks to eliminate 17 of the 18 current candidates.

If you sleep that long you'll time out in that game we just started.
Speaking of which, excuse me for a second whilst I continue working out my Penguin Stew Attack.

List:
trysts
stats_man
QuantumEraser
checkmateibeatu
Cladclan
woodshover
plesiosaur
skyflyer3
ChessMarkstheSpot
akintews
ivandh
AirRinus
ozzie_c_cobblepot
dannyhume
Joseph-S
elubas
theoreticalboy
rooperi
bjazz

For my second nomination, please add one of my regular nominees to the list: Conquistador, for spending the last few weeks gathering up new witty photos to spring on us in the forums. He must be saving them up, right? We haven't seen many lately . . .

I suppose if there are way fewer nominees, to the point where the only nominee is the person one wants to vote for, then that vote will have a lot of meaning. But I think this month's candidate list is already past that point. I can't see enough scandals erupting in the next 2 weeks to eliminate 17 of the 18 current candidates.
It should be noted that you need at least two candidates so that QuantumEraser can be assured of coming in second.
Why not limit the nomination to ... say to the size of the 173 rd Airborne Brigade