There is of course a lot of really bad posting in SE. I've gone through and, with the help of the bad p0ster thread, identified what I think are the worst of the worst in an effort to identify the single worst poster of the year. And I must say, it has been a banner year for horrible SE posting, possibly the most AIDS infested year in the forum's history.

Without further ado, here are the nominees:

brandoncla - this poster started off strong by AIDSing up the NFL discussion threads basically every week, where he gained fame with his patented 12. Carson Palmer meme. Although he was initially a strong candidate who was wrong about everything, in recent months he has improved vastly and is now merely a below average poster.

MyTurn2Raise - a frontrunner. While already generally AIDS coming into the year, he really stepped up his troll/idiot game this year. He was already doing a pretty good job of cementing himself as one of SE's worst when the Packers and Seahawks played this season, after which he went on what I firmly believe is the worst prolonged stretch of posting in SE history. You'd think it would be impossible to compete with such idiocy, but you'd probably be wrong. Keep reading.

Ikestoys - placeholder

PHB - this was a banner year for PHB. For most of the year he was doing his usual below average posting routine, making inappropriate jokes, inexplicably getting butthurt about ginger comments, and reporting posts that made him MAD. Then out of nowhere he had one of the all-time SE meltdowns complete with a rant about Dids raping his cats 'on the regular.' It was arguably a top 5 bad posting stretch in SE history, thus his inclusion in the competition.

Bdidd - It has been a while, so I fear people forget just how terrible he was in the Penn State thread. Dozens of kids were of course raped, but goddammit why wouldn't anyone think of those poor PSU football fans? Just pure AIDS for weeks on end which of course resulted in a really long stretch of his name in the title of the bad posters thread.

ksuno1stunner - A late arrival on the bad posting scene, ksuno1stunner was a terrible homer for Kansas State, posting obnoxious nonsense basically all season. Still, he was just your garden variety moran until he appeared in the KC Chiefs shooting thread, where he got off the below blast. With most people I'd just assume it was some weird combo of trolling/leveling, but if you review this guy's body of work it becomes apparent that yes, he really is this stupid.

Systolic - If this were a dumb poster contest he would win hands down. But I honestly don't think he has enough intelligence to make it into WOAT territory. Just constant Falcons homerism, making horrible arguments, etc. Oh yeah, hes a POGer who apparently has a shady past.

So, SE...who ya got?

phb doesn't belong in this poll i don't think

seems like brandoncla has gotten better

iggymcfly got hugely snubbed

here's my bottom 5:

1. iggymcfly
2. bdidd
3. trainwreckog
4. andz
5. systolic

i'm sure that ksuno1stunner 100% merits a spot, but i have the good fortune of having never read one of his posts.

why so negative on Jesus' birthday?

would like to change my vote to Riverman for failing to have a public poll

wtf is brandoncla? I don't even recognize his name and I post in NFL threads as much as anyone.

I've never heard of half of them

ksuno was god awful. he did most of his work in the college game day threads when kansas state was number 1. phb doesn't belong and iggy obviously does.

probably between ksuno and mt2r. tough one. systolic is very bad too. hm.

Considering that BDidd contributed significantly to the need for this waste of my time:



He should be a favorite. However, outside the PSU thread he's merely terrible, not nearly the worst.

ksuno1stunner can't win because he apparently left, which is the single most wonderful thing he could ever have done.

Systo, though terrible, has been rustling jimmies for years and I'm kind of surprised he has been so effective here. Since the 1. Falcons will not win the Super Bowl, that infection will treat itself.

MT2R, though. The AIDS.

MT2R

I voted for ikes based on his politics posting. I regret nothing.

Andz is a definite dark horse candidate

PHB-s meltdown was hilarious, in no world should it qualify as bad posting.

Thread is missing some soccer AIDS - andz, bayern homers and diegoarmando.

Voted ikes because lol ikes.

in before you quote yourself and respond with a Sam Harris video explaining how this isn't really Jesus' birthday



Merry Christmas everybody!

whoever posted the pic in the FAQ from freechristmaswallpapers.net.

(dumb malware warnings)

PHB>Riverman

Microbob for tarding nhl threads

Dids probably has put it in a couple times tho.

PHB has been on a Seahawks level run since his ban.

MT2R easy. His spearing troll-spot from the NO-SF playoff game was almost as unbearable as the Hail Mary one.

This.

ikes in a landslide

MT2R

Mt2r is just a caricature of himself at this point. Dean is mostly right.

Ikestoys running away with the worst poster award when we have Mr. Pedo St in the field. Pretty incredible that people think he's THAT bad lol.

phb's name should be removed from this OP and poll. The post cited is closer to deserving a nomination for POTY than belonging in here.

I agree that iggy was overlooked.

Bdidd needs more love in here. So bad for so long. Won't somebody not think of the children!!!

how is this poll not public? it would be expert if phb was put in here as a troll so we have a watchlist of next year's potential nominees based on who voted him.