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Welcome to this year's Deskthority Awards!
During this event, the members of deskthority vote for the best in a number of input device related categories, and for a main award, the Deskthority Award, which is an open category for what was extra special in 2013. Award winners will get a special Clack Factory Wingnut Trophkey. By voting you can win various prizes provided by our sponsors.

Timetable
Like in 2012 and 2011, there are three rounds.

First round (22 Nov - 27 Nov)
In this round you can suggest nominees for each category. All suggestions will make it to round 2.

Second round (28 Nov - 3 Dec)
Vote for the suggested nominees from round 1 so that the top 5 nominees in each category (or the top 4 or top 3 when there aren't a lot of choices) make it to the last stage.

Third round (4 Dec - 9 Dec)
The finals. Vote for the winners in each category out of the top nominees from round 2.

Vote & win
Voters in the final round can win various prizes provided by our sponsors. The winners will be selected randomly from the voters in the third round, and will be announced on 9 December at the end of the Awards. You need a minimum of 10 posts on deskthority before the vote ends to be included. See the voter prize announcements for details.

The Award winners
The winners will be announced shortly after the vote closes on Monday 9 December 20:00hrs UTC by our special guest star, The Keyboard Oracle. The winner of the *Ping* Award will be announced by our guest star The Demongolator.


The DTA Clack Factory Wingnut Trophkeys, waiting to be shipped to the winners, and commanded by the golden Wingnut for the main award.

When a category winner is a deskthority member (except for the *Ping* Award), he or she will get a special Deskthority Award Clack Factory Wingnut trophkey! We commissioned the most famous of keycap artists clickclack to design and produce these trophy keycaps for the Awards. DTA winners will be the only people ever getting one of these keycaps. The winner of the main award, The Deskthority Award, will get a golden Wingnut. If a winner is not a deskthority member, this winner won't actively be tracked down and contacted so a Wingnut can be shipped - however, the Wingnut may be claimed until Juli 1st 2014 by contacting webwit at deskthority.

Important: only one Wingnut is awarded for each winner. If you're a group and win, you have to timeshare, vote, draw, fight or do whatever your group decides, but you'll only get one Wingnut. The reason is that this award is exclusive and expensive, and that the problem of someone possibly missing out isn't solved by raising it to 2 or 3 for a group winning a category - there will always be a bigger group and someone missing out.

The *Ping* Award, eh? High or low? Have we any members on Easter Island, Antarctica or the ISS?

Only one day left in the first round. This is your last chance to get your favorites into the votes!

Round 1 has closed. Round 2 will start in a few moments...

Only one day left in the second round!

Out of interest, what proportion of votes in these ballots come in the first day? I'm thinking us regulars pile on pretty quick.

I haven't counted, but relatively a lot. Last years these rounds were 7 days, now 6 days, for this reason.

Round 2 has closed. The third and final round will start in a few moments...

Good luck to the 60 nominees!

Only 24 hours left in the last round. This is your last chance to vote or change your vote.

Only one hour left to cast your vote!

After complaints the last two years about the location of the live results ceremony, which took place in Casino Zodiak in Astana, Kazakhstan and in the Samye Monastery, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, we have listened to your concerns and moved the live event this year to the Chillout Ice Bar, Times Square Center, Al Quoz, Dubai, where the Keyboard Oracle is awaiting as your humble host among a growing and ecstatic crowd.

Next year, can you hold the ceremony on a floating barge in the centre of Lake Ontario? It would be easier for me to get to. Alternatively, you can hold it on the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island. (also in Canada)

The Keyboard Oracle has decided: Voting has closed. Welcome to the DTA 2013 Awards Ceremony, live from the Chillout Ice Bar in Dubai. In a few moments we will start to announce the winners.

The Keyboard Oracle has decided: The winners have been announced, and the full results have been released. Congratulations to the winners!

The Keyboard Oracle has decided:

And now, the moment you have all been waiting for...

The winners of the Deskthority Awards 2013 Voter Prizes.



But first, while we randomize our randomizer, will you please welcome to the stage, the most wonderful and skillful singing performance and the deepest voice of all mankind...
Please stay tuned!

The Keyboard Oracle has decided: Thank you for your patience. The prize winners will now be announced in the prize topics.

The Keyboard Oracle has decided: Congratulations to the prize winners! This concludes this year's Awards. Thanks everybody for participating, see you again next year!