FanNation - The Republic of Sport

Welcome all to the semi-annual ranking of Fannation members and groups by the No More Idiots group, or as you know us......NMI.

 NMI members (28 out of the 57 members were able to participate) submitted Top 10 lists for groups, TDers, bloggers and commenters. 

Points were given like this - 10 points for a first place vote, 9 for a 2nd place vote, down to 1 point for a 10th place vote. 

In the following lists, tie breakers were in the following order:  highest place vote received, most votes received, then alphabetical.

Here are the results; starting with groups first.

Groups: 44 groups received votes with 4 different groups receiving a 1st place vote.  It was a close race for the top group (name of the group followed by total points received)...

1. NMI     198
2. SIFS     194
3. Atroo     99 
4. Daywalkers     95
5. Fannation Community     90
6. Fannation HOF     72
7. Tourrnament Throwdowns     63
8. The Rumor Mill     60
9. Elite TDers     46
10. Soccernation    45
11. Night Owls     41
12. Ur Typical Fans     36
13. The Living Dead     35
14. Lighter Side of Sports     33
15. Dogs, Pigs and Sheep     30
16. TDaholics     27
17. FN Clowns     18
18. The Nosebleed Section     15
19. Poll Dancers     11
20. NFL Nation      10
21. Josh and Dan's Friday Debates     10
22. Buc's Place     9
23. Fannation Top 25     9
24. NBA Nation      8
25. Octagon     8

The following groups also received votes but missed out on the top 25 (listed in order of finish 26 - 44):

• Hip-hop Fan Group
• Milwaukee Brewers Fans 
• FN Users Guide (Calling All Newbies)    
• NBA Fanz    
• Feel the Steel
• Karma Police
• Random Blogging
• Knicks are a mess
• Women R Us
• Knights of Plagarism
• TD Masters
• SFAHW
• Babes, Beers and Sports
• Active Nascar
• MLB Picks Tourney
• Jimmer Fan Club
• Sports 24/7
• The Re-Draft League
• The Mitt

TDers:  37 different TDers received a vote with 5 people receiving a 1st place vote.  We had a clear cut winner with the battle for 2 - 4 very close (name followed by total points received)...

1. DetroitFan     218
2. a throwdowner named NCShvdavid     185
3. Porkins     183
4. Ram     173
5. Bigalke     105
6. Ghosthunter    93
7. Goodell     75
8. Rstowe     74
9. Lifer     69
10. Coletrain     60
11. Duquesne     44
12. thehemogoblin     43
13. BSchwartz     36
14. [The] Coach     33
15. J     28
16. PhillyEagles     14
17. AdamLee     12
18. Dyhard     12
19. GOAT     10
20. The Bandit     9
21. Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox     9
22. 0x NBA/NFL     8
23. Moondizzle     7
24. Cowace     6
25. Basketball Jesus     5

The following people received votes but missed out on the Top 25 (listed in order of finish 26 - 37):

• Super Squirrel
• TFo
• Foosball
• Nomarfan
• Denis24
• EagleH8r
• Oso
• Baun-ded
• BigDLeech
• Cheezhead
• NickB
• The Guru

Bloggers:  50 different bloggers received a vote with 8 different bloggers receiving a 1st place vote.  We have a surprising winner who didn't get the most 1st place votes but received more votes in other places (name followed by points received)...

1. Bigalke     160
2. Mac     140
3. Josh     139
4. Oso     110
5. KPKahder     89
6. RUGator     78
7. GOAT     78
8. J Hova     68
9. thehemogoblin     60
10. Dan TM     51
11. Coletrain     42
12. BSchwartz     40
13. Dyhard     35
14. a throwdowner named NCSchvdavid     35
15. Ghosthunter     31
16. Rstowe     30
17. DJ is Dr. Cool     22
18. Ram     20
19. Cheezhead     18
20. Porkins     17
21. CJBosox     14
22. Denis24     14
23. Cincy     13
24. DJ Dunson    12
25. 0x NBA/NFL     11

The following people received votes but missed out on the Top 25 (listed in order of finish from 26 - 50):

• DC Sports Nut
• Harry Callahan
• Jeevs
• J
• Dudeman
• IrishR#1
• AdamLee
• East Coast Keith
• Hiya
• Agannis Lives
• Anthony E
• Bentley
• Chrono
• Lifer
• Joe Drinks a Dew
• DJ happens to be
• Gu3
• I B 4 E
• Super Squirrel
• Esco
• FaustoCarmonaFan
• Foosball
• Lilwound
• Ravensfan
• Thugmeister

Commenters:  This category is one of the most underrated and underappreciated skills on fannation.  A comment can be insightful, helpful or just make you fall out of your chair laughing.  65 different people received a vote with 12 different people receiving a 1st place vote (name followed by points received)...

1. Porkins     140
2. Ghosthunter     112
3. Rstowe     81
4. Bigalke     74
5. KPKahder     63
6. DetroitFan     60
7. Ram     56
8. thehemogoblin     55
9. a throwdowner named NCShvdavid     49
10. Tracy     41
11. Moondizzle     33
12. Dyhard     30
13. GOAT     29
14. EagleH8r     28
15. Chengy     25
16. Frank Petangelli     23
17. Oso     23
18. Goodell     21
19. Coletrain     21
20. The Guru     20
21. Mac     18
22. LilWound     17
23. Big Ben68     16
24. [The] Coach     14
25. Robert Menn     14

The following people received votes but missed out on the top 25 (listed in order of finish from 26 - 65):

• Lifer
• BSchwartz
• Nomarfan
• Buffalo Bandwagon Fan
• Harry Callahan
• I B 4 E
• Baun-ded
• NYfan
• Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox
• Bentley00
• Biohazard
• Duquesne
• FaustoCarmonaFan
• LoS
• redskinmaniac
• dudeman
• 0x NBA/NFL
• Jimmer
• 662
• Chrono
• BigDLeech
• Cincy
• Danbash
• Field Marshall Sunny Day
• Homey Deezy
• Paddy
• Thugmeister
• Cardsox
• DC Sports Nut
• Hyped
• It's All Mine
• NickB
• Slinky Redfoot
• The Prodigy
• TradeAngelos
• Yoda
• Blue Hacket
• Esco
• gonets
• PhillyEagles

Overall:  This combines the TDer, Blogger and Commenter points received to determine who the best overall members of Fannation are (name followed by total combined points in the TDer, blogger and commenter categories).  There were 93 different people who received at least 1 vote in 1 category with 13 receiving a vote in all 3 categories (with a very close race for #1).  Tie-breakers for the overall were determined by the following (in order):  total categories in which the person received a vote, highest point total in single category, alphabetical.

1. Porkins     340
2. Bigalke     339
3. DetroitFan     278
4. a throwdowner named NCshvdavid     269
5. Ram     249
6. Ghosthunter     236
7. Rstowe     185
8. thehemogoblin     158
9. Mac     158
10. KPKahder     152
11. Josh     139
12. Oso     125
13. Coletrain     123
14. GOAT     117
15. Goodell     96
16. BSchwartz     88
17. Lifer     86
18. RUGator     78
19. Dyhard     77
20. J Hova     68
21. Duquesne     51
22. Dan TM     51
23. [The] Coach     47
24. Tracy     41
25. Moondizzle     40

I don't want to list the order from 26 - 93....if you wish to know where you finished in the overall top 25 please fanmail me (rstowe).

Thank you to all NMI members that participated.

If you have any questions or comments regarding these lists either fanmail me or post your comment below.