Four, count 'em, FOUR sifters have hit major milestones recently:

mintbbb - Silver Diamond
theaceofclubz - Bronze Diamond
lavoll - Gold 100
nibiyabi - Gold 100

So let's show 'em a little respect, m'kay?






Mintbbb is fairly quiet, so you may not know much about her. She hails from Finland (though she now lives in the U.S.), is a Starbuck's barista, is also la dame de temps changé, and is NetRunner's First Lady. What you probably DO know about her is that she came here out of nowhere (only 7 months ago) and stormed this joint with one Top 15 video after another. So while some of us blather on by writing over 6700 comments, some others are doing their job: Posting videos.

Any day she'll be cracking the Top 15 All Time Sifters list, so this recognition comes not a moment too soon.

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VideoSift's resident superhero, theaceofclubz, recently got his Bronze Diamond, and has been here for about 1½ years, yet I know very little about him because he's another quiet one. (What's that like, not vomiting every thought you have into the comment sections? ) His bio indicates that he's a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, and is now attending the University of Wisconsin - Madison to become a chemical engineer. So chances are he's not stupid. One thing most of us have seen, however, is that the dude knows how to rake in the votes for his videos. As of the time I'm writing this post, out of 279 posted videos (sifted + unsifted + PQ), he has received a total of 12,149 votes. That averages out to 43.5 votes per video. That's a better average than sifting wizards Zifnab (34.2 votes/video) , eric3579 (43.1 votes/video), and arvana (34.2 votes/video) . In fact I'm pretty sure he has the best average here.

He really is a superhero. He doesn't need the damn goggles.

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Between the time
when the oceans drank Atlantis,
and the rise of the sons of Aryas,
there was an age undreamed of.
And onto this, Lavoll,
destined to wear the jeweled Gold 100
of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow.
It is I, his kronocler,
who alone can tell thee of his saga.
Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!

Lavoll is another of the Sift's resident Nordmanns Nordmenn¹ (Norwegians). His descent from Viking barbarians scares the shit out of me, almost as much as these lil' Vikings do:



However he's actually a Viking with a song in his heart. He's a professional musician who works in film and TV. In other words, he's probably one of those rare individuals who has a job he actually likes. Yeah, I hate people like him too. He doesn't haunt this place regularly like many of us, which is probably why many of his videos slip through the cracks, because the more you post the more people know about you and your tastes. So please visit his PQ to learn about his crush on Sheena Easton. It would appear that our Norseman has a thing for the Celtic ladies.

He knows what is best in life.

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Now I'm not exactly sure what nibiyabi's story is. I know he likes sports from all the sports videos he posts, yet he has a Charles Darwin avatar, but he's a major in both psychology and political science. (Lemme tell you something, those psych folks get into psychology for a reason. Trust me. ) So let's see: Just for comparison, are there any famous persons with a background in politics and psychology, and who *cough cough*used Darwinism as an excuse for a *cough cough* cleansing? Hmmm...


Radovan Karadžić - Politician, doctor of psychiatry, ethnic cleanser

Yikes! Better call The Hague now!
Yikes! This might be the first congratulatory post where an honoree is likened to a war criminal!
Yikes! I think nibiyabi has a good enough sense of humor to handle my dark comic stylings!

YIKES!! Now it's time for us to congratulate all of our honorees for their contributions to Siftopia. GADZOOKS!! These Sift Talk posts are getting longer and longer all the time!
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1. Thanks for the correction, SpellNazi rasch187.