Pink Pigtail Inn's List of 2010 Nominations

Wishing You All A Happy Holiday On This Christmas Day!

As we say goodbye to The Undermine Journal and get ready to welcome all the Christmas Noobs into the World of Warcraft, we wonder what lies ahead in the new year and the dawn of the new Cataclysm expansion.  As a gift for this holiday, I give to you my nominations for The Pink Pigtail Inn's List of 2010.
Previous winners are listed as well.  Remember, Cataclysm is not to be included until next year's list.  My nominations for this year will be:

1. Best raid instance - Icecrown Citadel
2009: Ulduar
2008: Zul Aman

2. Least successful raid instance - Naxx

2009: Eye of Eternity
2008: Sunwell

3. Most longed for instance - The Coliseum

2009: Ulduar
2008: Magisters Terrace

4. Silliest gold sink - Dalaran Porting Rings

2009: The Dun Niffelem Mammoths
2008: Gold Eterium Band

5. Biggest addition to the game  - New Race / Class Combos

2009: Dual spec
2008: Achievements

6. Best quest - The Shadowmourn Chain

2009:The Quel'delar chain
2008: The Wrathgate quest chain

7. Ugliest tabard - Tabard of the Lightbringer
2009:Wyrmrest Accord
2008: Competitor’s Tabard

8. Favorite non combat pet - Captured Firefly

2009: Onyxia Whelpling
2008: The Phoenix Hatchling

9. Biggest community controversy - GTFOOTF Vs. Markco's Blogging Carnival
Comment: Renamed from "Most juicy guild drama". I decided to make the category wider. Please not that there's a special category for the hottest blog topic.

2009: The Martin Fury incident
2008: The merging of SK Gaming and Nihilum into Ensidia

10. Most charming Blizzard employee -  No idea

2009: Patric Beja
2008: Ghostcrawler

11. Best podcast - Castaclysm

2009: Blue Plz!
2008: Twisted Nether

12. Biggest blog facelift - Cold's Gold Factory :)

2009: Righteous Orbs
2008: World of Matticus

13. Most memorable blog post - http://phase3profit.net/2010/03/are-we-all-just-playing-for-second-place/

2009: Archetypes of the Female Gamer, revisited
2008: Noob world reorder

14. Most noticed blogger breakthrough - JMTC

2009: Greedy Goblin
2008: Chick GM

15. Most solid content provider - Why Cold of Cold's Gold Factory of course!

2009: Welcome to Spinksville
2008: Tobold’s

16. Most hugged blogger  - Miss Mediocre

2009: Phaelia and BRK
2008: Big Bear Butt

17. Hottest blogosphere topic - Markco vs. Gevlon
Comment: The category is renamed from "Blog drama of the year" to make it a little wider.

2009: The Ferraro debacle
2008: N/A
18. Best writer - Inkobah of Twinkinfo.com

2009: Tamarind at Righteous Orbs
2008: N/A