We actually already have a Dead Pool and there is custom flair for winners. The trouble is the right ones aren't dying fast enough. I did take the guesses you guys made in that thread and add them to the Dead Pool, though, so you're in the running. I repost it every quarter or so in the Weekly thread. Dorothy was talking about starting a weekly/monthly grossest fat competition. I think it also included personal stories and top rated posts. I don't know what happened with that. I imagine she doesn't have the time right now or it fizzled or something.  So far, what you want has been tried. I'm open to the idea of just nominating people. We managed to get the rotating sidebar image to be community-driven. I think that having any verified poster nominated for custom flair based on community opinion isn't the worst idea. It doesn't necessarily encourage arse-kissing, though it does have flaws in that controversial posters are unlikely to be nominated and you get groupthink. I'm trying to keep in mind that people who post relatively infrequently can still be valuable and have an opening for some contribution.  Failing that, we could just say fuck it and do a raffle. We'll just hand custom flair out once a month. It's lame, but it keeps things moving.