The Five Finalists For Kotaku's New Comment Czar

Sorry for the delay, we've been having technical problems so I wasn't able to get the run down of the five most popular commenters until late yesterday.

Here for your approval and general discussion our the top five Kotaku commenters. I'll be posting a poll on Monday and then, after discussion with the other Kotaku writers, announcing the new Comment Czar on Tuesday.

If you're on the list and don't want to wield the mighty banhammer for some bizarre reason make sure to drop me a line and I'll cut you from the list.

EnigmaNemesis
TheIrishNinja
Spoony Bard
PapaBear434
DaiMacculate

Hit the jump to vote. And remember, we still have the final say.

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Send Your Ban Requests Here

The blood letting is coming. And it's going to be bad. Next Monday is, you guessed it, Ban Monday. It's our favorite Kotakuday! While we do welcome the new folks, we also want to warn them. We ban here at Kotaku. Ban like crazy. Ku-razy. So please do not confuse our comment section with your run-of-the-mill forum, boards, blah blah. It's different!

We are always open to ban submissions (oh yes), but next Monday the ban sensitivity on the Hammer will be turned up max. Keep a watchful eye and get those submissions ready to send out next Monday. We'll be back next Tuesday lighter, faster and better. Hope to see you on the other side.

We've been running this contest into the ground throughout the month, so I think it's about time to announce who the new king of comments will be.

If you remember we had narrowed down the list to these five:

Witzbold
TheIrishNinja
EnigmaNemesis
Kirbytheslayer
PapaBear434

Each of these commenters are daily readers, heavy commenters, people who spend an inordinate amount of time reading our stories and calling us on our bullshit and for that we love them. But unfortunately, we could only pick one for the new position of Commenting Czar, a person who will be giving the mighty banhammer, a tool which has both the ability to strike down lesser tools and to give life to once bannified accounts. The new czar will also earn $200 a month for their hard work.

Hit the jump for the name.

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If you read the site will any regularity, you probably know a great deal about us — too much, probably. But what about you? We want to know all about you. We'll even give a US $100 Amazon.com gift certificate to one of you lucky bastards! Yes, it's time for a demographic survey. All your info will be kept strictly private, so you don't have to worry about getting email spam or annoying sales pitches. The data will distributed in anonymous aggregate form. In short: We just want to know who the hell is reading the site. Ya dig?

There's a survey below that will take only a minute or so to fill out. And if you are so inclined, you can use the comments section to tell us a little bit about yourself — whether it be your day job, your hometown or a personal non sequitur. Sometime that will shed a little light on who you are for us and fellow comments. We know you're just more than some random internet inhabitant.
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Intern Call Redux

We've had an... overwhelming?... response to our call for an intern. In fact so many people have submitted emails that I've decided to broaden a scope.... because I'm an idiot.

For some reason I forgot that not everyone takes six years... to eight years to get their four year degree and that by 21 most of you are safely ensconced in the "real world". So I've decided to lower the age limit to 18. While I will still look at applicants from everywhere, I am still sorta wanting someone who lives close enough to pick up a sandwich for me, a really big one, one the desire strikes. So preferences to Denver... and perhaps Osaka.

Hit the links to read the rules on applying. And don't forget... interns... not writers.

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