The site awards for 2017 are coming in January 2018. Members will get to vote for winners in a bevy of categories and others will be selected based on contributions to the site. January 2018 will also mark the 10th year anniversary of the site. As a countdown and retrospective, each month we’ll review the stats and present the awards as they would have gone down (minus the categories based on features that weren’t available yet or the ones that require member voting). Last month, we looked at 2015. This month, we look back at 2016.
2016 – A Look Back
The site infrastructure was upgraded, including the completion of the redesign project to make the site mobile compatible as well as a migration which improved the site’s speed and stability. New features included card battles, card rankings links, release notes, card size display, and change log within sets, checklist editing, racing teams support, NNO and add minor league affiliates for a full set, browsing favorites under names and teams, add multiples, delete multiples, stats for the “Wantlist” and “For Sale/Trade” areas, "Members with Most Completed Transactions" stat, more collection matching options, match alerts, icons on member directory to show login in last 30 days, pie charts upgraded, forum subscriptions, external sales links, multiple aliases, the ability to "forward" a message in the messaging system, multiple message deleting, spellchecker, and the blogs area was upgraded.
Here’s a screenshot of what the site looked like in November of 2016 courtesy of the Wayback Machine:
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Awards
Most Card Images Added
Category
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Winner
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Runner-up
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Baseball
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carthage44
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Dave Sosidka
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Basketball
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hphillips
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Billy Kingsley
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Boxing
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Young Kilo
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C2Cigars
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Football
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carthage44
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gb24
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Golf
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The Bub 88
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Tubby7242
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Hockey
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nicksang
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reakins
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Misc Sports
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gb24
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lonhro
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MMA
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ShoTime
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Young Kilo
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Multi-Sport
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UKboogie
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hphillips
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Non-Sport
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Nigel Taylor
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gb24
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Racing
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Lea DeFoote
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ajdmajdteb
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Soccer
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Nigel Taylor
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Dragonfan
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Tennis
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CollectingAfterDeath
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purtz5979
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Wrestling
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ShoTime
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CollectingAfterDeath
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Most Checklists Added
Category
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Winner
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Runner-up
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Baseball
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cynicalbuddha
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DaClyde
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Basketball
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hphillips
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UKboogie
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Boxing
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avsbruins65
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ketchupman36
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Football
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tonym
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toptigersfan
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Golf
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SunDevilCollection
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avsbruins65
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Hockey
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mbarlow092
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avsbruins65
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Misc Sports
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lonhro
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DandeeDundee
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MMA
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cynicalbuddha
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Young Kilo
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Multi-Sport
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UKboogie
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cynicalbuddha
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Non-Sport
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grim25
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cynicalbuddha
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Racing
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Lea DeFoote
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Billy Kingsley
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Soccer
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Nigel Taylor
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maestro
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Tennis
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CollectingAfterDeath
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CD13
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Wrestling
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ShoTime
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cynicalbuddha
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Most Miscellaneous Additions
Category
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Winner(s)
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Runner-up(s)
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Baseball
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RoundtheDiamond87
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Jack Webster
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Basketball
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Billy Kingsley
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UKboogie
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Boxing
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UKboogie
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-
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Football
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rolmodel12
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tonym
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Golf
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No winner
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-
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Hockey
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reakins
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ranfordfan
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Misc Sports
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armac
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-
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MMA
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Jon Cantrell
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-
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Multi-Sport
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vrooomed
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thesemers
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Non-Sport
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grim25
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Billy Kingsley
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Racing
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Lea DeFoote
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Billy Kingsley
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Soccer
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Dragonfan
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Nigel Taylor
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Tennis
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CollectingAfterDeath
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rayfromtexas
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Wrestling
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jupiterhill
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Dragonfan
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Top Forum Posters
- C2Cigars
- switzr1
- ranfordfan/vrooomed
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Top Database Editors
- Redsfan
- tonym
- vrooomed
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Top Traders
- 49ants
- jlcre2003
- dsorek
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All-TradingCardDB First Team
- C2Cigars, carthage44, Dave Sosidka, gb24, hphillips, nicksang, Redsfan, ShoTime, vrooomed
All-TradingCardDB Second Team
- Billy Kingsley, cynicalbuddha, engineer67, mbarlow092, Nigel Taylor, rmpaq5, sandyrusty, tonym, UKboogie
Biggest Trade of the Year
- jlcre2003 and Bertons doubles (1,682 cards)
Best Use of TradingCardDB T-Shirt
- ranfordfan on local Canadian television and with Gretzky statue in Edmonton
Milestones
- Card image #1,600,000 submitted
- Transaction #2,200 completed
Coming in January: Site Awards – 2017
Vote for and track new site features in the Feature Tracker.