your Avatar should be removed
Done. You are correct that the idea has probably run its course.
I also agree withe Livo and others that I should probably have left out the loser award.
SS is correct to observe that there are many different opinions on this forum, unlike others.
Further, I like Phil's idea of calling it 'contributor of the year', rather than 'pioneer of the year'. Maybe people who have been most critical of the proposal are cheesed-off that they wouldn't stand much chance of winning or perhaps they subscribe to daft education-type policies where everyone should be made to feel they are a winner.