History of CAVR Awards and Announcement of 2004 Winners
By: Scott Ross of AVN on 02-17-2004    


DAYTON, Ohio - The Cyberspace Adult Video Review (CAVR) awards allow anyone
   who wishes to vote to honor their favorite female performers, directors,
   and titles.

For the last eight years, Den has looked over his notes from his
   self-published reviews to compile his own list & then solicited requests
   for suggestions. Nowadays those requests come mainly on the boards at
   AdultDVDTalk.com and RAME, as well as suggestions people email him
   throughout the year.

"I'd say the final nominations are 80 percent mine and twenty percent fan
   input," Den told AVN.com

Den used to review 8 videos a day, but has cut the number down to an average
   of 5 now that he has switched to DVD & he watches every extra, with a
   fondness for behind-the-scenes footage.

Although he takes a day off here and there, Den watches at least 1,500 adult
   DVDs a year, rating every scene - that's why his opinion is worth 80
   percent.

"I don't have anything else to do, I'm retired," Den explains. "This is
   something I do because I love watching these things. I'm a fan first,
   reviewer second. "

The CAVR Awards offer 4 awards:
   * Best New Star
   * Best Star
   * Best Director
   * Best DVD.

   The Best New Star and Best Star categories are for women only. There are
   sixteen nominees for each category, which are posted on January 1 and
   the voting begins. The votes come from fans like Den, critics, as well
   as from a few of the stars and directors that are nominated, but that's
   not a problem for Den as long as they only vote once.

"One year I had an outlandish number of votes for one company and it was
   pretty obvious that someone was trying to fix the vote," Den said,
   suggesting that he had talked to the company and they hadn't attempted
   to rig it again.

On January 16, the winners were announced. Unlike most awards, CAVR not only
   announces the winners, but also announces which place each nominee came
   in.

So while this year Selena Silver was voted Best New Star, and Avy Scott was
   voted Best Star, and Jules Jordan was voted Best Director and the Best DVD
   was No Cum Dodging Allowed (Red Light District), whoever is interested can
   see who came in second, third and so on in each category.

And the winners aren't always whom Den voted for - take the Best DVD category
   'he wrote on his Website when announcing the awards that, "Fashionistas is
    the DVD of the Year. Period. End of subject." The rest were fighting for
    runner-up. Guess you know how I voted."

But he didn't change the results. Mike John's No Cum Dodging Allowed received
    just three votes more than the Fashionistas.

As a footnote to his contributions as a reviewer and advocate of consumers
    voicing their opinion in ways other than with their dollars, Den was
    involved in the early days of amateur video.

In fact, porn scribe Dirty Bob, who lives "just down the street" from Den,
    attests that Den was the first person to shoot amateur tapes on S-VHS.

In the 80s Den ran Den Video, an amateur company that sold mostly solo
    masturbation tapes via mail order.