I think you were trying to set up something that Activeboard isn't equipped to handle. Your poll question needs to be multiple-choice, not fill in the blank.
I don't think I can answer your question anyway. We've lost so many good voices, or they have changed their names, so how can we rank without USM Symp, Night Chalker, the Cooley bunch, etc.
However, the out-there-under-my-own-name courage awards surely have to go to Lares, Judd, Berman, etc.
For the record (and FWIW), just wanted to let all you know that I still read the board every day and am still VERY much a sympathizer with the cause; I just haven't seen many threads lately to which I felt competent to contribute. However, please don't take my silence as lack of interest in your struggle; I still admire you all tremendously and hope that things will turn around for USM before too long (like, in about 500 days). Most of the threads recently have dealt with matters I know nothing about, so I haven't had much to contribute.