ESports Award

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The eSports Award[1] is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming.

The event is traditionally held at a major gaming event in Germany. The winner of each category is determined by either a panel of experts or an online popularity vote. This year's nominees are expected to be announced mid-July.

Active categories are:

  • eSports Player of the Year (since 2004)
  • eSports Team of the Year (since 2004)
  • Best Counter-Strike Player (since 2004)
  • Best Warcraft 3 Player (since 2004)
  • Best FPS Duel Player (since 2007)
  • Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year (since 2004)
  • Best eSports Coverage, international (since 2004)
  • Scene Journalist Award (since 2007)
  • Journalist Award (since 2006)
  • eSports Game of the Year (since 2007)
  • Best Hardware (since 2007)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (since 2007)

Retired categories are:

  • Best Counter-Strike Player, Female (2004)
  • Best eSports Coverage, German (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • Best Publisher (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • eSport Player of the Year, Female (2005)

Contents

[edit] 2007 Awards

Nominees of 2007's[2] international categories are yet to be announced:

eSports Player of the Year eSports Team of the Year Best Counter-Strike Player Best Warcraft 3 Player
Flag of Poland Filip 'Neo' Kubski
Flag of Sweden Johan 'Toxic' Quick
Flag of the People's Republic of China Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li
Flag of Germany Daniel 'hero' Schellhase
Flag of the United States Vanessa Arteaga		 Flag of Poland PGS Gaming (CS)
Flag of the People's Republic of China World Elite (WC3)
Flag of the United Kingdom Dignitas (WiC)
Flag of Australia fnatic (CS)
Flag of the United States Pandemic (WoW)		 Flag of Poland Filip 'Neo' Kubski
Flag of Sweden Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg
Flag of Germany Jan 'mooN' Stolle
Flag of Sweden Harley 'dsn' Orwall
Flag of Brazil Raphael 'cogu' Camargo		 Flag of France Yoan 'ToD' Merlo
Flag of Norway Olav 'Creolophus' Undheim
Flag of the People's Republic of China Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng
Flag of South Korea Jang 'Moon' JaeHo
Flag of Ukraine Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
Breakthrough of the Year Best FPS Duel Player Best Online Magazine Scene Journalist Award
Flag of Poland Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski
Flag of the People's Republic of China Wei Liang 'Fly100%' Lu
Flag of Belarus Alexey 'cypher' Yushanevsky
Flag of Sweden Jimmy 'allen' Allen
Flag of Germany Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer		 Flag of Sweden Johan 'toxic' Quick
Flag of Russia Anton 'cooller' Singov
Flag of Poland Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski
Flag of Belarus Alexey 'cypher' Yushanevsky
Flag of Sweden Magnus 'fojji' Olsson		 Readmore
Esreality - MeetYourMakers
Replays.net - SK Gaming
eFever - Cyberfight
- Zonerank - Gotfrag - Fragbite		 David Abel - Michal Blicharz
Jonas Vikan - Nafiz Choudhury
Richard Lewis - Trevor Schmidt
Dario Miljkovic - Lawrence Phillips
Elroy Pinto - Sujoy Roy
eSports Game of the Year Best Hardware Lifetime Achievement Award
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Command & Conquer 3
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
World in Conflict
FIFA 2007		 Flag of the United States Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell

[edit] 2006 Awards

Nominees and winners of 2006's[3] international categories were:

eSports Player of the Year eSports Team of the Year Best Counter-Strike Player Best Warcraft 3 Player
Flag of the Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Flag of the United States Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel
Flag of Sweden Johan 'Toxic' Quick
Flag of the United States Danny 'fRoD' Montaner
Flag of Germany Dennis 'styla' Schellhase		 Flag of Australia fnatic
Flag of Germany SK Gaming
Flag of the United States compLexity
Flag of Germany Mousesports
Flag of the United Kingdom 4Kings		 Flag of Sweden Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Flag of Germany Navid 'Kapio' Javadi
Flag of Sweden Christian 'Vilden' Lidstroem
Flag of the People's Republic of China Ke Fei 'Jungle' Yang
Flag of the United States Danny 'fRoD' Montaner		 Flag of the Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Flag of South Korea Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho
Flag of France Yoan 'ToD' Merlo
Flag of the People's Republic of China Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng
Flag of South Korea Jung Hee 'Sweet' Chun
Breakthrough of the Year Best Online Magazine Best Publisher
Flag of Germany Navid 'Kapio' Javadi
Flag of Sweden Alexander 'Ztrider' Ingarv
Flag of Sweden Oskar 'ins' Holm
Flag of the People's Republic of China Ke Fei 'Jungle' Yang
Flag of South Korea Jae Wook 'Lucifer' Noh		 Flag of Germany SK Gaming
Flag of the United States Gotfrag
Flag of Sweden Fragbite
Flag of the People's Republic of China Replays.Net
Flag of the United Kingdom Esreality		 Electronic Arts
Atari - Activision - Codemasters - Eidos

Frogster - Koch-Media - Ubisoft - CDV

VU Games - Take2 - THQ - Midway

Microsoft - Jowood - Konami

[edit] 2005 Awards

Nominees and winners of 2005's[4] international categories were:

eSports Player of the Year eSports Team of the Year Best Counter-Strike Player Best Warcraft 3 Player
Flag of the Netherlands Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager
Flag of the Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Flag of South Korea Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho
Flag of the United States Danny 'fRoD' Montaner
Flag of the United States Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel		 Flag of the United Kingdom 4Kings (WC3)
Flag of Denmark NoA (CS)
Flag of Sweden Begrip (CS)
Flag of Germany Mousesports (CS)
Flag of Germany mTw (FIFA)		 Flag of the United States Danny 'fRoD' Montaner
Flag of Norway Jorgen 'Xeqtr' Johanessen
Flag of Sweden Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Flag of Sweden Mattias 'Snajdan' Andersen
Flag of Germany Michael 'PapsT' Schmidt		 Flag of the Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Flag of South Korea Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho
Flag of South Korea Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho
Flag of the People's Republic of China Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng
Flag of South Korea Tae min 'Zacard' Hwang
Breakthrough of the Year Female Player of the Year Best Online Magazine Best Publisher
Flag of the Netherlands Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager
Flag of Sweden Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Flag of Sweden Marcus "zet" Sundstrom
Flag of Denmark Andreas 'Zonic' Isberg
Flag of Sweden Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström		 Flag of Sweden Louise 'AurorA' Thomsen
Flag of the United States Alice 'ali' Lew
Flag of the People's Republic of China Qin '1212' Qin
Flag of Germany Isabelle 'Redfox' S.
Flag of Brazil Natalia 'Nath' Ko		 Flag of Germany SK Gaming
Flag of the United States Gotfrag
Flag of Sweden Fragbite
Flag of the United States Ampednews
Flag of the United Kingdom Esreality
Flag of Sweden SoGamed
Flag of Norway NESC		 Electronic Arts
UbiSoft - Microsoft - Atari

Vivendi - Eidos - Activision - Virgin

Take 2 - Codemasters - THQ

Konami - Deep Silver - Jowood

CDV - Koch-Media - Lucas Arts

[edit] 2004 Awards

Nominees and winners of 2004's[5] international categories were:

eSports Player of the Year eSports Team of the Year Best Counter-Strike Player Best Warcraft 3 Player
Flag of Sweden Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson
Flag of the Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Flag of South Korea Lim 'Boxer' Yo-Hwan
Flag of Germany Dennis 'styla' Schellhase		 Flag of Sweden Eyeballers (CS)
Flag of the United Kingdom 4Kings (WC3)
Flag of Denmark NoA (CS)
Flag of Germany Progaming (FIFA)
Flag of Germany SK Gaming (CS)
Flag of Germany Mousesports (CS)
Flag of Denmark The Titans (CS)
Flag of Germany SK Gaming (UT)
Flag of Germany mTw (WC3)
 Flag of Sweden Tommy 'Potti' Ingemarsson
Flag of Norway Ola 'elemeNt' Moum
Flag of Sweden Emil 'Heaton' Christensen
Flag of Sweden Danny 'Hyper' Kuusisto
Flag of Austria Franz "gore" Burghardt		 Flag of South Korea Jung Hee 'Sweet' Chun
Flag of the Netherlands Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Flag of the United States Matthew 'Wizard' Anderson
Flag of Sweden Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson
Flag of Sweden Alborz 'HeMaN' Haidarian
Breakthrough of the Year Best Female CS Player Best Online Magazine Best Publisher
Flag of Germany Maurice 'Burnie' Engelhardt
Flag of the United States Jeff 'Aether' Zhang
Flag of South Korea Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho
Flag of Sweden Dennis 'walle' Wallenber
Flag of Sweden Abdisamad 'SpawN' Mohamed		 Flag of Spain Silena 'Lena' Urquiza
Flag of the United States Alice 'ali' Lew
Flag of Sweden Line 'MissHyper' Haug
Flag of Germany Sandra 'craZygirL' Sbrzesny
Flag of Brazil Natalia 'Nath' Ko		 Flag of Germany SK Gaming
Flag of the United States Gotfrag
Flag of the United States Ampednews
Flag of the United Kingdom Esreality
Flag of Sweden SoGamed		 Electronic Arts
Ubisoft - Microsoft - Atari

LucasArts - Vivendi - Activision

Eidos - Virgin -Take 2 - CDV

Jowood - Koch-Media - THQ

[edit] Records

[edit] Most Nominated

[edit] Most won

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ site of the Award
  2. ^ newspost about the 2007 award
  3. ^ newspost about the 2006 award
  4. ^ newspost about the 2005 award
  5. ^ newspost about the 2004 award