eSports Award
The eSports Award[2] was an annual award ceremony held from 2004 to 2011 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. Most awards ceased in 2009,[3] but the remaining Journalist Award category has become the main award for the next two years.
The event was traditionally held at a major gaming event in Germany. The winner of each category was determined by either a panel of experts or an online popularity vote. Each year's nominees were announced mid-July.
Active categories were:
- 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)
- Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year (since 2004)
- Best eSports Coverage, international (since 2004)
- Journalist Award (since 2006)
- Scene Journalist Award (since 2007)
- eSports Game of the Year (since 2007)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (since 2007)
- eSports Photo of the Year (since 2008)
- Best Call of Duty 4 Player (since 2008)
- Consoles Player of the Year (since 2008)
- Consoles Team of the Year (since 2008)
- Best Halo 3 Player (since 2008)
- 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)
- Best FPS Duel Player (2007)
- Best Hardware (2007)
Journalists Award
ESports Journalist Award | |
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Awarded for | Bestowed to journalists, members of the press, editors and press volunteers who write unique, different and detailed articles about eSports and its subtopics |
Date | 2006 |
The eSports Journalist Award[4] was initially a category of the eSports Awards, but in 2009 became the main focus of the award-giving ceremony. The eSports Journalist Award was bestowed to journalists, members of the press, editors and press volunteers who write unique, different and detailed articles about eSports and its subtopics.
According to the official website of the eSports Journalist Award, writers for the eSports scene were not eligible for the award since their content is generally directed to the community of gamers while journalists write for the general public, raising awareness and delivering information unto people who aren't as knowleadgeable as eSports community members.
Winners of the ESA
Article:
- "Career gamers", for Wired, UK-based technology magazine
Articles:
- Wie Schach spielen im Musikvideo Rhythmus (Like playing chess with the rhythm of a music video), for Zeit Online, German magazine website
- Deutschlands beste Counterstrikerin (Germany’s best female Counterstrike player), for Zeit Online, German magazine website
- Schließbefehl für "Counterstrike" (Closing order for Counterstrike), for Spiegel Online, German magazine website
Article:
- Ist eSport ‘echter’ Sport? (Is eSport ‘truly’ sport?), for 3sat.de, German broadcasting company
2007 Tim Farin & Christian Parth[11][12]
Article:
- Wirtschaftsfaktor Counterstrike (Economy factor Counterstrike), Die Welt, German newspaper
2006 Bernhard Hübner[13]
Article:
- FIFA Zwillinge jetzt schon Weltmeister (FIFA twins are already world champions), for Süddeutsche Zeitung, German newspaper
2008 Awards
Nominees of 2008's categories are:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Photo of the Year
Daniel Jensen Michal Blicharz Rafal Lagowski Paul Chaloner David Donschen Max Silver
Best Call of Duty 4 Player
Consoles Player of the Year
Consoles Team of the Year
Team Final Boss Team Carbon Infinity Warriors of Hell New Era
Best Halo 3 Player
2007 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2007's[14] international categories are:
eSports Player of the Year
Filip 'Neo' Kubski Johan 'Toxic' Quick Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li Daniel 'hero' Schellhase Vanessa Arteaga
eSports Team of the Year
PGS Gaming (CS) World Elite (WC3) Dignitas (WiC) fnatic (CS) Pandemic (WoW)
Best Counter-Strike Player
Filip 'Neo' Kubski Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg Jan 'mooN' Stolle Harley 'dsn' Orwall Raphael 'cogu' Camargo
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo Olav 'Creolophus' Undheim Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng Jang 'Moon' JaeHo Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
Breakthrough of the Year
Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski Wei Liang 'Fly100%' Lu Alexey 'cypher' Yushanevsky Jimmy 'allen' Allen Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer
Best FPS Duel Player
Johan 'toxic' Quick Anton 'cooller' Singov Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski Alexey 'cypher' Yushanevsky Magnus 'fojji' Olsson
Best Online Magazine
- Readmore
- Esreality
- MeetYourMakers
- Replays.net
- SK Gaming
- eFever
- Cyberfight
- Zonerank
- Gotfrag
- Fragbite
Scene Journalist Award
- 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
Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2006's[15] international categories were:
eSports Player of the Year
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel Johan 'Toxic' Quick Danny 'fRoD' Montaner Dennis 'styla' Schellhase
eSports Team of the Year
fnatic SK Gaming compLexity Mousesports 4Kings
Best Counter-Strike Player
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Navid 'Kapio' Javadi Christian 'Vilden' Lidstroem Ke Fei 'Jungle' Yang Danny 'fRoD' Montaner
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Breakthrough of the Year
Best Online Magazine
Best Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Atari
- Activision
- Codemasters
- Eidos
- Frogster
- Koch-Media
- Ubisoft
- CDV
- VU Games
- Take2
- THQ
- Midway
- Microsoft
- Jowood
- Konami
2005 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2005's[16] international categories were:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Team of the Year
Best Counter-Strike Player
Danny 'fRoddD' Montaner Jorgen 'Xeqtr' Johanessen Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Mattias 'Snajdan' Andersen Michael 'PapsT' Schmidt
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng Tae min 'Zacard' Hwang
Breakthrough of the Year
Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Marcus "zet" Sundstrom Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström
Female Player of the Year
Best Online Magazine
Best Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- UbiSoft
- Microsoft
- Atari
- Vivendi
- Eidos
- Activision
- Virgin
- Take 2
- Codemasters
- THQ
- Konami
- Deep Silver
- Jowood
- CDV
- Koch-Media
- Lucas Arts
2004 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2004's[17] international categories were:
eSports Player of the Year
Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Lim 'Boxer' Yo-Hwan Dennis 'styla' Schellhase
eSports Team of the Year
Best Counter-Strike Player
Tommy 'Potti' Ingemarsson Ola 'elemeNt' Moum Emil 'HeatoN' Christensen Danny 'Hyper' Kuusisto Franz "gore" Burghardt
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Jung Hee 'Sweet' Chun Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Matthew 'Wizard' Anderson Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson Alborz 'HeMaN' Haidarian
Breakthrough of the Year
Maurice 'Burnie' Engelhardt Jeff 'Aether' Zhang Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho Dennis 'walle' Wallenber Abdisamad 'SpawN' Mohamed
Best Female CS Player
Best Online Magazine
Best Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Ubisoft
- Microsoft
- Atari
- LucasArts
- Vivendi
- Activision
- Eidos
- Virgin
- Take 2
- CDV
- Jowood
- Koch-Media
- THQ
Records
Most Nominated
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen - seven times Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho - five times Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li - five times Danny 'fRoD' Montaner - four times Esreality - four times Gotfrag - four times SK Gaming (site) - four times
Most won
Electronic Arts - three times Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen - three times SK Gaming (site) - three times Filip 'Neo' Kubski - two times Sander 'vo0' Kaasjager - two times
Notes
- ↑ https://www.esportsindustryawards.com/
- ↑ old site of the Award
- ↑ new site of the Award
- ↑ eSports Journalist Award homepage
- ↑ "eSports Journalist Award 2012 to be given during gamescom in Cologne"
- ↑ "eSports-Journalistenpreis für Tom Cheshire vom WIRED" (German)
- ↑ "Sports Award 2010 – Vergabe des Journalistenpreises zur gamescom in Köln" (German)
- ↑ "eSports Award 2011" (German)
- ↑ "eSports Award 2008 - Journalistenpreis wird auf der Games Convention verliehen" (German)
- ↑ "Alle Sieger der Games Convention" (German)
- ↑ "eSports Award 2007: Die Nominierten" (German)
- ↑ "eSports Award 2007 - Die Gewinner stehen fest" (German)
- ↑ "GIGA eSports-Talk: eSport-Journalismus im Wandel" (German)
- ↑ newspost about the 2007 award
- ↑ newspost about the 2006 award
- ↑ newspost about the 2005 award
- ↑ newspost about the 2004 award