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SC2SEA Awards 2013

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The much awaited SC2SEA yearly awards is here once again! The awards are meant as a fun way to look back at 2013 and also give recognition to outstanding members of our community. I've tried to make them as fair as possible and account for the whole year but of course there is always going to be a certain level of subjectivity when it comes to rankings.

I would say all nominees are already big winners and in some categories anyone could have won. Without further ado, presenting the SC2SEA awards 2013!

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Community Awards

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Favourite LIVE Event of the Year

Nominees:

• IEM Singapore
• AVCON
• ACL Brisbane
• HotS Launch Event (Melbourne)
• Vengeance Cup
• Hong Kong eSports Tournament #1

+ [And the winner is] +

2013 started with a bang with the HotS Launch Event in Melbourne, followed by an extremely successful ACL Brisbane. Then the new came that SEA and Oceania were not having a WCS this year and things dipped slightly, Blizzard SEA came to the table and put on an awesome tournament "Vengeance Cup", The boys at Avant partnered with AVCON to bring Adelaide their biggest gaming tournament to date, ACL hosted to more events in Melbourne and Sydney, Hong eSports came to the table and put on a extremely successful first tournament and the year wrapped up with IEM Singapore.


Winner:HotS Launch Event (Melbourne)
Honorable Mention: Hong Kong eSports Tournament #1

Favourite Online Event of the Year

Nominees:

• SEA Championship Season Finals
• SEACL #3
• SEANA Trials Finals
• Masters Of Koreign 1 Year Anniversary Invitational

+ [And the winner is] +

Big online events seemed somewhat sparse in 2013 compared to 2012 but we still had some good ones. mGG hosted a terrific tournament with the goal of bringing the SEA and NA scenes closer together, Koreign celebrate a year of tournaments bringing the SEA and KR together, SEACL #3 attempted to bring SEA together while SEA Championship Series rewarded a years worth of commitment to this fine game called starcraft.

Winner: SEA Championship Season Finals
Most Fun: SEACL #3

Tournament Organizer of the Year

Nominees:

• Eddie
• Baldie
• Vanzr
• Rogue
• Arnor

+ [And the winner is] +

Rogue was key to the LAN scene in NZ for early 2013 and since her departure the mantle doesnt seemed to have been picked up, upon moving to Sydney she has injected alot of new life into the online scene, helping to admin when she can and uses her connections to launch MSi Saturday Showdowns. Similarly Arnor started off the year strong with backing and organizing SEACL #3 and continuing to run LANs in Sydney. Arnor also moved (well jobs atleast) creating another vacuum in Sydney, he still continued to aid in the administrator of numerous online tournaments throughout the year. VanZr doesnt really need much talking up, his the dude who gave us 3x ACLs for that we love him. Baldie is the man who ensure VanZr's dream came to life, he also ran his own Online tournaments wT weeklies and wT Major's throughout the first half of the year, what a boss! Finally Eddie, the beast, Master's Cups, GPDs and working with numerous tournament organisers to give us SEA Champion Series 2013, there was a week he wasnt involved somehow in the organizing of that bad boy, Eddie, my hat goes off to you!

Winner: Eddie
Honourable Mention:Baldie
Hero we need, but dont deserve:VanZr

Best New Tournament Organizer of the Year

Nominees:

• Troy
• WolF
• Pandarine
• Elusory
• Halt
• Slayer
• Kumo

+ [And the winner is] +

Elusory and Halt stepped up to the plate by assisting with GPDs, so to did Slayer an Halt with their contributions to the BSGs, WolF and Pandarine were the head cooks behind BSGs and GPDs while tRoy ran a number of online weeklies (pXs and SYFs), PXL and helping admin wT weeklies as well helping keep the Melbourne scene alive and kicking,.

Winner: tRoy
Honourable Mention:Pandarine and WolF

News Poster of the Year

Nominees:

• Dox
• Arnor
• Baldie
• Acewing
• Nirvana

+ [And the winner is] +

While Dox and Arnor stepped away from most of their tournament admin responsibilities in 2013 they certainly continue to contribute by keeping the community informed on the latest news across the globe. Nirvana was extremely active at the start of the year, particularly around the launch of HotS and Baldie kept us informed on all things ACL relate. Acewing was the man when it came to Patch updates an internal Blizzard news.

Winner:Arnor
Honourable Mention:Dox
Now you see me, now you dont!:Nirvana

Writer of the Year

Nominees:

• Lemminks
• Kez
• Sunset

+ [And the winner is] +

Quality over quantity, the bad boys (and girls) might not have posted news pieces as often but the quality of the work when they did was outstanding and well received by the community!

Winner:Kez
Honourable Mention:Lemminks

New Commentator of the Year

Nominees:

• Deth
• Kez
• Petrify
• Insano

+ [And the winner is] +

Insano came to the party by casting pX and wT weeklies, Petrify having recently retired showed he is quite talented behind the analysis desk as well! Kez's gain werent exclusive to his biceps and Deth's enthusiasm while casting was contagious.
Winner:Deth

Commentator of the Year

Nominees:

• Maynarde
• Zepph
• duckville
• Flamga

+ [And the winner is] +

These four casters were utterly amazing this year, I could go on for ages listing their contributions but id be here too long, so they all win awards.

Winner: Maynarde
Fan Favorite: Zepph
Production King: duckville
Which Hair Dye should I buy this week?:Flamga

Aaaaand thats a wrap for now, Ill post up player, team and clan awards in Mid-January, from everyone at SC2SEA, Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!