[ToR.Arnor]

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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!

[SLCN.NXZ]

Always fun to read these. Congratulations to all the nominees and the winners.Can't say I disagree with any of the results, granted it would be nice to see a few more writers getting up there.

Looking forward to part 2 as well, hopefully less drama then last year (who am I kidding we dig dat drama )

[Narse]

I'd like to nominate myself as Canadian of the year

Grats everyone on their new classy ribbons!! this is such an awesome community to be apart of!

Quick Comments

	SLCN.NXZ:	You're awesome friend!
	Seffy:	#1 Canadian <3
	ToRPandarine:	#1 Canadian in my books!

[TCPLemminks]

Would have nominated Marumarine for best writer

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

I would have nominated Dingo for news poster of the year and given Dox the award but yah know these things don't seem to be voted on!

[Baldie]

Congratulations to everybody. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year friends xx

[TtSYF.tRoy]

Merry Christmas sc2sea

[Plottel]

Congratulations and Merry Christmas to everyone. It's awesome to see the efforts of all the great community people we have here at SC2SEA

[mGGNemesis]

Congrats all and Merry Christmas!!

[syfMightyKiwi]

weird that they're community awards, yet we heard nothing about them and had no input (or do i just live under a rock?) for them. Regardless, gratz.

Quick Comments

SLCN.NXZ:

It's not community awards. It's sc2sea awards. So it's a small group of people trying to be objective.

[sR.Kumo]

Ooh, my name's up there in the nominees ;o this time next year I'll be up there for best admin, just you wait!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all you beautiful people

*Bites everyone for extra long as a Christmas gift*

[Eddie]

Congrats to all the winners and nominees

2013 was a good year for SEA, and i think 2014 will be even better!

[syfChadMann]

congrats to everyone! especially those mentioned in the OP. But everyone else too - really like the whole community we have here in SEA

Merry xmas and happy new years mates

[ToRSpartaz]

It feels strange that we are wrapping up 2013 already, it's been a mixed year - old members have come and gone, but newer individuals have stepped up to help fill the void.

I definitely agree with Mr Steady's rightful tournament organiser of the year.

My my, coming up to xmas makes me wish Welshy's artwork from way back none the less merry xmas all

[ROOTProbe]

#ProducktionKing

Merry Chrismas

[DUCKVILLELOL]

Thanks guys, congrats to all, looking forward to a great 2014

#producktionvalue

[syfInsano]

Wow! Thanks for the nomination and congrats to the winners!

Been on a bit of a break since the pX fiasco, but after getting into some casting on tuesday and yesterday, it felt really good to be back at it again.

Looking forward to 2014

[ToRPandarine]

Originally Posted by ToR.Arnor

Slayer and Halt

Think you meant Kumo

Originally Posted by ToR.Arnor

Best New Tournament Organizer of the Year

Nominees:
tRoy
DGTVWolF
ToRPandarine
ToRElusory
mGGHalt
mGGSlayer
AxSKumo

Mostly BSG and GPD admins here lol. I think I would also like to mention DGTVShockwave for BSGs and ToRDekid for the GPD. Also, big thanks to AsylumnofSouls aka ToRSuipr, mGGAsrathiel and Eddie for allowing us to continue the Opens.

Would like to say this is the second time my name has appeared as a nominee. Much much embarrassed I am \(///Σ///)/

Grats to tRoy for winning Infact, grats to everyone who is either a winner or a nominee. You're all winners in my books!

It has been a great year and here's to another one! I wouldn't spend the rest of my eSports love anywhere else but here :3

you all

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

^_^

[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by ToRPandarine

Also, big thanks to AsylumnofSouls aka ToRSuipr, mGGAsrathiel and Eddie for allowing us to continue the Opens.

Thank you, Panda, for taking over!

Merry Christmas, sc2sea

Quick Comments

AsylumofSouls:

Seconded! <3 Panda

[SLCN.Petrify]

Awesome stuff, looking forward to part 2! Melbourne domination in the new caster section there.