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)
• 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)

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)
• Best FPS Duel Player (2007)
• Best Hardware (2007)

Contents 1 2008 Awards 2 2007 Awards 3 2006 Awards 4 2005 Awards 5 2004 Awards 6 Records 6.1 Most Nominated 6.2 Most won 7 Notes

[edit] 2008 Awards

Nominees of 2008's categories are:

eSports Player of the Year	eSports Team of the Year	Best Counter-Strike Player	Best Warcraft 3 Player
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Filip 'Neo' Kubski Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Jang 'Moon' Jae Ho Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li Raphael 'cogu' Camargo
Breakthrough of the Year	Best Online Magazine	Scene Journalist Award	Journalist Award
eSports Game of the Year	Lifetime Achievement Award	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	Best Halo 3 Player
Rob 'rob-wiz' Kennedy Antonin 'OZWALD' Grenier Nikolaj 'Mazarini' Lazarev Robert 'smithz' Krivka Daniel 'tidde' Asp	Rudolph 'The Tactical' Fischer Philippe 'Yggdrasil' Vaillant Wouter 'Handewasser' van Someren Tom 'OGRE2' Ryan Dave 'Walshy' Walsh	Final Boss Carbon Infinity Warriors of Hell New Era	Dan 'OGRE1' Ryan Tom 'OGRE2' Ryan Dave 'Walshy' Walsh Benjamin 'Karma' Jackson Scott 'Gandhi' Lussier

[edit] 2007 Awards

Nominees and winners of 2007's^[2] international categories are:

eSports Player of the Year	eSports Team of the Year	Best Counter-Strike Player	Best Warcraft 3 Player
Filip 'Neo' Kubski Johan 'Toxic' Quick Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li Daniel 'hero' Schellhase Vanessa Arteaga	PGS Gaming (CS) World Elite (WC3) Dignitas (WiC) fnatic (CS) Pandemic (WoW)	Han Ho 'crOw-HHL' Lee Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg Jan 'mooN' Stolle Harley 'dsn' Orwall Raphael 'cogu' Camargo	Yoan 'ToD' Merlo Olav 'Creolophus' Undheim Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng Jang 'Moon' JaeHo Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
Breakthrough of the Year	Best FPS Duel Player	Best Online Magazine	Scene Journalist Award
Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski Wei Liang 'Fly100%' Lu Alexey 'cypher' Yushanevsky Jimmy 'allen' Allen Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer	Johan 'toxic' Quick Anton 'cooller' Singov Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski Alexey 'cypher' Yushanevsky 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 07		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
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel Johan 'Toxic' Quick Danny 'fRoD' Montaner Dennis 'styla' Schellhase	fnatic SK Gaming compLexity Mousesports 4Kings	Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Navid 'Kapio' Javadi Christian 'Vilden' Lidstroem Ke Fei 'Jungle' Yang Danny 'fRoD' Montaner	Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho Yoan 'ToD' Merlo Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng Jung Hee 'Sweet' Chun
Breakthrough of the Year	Best Online Magazine	Best Publisher
Navid 'Kapio' Javadi Alexander 'Ztrider' Ingarv Oskar 'ins' Holm Ke Fei 'Jungle' Yang Jae Wook 'Lucifer' Noh	SK Gaming Gotfrag Fragbite Replays.Net 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
Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho Danny 'fRoD' Montaner Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel	4Kings (WC3) NoA (CS) Begrip (CS) Mousesports (CS) mTw (FIFA)	Danny 'fRoD' Montaner Jorgen 'Xeqtr' Johanessen Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Mattias 'Snajdan' Andersen Michael 'PapsT' Schmidt	Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Jang 'Spirit_Moon' Jae Ho Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho Li 'Sky' Xiaofeng Tae min 'Zacard' Hwang
Breakthrough of the Year	Female Player of the Year	Best Online Magazine	Best Publisher
Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Marcus "zet" Sundstrom Andreas 'Zonic' Isberg Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström	Louise 'AurorA' Thomsen Alice 'ali' Lew Qin '1212' Qin Isabelle 'Redfox' S. Natalia 'Nath' Ko	SK Gaming Gotfrag Fragbite Ampednews Esreality SoGamed 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
Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Lim 'Boxer' Yo-Hwan Dennis 'styla' Schellhase	Eyeballers (CS) 4Kings (WC3) NoA (CS) Progaming (FIFA) SK Gaming (CS) Mousesports (CS) The Titans (CS) SK Gaming (UT) mTw (WC3)	Tommy 'Potti' Ingemarsson Ola 'elemeNt' Moum Emil 'HeatoN' Christensen Danny 'Hyper' Kuusisto Franz "gore" Burghardt	Jung Hee 'Sweet' Chun Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Matthew 'Wizard' Anderson Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson Alborz 'HeMaN' Haidarian
Breakthrough of the Year	Best Female CS Player	Best Online Magazine	Best Publisher
Maurice 'Burnie' Engelhardt Jeff 'Aether' Zhang Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho Dennis 'walle' Wallenber Abdisamad 'SpawN' Mohamed	Silena 'Lena' Urquiza Alice 'ali' Lew Line 'MissHyper' Haug Sandra 'craZygirL' Sbrzesny Natalia 'Nath' Ko	SK Gaming Gotfrag Ampednews Esreality SoGamed	Electronic Arts Ubisoft - Microsoft - Atari LucasArts - Vivendi - Activision Eidos - Virgin -Take 2 - CDV Jowood - Koch-Media - THQ

[edit] Records

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Notes