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:
Retired categories are:
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Best Call of Duty 4 Player | Consoles Player of the Year | Consoles Team of the Year | Best Halo 3 Player |
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Rob 'rob-wiz' Kennedy |
Rudolph 'The Tactical' Fischer Philippe 'Yggdrasil' Vaillant Wouter 'Handewasser' van Someren Tom 'OGRE2' Ryan Dave 'Walshy' Walsh |
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Dan 'OGRE1' Ryan Tom 'OGRE2' Ryan Dave 'Walshy' Walsh Benjamin 'Karma' Jackson Scott 'Gandhi' Lussier |
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 |
| Kevin "e x c u s e ' " biku Johan 'Toxic' Quick Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li Daniel 'hero' Schellhase Vanessa Arteaga |
PGS Gaming (CS) World Elite (WC3) Dignitas (WiC) fnatic (CS) Pandemic (WoW) |
Filip 'Neo' Kubski 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 |
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 |
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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 |
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' Schaffert Natalia 'Nath' Ko |
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Electronic Arts UbiSoft - Microsoft - Atari Vivendi - Eidos - Activision - Virgin Take 2 - Codemasters - THQ Konami - Deep Silver - Jowood CDV - Koch-Media - Lucas Arts |
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 |