Thank you to everyone who submitted a nominee and/or voted in the 2007 annual awards. Without further fanfare, here are your 2007 PGL Winners:
For games (Cross-Platform)
Game of the Year --
Bioshock - Barely edging out Halo 3 and COD4
Multiplayer Game of the Year --
Call of Duty 4 - Beating Halo 3 in a 16:8 vote.
Shooter of the Year --
Call of Duty 4 - in a surprise 19:7 vote over Halo3.
RPG/Platformer of the Year --
Mass Effect - in a runaway vote
Action Game of the Year --
A Tie!: Crackdown and Bioshock each receive 12 votes and share top billing for 2007
Sports Game of the Year --
Forza - For being the only non-EA title on the list and for being a great racing game
Arcade Game of the Year --
Carcassonne (XBLA) - Easily beating all other nominees
Puzzle Game of the Year --
Portal - Easily trouncing all other candidates leaves us with only one question: What flavor is the cake?
For individuals (also Cross-Platform
)
Lobbyist of the Year:
Peench
Best Avatar --
Wondermonkey - Who doesn't like Monkeys?
PGL Hitman --
Swagger - In a runaway vote, Swagger (or whatever her current name is!) kills us all... again.
PGL TK King --
BrewCityUpstart - Working on his techniques for 2007 to overcome his defeat in 2006, Brew easily killed all other nominees notwithstanding the fact that they were all on his team.
PGL Smacktalker --
BrewCityUpstart - tromping his younger nemesis Jordykins 14:8. Will the student ever become the master?
PGL Prototype --
Peench - In a close vote between Quo and Peench, somehow Peench took the lead
PGL Meatshield --
Wood Ghost - For always being willing to take a bullet for the team.
PGL Comedian --
Pickle - Edging out Wondermonkey by only 1 vote, my question is: is he funny because we can't understand him?
PGL Grumpy Old Man --
ZoomZoom - Without almost double the next vote getter, Zoom takes the grumpy cake, and then smashes it so no one can eat it.
PGL Wheelman --
NIN - For trouncing all of us at the racing track and for driving us all to victory in Halo 3
Best Thread --
Hottest Chick Tourney - Props to Snake for stepping right up to plate as a new member and organizing the best threads of 2007 as a brand new member.
Say wha? Award --
Pickle - Barely edging out AlphaQ in last minute voting.
The Signature Lines for all winners will be done shortly and you will receive a PM with a link for your sig-trophy. Thanks again everyone for making PGL awesome in 2007!
