ESports Award

The eSports Award was an annual award ceremony held from 2004 to 2011 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. Most awards ceased in 2009, but the remaining Journalist Award category has become the main award for the next two years.
The event was traditionally held at a major gaming event in Germany. The winner of each category was determined by either a panel of experts or an online popularity vote. Each year's nominees were announced mid-July.
Active categories were:
* 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)
* 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)
Journalists Award
The eSports Journalist Award was initially a category of the eSports Awards, but in 2009 became the main focus of the award-giving ceremony. The eSports Journalist Award was bestowed to journalists, members of the press, editors and press volunteers who write unique, different and detailed articles about eSports and its subtopics.
According to the official website of the eSports Journalist Award, writers for the eSports scene were not eligible for the award since their content is generally directed to the community of gamers while journalists write for the general public, raising awareness and delivering information unto people who aren't as knowleadgeable as eSports community members.
Winners of the ESA
<big>2011</big>
Tom Cheshire
Article:
* "Career gamers", for Wired, UK-based technology magazine
<big>2010</big>
Mathias Hamann
Articles:
* Wie Schach spielen im Musikvideo Rhythmus (Like playing chess with the rhythm of a music video), for Zeit Online, German magazine website
* Deutschlands beste Counterstrikerin (Germany’s best female Counterstrike player), for Zeit Online, German magazine website
* Schließbefehl für "Counterstrike" (Closing order for Counterstrike), for Spiegel Online, German magazine website
<big>2008</big>
Winfried Laasch
Article:
* Ist eSport ‘echter’ Sport? (Is eSport ‘truly’ sport?), for 3sat.de, German broadcasting company
<big>2007</big>
Tim Farin & Christian Parth
Article:
* Wirtschaftsfaktor Counterstrike (Economy factor Counterstrike), Die Welt, German newspaper
<big>2006</big>
Bernhard Hübner
Article:
* FIFA Zwillinge jetzt schon Weltmeister (FIFA twins are already world champions), for Süddeutsche Zeitung, German newspaper
2008 Awards
Nominees of 2008's categories are:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Photo of the Year
Best Call of Duty 4 Player
Consoles Player of the Year
Consoles Team of the Year
Best Halo 3 Player
2007 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2007's international categories are:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Team of the Year
Best Counter-Strike Player
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Breakthrough of the Year
Best FPS Duel Player
Best Online Magazine
Scene Journalist Award
eSports Game of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
* Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell
2006 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2006's international categories were:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Team of the Year
Best Counter-Strike Player
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Breakthrough of the Year
Best Online Magazine
Best Publisher
2005 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2005's international categories were:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Team of the Year
Best Counter-Strike Player
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Breakthrough of the Year
Female Player of the Year
Best Online Magazine
Best Publisher
2004 Awards
Nominees and winners of 2004's international categories were:
eSports Player of the Year
eSports Team of the Year
Best Counter-Strike Player
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Breakthrough of the Year
Best Female CS Player
Best Online Magazine
Best Publisher
Records
Most Nominated
* - seven times
* - five times
* - five times
* Danny 'fRoD' Montaner - four times
* Esreality - four times
* Gotfrag - four times
* SK Gaming (site) - four times
Most won
* Electronic Arts - three times
* - three times
* SK Gaming (site) - three times
* Filip 'Neo' Kubski - two times
* - two times

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