The regional voting closes on July 7th and you will be able to cast your votes for the North/East/West European players on SK Gaming, the relevant polls will be published soon. From there the seven regional winners will get nominated for the “eSports Player of the Year“ award.
This years Player of the year along with other nominations as eSports team of the year, Best Counter-Strike Player, Best Warcraft 3 Player, Best FPS Duel Player, Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year, Best eSports Coverage, Scene Journalist Award, Journalist Award and eSports Game of the Year will be determined this August at the Games Convention.
So here are the nominees:
Northern Europe:
Jimmy 'allen' Allen (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Juuso 'contE' Sajakoski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Samuli 'elfittaja' Sihovonen (Warcraft 3)
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Jonas 'nordQvist' Nordqvist (Counter-Strike: Source)
Max 'ruuit' Aspe (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Kim 'SaSe' Hammar (Warcraft 3)
Christoffer 'Sunde' Sunde (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Western Europe:
Mark 'AirRaid' Koks (Counter-Strike: Source)
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Victor 'Delfin_1' Sanchez (FIFA Soccer)
Franz 'gore' Burghardt (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen (Warcraft 3)
Daniel 'hero' Schellhase (FIFA Soccer)
Christoph 'Mondragon' Semke (Starcraft)
Mickael 'mSx' Cassisi (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (Warcraft 3)
Daniel 'XlorD' Spenst (Warcraft 3)
Eastern Europe:
Ioan 'Edward' Sukhariev (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin (Warcraft 3)
Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn (Warcraft 3)
Aleksey 'LeX' Kolesnikov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Oleg 'WalkmaN' Khmara (FIFA Soccer)
Aleks 'White-Ra' Krupnick (Starcraft)
Mihail 'XyLigan' Ryabkov (Warcraft 3)
North America:
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Scott 'evolution' Cavallero (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner (Counter-Strike: Source)
Ryan 'OffbeatNinja' Ward (Dead or Alive 4)
Thomas 'OGRE2' Ryan (Halo 3)
Matt 'PaTyoJoN' Iantosca (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wesley 'ch0mpr' Cwiklo (Forza Motorsport 2)
Shaun 'hostile' Catron (Counter-Strike 1.6)
David 'Walshy' Walsh (Halo 3)
Matt 'Warden' Dickens (Counter-Strike: Source)
South America:
Bruno 'bit' Lima (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Raphael 'cogu' Camargo (Counter-Strike: Source)
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau (Counter-Strike: Source)
Carlos 'KIKOOOO' Segal (Counter-Strike: Source)
Rodrigo 'MysT' Saraiva Martina (Warcraft 3)
Korea:
Sung-Jae 'bail' Lee (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Kim 'Bisu' Taek Yong (Starcraft)
Lee Young 'Flash' Ho (Starcraft)
Lee Jae 'Jaedong' Dong(Starcraft)
June 'Lyn' Park (Warcraft 3)
Jang 'Moon' JaeHo (Warcraft 3)
Ma Jae 'sAviOr' Yoon (Starcraft)
Lee 'SoJu' Sung Duk (Warcraft 3)
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Byung-Goo 'Stork' Song (Starcraft)
China:
ChunLei 'Fengzi' Zhang (Starcraft)
Wei 'Fly100%' Liang Lu (Warcraft 3)
Xuwen 'Infi' Wang (Warcraft 3)
Ke 'K1ngZ' Tang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Luo 'Legend' Xian (Starcraft)
Run Bo 'sakula' Wu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Bin 'savage' Liu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (Warcraft 3)
Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng (Warcraft 3)
Huang 'TH000' Xiang (Warcraft 3)
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Photo courtesy of D. Hiltscher, J. Christophers & P. Saedler / Electronic Sports League.
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eSports Player of the year award reveals its nominees

And once again as August approaches so are the yearly eSports awards ceremony and its winners. Today the committee behind it have announced that there will be a little change in determining the “eSports Player of the Year“ as now the main esport pages will have open votes for their regions.
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mSx or Hero
Neo
Walshy or ch0mpr
cogu
moon
sky
allen wc3
Edward ftw
Western Europe: Grubby
Eastern Europe:LeX
North America: n0thing
South America: fnx
Korea: Moon
China: Sky
Grubby
NEO
fRoD
cogu
Moon/Lyn
fly100%
Northern Europe: zonic
Western Europe: mSx
Eastern Europe: Neo
North America: n0thing
South America: fnx
Korea: solo
China savage
that kid owns!
Western Europe: mSx
Eastern Europe: Neo
North America: n0thing
South America: bit
Korea: solo or Lyn
China savage
;]]]]
ToD
TaZ
OffbeatNinja
bit
Lyn
savage
eSports team of the year - fnatic/MYM/SK
Best Counter-Strike Player - f0rest/Neo/Zonic/Sunde
Best Warcraft 3 Player - Moon/Lyn/Fly100%
Best FPS Duel Player - f0rest/Neo/Zonic/Sunde
Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year - Lyn/Flash/Jaedong
Best eSports Coverage - MYM/SK
Journalist Award - Carmac
eSports Game of the Year - What? Obviously between WC3/CS 1.6 cause those games have most attention.
Yeah. They look like awesome quakers to me.
MintR surley
Western Europe: Grubby / hero
Eastern Europe: Neo / HoT
North America: frOd
South America: cogu
Korea: Moon
China: Sky
eSports team of the year: mTw.dk / SK
Best Counter-Strike Player: f0rest / zonic
Best Warcraft 3 Player: Moon
Best FPS Duel Player: hard to say :P
Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year: Lyn
Best eSports Coverage: SK-Gaming.com
Best Scene Journalist: _evan
eSports Game of the Year: World of Warcraft
Western Europe: Grubby/hero
Eastern Europe: HoT
North America: n0thing
South America: cogu
Korea: Flash
China: Infi
Player of the year: Flash
eSports team of the year: MYM
Best Counter-Strike Player - f0rest/zonic/Sunde
Best Warcraft 3 Player - Moon/Lyn
Best FPS Duel Player - wut?
Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year - Flash/Infi
my two cents
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (Warcraft 3)
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner (Counter-Strike: Source)
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau (Counter-Strike: Source)
Lee Jae 'Jaedong' Dong(Starcraft)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (Warcraft 3)
Western Europe: Grubby
Eastern Europe: Edward, markeloff
North America: n0thing
South America: bit
Korea: Moon/solo
China: TH000
Western Europe: Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen (Warcraft 3)
Eastern Europe: Ioan 'Edward' Sukhariev (Counter-Strike 1.6)
North America: Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (Counter-Strike 1.6)
South America: Carlos 'KIKOOOO' Segal (Counter-Strike: Source)
Korea: Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
China: Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (Warcraft 3)
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas (Counter-Strike 1.6)
this 5 in top cs 1.6 atleast, would love to se them as a team =D=D=D
maybe sunde or walle to :)
THE BEST PLAYER :D for my ofc
the best aim the best all
Yoan ·ToD· Merlo (Warcraft 3)
Filip ·Neo· Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Jordan ·n0thing· Gilbert (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Lincoln ·fnx· Lau (Counter-Strike: Source)
June ·Lyn· Park (Warcraft 3)
Xiaofeng ·Sky· Li (Warcraft 3)
Lee Young 'Flash' Ho (Starcraft)
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Western Europe:
Mickael 'mSx' Cassisi (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Eastern Europe:
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
North America:
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner (Counter-Strike: Source)
South America:
Bruno 'bit' Lima (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Korea:
Run Bo 'sakula' Wu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Aleksey 'LeX' Kolesnikov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau (Counter-Strike: Source)
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Bin 'savage' Liu (Counter-Strike 1.6)