TEK9 is running a series of polls entitled "The 2010 TEK9 Awards" and within the category "Quake Live Player of the Year" SK Gaming's Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson has been nominated.

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2010 TEK9 Awards - Quake Live Player of the Year
Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson
Anton 'Cooller' Singov
Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski
Alexei 'Cypher' Yanushevsky
Kevin 'Strenx' Baeza
Tim 'DaHanG' Fogarty
Marcel 'k1llsen' Paul
Alessandro 'stermy' Avallone

rapha managed to win the IEM IV World Championships, ESWC, the IEM V American Championship and Beat IT in 2010. He also placed 2nd at IEM V Gamescom. rapha was widely considered to be the best Quake Live player in the world for the first half of 2010 and is still highly regarded for his intelligent and shrewd playing style.

rapha's stiffest competition is likely to come in the form of the mighty Cypher who has owned the last half of 2010 seemingly. With victories at Quakecon, A*US Summer and DreamHack Winter Cypher has been the man to beat in recent times. He also managed to win the IEM IV European Championship, place 2nd at DreamHack Summer, place 2nd at Beat IT and place 4th at the IEM IV World Championships.

Source: TEK9