The 1st Annual Let's Play Awards

[nickyv917]

In association with youtube.com, thespeedgamers.com, nintendobuzz.com and escapistmagazine.com, I am putting together the 1st Annual Let's Play Awards. Simply vote for whoever you want to nominate for each award. You don't have to vote for every award, but the more people vote, the more likely I'll do this again next year.

The categories are:
For Let's Players:
Best Let's Player
Best Female Let's Player
Best New Let's Player (started a youtube account sometime in 2010)
Best Let's Player under 1,000 subscribers
Best Co-op Let's Play Channel

For Let's Plays
Best Let's Play
Best Let's Play of a Handheld Game
Best Let's Play of a Non-current Generation Game
Best Let's Play of an Action-Adventure Game
Best Let's Play of a Shooter Game
Best Let's Play of a Role Playing Game
Best Let's Play of a Platformer Game
Best Let's Play of a Horror Game

Voting starts on December 10, 2010. The nominees will be decided on December 24, 2010. And the winners will be announced when voting closes on December 31, 2010. Please vote for this, and let's make this an awesome first year.

 

[Murderous Steve]

BillyMc for best let's player

 

[nickyv917]

One week til nomination ends. So get those votes in.

 

[xpk3]

For lets players:
Davidr64yt [http://www.youtube.com/davidr64yt] for "best Lets Player".
HuskyMUDKIPZ [http://www.youtube.com/HuskyMUDKIPZ] for "best new lets player".

For lets plays:
Halloween4545's lets play of Penumbra: Overture [http://www.youtube.com/user/Helloween4545#grid/user/DCAA2330808B36FA] for "best lets play of a horror game".

 

[Omikron009]

JosefVStalin for best let's player.

http://www.youtube.com/user/JosefVStalin/

Seriously, this guy fucking rules. His Starcraft 2 let's play was one of the best video series I've ever seen. He's not actually great at games, but he's hilarious.

 

[nickyv917]

OK, the nominees have been decided. Vote for your favorite LPer or LP. The winners will be announced on Dec. 31 at 6 PM CST.

Best Let's Player:
NintendoCapriSun
Chuggaaconroy
JoshJepson
KoopaKungFu
DarkMindedSith

Best Female Let's Player:
PixAlchemist
NicolaNintendo
SplitableInfinitive
Donnabellez
thelightningspirit78

Best New Let's Player:
ObeyMyRod
KoopaKungFu
Miiyouandmii2
DatHottneSS
PurpleRodri

Best Let's Player <1000 subs:
Doublethree1
PurpleRodri
ArgonMatrix
DrTranReincarnated
kevinj2010

Best Co-Op Let's Play Channel:
WiiRikeToPray
BrainScratchComms
Ninbuzz
Hellfirecomms
CrystalStarStudios

Best Let's Play:
Final Fantasy X (NintendoCapriSun)
Banjo-Tooie (JoshJepson)
Fallout: New Vegas (SSoHPKC)
Super Mario 64 (Durden77)
Pokemon Crystal (Chuggaaconroy)

Best Let's Play of a Handheld Game:
Pokemon Emerald (Slowflake)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (wee187)
Pokemon Crystal (Chuggaaconroy)
American Idol (MadameWario)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Mindez)

Best Let's Play of a Non-current Generation Game:
Kingdom Hearts (GrandPyromania)
Super Mario 64 (durden77)
Pokemon Emerald (Doublethree1)
Pokemon Fire Red (SSoHPKC)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (DarkMindedSith)

Best Let's Play of an Action-Adventure Game:
Metroid Fusion (JoshJepson)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (SlimKirby)
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (MasaeAnela)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (DarkMindedSith)
Banjo-Tooie (JoshJepson)

Best Let's Play of a Shooter Game:
Call of Duty: Black Ops (TobyGames)
Fallout 3 (PixAlchemist)
Halo Reach (TobyGames)
Fallout: New Vegas (SSoHPKC)
Metroid Fusion (JoshJepson)

Best Let's Play of a Role Playing Game:
Final Fantasy X (NintendoCapriSun)
Pokemon Crystal (Chuggaaconroy)
Kingdom Hearts (RobbieAkenhead)
Pokemon Fire Red (SSoHPKC)
Paper Mario (IcyDragon0605)

Best Let's Play of a Platformer Game:
Super Luigi Galaxy (Chuggaaconroy)
New Super Mario Bros Wii (WiiRikeToPray)
Super Mario Bros (MrRagetastic96)
Mario's Search for the 8 Jewels (SSoHPKC)
Sonic the Hedgehog '06 (BrainScratchComms)

Best Let's Play of a Horror Game:
Resident Evil 5 (Magemasher22 & TokyoDomeSF4)
The Grudge (WiiRikeToPray)
Left 4 Dead 2 (PixAlchemist)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (ObeyMyRod)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (TobyGames)