Webby Awards: The Escapist Wins! Updated: 5/5

[sky14kemea]

how far are we in the webbys now?

Don't think you can tell now, since voting's closed, we just have to hope.

and pray to Buddha...

XD

damn i really hope the escapist wins

We got a lot of people at the Triangle Game Conference to vote for us at our booth (in exchange, they got some Escapist/ZP swag!). I have a bad feeling that we might not have won though...

did they get it free? :O someone could've warned, me i would've flown out just to get some free stuff and vote for my fav website =D

 

[Lithiel]

i voted awhile ago, i wish i could vote again. i hope we win (especially for that nifty badge, lol)

c'mon escapist!

 

[Erana]

GAMES-RELATED

Webby Award Winner Agency/Credited Organization
The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/ Themis Group Inc.
People's Voice Winner
GameSpot
http://www.gamespot.com CBS Interactive
Nominees
Destructoid, The Hardcore Gamer's Blog
http://www.destructoid.com Destructoid LLC
GameSpot
http://www.gamespot.com CBS Interactive
Major League Gaming
http://www.mlgpro.com MLG
RockBand.com
http://www.rockband.com Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/ Themis Group Inc.

That means we won, right?

 

[Lukeje]

That means we won, right?

No; we lost the "People's Voice" which is what we were all voting for.

Edit: it would be interesting to find out how much or how little we lost by though.

 

[Lukeje]

That means we won, right?

No; we lost the "People's Voice" which is what we were all voting for.

Well what did we win?

Quoted from the site:

The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category -- The Webby Award and The People's Voice Award -- in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile. Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences select the nominees for both awards in each category, as well as the winners of the Webby Awards. However, you, the online community, determine the winners of The People's Voice by voting for the nominated work that you believe to be the best in each category. Each year, the People's Voice Awards garners hundreds of thousands of votes from the Web community all over the world.

We won the Webby, but not the People's Voice.

 

[dirk45]

Congrats on winning the webby. It is well deserved. On the People's Voice award we have a proverb. "Eat more sh.t. Millions of flys can't go wrong."

 

[Spinwhiz]

Yes, we won big! We were chosen as the better game-related site by Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

 

[Stabber1010]

Yay! I thought we were going for the webby more-so than the people's choice. So thats what I voted for lol.

 

[SharPhoe]

Yaaaay! Congrats on the victory, it was well-deserved!

 

[Nivag the Owl]

So, please look at it this way: 300. If the award were given out on the basis of the percentage of site size to actual votes, we would have won by a landslide.

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! You did just refer to us as the 300, right?

Very happy we were victorious.

 

[Spinwhiz]

So, please look at it this way: 300. If the award were given out on the basis of the percentage of site size to actual votes, we would have won by a landslide.

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! You did just refer to us as the 300, right?

Very happy we were victorious.

Oh yeah, complete Spartan moment there

 

[sky14kemea]

yaaay, we still kinda won! XD

shame we didnt get people's voice, but we still kicked gamespot's ass at the webby itself!

 

[Stabber1010]

Totally confused at the fact that I voted and didn't get the badge lol.

I'm reading back now, and weren't we going for the webby? I mean, all the videos said webby. :S

 

[scotth266]

Hooray for (the more important) victory! This badge now prominently displayed on my profile.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Wearing the badge with pride mukka!

 

[LeonLethality]

yay go escapist we will get peoples choice next year for sure

 

[Ghost]

SPARTAAAAAAAAAA.

that is all.

oh yeah, Jeff Gerstmann would like a word with gamespot.