Crossfire Community Awards 2011 - Esports Awards Results

The community has cast its vote upon the nominees, and the winners are known. Today we have the Esports Awards, containing Game, Event, Moment and Movie of the Year 2011. Read more to discover the results!

Esport Game of the Year 2011

[img|left]http://i39.tinypic.com/vhz5fd.png[/img][img|left]http://i43.tinypic.com/oszjar.jpg[/img]Quake Live won the award for eSports Game of the Year 2011 ahead of StarCraft II and League of Legends, despite the latter two breaking all previous gaming records. Perhaps the FPS background of the majority of the Crossfire Community is the cause of the results, but it's important to recognise the massive steps taken in the world of eSports in 2011. StarCraft II has been the flagship competition at the largest LAN events in the world, by pushing viewership figures higher and in continuing from the successes of Brood War, has forged one of the most popular internet communities ever seen. In 2011, League of Legends bridged the gap between the casual and the competitive by reaching the widest audience of any online game and offering absolutely outrageously prize-pools in the world of eSports - £5,000,000 for Season 2!

Esport Event of the Year 2011

[img|left]http://i41.tinypic.com/30kdm2w.png[/img][img|left]http://i43.tinypic.com/oszjar.jpg[/img]DreamHack Winter pipped Dreamhack Summer to first place in the eSports Event of the Year 2011. Despite the MLG: Pro Circuit breaking all international and historical stream and audience figures, the combined votes of all 4 events in the poll were no match for either of the DreamHack events. The BYOC aspect of DreamHack has been present for years, bringing together the single largest gathering of PC gamers on the planet.

Esport Moment of the Year 2011

[img|left]http://i44.tinypic.com/21o9a3q.png[/img][img|left]http://i43.tinypic.com/oszjar.jpg[/img]Despite his already successful career, the users of Crossfire have voted his most recent triumph at DreamHack Winter 2011 as eSports Moment of the Year. 2011 was a year in which eSports begun to breakout into the larger world of mainstream-entertainment, led by the increasingly popular League of Legends and StarCraft II. LoL developers, Riot, announcing £5,000,000 prizepool for Season 2 was undoubtedly a defining moment for eSports and ranks in second place. Arguably the best CounterStrike 1.6 match of all-time between Na'Vi and SK-Gaming took place at DreamHack Winter and is your third place.

Esport Movie of the Year 2011

[img|left]http://i40.tinypic.com/9kp09i.png[/img][img|left]http://i43.tinypic.com/oszjar.jpg[/img]Cooller 2010/2011 won first place and eSports Movie of the Year 2011. Despite the decline in FPS popularity, the genre remains perfect for Fragmovies. The day has not yet come in which RTS or MOBA big-plays become friendly for the casual movie audience, and until it does, CS, CoD and QL movies will remain on top of the pile.