Here we have it, the winners!
1) The first award given out for 2023 will be the...Map Scripter of the Year.
The vote was hotly contested, but we did come out with a very worthy champion. His maps are a main stay in S tier tournaments such as, Frigid Lake, Haboob, Desert Void, Morass, Rocky Forest, Shoals and countless more.
He also happens to be the individual you want to congratulate/blame for current Arabia. Turns out, he is also a pretty decent player, with some of the best monk micro in the game. Big congratulations to our favourite Dane...
Chrazini - Map Scripter of the Year for 2023
2) The next award for is the...Unsung Hero Award.
This award in particular had a huge amount of unique votes which really speaks volumes for the amount of people that are contributing to the community for the love of it. I won't do this for all posts, but some do deserve honourable mentions. happyleaves of http://aoe2recs.com, Anne_HK (mod god), JBR and many more...
This individual in particular has made a huge impact in 2023 for the Age of Empires II community. There's not many maps in the big S tier tournaments that he hasn't played a part in editing and improving.
Big congratulations, T-West. The AoE II Unsung Hero for 2023.
3) Next up! Creative Award
Again we had A LOT of people have a sizable number of votes on this one, and no respect to the voters.... but, I think you could have made a better effort and not just vote for your biggest streamer. With that being said, we did find an extremely worthy winner for 2023.
One of those people that you just love to have in your ears... Nice one, bruv!
Congratulations to Masmorra. You are the Creative Award for 2023.
4) The next award is for the Up and Coming Streamer
Aimed at 'a streamer that has taken off in 2023 and is destined for bigger and greater things.'This individual in particular has done a great job of casting events, building a community, hosting their own events and the list goes on.
Congratulations on a great year and a very well done to Daniela_AoE. The Up and Coming Streamer of 2023.
5) Next up we have Tournament Contributor of the Year
Aimed at 'This is an opportunity to shine a light on any individual that provided a huge amount of work to operations from tournaments this year. This may be an individual from a high level tournament or someone that is involved putting together community tournaments.'We really have so many individuals worthy of highlighting here that really provide such terrific value to the competitive community.
Our winner though, hosted two S tier tournaments this year (one just about broke me in half this year) and casted countless amount of others throughout the year.
Congratulations to MembTV. You are the Tournament Contributor of the Year for 2023.
6) Next we have another very hotly contested award, Most Improved Caster
There won't be too many people receiving two awards tonight, but in my opinion this one is very well deserved after a very consistent year when it came to their casting. Covering a ton of TTL and Nations Cup earlier in the year and has been very consistent ever since.
Very well done and congratulations on your second award, T-West. You are the Most Improved Caster of the Year.
7) Next up, one of my favourite ones for the whole ceremony! Best Series of the Year
This one was very, very tight when it came to deciding a winner. We have had a lot of very high standard Age of Empires this year, but also extremely entertaining from a viewers perspective too. Beating off the competition from...
Canada vs China - Nations Cup Grand Final (3rd)
Liereyy vs Hera - NAC IV Final (2nd)
The Best Series of the Year for 2023 goes to... Hera vs TaToH Warlords II Final
8) Now getting to the pointy end! Let's get on to our two tournament awards. First up...Best non S-Tier Tournament
We had a lot of different votes for this one, but one particular ran away with it and ended up with a large portion of the votes despite the huge amount of non S-tier tournaments we have had this year.
Our winner might not have been S-Tier, but it did feel like it. Won by the classic duo of TheViper and JorDan. The winner is...The Cartographers, Best non S-Tier Tournament for 2023
Hosted by The Viper and additional work by T-West, OrnLu and Lord Patito. Well done guys! I am sure the community will be waiting for another next year!
9) And now for a big one! Best S-Tier Tournament
We had six S tier tournaments this year. Thank you to everyone that played a part in making them! These tournaments are huge asks, and the community get to watch countless entertainment all year round.
Nations Cup 2023 (3rd)
Warlords II (2nd)
Leaving the clear and obvious, and my personal favourite (the meet-up was a highlight of the year for me)...
Nili's Apartment Cup IV, Best S-Tier Tournament
Congrats Nili and here is hoping that NAC V is the send off you deserve! Shoutout to sieste for also admin duties during qualifiers.
10) Next up Caster of the Year
Another indivudal that has managed to scoop up two awards in voting. Incredible commitment to casting, I do not know how he does it...
Total and brutal domination
MembTV, Caster of the Year 2023
11) Now time for our three major awards. The player awards! Starting with Comeback Player of the Year
This one was a complete and utter landslide and there can be no debate that this player has had a great resurgence in their AoE career after being around for quite a number of years now. Recently qualified for NAC V, let's see what is next...
Huge congrats to
Hearttt, Comeback Player of the Year for 2023
12) Our next player award. Most Improved Player of the Year
Another very dominant victory in this category with this player rising to prominence this year performing for Team Austria in Nations Cup, a huge breakout in TTL, making the main event stage of Warlords II and just recently qualifying for the NAC V main event due to take place in 2024. What's in store for next? How high can they go?
Well done to FreakinAndy, Most Improved Player of the Year for 2023
13) Our final serious award for the night! The big one!
Player of the Year
There isn't going to be much debate over this, because this player has been utterly dominant this year. Winning just about everything he enters in 1v1 and very impressive performances in team game events too.
A very, very well done to
Hera, Player of the Year 2023
1) The first award given out for 2023 will be the...Map Scripter of the Year.
The vote was hotly contested, but we did come out with a very worthy champion. His maps are a main stay in S tier tournaments such as, Frigid Lake, Haboob, Desert Void, Morass, Rocky Forest, Shoals and countless more.
He also happens to be the individual you want to congratulate/blame for current Arabia. Turns out, he is also a pretty decent player, with some of the best monk micro in the game. Big congratulations to our favourite Dane...
Chrazini - Map Scripter of the Year for 2023
2) The next award for is the...Unsung Hero Award.
This award in particular had a huge amount of unique votes which really speaks volumes for the amount of people that are contributing to the community for the love of it. I won't do this for all posts, but some do deserve honourable mentions. happyleaves of http://aoe2recs.com, Anne_HK (mod god), JBR and many more...
This individual in particular has made a huge impact in 2023 for the Age of Empires II community. There's not many maps in the big S tier tournaments that he hasn't played a part in editing and improving.
Big congratulations, T-West. The AoE II Unsung Hero for 2023.
3) Next up! Creative Award
Again we had A LOT of people have a sizable number of votes on this one, and no respect to the voters.... but, I think you could have made a better effort and not just vote for your biggest streamer. With that being said, we did find an extremely worthy winner for 2023.
One of those people that you just love to have in your ears... Nice one, bruv!
Congratulations to Masmorra. You are the Creative Award for 2023.
4) The next award is for the Up and Coming Streamer
Aimed at 'a streamer that has taken off in 2023 and is destined for bigger and greater things.'This individual in particular has done a great job of casting events, building a community, hosting their own events and the list goes on.
Congratulations on a great year and a very well done to Daniela_AoE. The Up and Coming Streamer of 2023.
5) Next up we have Tournament Contributor of the Year
Aimed at 'This is an opportunity to shine a light on any individual that provided a huge amount of work to operations from tournaments this year. This may be an individual from a high level tournament or someone that is involved putting together community tournaments.'We really have so many individuals worthy of highlighting here that really provide such terrific value to the competitive community.
Our winner though, hosted two S tier tournaments this year (one just about broke me in half this year) and casted countless amount of others throughout the year.
Congratulations to MembTV. You are the Tournament Contributor of the Year for 2023.
6) Next we have another very hotly contested award, Most Improved Caster
There won't be too many people receiving two awards tonight, but in my opinion this one is very well deserved after a very consistent year when it came to their casting. Covering a ton of TTL and Nations Cup earlier in the year and has been very consistent ever since.
Very well done and congratulations on your second award, T-West. You are the Most Improved Caster of the Year.
7) Next up, one of my favourite ones for the whole ceremony! Best Series of the Year
This one was very, very tight when it came to deciding a winner. We have had a lot of very high standard Age of Empires this year, but also extremely entertaining from a viewers perspective too. Beating off the competition from...
Canada vs China - Nations Cup Grand Final (3rd)
Liereyy vs Hera - NAC IV Final (2nd)
The Best Series of the Year for 2023 goes to... Hera vs TaToH Warlords II Final
8) Now getting to the pointy end! Let's get on to our two tournament awards. First up...Best non S-Tier Tournament
We had a lot of different votes for this one, but one particular ran away with it and ended up with a large portion of the votes despite the huge amount of non S-tier tournaments we have had this year.
Our winner might not have been S-Tier, but it did feel like it. Won by the classic duo of TheViper and JorDan. The winner is...The Cartographers, Best non S-Tier Tournament for 2023
Hosted by The Viper and additional work by T-West, OrnLu and Lord Patito. Well done guys! I am sure the community will be waiting for another next year!
9) And now for a big one! Best S-Tier Tournament
We had six S tier tournaments this year. Thank you to everyone that played a part in making them! These tournaments are huge asks, and the community get to watch countless entertainment all year round.
Nations Cup 2023 (3rd)
Warlords II (2nd)
Leaving the clear and obvious, and my personal favourite (the meet-up was a highlight of the year for me)...
Nili's Apartment Cup IV, Best S-Tier Tournament
Congrats Nili and here is hoping that NAC V is the send off you deserve! Shoutout to sieste for also admin duties during qualifiers.
10) Next up Caster of the Year
Another indivudal that has managed to scoop up two awards in voting. Incredible commitment to casting, I do not know how he does it...
Total and brutal domination
MembTV, Caster of the Year 2023
11) Now time for our three major awards. The player awards! Starting with Comeback Player of the Year
This one was a complete and utter landslide and there can be no debate that this player has had a great resurgence in their AoE career after being around for quite a number of years now. Recently qualified for NAC V, let's see what is next...
Huge congrats to
Hearttt, Comeback Player of the Year for 2023
12) Our next player award. Most Improved Player of the Year
Another very dominant victory in this category with this player rising to prominence this year performing for Team Austria in Nations Cup, a huge breakout in TTL, making the main event stage of Warlords II and just recently qualifying for the NAC V main event due to take place in 2024. What's in store for next? How high can they go?
Well done to FreakinAndy, Most Improved Player of the Year for 2023
13) Our final serious award for the night! The big one!
Player of the Year
There isn't going to be much debate over this, because this player has been utterly dominant this year. Winning just about everything he enters in 1v1 and very impressive performances in team game events too.
A very, very well done to
Hera, Player of the Year 2023