We're now proud to present the winners of the 1st edition of the VGChartz Best of 2008 Awards. Skeezer and me want to thank, first and foremost, to ctk for being the original suggestor of the idea, then to all the members who took the hard work of nominating people, and also to all the voters who took part in this contest. Congratulations to all the winners, they'll be given banners (made by skeezer, ask him when they'll be done) so they can brag all the time about it. And for those who didn't win, try harder so you can have chances in 2009. Any suggestions for how can we improve these awards for next year (like new categories, new methods of nominating) will be greatly appreciated

So, without further ado, the winners are:

Member of The Year

Winner: TheSource (27%)

Runner-up: RolStoppable (24%)

Best Avatar

Winners: Tie between OkeyDokey and MontanaHatchet (29% each)

Best Signature:

Winner: Cougarman (40%)

Runner-up: Skeezer (28%)

Best Username

Winner: Jesus Kung Fu Magic (50%)

Runner-up: The Ghost of RubangB (31%)

Thread of the Year

Winner: DMeisterJ caught cheating (Benga Benga) (32%)

Runner-up: Demotivator Posters (twesterm) (19%)

Moderator of the Year

Winners: Tie between MontanaHatchet and Twesterm (27% each)

Harshest Moderator

Winner: Onyxmeth (25%)

Runner-up: Naznatips (20%)

Nicest Member of the Year

Winner: Pichu_pichu (45%)

Runner-up: Skeezer (19%)

Funniest Member of the Year

Winner: d21lewis (39%)

Runner-up: RolStoppable (32%)

ROFL Thread of the Year

Winner: DMeisterJ caught cheating (Benga Benga) (33%)

Runner-up: Demotivator Posters (twesterm) (21%)

Best Thread Creator of the Year

Winner: kirby007 (40%)

Runner-up: RolStoppable (37%)

Best Ban Reason of the Year

Winner: DMJ's ban for being a filthy site whore (38%)

Runner-up: OkeyDokey for posting KimPossible porn (20%)

Nostradamus Award [best prediction]

Winner: 360 to win Q3,Q4 against PS3 (Squilliam) (55%)

Runner-up: PS3 not going below 120k any week (Leo-j) (38%)

Meanest Member

Winner: ZenfoldorVGI (32%)

Runner-up: NintendoFanGirl (26%)

Biggest Spammer

Winner: kirby007 (40%)

Runner-up: Soriku (24%)

Permabanned member of the year[who came back]

Winner: kirby007 (48%)

Runner-up: leo-j (34%)

Most unfair Permaban [someone who is still banned]

Winner: Rock_on_2008 (39%)

Runner-up: Riot of the Blood (29%)

Most Helpful Member

Winner: TalonMan (57%)

Runners-up: Tie between Nordlead and noname2200 (13% each)

Worst Thread of the Year

Winner: GTA to kill Wii (Leo-j) (39%)

Runner-up: The Dark Knight "influence" from Metal Gear Solid is shameful (DTG) (37%)

Worst Prediction of the year [nostra-dumb-us]

Winner: GTA to kill Wii (Leo-j) (49%)

Runner-up: LBP 10 million for the year (Gearbox) (23%)

Best Debater of the year

Winner: ZenfoldorVGI (38%)

Runner-up: Zucas (30%)

News of the year

Winner: Final Fantasy XIII for 360 (60%)

Runner-up: Wii 2 million in NPD November (18%)

Week of the year [sales wise]

Winner: GTA4/MKWii launch week (45%)

Runner-up: Black Friday (27%)

Well I disagree with some, but hey, this is a neat list. The winners get bragging rights

Dang, I tied my only two categories

Some of them were close...

I agree with all the wins! ;)

So how many people voted?

News of the year
Winner: Final Fantasy XIII for 360 (60%)
Runner-up: Wii 2 million in NPD November (18%)

Am I the only one who finds that mindboggling?

This tells us one thing: the people want rock_on back!

Go kirby.


And DMJ

Go Monti!

And I won a category. w00t.

I really wish "Are you a Virgin" would have won, but oh well.

Wow, a tie. That's worse than nothing.