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Your 2008 XCL Gamer Award Winners!
Posted by FiftySPEED in Community, XCL Gamer Awards on July 22nd, 2008
Compiled by FiftySpeed - as voted on by XCL.
Another year, another delay … this is starting to seem like par for the course with these things and again I’m making my laptop thes excuse. Over the years we’ve developed some pretty unique characters within our community and this year is all about celebrating these folks. This year we’ve strayed from the typical voting format to one which members were allowed to submit their own categories, winner and reasons for each. I have a lot of fun bringing these to you every year. I hope you all enjoy them as well. That said, let’s get on to the wieners… err, winners!
The “I Giggle Like A School Girl†Award:
You know the type. Heck, some of you old farts probably have kids about this age. I’m talking about those young girls that giggle at everything. If you’re in a big game online and you hear someone giggling, chances are it’s Aelph. Dude, take some comfort in the fact that the person that submitted this is one of those “old fartsâ€!
The “I Hate Everyone Equally†Award:
This award recognizes he who has no regard for another player’s life no matter which team they are on. Creeping Judas, this one’s a no brainer bro. You’ve cornered the market on team-killing. I have to say though, you’ve managed to pull it off in a way that’s almost comical. That’s true skill that needs to be recognized!
The â€Mad Adrenal†Award:
From time to time, really good members go missing. Sometimes they resurface, other times not. This one’s in honour of Scott/Adrenal/Moghlear, the king of long absences. BrewGuy and Buggo, where are you?
The Sacrifice For The Greater Good Award:
A few people allowed XCL to refocus towards our community roots. For that, we thank you.
The “I Have No Shame†Award:
From openly exploiting host advantage, making hot dogs with “real†wieners and often showing off his package via the Live Cam, there is no one with less shame than The Icon. If you’re going to brag, don’t offer up photographic proof totally contradicting yourself!
“Teh Unabashed Fanboy†Award:
If the spelling of this one isn’t any more of a clue… if there was a PS3 skin for the 360, you know tehflakes would buy one for all of us.
XCL’s Bullet Sponge:
One of the best new additions to XCL is also our biggest bullet sponge. DrkStr47, we love ya but no one’s stopping you from wading into a gunfight first. Seriously, you’re like a magnet. This is no easy feat considering he ended NinjaRay’s reign is this category!
XCL’s Evil Twins:
Silk’s rocking a pretty wicked beard these days leading to speculation that he is indeed related to BradofCanada!
Seriously, who’s who?
The “Straight Up†Self Promotion Award:
In his younger days when we had categories that you could vote on, KrossRoad set the bar voting for himself across a wide array of skill categories. Blizz, you’ve been around for a while, you’d think you’d know better. Making a submission for Best Admin, voting for all four, then nominating yourself for XCL’s biggest ass-kisser AND cheater? Good job!
The Most Polite XCL’er:
While everyone else is using their Live Cam to flash obscenities (or show that they game while not wearing pants) while playing Burnout, TK 421’s live cam always shows him smiling away happily. Here’s to the guy that never gets pissed.
XCL’s Grammar King:
We’ve always prided ourselves on having a good command of the English language, spelling and grammar.
One XCL’er has his own set of grammar rules.
The Outcast is the king of the one sentence paragraph.
Let’s hope this trend does not catch on.
It’ll be interesting to see Outtie’s response.
The “OCD†Award:
He plays one game and one game only to the point of obsession, he’s probably got probably the smallest library of games and he’s the only XCL’er I know of that is immune to the XCL Effect. He’s Chaos Smurf.
Most Hardcore XCL’er:
Not having high speed internet at home, Kirbydb carts his 360 and a six pack of beers to his office to get his Xbox Live game on. That’s hardcore. Dude rocks a kilt pretty hard too. Is there such thing as hardercore?
XCL’s Biggest Perv:
Sure, you’re probably thinking The Icon has this one covered, right? Wrong. Hansolocujo’s middle name is practically “rub n tugâ€. Who’s rooming with this guy at XCLE this year? Watch out. He’ll push the beds together.
The “How The F*#! Is This Guy So Goodâ€Award:
Usually we associate the more skilled gamer with the younger crowd. Perhaps they’re still in school, don’t have a full time job or maybe they’re just nerds that need to get out more. This final award not only celebrates one of our most skilled gamers but is also an interesting paradox. theGERV is freakishly good, the type of guy you want on your team because he’ll kick your ass if he’s not. He defies all stereotypes though with a wife, job AND kids. Seriously, how do you do it?
Last (and least) we have The “Seriously†Award:
Mercury869. Seriously
XCL Gamer Awards: 2007
Posted by FiftySPEED in XCL Gamer Awards on July 20th, 2007
Here we are again folks. Its XCL’s 4th anniversary and its time once again for our annual XCLGA announcements! This year, we tried something a little different and focused less on game oriented awards and more on the community oriented awards. We also chose to not give descriptions of each category and to leave each one open to interpretation by the voter. Needless to say, there were some interesting responses. Thanks to everyone that provided feedback. The rest of you can kiss my non-whipped ass! Let’s get on with the show!
BEST GAMERTAG: I Am Bumgravy
This one wasn’t even close. Heck, I think only one other name (maybe two) was even voted for! One voter mentioned it as a source of embarrassment when they’re watching movies with their parents and the name pops up. Another wondered what exactly is “bumgravy�
MOST HARDCORE XCL’ER: Fifty
I think the people that voted should probably by default by up for Biggest Ass Kisser. I’ll respect confidentiality but both of you automatically each get a vote for that category. Other vote getters deservingly were Jake (“no one pimps XCL better than this guyâ€), Diefuel (“for his perfect XCLE attendance recordâ€) and a begrudging vote for Icon (“because no one quite combines partying and gaming like he doesâ€). I do have to laugh at one reason for throwing a vote my way: “…because he’s chubby, drinks wine and if he wasn’t married, he’d be picking up chicks on the internet like David Hasslehoff picks up German grannies at his concerts!â€.
GRUMPIEST XCL’ER: NinjaRay / DylanH (tie)
What can I say boys? I just tally the votes.
SEXIEST XCL’ER: NinjaRay
Now before you let this go to your head Ray, you need to understand that several of the votes cited the same reason which is summed up best by this quote “the sheer number of balls that touched Ray’s forehead at XCLE this year must be proof of his sexinessâ€. Honourable mention goes to Buggo and dark-horse candidate The Outcast because “cause the chub is the new sexy. He alone brought the sexy backâ€. Sounds like you got an admirer there pal!
SOREST LOSER: The Outcast / LX Xtreme (tie)
Wow, this one was close with several votes citing reasons that I daren’t include in this article!! Outtie places by virtue of a vote for himself because “I hate losing to Peach cause he has my fucking number. That little bastard, but meeting him in real life at the expo has allowed me to handle the anger a bit betterâ€. Come to think of it, LX voted for himself too (even though some might think that’s “horseshit!â€).
XCL’ERS MOST LIKELY TO GET MARRIED: Geekess and The Icon
Aside from the obvious vote for Kirbydb (who actually should have gotten more consideration for Most Hardcore XCL’er for getting married TODAY on XCL’s anniversary; congrats bro!), this was a landslide victory for Icon and Geeks with reasons such as “they’re the only one’s bumping uglies at the moment who aren’t hiding it… †(yikes!). Someone else asked if this category was meant to freak Icon out. Oh… I don’t normally name sources but this is an exception. Poptart voted “Ray and Fiftyâ€. Why? “Seriously.. They fight like husband and wife. I’ll let you decide which one’s which.†Enjoy the chopping block pal! 
MOST LIKELY TO END UP IN THE DRUNK TANK: Garrett S
19 years old and wins easily. Garrett’s been with us since the early days (you do the math about his age back then) and quite possibly has never been sober online. Some voters even mentioned they thought it improved his game! Now that’s admirable. Mad Plumber got a little recognition for this excellent, all-weekend-long performance at XCLE this year!
MOST WHIPPED: The Icon
As someone put it, “he might think he created the bang bus but its Geeks that’s in the drivers’ seat thereâ€. Is there really much more to say?
BEST/SCARIEST PICTURES:
This one definitely wins as the scariest. Rumour has it this is Ray (left) and Cujo (right) at XCLE. Seriously, this has to be one of the most disturbing, yet funniest, pictures that’s ever been posted!
Pokeroo won for best picture in a landslide. Here he is doing what he did best!
THE “MERCURY†ADMIRATION AWARD: Mercury
Sorry little buddy but you’re idolization of Icon extends beyond the online realm and warrants recognition through an annual award. Whether its tailing him around or talking in pseudo-Italian jibberish, your love for the man with a small penis is unmatched and worth of recognition. Wear the title proud!
THE “KROSSROAD†STRAIGHT UP SELF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: tehflakes
This award is traditionally for the person that votes for themselves the most for the XCLGA’s. Flakes, you easily outclassed the field this year with no less than five votes for yourself including one for Best Gamer (which automatically defaults you from consideration!). What the fuck does “teh†mean anyways?? Straight up!
XCL’S BEST GAMER: Blizz20
Since XCL isn’t necessarily all about skill, we changed things up a bit this year by combining two categories and factoring in who people liked to play with along with overall skill. That’s not to say Blizz isn’t skilled because he kicks some serious ass in all types of games! Congrats dude! Honourable mention goes to a very, very close second placing DrJMac. These two ran away with the majority of the votes this year.
XCL Gamer Awards: 2006
Posted by Jaken Bear in XCL Gamer Awards on August 8th, 2006
The votes are finally tallied and here are the results of the third annual Xbox Canadian Live Gamer Awards. These are a lot of fun to put together. Hopefully you all enjoy it as much as I do and, obviously, take certain categories with a grain of salt as many of them are not to be taken overly seriously.Most Original Gamertag: Corrosive RabbitWow, this was a close, close race with Rabbit narrowly beating out Creeping Judas by only one vote!!! Chicken was right in there looking to defend his title as well. Other notable gamertags that people liked were The Icon, PMS Geekess and Hitman Inc!
Best Forum Moment: The XCL/Celebrity Look-alike threadAgain, a pretty close one here with the winner edging out Buggo’s cookie offers by only a couple of votes!!! Of course there was a vote or two for Brewguy’s musical talents but probably the best vote of the bunch was Icon voting for himself for best forum moment!!!
Best XCL Related Media: Jaken Bear
Votes were all over the board for this one but in a first, a member takes this award. As one entry noted, “Jake himself has become media. E3, Zero Hour, EA… his face is everywhereâ€. Hard to argue that point, Jake’s been putting in some serious legwork and never forgets to spread the beautiful word of XCL.
Best Racer: MercuryIt pains me to write that but there was a bet during XCLE which Merc was victorious in a race for the title of “best racerâ€. He won fair and square and therefore currently shall be known as XCL’s Best Racer. You know, if NS Racer only came around a bit more the rest of you would know just how damn good this guy really is.
XCL’er Who Should NOT Have His/Her DL: Buggo
Wow, was this one ever a landslide. Not. Even. Close. A not-so-honourable mention goes to Creeping Judas for accumulating the second most votes in this category. By the way Buggo, submitting a vote that reads (in capitals no less) “THIS AWARD SHOULD NOT GO TO ME†doesn’t negate any votes for.
Best Sports Gamer: DrJMac
Not a big surprise here. This is probably the largest margin of victory in any category this year. When it comes to sports games, JMac’s either the man or he’s competing for top spot. Another member worth mentioning was Krossroad who picked up a notable number of votes as well.
Worst Sports Gamer: Everyone who isn’t JMac
Interesting. Since there wasn’t a single person that got more than one vote so its like a 20-way tie for first place, we’re awarding this prize to pretty much everyone!! Congrats everyone!! Notable votes cast were JMac voting for Night Chicken and Silk, Hitman Inc and LX all voting for themselves!!!!
Most Accurate Shooter: MaxxpendragonSheesh!!! Another really, really close race. This time it was one vote that gave Maxx the win over John Fire, DJ Dusk and Apache who all tied with the second most votes. Best vote ever? The one submitted for Brewguy in this category!
Most Annoying:I was going to remove this category after much thought but this quote from Buggo needs to be shared. Buggo wrote, “Creeping Judas and Obsidian Angel’s lovey back and forth posts on the forum.. Get a room! :)†Gold!
Mr-I’m-Going-For-The-“Special Weapon†Award: ApacheOk, I’ll admit it. This category was totally rigged. I mean, who else really even qualifies for this award??? Well, apparently some people also think that Killswitch, MrBigCat and Buggo do…
Easiest Kill In A Game: NinjaRay
Ray, I’m really sorry. The decisiveness in the voting wouldn’t even allow me to cook the books for ya buddy (not like I would or have ever done that in the past!!). For the record, another category where Buggo voted for herself! A vote for TK citing that “he always gets caught not standing at his post†was particularly humourous!
Best Burn: The Ic0nApache was a common theme on the receiving ends of such burns as “only being good at gaming because he doesn’t have a job†and something about “Apache’s farmer dating serviceâ€â€¦
Scariest Gallery Picture:
Too many varied votes to award just one award so here are some in no particular order:
-         Still Mercury’s “whipped cream†picture (yah, right, like its really whipped cream!)
-         Night Chicken’s afro pic
-         The “who’s bum is this?†pictures
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Buggo aiming the gun
-         Icon biting a stripper’s ass
-         Any picture of Fifty (wtf?? You’re dead to me…)
- Fifty’s half-naked man-wrestling in Mexico (they were midgets by the way!)
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Biggest Admin Buttkisser: NinjaRay
Who says kissing ass doesn’t work eh Ray?? Close behind were Apache and Mercury tied for second! Only because each of these guys got two votes each. Here’s something interesting. Chicken, Jake and Fifty all managed to garner a vote in this category… I damn near overruled the voting in this category after reading NinjaRay’s vote for sexiest XCL’er when he voted for my wife. Also, a vote for Silk and JMac was submitted for getting so close enough to a certain, dead sexy ass at XCLE 05 (hahahah!)
XCL’er Most Likely To End Up In Politics: Night Chicken
Another landslide for the Poulet de Nuit. If XCL ever starts a debate team, he’s gonna be captain eh?
Most Whipped XCL’er: I F’in hate you guys….Next topic. No wait… you know what? Yah, yah, yah, its fun to vote for me but there were some real beauty votes in this category this year! DJ Dusk got a vote for his antics at XCLE this year going all the way to West Ed to see Superman, paying for a ticket/popcorn/etc and then paying for a cab ride home without even seeing the movie… (isn’t XCL love cute??) Mercury and Jake, don’t laugh! You both got two votes each. A real beauty reply was one particular vote for Lizardking which stated, “the guy lives in Edmonton and his girlfriend probably didn’t let him come to XCLE!â€
Most Hardcore Display of XCL Loyalty: The HitmanDude quit his job and showed up at the Expo. With chips. ‘Nuff said.
Best / Funniest Live Moment: Icon’s Treehouse in GRAWWell deserved. This was a good one. Landslide victory in this category.
Biggest Hype Train Engineer: Jaken Bear
Choo choo!! Even though voting ended in a tie between Jake and Apache, Jake wins the award based on the comments supporting people’s votes. “Is there ever a need for this category? Just make it a permanent award†was what put it over the top in Jake’s favour! Other notable “engineers†are:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Three Fifty Z-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Silk-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Buggo
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Outcast
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Night Chicken
  XCL’er Most Affected By The XCL Effect: Silk!We love you Silk. You’ll buy anything.
Biggest Rival:
This one’s not so much a category that gets a winner so here’s a list of who voted for who:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DrEmmerich voted for Apache
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Buggo voted for both NinjaRay and Hitman for their win over her in hockey at the XCLE this year
-         MrBigCat voted for The Outcast (but Outtie didn’t return the favour…)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The IcOn named DJ Dusk as his biggest rival
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Poptart named Tywaz as his
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hitman voiced his concern over Fusion always getting the better of him
  Sorest Loser: Mercury / Krossroad
Mercury and Kross were the only members to get more than one vote (they got two each). Kross’ FIFA meltdown at this year’s XCLE was specifically mentioned as the reason for a few of his votes. Other sore losers apparently are:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â JakenBear
-         BradofCanada (I don’t know how anyone would actually know this as he never plays his 360 but a vote’s a vote!)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Apache-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Outcast-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Maxxpendragon-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DJ Dusk
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fusion
  Best Forum Avatar: TK’s “Don’t Touch My Nuts†Avatar
Other avatars of note were:
-         Icon’s girl posing avatar
-         Terror’s “Dog’s of Warâ€
-         The return of Dylan’s gnome
-         Outcast’s punching kitty
  XCL’er Most Likely To Have (or will have) A Criminal Record: The IcOnAnother decisive category with Icon picking up double the votes that Diefuel earned for second place, including another vote by Icon for himself…
Pickiest Gamer: Night ChickenWithout question, XCL’s pickiest gamer. If anyone’s dined with Chicken, you will see that his pickyness extends to other facets of life outside of gaming. I believe his response of “yeah, give it to me†counts as a vote eh?
Biggest Gamerscore Whore: Cappimofo
Well, he is the highest!! Several people did note the three people (LeadingSnake, Otthobot and theGERV) who rank in the top 5 yet no one has seen them around!!!
XCL’s Official Beer: Central City Raspberry Wheat Ale
Here’s the list of other notable submissions:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Corona Extra (was that even on the list??)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hiniken (nice spelling Merc, exactly what kind of beer is this?)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cranberry coolers
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sleemans Honey Brown
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Creemore Springs (this one got a few votes, very tasty!)
-         Captain Morgan (Hitman, you know that’s not beer right??)
-         Black Ice because “it packs a punch†(hahahah!)
  Biggest Nintendo Fanboy: The OutcastGive the guy credit, at least he admits this! Honourable mention goes to Jake for having Poo-tendo. Another submission scored a tie between Jake and Outtie citing “they’re like Mario and Luigi, only bigger….â€
Sexiest XCL’er: Buggo
Congrats Buggo. You are pretty damn hot. You didn’t get all the votes though! Here’s a sampling of who thinks who else is hot!
-         DrEmmerich thinks Three Fifty Z has “rugged good looksâ€
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Buggo thinks MrJamison is a hottie (sorry DJ!)
-         Mercury voted for Fifty’s ass (umm….)
-         While Old Man voted for Buggo, he wanted it noted that others were free to pick someone from the same sex if they wanted. Kinda sounds like an appeal to vote for him to me…
-         Icon voted for himself again. How many is that?? But he wasn’t alone. Hitman thinks he is pretty damn sexy himself!
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Judas went the safe route and voted for his wife Obsidian Angel (smart!)
-         Finally, DrJMac was adamant that no XCL’ers are sexy!!
-         Diefuel points out that the sexiest must be Brewguy because “most people would say Buggo but if he’s got HER driving across Ontario to bring him homemade cookies…â€
Krossroad Lifetime Achievement Award:
Normallly this category isn’t so much a voted category but it was amazing to see how many people marked Mercury down for this one!!! Quotes for Merc like the following sum things up nicely, “That boy talks a big game but really can’t back it up.†However, Kross reasoned, “BITCH, MY AWARD!!! I get it!!â€
 XCL Best Overall Gamer: In an unprecedented XCL first, we have a SIX-WAY tie for Best Overall Gamer. Congratulations to:-        Apache-        DJ Dusk-        Fusion-        Jaken Bear-        John Fire-        The IconThis is no joke either! Talk about parity! This is how the votes shook out with only three other members garnering votes. Honourable mentions go to Night Chicken and Geekess for being just one vote short of joining the list above. On a more comical note, someone put their support behind NinjaRay citing they were voting for him “out of sympathy to make him feel better after getting the easiest kill awardâ€Â Congratulations (for the most part!) to all of this year’s winners!
XCL Gamer Awards 2005
Posted by FiftySPEED in XCL Gamer Awards on July 7th, 2005
In celebration of our 2nd anniversary, I proudly present to you the winners of the 2005 XCL Gamer Awards!!!! Of course, there are some categories where there are no clear winners so we’ve listed all the submissions for people’s enjoyment. Also, there were several comments that were shared along with people’s votes that were just too good to not include. Enjoy and congratulations!
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XCLE 2005 GAMER AWARD WINNERS
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Most Original Gamertag: Night Chicken
Chicken repeats as winner! Honourable mentions go to Easymacaddict, The Giant Squid, EhJay112 (that 112 story is gold), MasterHungus and TK421
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Best Forum Moment:
-         Yendig/Dakin’s winning video in the XCL Spread The Love contest (several)
-         Christianity thread. Go Jesus! (Apache, who’s not as innocent as he’d like us to believe)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Pimp my ride in Forza (Mercury)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Team Hawk winning the HaloBowl (NinjaRay)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jake creating his nerdy WoW character (Brew)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Spam wars between Kross and Ninja (Terror)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â OurColony.net (several)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Almost making onto the CBC (Cujo)
-         Me… oh wait…. (Jake)
-         Fifty educating Kross how to tell people his weight properly (“No man, you gotta say it right, I’m 140, STRAIGHT UP!!) (Easymac)
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Best XCL Related Media: Insano’s Halo2 videos / Yendig/Dakin’s beach video (tie)
A close race but Cappy’s Halo2 videos drew even late with Y/D’s with a vote from none other than the subject of one of Cap’s videos, King Okage. Okage prefaced his vote with a big “JERK!!!†directed at Cappy! Honourable mentions go to the XCLE2004 video and seeing the XCL name appear in the Xbox360 reveal video from MS.
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Best Racer: Due to overwhelming accusations of vote padding, lobbying, administrative arrogance, ego and abuse, this category will not be recognized this year. (Ed: Bastards…. All of you!!!)
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XCL’er Who Should NOT Have His DL: Brewguy
Really, was there any doubt? This was a massive landslide victory. However, there were others that did receive votes. Here’s who and why:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DaftPunky. Its not like he ever uses it anyways! (Fifty)
-         Ray. Just for fun… (Apache)
-         Kross. He rear-ended me WAY too much in Forza. (Mercury) (Ed: Isn’t that like the pot calling the kettle black? Wait ‘til you meet him in person.)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kross. He runs everywhere anyways. (Brewguy)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â LX. Within the top 500 WORST times on some tracks in Forza (Slythar)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brad. Due to legal reasons of course. (several)
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Best Sports Gamer: DrJMac
Honourable mentions go to Hawk, Kross (cause he’s an athlete straight up!) and Wildside (because he’s so hardcore he’d play a 2-man Links tournament).
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Worst Sports Gamer: BradofCanada
Brad received several votes for this category mainly based on the fact that he signs up for several online events like Links tournaments and such and NEVER plays any of them! (Dis)honourable mentions go to Wild (at least he plays his games), Okage (voting for himself), Fifty (bastards), Bull (for talking to big about his skills at FIFA then losing to someone who was playing it for the first time) and Brewguy!
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Most Accurate Shooter: Hawk
Garnering comments such as “he’s just not humanâ€, Hawk ran away with this one in a decisive victory. Congratulations. Special mention must go towards one vote cast for Apache with the comment “hard to miss when you’re a sword whoreâ€. Good ‘ole Slythar! He’s a funny guy.
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Best Grenade Sticker (Halo2): Chaos Smurf
Chaos takes home the newly renamed Its In Your Face Award for being the most accurate at sticking plasma grenades in Halo2. Other notable votes went to Terror, John Fire and Captin Insano. Easymac also would like it noted that Jake stuck on in his face once too. I hope he meant a grenade…
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Biggest Sniper Whore (Halo2): King Okage
The only surprise in voting here was that it wasn’t a tie between Okage and John Fire. But trust me, it was close with Okage triumphing over John “Did you see that!!!!†Fire by only one vote. Other notables garnering attention in this category were a surprising vote for Dylan (along with a comment that he should share the rocket launcher too!) and Mercury chiming in with his first vote for himself.
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Mr-I’m-Going-For-The-“Special Weapon†Award: Apache
Since the Peach is busy pig farming right now, I’d like to accept this award on his behalf. With people voting and saying that he coined the actual phrase, Apache’s comments were that he knew this award was going to him just from reputation and not from actual fact. Haha, we know the truth. Special mention in this category must go to Easymac for changing the category and voting for himself in the I’m-Going-For-The-Needler-Because-I-Don’t-Know-Where-The-Good-Weapons-Are Award. Also, let’s not forget a vote for Mercury from himself.
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Best Overall Halo2 Player: Hawk
Another landslide for the original XCL Import! Honourable mentions go out to Okage and CCM in this category.
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Easiest Kill: NinjaRay
Our second repeat winner! A vote for Brewguy with the comment, “I’m SO not winning thisâ€, was not enough for Ray as he wins a close one over Jake, Brewguy and Silk (in that order). This category was not without drama though. At first count, it appeared that there was a tie for first place but a late vote change bumped Ray into the lead. However, upon a recount it was noted that this vote change did not actually affect the ultimate outcome in this category.
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Best Burn: This category obviously has no outright winner so here’s all the submissions:
-         Kross: “I, for one, have never played with a duke.†Terror to Kross, “You see Kross, once you become a man, anytime you take a piss you hold a duke. Once you become married, you play with a duke. But a little one like you have…. well you said it!!â€
-         “Here’s YOUR helm Fifty!â€
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The XXXXXXXXXXXXL hat for Kross and his ego
-         I can’t recall but it usually has Ninja on the receiving end.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Jmac National Anthem
-         Havoc to a 14 year old wanker: “Didn’t your mother teach you any manners?†Kid: “I’ll tell you what my mother taught me!†Havoc: “How to give a blowjob?â€
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Scariest Gallery Picture: Cujo’s “Mangathering†picture
As nice of a guy that Cujo is, this picture IS downright scary! Other votes went to:
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-         Ray teabagging 3 XCL’ers at once in the famed “XCL’er Versus Miata†race to the hotel at XCLE2004
-         DrEmm’s picture
-         Fifty’s posedown after wrestling the Mexican midgets
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jake hoisting Fifty over his shoulders
-         Ninja giving MrJ the People’s Eyebrow
-         Havoc’s LOTR avatar
-         Havoc’s CURRENT avatar
-         Old Man and Son’s picture
-         Mercury’s whipped cream shooter photo (This one was in the running for winning thanks to yet another vote for himself by Mercury)
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Biggest Admin Buttkisser: NinjaRay
Kind of like Michael Jackson at the Grammy’s way back when, Ninja brings home another award this year. An interesting observation is that THREE admins received votes including one that voted for Chicken because “that’s obviously how he became an admin!†How does that happen??? Other notable votes were one for Kunzendorff (from none other than Brewguy), one vote for Old Man and Son (since he offered to be admin a week before he got suspended) and a couple votes for Kross.
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XCL’er Most Likely To End Up In Politics: Night Chicken
Chicken picks up his second award of this year in a landslide. While ZChara may work for a politician, Chicken’s unwavering dedication to the art of the debate made an impression on many XCL’ers. Hell, someone even took the time to endorse their vote for Chicken by writing, “I find his posts coming from a higher source with a beam of light surrounding every word he says.†(no joke, that’s word for word) ZChara did get some votes though so we need to give him his props! Also mention must go to a vote for Diefuel (as a political prisoner!) and one for Insano (to lead the Marijuana Party). Hahahaha, you guys are nerds.
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Most Whipped XCL’er: Fifty (begrudgingly)
Ok, let’s get something straight here. Are you guys blind???? Have you never heard of an XCL’er named Berserker??? No? You haven’t? Ever think of why? ‘Cause he’s SO whipped, he’s never even online!!! Yet, you must vote for me. From now on, this category will be weighted by vote. Call it abuse of power if you will but votes for guys like Wild who freakin’ offered to clean his house for a whole year so he can buy a 360 need to be weighted more than a busy guy like myself just not being able to make it online one night when I say I’ll be there. Sheesh!! So, basically, you twelve guys that voted for me? You know who you are and you’re all dead to me. Don’t bitch when you can’t log on tomorrow…
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Most Hardcore Display of XCL Loyalty: Yendig/Dakin’s display of XCL love
One of the closest votes this year, this homo-erotic display of affection towards XCL narrowly beat out Havoc and Terror tattooing their freakin’ gamertags on themselves. Both are easily the two craziest things we’ve seen XCL’ers do for the site and both deserve much recognition. Other submissions were:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brad buying the domain name
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chicken organizing XCLE2005
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Silk and Jmac driving to XCLE2005
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fifty flying around the country to play Xbox
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Terror for hosting the Jaken Bear Invitational LAN Party and successfully locking his wife and kids in their rooms all night so we could have 12 guys playing Halo2 with the volume turned up to 11 to 3am!
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Best / Funniest Live Moment: SUPERSLAYER
There were some real gems submitted this year. Here is a summary of all of them:
-         Anytime Jake talks trash to “pubes†(DrJMac)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 16 player (XCL) Halo2 matches with no lag (Fifty, Silk, Bowes)
-         SuperSlayer. Especially Warthogs flipping over and over until they blow and hearing the occupants (Insano) scream “weeeee†in glee. (Chaos, Chicken, Yendig, Havoc, Squid)
-         Playing coop SCCT, especially with Fifty ‘cause I really, really love him (Apache)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â HaloBowl (Okage, Slythar, Easymac)
-         When Insano said someone “farted in his pants†(Mercury)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Insano, Jmac and Ray giggling like schoolgirls in one of their first rides in the new Halo2 Warthog (Ray)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Apache and I experimenting with explosives in SCCT (DrEmm)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Anytime Fifty is online (is that ass kissing or what?) (Brewguy) (Ed: Yes Brew, that IS ass kissing!! But I like it!)
-         Hearing Fifty’s story about the sailor in the bar telling people about how he’d been at sea for six months and when you’re gone that long everyone is pink inside (Terror)
-         “Anytime I have a chance to say, ‘It’s in your face!’†(Jake)
-         Brewguy’s various Halo2 messages (Dylan)
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Scariest Live Moment: World of WarCrack
Was there any doubt? I think not. With the recent XCLE though, I think that we’re starting to see a chink in the level 60 armour. Other notable submissions were:
-         Anytime “pubes†join an XCL game
-         Havoc saying he would greet his first daughter’s boyfriend by shaking his hand and saying, “Is that the hand you jerk off with?â€
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ray actually winning a Forza race.
-         Wild almost getting cut off from Live…. Again!
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Find out that Conker sucked hard.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Getting stuck in a room in Halo2 with no ammo and facing Hawk, Okage and John Fire
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The HaloBowl aftermath
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â When Mercury became a member
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Having anyone on your team that is returning from a six month WoW hiatus. Guaranteed loss.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Playing Doom3 and realizing that the screams that I thought were my daughter having a nightmare were actually me hearing my own cries through the headset!! (Havoc)
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Biggest Hype Train Engineer: Jake
Choo-choooo!!!!! Dude coined the phrase. Need we say more? Hell, someone even wrote “there must be so many beans in his diet they’re now coming out on the forums! TOOT TOOT!â€.
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XCL’er Most Affected By The XCL Effect: Silk
With comments from others like “he seems to enjoy it†and a vote for himself, Silk wins this one easily. Honourable mention goes to MWSandman for basically owning every game that exists regardless if it sucks ass or not.
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Grumpiest XCL’er: Lilnate
Landslide. Enough said. Next topic. I’m outta here. Don’t ask for a reason why.
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Pickiest Gamer: Night Chicken
Another decisive vote. Chicken wins this one easily with comments such as “Mr GameSpot†and “Mr I Want Something Flashier In My Driving Sim†directed towards him. Notable mention has to go to Chaos (Mr I Only Play One Game At A Time, Ever) thanks to a little blue buddy of his.
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Biggest PS2 Fanboy: NinjaRay
The surprise winner of the 2005 XCLGA’s, Ray beats out perennial favorites Jmac, Night Chicken and Easymac! With comments such as “’cause he’s bought and sold it like 5 times or something†and “he’s probably spent more money re-acquiring PS2’s than he cares to shareâ€, Ray brings in another award.
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And for the award everyone’s been waiting for! The winner and NEW XCL Best Overall Gamer is:
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Congratulations John. While many people (including defending champ Chicken) got a lot of votes, several people made the point of commenting on John’s ability to excel at a wide range of different games including shooters (Halo2), sports games (Links) and racers.
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And those are your winners of the 2005 XCLGA’s! Congrats!
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Oh… wait a minute… what’s this? Allow me to award a couple special new awards.
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I would like to announce the Krossroad Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is a combination of the member who voted for themselves the most times and who provided statements to back up why they voted for themselves. We are proud to award this presitigious award to Mercury! With such comments supporting his votes for himself as “I’ve always got the sniper rifle or battle rifle in my handâ€, “I’m always the one calling rockets in matchmaking due to the face I like to blow shit up†and “I this 1 is me do to the fact that eye hardless use n3 form of punctutionâ€, Mercury showed that he truly does love himself!
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Also, I would like to announce a new award this year. The Havoc Havarti Award for the cheesiest vote submission. Havoc’s winning submission was in the category for Best Overall Gamer. Havoc submitted a vote of “All of us. We all bring something great to the community!â€. Congratulations Havoc for setting a nice a cheesy standard!!!
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XCL Gamer Awards 2004
Posted by FiftySPEED in XCL Gamer Awards on July 7th, 2004
Here they are folks. You’re 2004 award winners!
The 2004 XCLGA’s go to:
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Funniest Gamertag:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â El Sharp Stick / Night Chicken (tie)
Honourable mentions go to The Giant Squid, JellyTot and Capt1n 1nsAno
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Best Live Moment:
In no particular order:
-         Night Chicken’s MM3 team overcoming a 200 point deficit in a MM3 CTG game when the opponents had only 15 points left for the win
-         Evilmonkey’s first XCL match
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Adrenal making Fifty kill himself in Rainbow 6
-         Jmac loved Brewguy’s “to the EXTREEMME!†night
-         Brad and Fifty’s handgun battle in Rainbow 6
-         Killswitch really enjoyed killing Fifty in Rainbow (I’m sensing a theme here)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â JakenBear enjoyed teabagging Fifty
-         Fifty’s first big XCL Wolf game making him realize just how cool Live and XCL were
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ninja relished teamkilling a drunken Brad
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kross endured a 12 hour MM3 session with Sharp
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â And finally, Insano gets sentimental about finding XCL for the first time
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Scariest Live Moment:
A sampling in no particular order:
-         Killmaster…. Period (Kross)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â All public games before the inception of XCL (Insano)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â When Live is down for maintenance (Ninja)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Getting teabagged by Fifty (Jake)
-         Seeing Fifty’s RSC2 XSN times (Killswitch)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Any public game (Brad)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NFL Fever (Jmac)
-         Garrett’s buddy’s racial blasts while Kennywayne was in the room (Fifty)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Being booted by Jake (Evil)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Adrenal scaring Lauren off with chauvinistic comments
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Best Gaming Setup:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Night Chicken
Honourable mentions go to NinjaRay and LX Xtreme.
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Worst Gaming Setup:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Killswitch
This wasn’t even close. Landslide victory here folks.
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Best Driver:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fifty
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XCL’er with the best shot:  Nate
Honourable mentions go to Hawk and Chaos.
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Best Merc in SCPT:Â Night Chicken
Another landslide here.
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Best Spy in SCPT:Â Captin Insano
Honourable mention goes to Chaos.
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Best Sports Gamer:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DrJMac
Honourable mention goes to Krossroad.
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XCL’er Most Prone to Crashing:             Brewguy
Landslide victory, but no votes for Insano?
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Easiest Target in MM3 Hunter:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brad
Honourable mention goes to Brewguy.
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Easiest Kill in a FPS:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Krossroad
Not so honourable mention goes to Apache at just one vote behind.
Others receiving votes were Evil, Ninja, Adrenal, JMac and Fifty.
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Easiest Neck Snap in SCPT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Evilmonkey
Other vote getters include Fifty, Jake, Chaos, Apache, Dr E and Daftpunky (someone should tell Brad that Daft doesn’t own this game though!)
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Worst Sports Gamer:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Night Chicken
Interesting fact: Chicken voted for himself and it turned out to be the swing vote over Brad!
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Best Forum Moment:
-         Chicken’s “Where is Kross?†post and Jake’s subsequent editorial on the same topic
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Getting rid of GOLZabuza
-         Brewguy sings “Punk Ass Bitchâ€
-         Finding out and thwarting Killmaster’s feeble attempts to spam the new forums from his grade 9 “Introduction To Computers†class
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Everyday (Killswitch getting all sentimental on us!)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Getting our own website
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Getting our website back up after a minor bump in the road
-         Nate’s Krusty The Clown picture
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Best Burn:           Brewguy sings “Punk Ass Bitch†to Draegoth
Runner up: Brewguy sings “Brewguy Kicked Your Ass” to Daftpunky.
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Best Gallery Picture:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Evilmonkey with the Stanley Cup
Honourable mention to Lauren’s pictures. (Jake if you hadn’t voted for yourself, it would have tied, feel shame!)
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Scariest Gallery Picture:           Apache’s cabin pics
A close second (losing by only one vote) goes to Kross and his Hanson quality mullet. Other notable votes were “any picture of Fiftyâ€, Draegoth, Diefuel and “Evil’s Pee TVâ€.
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Biggest Admin Buttkisser:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Captin Insano
Daftpunky misses this prestigious title by only one vote!
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XCL’er Most Likely to do Jail Time:           Diefuel
Honourable mention goes to Brad (only one vote behind!)
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Most “Whipped†XCL’er:           Fifty (you bastards! Deb’s gonna kill me if she finds out!)
Honourable mention goes to Berserker.
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Funniest Live Comment Heard:
-         “I need ammo!†(Kross to Fifty before getting on his knees)
-         “To the Xtreeeeeeemmmmee!!!!†(anytime Brewguy is on Live)
-         “Hey kid…. yah you…. come here…..â€Â *Player X has been kicked* (Jake booting)
-         “You’re dead to me!†(Insano / Brewguy convo)
-         Nate’s snoring after falling asleep while hosting
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XCL Evil Twins: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Adrenal/Daftpunky & Chicken/Jmac (tie)
Other notable votes were the combos of Kross and Jake, Killmaster and Evilmonkey and all of the Smurfs.
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Most Hardcore XCL’er:                   Havoc/Terror (tie)
For actually tattooing a combination of smurfs and XCL on themselves.
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And finally, the award everyone’s been waiting for……
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Best overall gamer:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Night Chicken!!!!!
Congrats to Chicken. It was pretty much a unanimous decision with the exception of one vote each for Chaos and Nate, Adrenal’s obvious asskissing vote for Fifty and Killswitch and Kross voting for themselves!Â