The happiest man of the weekend, at least among competitive gamers, was Filip “NEO” Kubski. The Polish player was given the Counter-Strike Player of the Year award, the eSports Player of the Year award and his PGS Gaming received the Team of the Year award. He topped that by winning the European Nations Cup with team Poland.
GGL Wire’s Michal “Carmac” Blicharz has caught NEO after the ENC decoration and sat down with the player for a chat about the awards, Counter-Strike and Games Convention.
Last Saturday, the eSports Awards were handed out to players, teams and journalists during a live show at Games Convention. We have written about who won but have you seen the smiles? Have you seen the tears in those people’s eyes? Have had the chance to notice how nervous Fatal1ty was giving his memorable speech? Have a look if you are interested.
Poland is the big winner of the 2007 edition of the eSports Awards with five awards going to Polish gamers, winning every category where they were nominated except one. The “Turtles” were handed out at Games Convention 2007 during a live ceremony and on German television.
Polish gamers took awards in every category they were nominated in, including the most prestigious eSports Player of the Year and eSports Team of the Year. The winners were:
Breakthrough of the Year
Maciej ‘av3k’ Krzykowski
Best eSports Coverage (Uservote)
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Best FPS Duel Player
Johan ‘toxic’ Quick
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo
Best Counter-Strike Player
Filip ‘Neo’ Kubski
Lifetime Achievement Award
Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel
Best Journalist
Tim Farin & Christian Parth
Scene Journalist Award (Uservote)
David ‘Craven’ Abel & Michal ‘carmac’ Blicharz
eSports Player of the Year
Filip ‘Neo’ Kubski
Best eSports Game of the Year (Uservote)
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
eSports Team of the Year
PGS Gaming Continued…
