Ежегодная церемония награждения eSPORTS AWARD признала Call of Duty 4 - кибер игрой года. Эта награда доказывает, что Call of Duty взорвал мир киберспорта и теперь занимает там одно из ведущих мест. Это дает повод надеятся, что дисциплина Call of Duty будет развиваться и дальше и войдет в элиту кибер дисциплин. А с этим будут появлятся новые турниры с призовыми уровня CS итд.

Кстати, игроком года по COD4 был признан tek9.ozwald. Он смог обогнать таких игроков как blackmane, soclon и tidde!

OZWALD CoD4 Player of the Year!

Today we are proud to announce that TEK9's Call of Duty 4 ingame leader Antonin "OZWALD" Grenier has won the prestigious Esports Award for Best Call of Duty player and has been crowned CoD4 Player of the Year 2008!

Next to the award for Best CoD4 player, Antonin is amongst the five players nominated for the Breakthrough of the Year award. Unlike the online categories however, the winner of the breakthrough of the year award and the eight other categories will be announced in nine days from now, 23rd of August at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.

 The other playes nominated for Esports Award for Best Call of Duty player were:

 Rob "rob-wiz" Kennedy - Evil Geniuses
 Nikolaj "Mazarini" Lazarev - eSuba.HAL3000
 Robert "smithz" Krivka - Team SPEED-LINK
 Daniel "tidde" Asp - fnatic team

About the Esports Award
The eSports Award is the most prestigious accolade available in eSports. The Award is designed to give athletes, teams, journalists and developers involved with eSports proper recognition for their work and sportsmanship. Only the best of the best are honoured with the prize. Players are nominated for specific achievements in single tournaments. In most categories, the final winners are determined by a jury, while the community choses the awards honoring achievements for the community. The winners are crowned during a televised ceremony at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.

http://www.esports-award.org/

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