The votes are in and counted, time to reveal the winners of the MMO-Champion awards after a month of nominating and voting!
As voted by you here are the results
Best Game Trailer
This category is highlighting those ads that made you go out and shell 50 of your precious dollars to pay for a game despite its quality.
The nominees were
Halo 4
Watch Dogs
and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
The runner up is...
Halo 4
And the Best Game Trailer goes to...
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria!
Best New Armor Set
This award is for the best Tier or even just item set made in 2012 by Blizzard for WoW.
Here were the nominees
Warlock T14
Warrior Challenge Mode
And Warrior T14
The runner up goes to...
Warrior Challenge Mode
And the Best New Armor Set is...
Warlock T14!
Best Animated Film
The Best Animated Film award goes what the users thought was well the best animated film of the year, keep in mind not all of these (Wreck-It Ralph) have been released in Europe yet.
The Nominees were
Brave
ParaNorman
and Wreck-It Ralph
The runner up is...
Wreck-It Ralph
And the winner of Best Animated Film is
Brave
Best New MMO or MMO-Expansion
This award was for the best in the MMO-Department, and also because of tie between two of these I had to withdraw my vote so there wouldn't be one, your nominees were the following
Guild Wars 2
Rift: Storm Legion
and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
The runner up is
Guild Wars 2
And the Best New MMO or MMO-Expansion goes to...
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria!
Best Online Play by a Non-MMO
This category is very similar to the last but it is specifically for the online service of a non-MMO game (that had been updated sometime in 2012 also)
The nominees are the following
Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
DOTA 2
and League of Legends
In third place was...
Chivlary: Medieval Warfare
In second place...
Borderlands 2!
And the winner for Best Online Play by a Non-MMO game is
League of Legends!
Best New Internet Meme
You either love or hate internet memes, but not all memes are created equal, here were the nominees.
Ermehgahd
Grumpy Cat
Mckayla Maroney
Meme Arrows
Overly Attached Girlfriend
In third place
Meme Arrows
Second place is
Overly Attached Girlfriend
And the Best New Internet Meme is
Grumpy Cat! (He is not excited to be winning this)
Worst Decision by Blizzard
Blizzard has made some great decisions about WoW this year, and some really bad ones, here are your nominees for their worst decision of 2012
9 Months of Dragon Soul
Cross Realm Zones
and Dailies
The runner-up for being bad is
Dailies
And winning by a landslide the worst decision by Blizzard of 2012 was
9 Months of Dragon Soul (did I really need to put a spoiler tag for this?]
Best Forum Game
For the first forum category it's the best forum game, it's what did the best to make everybody have fun and get their post count (sort of) higher!
The nominees were
MMO-Champion Ultimate Showdown
Picture Wars
and Players vs. Mods
The runner-up is...
MMO-Champion Ultimate Showdown!
And the winner for Best Forum Game goes to...
Players vs. Mods
Artist of the Year
This category is for the best music artists of the year that released new original music in 2012, and the nominees are
Gotye
Mumford and Sons
and PSY
Runner up goes to...
Mumford and Sons
And the Artist of the Year is...
PSY! For, Op op op op, oppa gangnam sty- ok I will stop
Most Controversial Change by Blizzard
With every bad decision and every argument there is always controversy, here are the most controversial changes Blizzard made to WoW
Cross Realm Zones
Pandaren Race
and Pet Battles
The runner up goes to
The Pandaren Race
And the Most Controversial Change by Blizzard goes to...
Cross Realm Zones!
Most Active User
This award goes to users who not only had high post counts for the year but also those who post all throughout and are known by everywhere because you see a post by them in almost every single thread.
The nominees are
Freyera
Majad
semaphore
Scrapbot
Trassk
In third place is
Scrapbot
Second place goes to...
Majad
And the winner for Most Active User is...
Freyera!
Most Underrated Game
There are many good games out there that just end up not getting the attention they deserve, here are your nominees for most underrated game
The nominees are
Dishonoured
Journey
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
The Runner-Up goes to
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
And the winner is..
Dishonoured! I guess Journey was just to underrated to win...I kid, I kid.
Most Overrated Game
With every underrated game there is an overrated game, here are your nominees (Which are all, unsurprisingly sequels)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Diablo 3
FarCry 3
Guild Wars 2
and Halo 4
In third place is
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Second place goes to
Diablo 3
And the "winner" of this sequelfest for Most Overrated Game goes to
Guild Wars 2!
Best New Model
This category is for the best looking model that Blizzard put into WoW this year, here are the nominees
Cloud Serpents
Female Pandaren
Sha of Fear
Triceratops
and Vol'Jin
In third place is
Female Pandaren
In second place
Sha of Fear
And the winner for best new model goes to...
Cloud Serpents!
TV Show of the Year
Time to award the thing that occupies most Americans time after they get home from work making them all fat and lazy-What sorry here are the Best TV Show nominees
Community
Game of Thrones
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Sherlock
The Walking Dead
In third place is
Community
And coming in at second place I must congratulate the Bronies because they pulled off a near win with
My Little Pony: Friendship it Magic
And the winner for Best TV Show goes to
Game of Thrones
Most Controversial Thread
Blizzard isn't the only one to strike controversy, here are the threads that caused the biggest arguments and flame wars in 2012
10v25 Man Raid Threads
Israel/Palestine Threads
My Little Pony Discussion Thread
Time to discuss gun regulation in the US?
U.S. Presidential Race: Republican Discussion
In third place by one vote is
Israel/Palestine Threads
In second place is
U.S. Presidential Race: Republican Discussion
And the most controversial thread of 2012 is...
Everything in general discussion! Wait sorry, Time to discuss gun regulation in US? is the winner
Best Graphics
Graphics aren't everything, but they are pretty to look at and deserve some rewards so here are the nominations
Borderlands 2
FarCry 3
Guild Wars 2
Halo 4
TERA
In third place is
Halo 4
Second place is
TERA
And the winner for Best Graphics is..
FarCry 3!
Funniest Thread
These threads made you laugh and cry from laughing, here are the funniest threads of 2012
Funny Pictures Megathread
Funny Videos Megathread
It took me FIVE year to realize the disarm icon is actually a hand dropping a sword...
My Little Pony Discussion Thread
Picture Wars
In third place
My Little Pony Discussion Thread (I'm still trying to figure out if this is in a good or bad way)
In second place by one vote is
Funny Pictures Megathread
And the winner of Funniest Thread goes to...
It took me FIVE year to realize the disarm icon is actually a hand dropping a sword...
Best Story
This category is for the Best Story in a video game according to the MMO-Champion users.
The nominees are
Assassin's Creed 3
Mass Effect 3
Star Wars: The Old Republic
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
In third place by one vote again is
Mass Effect 3
In second place also by one vote is
Star Wars: The Old Republic
And the winner for the Best Story in a Video Game goes to
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Best New Feature
There were many new features added in WoW this year, which were the best?
The nominees are
Account Wide Pets, Mounts, and Achievements
Battleground Blacklisting
New Talent Trees
Pet Battles
World Bosses
In third place is
Battleground Blacklisting by one tie-breaker vote
In second place is
Pet Battles
And the best new feature in WoW is
Account Wide pets, mounts, and achievements
Movie of the Year
There were many popcorn blockbuster movies this year that everybody here decided to nominated and here they are
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: And Unexpected Journey
Skyfall
and Wreck-It Ralph
In third place is
The Dark Knight Rises
And in second place is
The Avengers
And the winner for Movie of the Year is
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best New Raid/Dungeon Boss
WoW had many new bosses, and here are the three everybody thought were the best
Elegon
Spirit Kings
and Will of the Emperor
The runner-up goes to
Spirit Kings
And winning with the biggest landslide of the awards is
Elegon!
Game of the Year
There were many games this year and here were the 5 the MMO-Champion Users voted to be the best.
Assassin's Creed 3
Guild Wars 2
Journey
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series
Also may I note this category was the (second) closest race of all the categories, in fact the first, second, and third placers were all within one vote of each other.
In third place is
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series
In second place is
Assassin's Creed 3
And the Game of the Year goes to...
Guild Wars 2
Song of the Year
You probably listened to many songs this year, here are the three that were voted on for song of the year
Gangnam Style
Somebody that I Used to Know
We Are Young
The Runner-Up is...
Somebody That I Used to Know
And the Song of the Year is...
Heeeyyyy Sexy lad-ay! Ok fine, Gangnam Style
User of the Year
For whatever personal reason you had, here were the users nominated for the best MMO-Champion users of 2012, remember before when I said the game of the year was the second closest race, well this was the closet, in fact it was a 3 way tie without me voting.
Here are the nominees
Darsithis
Elyaan
Freyera
letmesleep
Skelington
So because of a three way tie, instead of me doing two tiebreakers, we are going to have 3 Users of the year this year!
Congratulations Darsithis, Elyaan, and Skelington!
Thread of the Year
And now for the only category people care about because as you know in all awards shows, all of the categories before the final one are fillers for time, the final one is all that matters, so here are the nominees for the Best Thread of 2012!
Chat Thread
Last Movie You Saw and What You Would Rate it Out of 10
MMO-Champion Ultimate Showdown
My Little Pony Discussion Thread
Picture Wars
In third place is
MMO-Champion Ultimate Showdown!
And in second place...
The Last Movie You Saw and What You Would Rate it Out of 10!
And the winner for Thread of the Year goes to...
My Little Pony Discussion Thread!
Congratulations to all of our winners, and our nominees because remember just being nominated is an honor, it was my pleasure to do these again for 2012 and if all goes well for me I hope to do it again next year for the best of 2013!