News Room Contributor  Posts: 8880 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1567 Joined: 5 Dec 2007     | Congrats, a well deserved award. Did you get a motivation along with the giant trophy? |
Muckraker  Posts: 324 Joined: 13 Jan 2008     | Well done to you all. I'm sure the whole forum community agrees it is well deserved. |
Brand Manager  Posts: 2721 Joined: 8 Oct 2007     | WOOT! Congrats! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1214 Joined: 9 Dec 2007    | I'm sure this comes as a surprise to no one. Still, congratulations all the same, guys; good work. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 377 Joined: 7 Nov 2007    | apparently you beat rockband.com, even in the peoples choice - now that is quality. keep it up. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 785 Joined: 30 Nov 2007   | Great work guys. The awards are certainly deserved. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2768 Joined: 18 Sep 2007   | Congrats! And it's nice to see at least one of my picks win... -- Steve |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1385 Joined: 24 Apr 2008     | Guess the escapist won't beat yahtzee after all XD |
Escapist Co-Founder  Posts: 829 Joined: 21 Nov 2004   | Thanks all! We're so excited to have won both awards. And thanks to the best community ever who jumped up to support us. *tear* /mushy Damn it feels good to be a gangsta. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 11835 Joined: 13 Feb 2008   | Gotta say I'm glad I came here (originally for ZP) but Malagrys and the others actually get involved and bring us some good scoops without trying to push agendas. Top marks. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2254 Joined: 14 Nov 2007    | Awesome. Well done chaps. Celebratory booze for all. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 849 Joined: 9 Apr 2008    | lol why are we congratulating them? it was OUR votes that won the peoples voice award for them. seriously, congrats on the award, Escapist. you deserve it i originally came here for the zero punctuation series, but have found there is much more to this site. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2625 Joined: 14 Jan 2008   | *claps* Good Job. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4460 Joined: 14 Jan 2008  | Well congrats you surely do deserve it. Anyway what do you get with this win? A big trphy, Money , Pride? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1578 Joined: 25 Nov 2007  | A landslide victory! Congratulations, guys, it's well-deserved.
Now, now, they said they would beat him if they didn't win. They DIDN'T say they WOULDN'T beat him if they DID win, did they? ;) |
Paperboy  Posts: 38 Joined: 16 Aug 2007     | Hurrah for a well deserved win... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3994 Joined: 18 Dec 2007  | Sweet for the Escapist, it isn't suprising though. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 202 Joined: 8 Sep 2006 | I was slightly surprised... not that The Escapist doesn't deserve it, but I'm not used to the best nominee winning! Congrats Escapist. Keep doing your thang! :-) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2170 Joined: 23 Dec 2007  |
Word up G money, now lets go smash a xerox machine. Congrats to all at the Escapist for some quality journalism, long may it continue. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1562 Joined: 2 Mar 2008  | Great job for winning both awards (to everyone who voted and the site itself). Now, question. Does the site actually get anything? Or are they just allowed to put "We won a Webby!" on the site. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 7 May 2008 | Congratulations :) BUT...If you read the comments and stuff on voting, i dont think you guys would have reached this far without Zero punctuation :) |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 10 Joined: 28 Mar 2008  | Unsurprising, and exquisitely well-deserved. Congratulations to all of you! You guys should get a commemorative Webby Broom for pulling off the sweep. ^_^ |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4180 Joined: 29 Dec 2007   | Woot. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4460 Joined: 14 Jan 2008 |
nicely put. |
Red Guard  Posts: 6715 Joined: 24 Apr 2008  | i'm glad, i farmed every computer i could to pour votes into this, its awesome you guys won! (thumbs up emoticon if i could and i did not hate emoticons with a passion) |
Beat Writer  Posts: 223 Joined: 2 Jan 2008 | Came for the ZP, stayed for stories. Gratz |
Artist  Posts: 563 Joined: 13 Jun 2002   |
Teehee |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 683 Joined: 20 Jan 2008    |
Is that a pun? A reverse-pun? I know there's word-play humour in there somewhere... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008   | You can thank me later... Nah, it was a well deserved win. Great content, great forums, and most of all, great community. **Claps** |
News Room Contributor Posts: 8880 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
I've been waiting more than two weeks for that. |
The Escapist Wins Webbies
With its characteristic grace, style and Viking-like ice-blooded ruthlessness, The Escapist has captured its Webby Awards.
The Escapist was nominated in April under the category of Game-Related Website, and was eligible to win two prizes: The Webby Award, chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the People's Voice Award, selected by popular vote. Despite facing fierce competition from noteworthy websites Gamasutra, Gamezebo, Wired.com's GameLife Blog and RockBand.com, The Escapist completed the sweep, capturing both awards.
"We're absolutely ecstatic both the committee and the community chose to award us with both Webby awards," said Escapist Associate Editor Joe Blancato. "Amid such tough competition, it's both humbling and gratifying to learn we won."
The Webby Awards, established in 1996, recognize excellence in the online arena across a diverse range of nearly 70 categories, including Activism, Fashion, Consumer Electronics, Music, Podcasts and Youth. The complete list of winners, who will be formally recognized at the 12th Annual Webby Awards Ceremony from June 8-10 in New York City, is available here.
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