GameWinners 2008 Yearbook

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• GameWinners.com
• 2008 Yearbook

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Table of Contents

• 3-8 Gamewinners 2008 Year End Awards
• 9-33 Member Pages
• 10 2000 Members
• 11-13 2001 Members
• 14-16 2002 Members
• 17-19 2003 Members
• 20-22 2004 Members
• 23-26 2005 Members
• 27-30 2006 Members
• 31-32 2007 Members
• 33 2008 Members
• 34 Farewell/End

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2008 Year End Awards

• At the end of 2008, we ran the third annual
  GameWinners Year End Awards. All the winners were
  nominated and voted on by the members of the
  site.The winners of these votes are contained on
  the next few pages. Links are provided.
• Special thanks to those who ran the awards
  Apollo, Northern Lights, Schteve, and The Spoony
  Bard

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Member Awards

• Favorite Username of 2008 ColoradoAvalancheFanMat
  t
• Most Missed Member of 2008 WER
• Favorite Custom Title of 2008 Vamp - Junior
  Admin
• Favorite Signature of 2008 Victoria
  Signature
• Favorite Avatar of 2008 Ocean Avatar
• Most Controversial Member of 2008 Leandros
• Member of the Year Vermin
• Breakout Member of 2008 Apollo
• Most Improved Member of 2008 Fire King
• Most Helpful Member of 2008 Alice!
• Favorite New Member of 2008 z0r

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Staff Awards

• Favorite New Moderator of 2008 Blacklotus
• Favorite Moderator of 2008 Schteve
• Favorite Upper Staff Member of 2008 Crazy Jamie

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Forum Awards

• Most Entertaining Thread of 2008 Game Help V2's
  thread and I KNOW WHO DTRAN WAS! (tie)
• Favorite Game Help Forum of 2008 Fallout
• Favorite Post of 2008 mikeyyyd911's Rickroll
  Fail
• Stupidest Ban of 2008 Chris!'s Ban
• Favorite Club/Clan of 2008 The Smash Bros.
• Favorite Forum of 2008 Corpus Vile
• Best New Forum of 2007 No/One Rule Pool
• Biggest Forum Event of 2008 Paid Subscriptions
• Most Controversial Moment of 2008 The Great
  Thread Closure Controversy
• Favorite Social Group of 2008 The Official
  GameWinners Social Group

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Gaming Awards

• Favorite Fighting Game of 2008 Super Smash Bros.
  Brawl
• Favorite RPG of 2008 Fallout 3
• Favorite Strategy Game of 2008 Command and
  Conquer Read Alert 3 and Final Fantasy Tactics
  A2 Grimoire of the Rift (tie)
• Favorite Racing Game of 2008 Mario Kart Wii
• Favorite Other Game of 2008 Rock Band 2
• Favorite FPS/Shooter of 2008 Left 4 Dead
• Favorite Console of 2008 Microsoft Xbox 360
• Favorite Game of 2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Biggest Video Game Flop of 2008 Spore
• Favorite E Rated Game of 2008 LittleBigPlanet
• Favorite Survival/Horror Game of 2008 Left 4
  Dead
• Favorite Action/Adventure Game of 2008 Grand
  Theft Auto IV
• Favorite Handheld Game of 2008 Final Fantasy
  VII Crisis Core

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Pop Culture Awards

• Favorite Album of 2008 Death Magnetic by
  Metallica
• Favorite Song of 2008 All Nightmare Long by
  Metallica
• Favorite TV Show of 2008 Scrubs
• Favorite Movie of 2008 The Dark Knight

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Members

• It's the members and community that truly create
  the unique forum that is GameWinners.com. The
  following pages showcase every member who chose
  to be included in the 2008 Yearbook. They are
  ordered by the year they joined, then
  alphabetically. Some members may have had an
  earlier join date on a different account all the
  members here are listed by their current
  account's joining year.

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2000
A Lucid Mind
Andre the Giant
Real Name Roderick Favorite Forum Pro Wrestling
and Wrestling Games Quote Burning from The Urge
and glowing for The Jump.
Real Name Kevin Favorite Forum Soccer,
Sports Quote I dreamt that I was falling, but
when I woke up I realized that I was flying.
Majin
Real Name Ben Favorite Forum Not Current
Events Quote As far as we can discern, the sole
purpose of human existence is to kindle a light
at meaning in the darkness of mere being. --
Carl Jung
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2001
Civil Disobedient
ColoradoAvalancheFanMatt
Real Name Joe Favorite Forum Music
Radio Quote This forum sucks. -- me
Real Name Matt Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote I've got Americans in my dick. --
Dalton
Fire King
Crazy Jamie
Real NameJamie Favorite Forum Soccer, Advice
Forums, Video Game Bashing Quote I'm not
perfect, but I'm so close it scares me.
Real Name Roger Burton Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote You live and learn. At any rate, you
live. -- Douglas Adams
12
2001
Olga
Scott
Real Name Olga Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote Trying to look good limits my life.
-- Stefan Sagmeister
Real Name Scott Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote I'm not lazy, I just can't be
bothered.
The Eye In The Sky!
SF3P0X1
Real Name Bryan Favorite Forum Sonic
Series Quote True insanity is doing the same
thing over and over and expecting a different
outcome.
Real Name Favorite Forum Quote
Real Name Tom Favorite Forum Sports Quote
Wait a minute, Bender's name isn't Bonder! It's
Bender!
13
2001
Tommy Boy
Real Name Tommy DiPetro Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile, One Rule Pool Quote So what we're gu-SO
WHAT WE'RE GUNNA DO, LOTUS.
14
2002
Alice!
God's Bounty Hunter
Real Name Alex Favorite Forum Guys
Gals Quote Destiny is a funny thing. It never
happens the way you expect.
Real Name Tino Favorite Forum Need For Speed,
Harvest Moon, and Legend of Zelda Quote Say
what you really mean, when your ambition calls
you.
Mike!
Jofish
Real Name Joe Favorite Forum Left 4 Dead Quote
It never got weird enough for me. -- Hunter S.
Thompson
Real Name Favorite Forum Quote
Real Name Mike Favorite Forum PWW Quote I
don't want to be a product of my environment, I
want my environment to a product of me.
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2002
Noise
Rick52
Real Name Noise Favorite Forum Music Radio,
Sports Quote n/a
Real Name Rick Favorite Forum Fire Emblem
Series Quote Uh, I got nothin'.
Tim!
SegaDragon
Real Name Charles Stover Favorite Forum Snoic
Series Quote We come to love not by finding a
perfect person, but by learning to see an
imperfect person perfectly.
Real Name Tim Favorite Forum PC Troubleshooting
Quote n/a
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2002
TravisTouchdown
Two Angels And A Dream
Real Name Tony Favorite Forum Wrestling
Discussion, The E-Fedding Hub, Politics Quote
In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible
disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the
darkness was alive with the moans and screams of
wounded people. Suddenly, a small light glowed. A
candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for
millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the
ugly dark. I laughed and blew it out.
Real Name Deone Favorite Forum Fodd
Health Quote Unknown but not unloved.
Victoria
Real Name Victoria the Great Favorite Forum
Corpus Vile Quote hello look at Vamp's hat
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2003
CM Punk
Demikain
Real Name Daniel Favorite Forum Final Fantasy
series Quote Imagine if life was like High
School Musical' with everyone randomly breaking
into song and dance. -- A Friend
Real Name Tom Favorite Forum Corpus Vile Quote
I have an existential map it has 'you are here'
written all over it.
PyroFox
Meathos
Real Name Neil Favorite Forum n/a Quote Oh my
fuck, it's the Samsquampsh.
Real Name Pyro James Favorite Forum SSB
Series Quote Life is a game the winners are
those who have the most fun playing. -- Myself
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2003
Qawiqsaqq
T1000416
Real Name Robert Favorite Forum Forum Only
Games Quote The enemy of my enemy might not be
my friend.
Real Name Dannel Zerbian Favorite Forum Movies
and Super Smash Brothers Quote Let's just say I
want to believe.
The Spoony Bard
The Muffin Man
Real Name Aaron Smith Favorite Forum Fire
Emblem Quote He's like, sex on legs, well
dressed legs. - my good friend Dan about me
Real Name The Spoony Bard Favorite Forum Final
Fantasy series Quote There is nothing either
good or bad, but thinking makes it so. --
William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act 2 scene ii)
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2003
Zero 24
Real Name Pablo Salatino Favorite Forum
Forum-only Games Quote The only thing I know is
that I don't know anything. -- Socrates
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2004
Lightning
Acid Ammo
Real Name Darren Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote "No matter what you do there will be
critics.
Real Name Marcel Favorite Forum Corpus Vile,.
Soccer Quote Get over it.
Bulbasaurus Rex
Air Head
Real Name Erik Scharff Favorite Forum CV, FOG,
and Subscribers Only Quote Life goes by pretty
fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a
while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller
Real Name Favorite Forum Quote
Real Name n/a Favorite Forum Pokémon RPG Quote
Bulba Bulbasaur!
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2004
BunniesGoneBad
Darth-gamer
Real Name Coreena Favorite Forum Zelda! Quote
It's like a pimpin' punk pinata pool party in
mah pants. Wanna partake? Patience, pea pod!
Real Name Robert Younglove Favorite Forum GTA
Series Quote That's me on the right. )
Ford Mustang
Duke Nukem
Real Name Patrick Favorite Forum n/a Quote
Growing old is inevitable growing up is
optional.
Real Name Steven Favorite Forum
Runescape Quote There is nothing inherently
safe about sitting on four and a half million
pounds of explosives. -- Mike Fossum
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2004
Grey Angel
Mr. Blue!
Real Name Orlando Martinez Jr Favorite Forum
Guys Gals, School of Battle Quote Curiosity
only kills when you misuse the powers from your
newly gained knowledge.
Real Name Kurtis Butler Favorite Forum Star
Wars and Pokemon RPG Quote Quidquid Latine
dictum sit, altum videtur. - Anything said in
Latin seems profound.
Vermin
Vamp
Real Name Vamp Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote hello look at my hat
Real Name Longfellow McTitbrick Favorite Forum
Corpus Vile Quote some of my best friends are
people -- canadaguy
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2005
Aryll
Aura
Real Name n/a Favorite ForumLegend of Zelda,
Hangman A-Z Games Quote You're born an
original, don't die a copy.
Real Name Luke Favorite Forum Illuyad Quote
If I write of heroes, is it because I am not
one?
Evan
Austin.
Real Name Austin Favorite Forum MMA Quote Be
careful of the toes you step on because they may
be the toes thats attached to the foot that's
kicking your ass tomorrow!
Real Name Evan Favorite Forum Wrestling
Discussion, E-Fed Epicenter, and Wrestling
Games Quote I hope we find a cure for every
major disease. I'm tired of walking 5k. --
Daniel Tosh
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2005
Haze
Jangles
Real Name Tim Favorite Forum Super Smash
Brothers series Quote Impossible Is Nothing. -
Muhammad Ali
Real Name Justin Favorite Forum Sports Quote
Jangles, Best sniper in the Woooooooooorld! --
A friend and Halo teammate
KeybladeMaster718
Jeffie!
Real Name Ryan O'Connor Favorite Forum Pokemon
RPG Quote Whoa! Abe Lincoln is HUGE! No wonder
he won the Civil War.
Real Name Logan Favorite Forum Forum-Only
Games Quote When you're only having seconds,
I'm having twenty-thirds. -- Weird Al "Fat"
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2005
Major Isoor
modi25
Real Name Tom Foolery Favorite Forum Metal Gear
Solid Forum Quote Is that a gun in your pocket
or are you just pleased to see me?
Real Name Saleem Favorite Forum Xbox360,
Console Combat Quote Modi want BIG BOOM!!
Operative 19
Morgan Freeman
Real Name Dave Favorite Forum Wrestling
Discussion Quote I don't see the world in black
and white, but shades of gray. That's what allows
me to do things others just can't do. -- Jeff
Hardy
Real Name Stahn McCloud( Or Rick) Favorite
Forum Video Game Bashing and Wrestling
Discussion Quote What would Jesus do?
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2005
Slingshot
Sombra
Real Name Tom Favorite Forum Corpus Vile Quote
I think it would be ironic if the world was made
of iron.
Real Name Robert Favorite Forum PC
Programming/Troubleshooting Quote Anything
built by Sombra would end up looking like a
defective yellow turtle. -- Epic Fail
Steven
Real Name Steven Eisner Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote Sup, bitchfist?
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2006
GwJumpman
FalconZero
Real Name David Barnes Favorite Forum Super
Smash Bros. Quote BZZZZZZT! -- Robotic
Operating Buddy
Real Name Ken Favorite Forum Sonic Series, Mega
Man Series QuoteSuccess is not the destination,
it is the journey.
Kansas
Junxtion
Real Name Eli Favorite Forum Forum-Only
Games Quote An idle hand makes no money.
Real Name Will Donelson Favorite Forum
FOGT Quote When the doors of percepton are
cleansed, everything appears to man as it is
infinite. -- William Blake
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2006
Kid_A
Misato
Real Name A. Favorite Forum Music
Radio Quote Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I
smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really
look all right in this plastic jumpsuit? --
David Sedaris
Real Name Carmen Favorite Forum Kingdom Hearts,
Harvest Moon Quote Genius by birth, Lazy by
choice.
Mr. DNA
Mousepaw
Real Name Mousepaw Favorite Forum Kingdom
Hearts, Final Fantasy Quote I reject your
reality, and substitute my own.
Real Name Favorite Forum Quote
Real Name John Favorite Forum Religion Quote
The last scintilla of doubt just rode out of
town.
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2006
Nicholas
Seerow
Real Name Nick Forbes Favorite Forum Naruto,
Current Events/Discussion, PWW, Wrestling
Forums Quote Cheese is easily the best thing
ever. -- Nicholas
Real Name Tom Lockett Favorite Forum Pokémon
Competitive Battling Quote n/a
Spindrift
Shoryuken
Real Name n/a Favorite Forum Clubs
Clans Quote ???P
Real Name Nathan Favorite Forum RuneScape,
Music Radio Quote When life gives you lemons
you make grape juice. You then sit back relax and
watch while everyone else wonders how the fck
you did it.
30
2006
Storm Wolf
Vaati
Real Name Danny King Favorite Forum Pokémon
RPG, Illuyad Quote In my life, one of the
proudest titles I'll ever hold and cherish is
'brother'.
Real Name Clark Favorite Forum n/a Quote
Escalators can never break, They can only become
stairs. -- Mitch Hedberg
ZeldaQueen
Real Name Lilly Favorite Forum The Legend of
Zelda Quote Everybody makes me happy. Some by
coming, some by leaving.
31
2007
Andyrocks987
Hyperion
Real Name Andy Dominguez Favorite Forum WiFi
Zone Quote Let's Play!
Real Name Daniel Favorite Forum n/a Quote
Misery is a Want. -- Me
Shur'tugal
Lukas Mattieau
Real Name Lucas Favorite Forum Corpus
Vile Quote We did not turn back, nor did we
falter.
Real Name Jaymes Favorite Forum Competitive
Pokemon Battling Quote n/a
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2007
Temporary3
Real Name Carlos Veliz Favorite Forum
Runescape Quote I can't wait to go home and
bury myself in my mamma's pasta sauce!, What?
Is his mom's sauce really that good? Are we
missing out on a whole world of food? -- Sly3
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2008
KyleKyleBensen
Neeg
Real Name Jensen Favorite Forum n/a QuoteMy
God, think of the opportunities and thrusts that
lie ahead when one knows without a shred of doubt
how commonplace and normal one is at heart! --
J.D. Salinger
Real Name Favorite ForumStuart Negus
Playstation 2, PC Quote Success consists of
going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. - Sir Winston Churchill
Vaan53
Impulsive.
Real Name Baris Mason Favorite Forum Wrestling
Discussion Quote My future is finally set.
Real Name Favorite Forum Quote
Real Name Favorite ForumTim Thunderdome,
Wrestling Discussion Quote Just because it is,
doesn't mean it should be. - Australia (movie)
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Farewell 2008

• Thanks to everyone who have helped make
  GameWinners.com such a great place. Here's hoping
  that 2009 (and all years thereafter) will be even
  better than the ones we've already had.
• Thank you,
• The GameWinners.com Staff

Yearbook Created By Alice!