2008 Best of Halo Awards: Accepting Nominations

The handsome devils over at Second Foundation (who so generously paid me to use that exact terminology) have hosted Halo-themed awards for the past two consecutive years. When I heard they were not going to continue their short-lived tradition, I wanted to make sure significantly contributing members of this community I care so much about still got the recognition they wholeheartedly deserve. Thus, I will be your handsome devil of a host this year for the 2008 Best of Halo Awards. Although I’m not exactly handsome, I’m certainly the devil so at least I’ve got half of it covered!

Nominations for all categories will be accepted until Monday, December 22nd (giving you one full week to ponder and submit your preferred choices). Official nominees will be announced and voting will begin on December 29th. Voting will remain open until January 5th with the winners being announced the following week. When you make your nominations (in the form of a comment), please remember this is for the year 2008 only, meaning potential video nominations must have been made and released in 2008, all screenshot nominations must have been taken in 2008, and eligible news must have occurred in 2008. All of everything must have gone down in 2008. Got it? Good! If you see someone else mention the same thing you were going to point out, go ahead and call my attention to it again. The more referrals I receive for each individual item, the closer I will look at it for consideration. After the jump you will find the specific categories with examples for clarification purposes. Check them out, then get to nominating!


Ex: new Halo-themed title, new trailer, new map pack announcement, etc

Ex: news site, stats site, in-depth analysis site, etc

Ex: someone who strives to make a consistent and positive impact on the Halo community

Ex: a segment which uses rapid editing, special effects and music to present gameplay from Halo

Ex: a regular ongoing series of productions that are produced using the tools and resources available in Halo

Ex: a single episode produced using the tools and resources available in Halo

Ex: an unaltered image taken in Halo 3’s theater mode (must be available on b.net)

Ex: the most hospitable place to hang your hat and talk about Halo, whether it be a clan or a website

Ex: armor, comic, program, image, etc

Ex: must be an original or DLC map available in matchmaking (no custom maps)

*As the person running these awards, I hereby forbid myself from being a potential nominee. So for all you people who were going to nominate Spartan Pr0n as being a significant contribution to the Halo community, please put your vote to use on something else. And no, you can’t nominate Forge Pr0n either. Sorry!