Running the Mod of the Year is always an incredible experience for us at ModDB. The stakes are high, the prizes and support of the competition is stronger than ever (with our announcement of the US Air Force's involvement today). The development scene is healthier than it has ever been, with so many deserving mod and indie games battling it out to become recognized as the best of 2008. After all, past winners, runners up and top 100 titles have gone on to become so much more, when a hobby becomes a job and a well regarded commerical success story.
Little over 24 hours ago top 100 voting closed in the 7th Annual Mod of the Year awards. You have spoken with your votes and the winners are locked in. In a few weeks time we will begin the "winners showcase" phase which runs for the remainder of this month. Each day an editors choice pick (across a number of categories) will be announced OSCARS style (i.e. nominee's then the winner). Expect an assortment of great titles to be coming your way. Then as the curtain closes the culmination of the competition occurs on the last day of Febuary as we announce the 2008 Mod of the Year.
Finally I would like to welcome the US Air Force as the major sponsor of this years winners showcase. With their support we know we can continue to grow this competition and help you continue to be recognised as the great developers and innovators you are.
It’s amazing how modders can take a game everyone knows and loves, add a little inspiration, imagination and hard work and create something completely new — a mod that is downloaded by thousands and worthy of great praise. It’s this ingenuity that makes us proud to be associated with the 2009 Mod of the Year Awards. After all, the men and women of the United States Air Force exhibit the same modder-like qualities every day. Whether it’s breaking the sound barrier for the first time, inventing GPS or developing software to fend off cyber attacks, we know what it’s like to have ideas that demand to be born. So congratulations to this year’s winner and all the participants. May your next mod be downloaded by millions.
US Airforce?
Now that's branching out a little...
They're probably looking for new recruits to go and "liberate" some country.
the average age for a gamer/modder is 20something and im pretty sure thats just what age they want new recruits. but it wont be that effective, seeing as how this is an international site, and not many people here agree with what the US army is doing to the world, hence your comment.
Its more like to convince us that the airforce is cool and we should support (it even if they get ordered to attack out country)
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**** every branch of the military. You should only join to serve your country not because they have similar interest (which they don't). They are a workhorse and when you're told to do something you work your *** off 'till it's done. It's volunteer work and a sacrifice not a cool place to be. You become government property which sounds cool until you realize you're a slave and sometimes they like to experiment on you... Boot camp is the same **** that they put troubled youth through. They even ******* tell you to turn off your brain in boot camp. That's what they told me after threatening to beat me up and **** and get me thrown in the brig for wanting out near graduation. I am so ******* glad I got out of that **** hole. They even make fun of the civilians which are the people you're supposed to be defending. Their gay little lie for each other ****** brotherhood **** is more important to them. **** the air force and especially the Navy who used to advertise here last year. They also turn you into a bunch of lying snitches in bootcamp. I wouldn't trust some of the people who enlist with my dog let alone my life. One *** tried to force me to use my tooth brush in a urinal after I used it. The *** had no ranking above me even he was just a big power hungry piece of ****. FUUUUUUCK THE MILITARYYYYYYY AND THE ELITES THAT CONTRL THEM. :O
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Oh and I'd like to add that even the guys who worked at the training academy hated the Navy. The guys at the shooting range would rant about how we gunner's mates were replacements for american body bags in the middle east. Lots of other military men and women there love to get their hate for the military off of their chest. I feel sorry for anyone who thinks that our military is an honorable choice right now. Only losers join it and defend what they are doing right now just to give their **** lives some purpose. ******* morons...
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**** you turbofag... next time theres a terrorest attack i hope they hit your family, you deserve it
why am i gatting neg things, ??????
i mean, think about it, i dont care if you hate america or love america, i dont like america that much, and thats fine with me, thats my oppinion, but i respect the solders who are doing there job protecting the lives of peaple from weastern countries arround the word.....
i mean think about it
your givving me, and the one marine dude under me neg karma, whene the solders are not to blame.
hte government sends in troops... not troops force in the governmant.
i dont care what you think about any country, but you should allways respect the troops.
It won't be effective since the only people who browse this site are nerds like us who spend their time finding mods for video games.
gamers making ignorant statements about politics, whoda thunk it
******** making ignorant statements about gamers, whoda thunk it
morons turning innocuous conversations about gaming into political flamewars? what a suprise
Can you people shut the **** up and concentrate on the topic at hand?
On the contrary, there was not even a hint of "politics" in my post. I suggest you read it again.
Perhaps we should refrain from feeding the troll... =/
Sell one F-22 Raptor and you have budget for 10 games HL2 class :D
It was this way last year. And I love the Air Force :P
Can we talk about mods?
You know... the MOTY awards are about mods.
That was a definite "What The?!"
(see Rove Live to know what that's about).
It's good when the planet's largest armed forces takes an interest in this sort of thing? I assume? It certainly grabs attention I suppose...
It certainly eclipsed my original intention of seeing who won when I was reading the article!
What I can only assume is a fellow Aussie, gidday mate :)
(Rove is hilarious)
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Im not sure the American taxpayers would like this.. damn government.
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**** usa , damn criminals.
also.. stop killing innocent people so you can steal theire oil
You really are quite ignorant aren't you?
No he's not. He's simply stating what happened in the last few years. It's up to the USA to change this.
What my compatriot forgot is that we (romanians) also have troops deployed in Iraq. That kinda put us in the same boat with US, right?
Think a bit before making that kind of statements.
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I think its kinde of ocward haveing the American military here, but isn't that a bit rasist to say ?
Aren't you a moron. Name a war where civilians weren't killed and the fact that these people use civilians as shields and they don't wear uniforms.
based on how this comment has been buried I'm guessing most of the people who pass through here are Americans...
Nah, he was just being a retard. There are better ways to express your opinion without acting like a ignorant *******.
Well, it's probably better then spending on weapons or such.
They have the money after all.
The last day of February? Oh man, that's still some time to wait for the results.
The thing with the US Airforce is as funny the NAVY involvement in the last years. All I can say is "de-accelerate" your life!! XD
greetings
Editors choice will be posted daily a few weeks before this, so you will have a day to day showcase to keep you on the edge of your seat :D
Oh ... how nasty. It's like torturing. XD
Hey-hey-hey... torture? That's the Marines' job! Not the Air Force's! They have *cough* "surgical" duties...
Hmmm...I dont like what army here...
I don't like armies everywhere.
The Air Force and Navy have always been huge supporters of the MOTY. The amount of tech it takes to run the planes, satelites, spy gear etc is astounding and well they see you guys as the best. After all game development is incredibly difficult - don't think anyone can argue with me there.
We are happy to have them on board and hope they continue to support the awards in '09 and beyond.
Plus they use video games to train up the military for certain situations too.
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Which though is questionable stuff in fact.
Stop ******** in here if you don't agree with America, nothing to take against the United States Air Force.
Oh, are we now at this point where you are only allowed to say "praise America for all they did bad and good" and disallow any critical comments? Although... looking at the results so far in MOTY I'm not astonished by this mentality.
It's probably more like how you say it and that this is the wrong platform for this topic and for spamming/flaming.
After all this is not your first post in these comments about this exact topic.
This doesn't have anything to do with that, you are obviously some anti-american freak to see the airforce as a sponsor for a video game modding list and try to complain about how you think America is the worst thing ever to the extent of what your going for.
From what I've read, video games are not used in the military as form of "training" per se. Rather they're an extra aid that can be used to assist the development of teamwork and coordination between squad members.
Still, it's nice to see them helping out the modding community :)
Fact is ( and the military said it themselves ) is that they use video games to lower the killing threshold. The KT simply indicates how much it takes before you pull the trigger on somebody. Common civilians have a rather high threshold ( so it takes a lot or is nearly impossible to get them to use a gun ).
Of course you do, they are probably shelling out plenty of cash, and tax payers money.
now great, the military is into this :-(
I remember the US Navy has sponsored it before also. Kind of makes sense when you think about it - the have a ton of computer guys in the force to keep stuff like the UAV's, satellites, etc. running.
Plus I'm sure some of those people love mods and managed to get the military to support it. "Its uh.... for training, sir."
you will laugh but a few years ago trained some guys from the US airforce in a space shooter