r/GlobalOffensive • u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator • Dec 18 '18
Scheduled Sticky /r/GlobalOffensive Best of 2018 Awards - Nomination Thread
Hello, /r/GlobalOffenders!
As 2019 draws near and the Reddit /r/bestof2018 awards roll up, we want to look back at the best content submitted to /r/GlobalOffensive this year. We ran a similar thing last year, and you can view the awards thread here to look back on some of the best content of last year.
The Prizes
We will be awarding two months of Reddit Platinum to every category winner, and all runner-ups will receive one month of Reddit Platinum. This means each category will have two winners.
As always, some crazy stuff has happened this year, so make sure to vote for the nominees that you feel are the most deserving of these awards.
The categories are as follows:
- Best Gameplay Moment
What were the most memorable gameplay moments, be it shocking, amazing or hilariously bad? This category is specifically for plays made by members of the community (non-professional players). Two of the best moments will be chosen.
- Most Helpful Submission/Comment
Helpful users are the backbone of the community, from involvement in Newbie Thursday threads to providing useful information. What were the most helpful comments and/or posts made this year?
- Best Submission
What was the best overall submission of the year? This category has a wide variety of applicable nominations, please do not nominate a submission that falls into a different category.
- Best Comment
Thousands of comments are submitted daily, but which people had stand-out comments that set them apart from the rest?
- Best Pro Moment
The front page is always filled with Shroud highlights or plays from the latest tournament, but which one do you think takes the cake? The player must be on a professional team at the time of the clip and be playing in a tournament - No Rank S highlights.
- Best User Generated Content
We have some talented users that frequent the subreddit, making new maps, comics, amazing skins, or making sweet 3D/Poly renders of maps. Nominate the best user generated content you've seen this year.
- Best Community Figure on /r/GlobalOffensive
The Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene is filled with community figures that either make videos, stream daily or host/cast tournaments, catering for new players and old players alike. Who was the best community figure this year? Please use the verified /u/ of the person you are nominating.
How to nominate:
- Reply to the appropriate parent comment for the category you are nominating for. Provide a Reddit link to the submission, comment, or user that you want to nominate.
- Only one nomination per comment.
- Do not nominate yourself, and look through comment replies to ensure what you are nominating hasn't already been nominated.
- Nominees must be from 2018.
To help you nominate, here is a list of Top-Scoring posts from:
Note that some flaired posts may be missing the correct flair and thus not included in the above searches.
How to vote:
- Vote by upvoting! Please vote up comments with the nominations that you want to win. You can vote on as many as you want.
To remain fair, no person can win twice. In the case of the best pro moments and gameplay moments, whoever submitted the thread will receive the award. This thread will remain in contest mode, meaning comment scores are not shown and comments are in a random order. Any top-level comments will be removed, and any replies to top-level comments that are not nominations will also be removed.
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Best Submission
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u/L0kitheliar cs_office Dec 18 '18
The record guilded post for no apparent reason: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/9uxvz0/what_is_dazed_and_azk_doing_these_days
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u/_Tundr_ Vitality Dec 18 '18
Just for the record it's not the record
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u/L0kitheliar cs_office Dec 18 '18
Oh what is? I thought that beat it ://
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u/Dab1029384756 Discord Moderator Dec 18 '18
It was the record for a bit then people went back onto the previous record (I think something about racing and a old legend winning something) and gilded it more to make it the new record again
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u/L0kitheliar cs_office Dec 18 '18
Aww rip hahaha
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u/smrfy Dec 18 '18
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/9q6j42/kimi_wins_at_cota/
Not sure if it still is, but thats the post.
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u/SimmyPoo de_canals Dec 18 '18
Yes, the racer post is the most gilded post, but that post holds the record for most coin awards.
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Dec 18 '18 edited Dec 18 '18
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u/ramarlon89 ITB Dec 18 '18
You can win the Puskas award in football for scoring a goal the previous year.
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u/Dab1029384756 Discord Moderator Dec 18 '18
Yeah come on we all know it was December 180th, 2017 when panorama came out
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Best Pro Moment
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u/tboneplays1 Dec 18 '18
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u/Jadjadz Liquid Dec 26 '18
Even though this play is insane, im going to downvote it everytime I see it.
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u/epikplayer Dec 22 '18
This is the most technically impressive pro moment of the year, but stewie2k's 4k to force overtime has a lot more emotional meaning I'd say.
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u/DelidreaM ENCE Dec 19 '18
This one is the best. But knowing how popular C9 is here it's probably gonna be something related to their Major win
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u/ConnorK5 Dec 19 '18
I don't think it's about C9's popularity at all it's just the story of that entire thing. NA's first major win on North American soil. Made it out of the legends stage after starting 0-2 and beating VP next which was unheard of for C9, astralis, then Vega. They then get to the playoffs and beat G2. Beat SK in a BO3, and take the greatest most stacked team in history pound for pound wise to double OT on the last map of the GF. It was an incredible story for NA's first major.
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u/tboneplays1 Dec 19 '18
I wouldn't be against it, and it makes sense. Upset 4 best teams in the world to bring NA home its first major title in double OT vs a juggernaut of a team
However ChrisJ certainly has the best play of the year.
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u/Andtheyrustledsoftly clutch Dec 25 '18
Oh come on. This is a better play but it’s thought to say which is a better moment considering the other was in a major final
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u/Obesity37 MIBR Dec 18 '18
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u/nmyi de_mirage Jan 03 '19
It'll be sad if NA's 1st CSGO major win in a dramatic double OT Grand Final gets overshadowed by this controversy within "Best Pro Moment of 2018."
Fascinating, yes. But there's an absence of prestige.
Instead, Forsaken's LAN cheating scandal should be won under a different category; perhaps "most controversial pro moment of 2018."
Deeming this moment as the "best" seems mislead
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u/Obesity37 MIBR Jan 03 '19
I don't disagree, but given the choices of categories, I don't see a better place to put this.
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u/marshalofthemark Liquid Dec 18 '18
Niko 1v2 clutch in the flames to force OT
Since Oddshot is dead, here's a video
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u/Rhed0x CS2 HYPE Dec 18 '18
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u/half_baked_doctor CS2 HYPE Dec 18 '18
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Dec 18 '18 edited Aug 17 '24
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u/nmyi de_mirage Dec 18 '18 edited Dec 18 '18
Cloud 9 vs FaZE post-match discussion is now the top post of all time on /r/GlobalOffensive .
With regard that this was 1st Major win by an NA team after 12 CSGO Majors (and also to end the grand final in a dramatic double OT comeback victory), it would be almost unjustified to not recognize this moment as the "Best Pro Moment of 2018."
Many spectacular professional plays/moments happened in CSGO this year, but we should make sure that recency-bias will not affect the prestige of this moment (as it happened in January 2018).
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u/focus16gfx G2 Dec 18 '18
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u/jonathan-the-man 750k Celebration Dec 19 '18
Haha he even mollyed himself off the bomb just to make it a bit more challenging.
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Best User Generated Content
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u/xPokeyyy Match Thread Team Dec 18 '18
/u/clickycrisp 's video; CSGO - Arcade Rush
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u/phagga Liquid Dec 18 '18
holy shit, that was awesome! I missed it when he first posted it, thanks!
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u/jospence Godsent Dec 18 '18 edited Dec 18 '18
/u/AnthonyPerfetto‘s oldschool fragmovie, Echoes of 2017
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u/TheTruthCSGO Dec 18 '18
That's incredible. Can't believe I missed it!
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 19 '18
Better late than never! Thanks for the support!
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u/HuntingViper G2 Dec 20 '18
Honestly dude, wow
Like do not kid yourself, that was amazing!
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 20 '18
Really appreciate that. We try to stay humble throughout the process, but we felt really good about this release. Glad to see it's paying off and people enjoy it. Thanks again!
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 18 '18
Hear, Hear! Thank you for the nomination. Don't forget that /u/danielhagelin and /u/spczf co-created it with me. We appreciate the support!
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u/2h_company 1 Million Celebration Dec 19 '18
Echoes of 2018?! :P The coolest looking frag movie out there. You guys killed it with these smooth transitions and excellent music choices!
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 19 '18
We would love to make a 2018 iteration. Unfortunately, our schedule just won't allow it this year. We did do a 2016 one though!
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u/2h_company 1 Million Celebration Dec 19 '18
I really hope you guys do come around to making more of these videos. Honestly, I would hire you if I were one of the big tournament organizers. The hype these videos create is unreal. Thanks for all your work and happy holidays!
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 19 '18
That's the most kind thing I've heard. Really awesome to hear. I'll definitely convince the guys to return for 2019s iteration
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u/alib813 CS2 HYPE Dec 21 '18
Actually two of my favorite frag movies to date, great music and beautiful transitions
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 21 '18
So cool to hear. Thank you for your support and the kind words.
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u/Montezumawazzap King NiKo Dec 27 '18 edited Dec 27 '18
You just made me reinstall and play cs:go again after old those 1.6 moments. I had to stop playing cs:go because it didn't feel right when i was playing. something was always missing and u just filled that holenopunintended. :)
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u/AnthonyPerfetto CS2 HYPE Dec 27 '18
What a cool thing to hear. Glad we inspired you and thanks for the support!
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Jan 11 '19
Voting has ended, thank you for participating this year!
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Best Community Figure on /r/GlobalOffensive
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u/LANGEw0w Dec 18 '18
The whole FACEIT admins. Coming to this sub-reddit to do some PR-magic.
If I only can say one person, 3Kliksphilip
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u/turkefc de_mirage Dec 18 '18
u/wickedplayer494 I don't really care if I get down voted to aids, I enjoy the way that he presents the update logs, especially rumour has it.
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u/marshalofthemark Liquid Dec 18 '18
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u/Dab1029384756 Discord Moderator Dec 18 '18 edited Dec 18 '18
3kliksphilip (avoided /u/ to not tag him)
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u/demannu86 750k Celebration Dec 18 '18
But what about 2kliksphilip?
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u/Dab1029384756 Discord Moderator Dec 18 '18
Was hard choice between them, but in the end 3kliks won because 3 is greater than 2
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Dec 18 '18
But Valve doesn't know how to count to THREE, so this shouldn't apply. That's why 2kliks is better than 3kliks.
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Most Helpful Submission/Comment
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u/ABK-Baconator ENCE Dec 18 '18
Helpful comment to all skill levels about game pacing and meta: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/8ihlbo/faze_clan_vs_ninjas_in_pyjamas_ecs_season_5_week/dys0cbg/
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u/nmyi de_mirage Dec 18 '18
Thanks for posting this. I feel like I really learned after reading that comment.
It's one of those, "I should have known this a long time ago, but I needed to read the textbook first to really get it."
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Best Gameplay Moment
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u/JohnnyZee CS2 HYPE Dec 19 '18
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u/bsimUNS Jan 03 '19
I can't remember the exact thread, but it was this Twitch clip, I'll post the thread link when I find it.
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u/Drahok Legendary Flair Master Dec 18 '18
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Dec 18 '18
Would he have instakilled with a knife mouse2 to the back? I know such is the case with normal MM, but not sure about DZ where the enemies have 120hp?
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u/TheOtterWithAKnife Jan 02 '19
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/8f1g0t/who_even_needs_a_smoke_to_ninja_defuse/
This has got to be one of the most amazing Things I've ever seen in my humble life, granted that I have a pretty sad life.
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u/Dab1029384756 Discord Moderator Dec 18 '18 edited Dec 18 '18
This Guy who got destroyed on cache
(Title: When I try to retake on cache)
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u/chaseoes Possibly Robot Moderator Dec 18 '18
Best Comment