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Community and Game Awards 2010 - FAQ's

Hello Community!

These FAQ's have been prepared to help you out with any questions you might have about the Community and Game Awards 2010. If, after reading this post, you still have questions then post them in this thread and we'll answer you as soon as we can.

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Q: What are the Community and Game Awards?

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A: The Community and Game Awards are your chance to highlight the greatest games, services, content and community activity of 2010. Think of it as the BAFTA’s of the PlayStation Community, only voted for entirely by you.

Q: How do the awards work?

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A: There are two stages to both the Community and Game Awards.

In the first stage of the Community and Game Awards, anyone with a PSN account may make a nomination for an award. There are no restrictions here, you can nominate anything you like as long as it is relevant to the award you are making the nomination for. For example, you could nominate FIFA 11, ModNation Racers or God of War 3 for PS3 Game of the Year 2010, but you couldn't nominate God of War: Ghost of Sparta - it's a PSP game.

In the second stage, the Community and Game Awards work a little differently. For the Community Awards, the nominations made for each award are counted and the top ten nominations go through to the voting stage as finalists.

For the second stage of the Game Awards, the nominations for each award are counted up from all the language groups in the Official PlayStation Community and the top ten nominees for each award go through to the final voting stage.

Finally, community members vote for their favourite finalist under each award and once voting is complete. a winner is announced.

Q: How long do the Awards last?

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A: Nominations last 2 weeks and voting for the finalists lasts just 1 week, so make sure you keep your eyes on the Community and Game Awards forums to avoid missing out.

Q: Who is eligible to take part? 

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A: Everyone who has a PlayStation Network account can take part in the nominations stage, however to vote for the finalists you’ll need to have been a member of our community for at least 2 weeks and viewed over 500 pages of the forum.

Q: What are this year’s categories in the Game Awards?

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A: 

• PlayStation 3 Game of the Year
• PSP Game of the Year
• PlayStation Network Service of the Year
• Downloadable Game of the Year
• Downloadable Content of the Year
• Best Use of PlayStation Move/PlayStation Eye 2010
• Most Anticipated PlayStation Game of 2011
• Best Trophies
• Best Art and Design
• Best Multiplayer
• Best Character

Q: What are this year's categories in the Community Awards?

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• Best Member
• Friendliest Online Gamer
• Most Helpful Member
• Funniest Member
• Best Clan
• Best Community Event
• Thread of the Year
• Most Creative Member
• Best PSN Online ID
• Newbie of the Year Award

Q: I can't vote!

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A: Voting is done via the Kudos feature of the forum. You need to have been a registered member of the community for at least 2 weeks and have viewed 500 forum pages to use it. If you don't meet these criteria, you cannot vote. These restrictions are in place to stop vote rigging.

Q: Are there any prizes for the Community Awards? 

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A: It depends on the award. For awards which are won by a specific community member, that member will be granted the "Community Award Winner" rank. For the Thread of the Year award, the winning thread will be stickied. For the Best Clan and Best Community Event awards, the relevant threads will be stickied.

Q: What happens if there is a tie-break for any award?

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A: Regardless of whether it is a community or game award, in the nominations or voting stage - tie-breaks will be solved by an additional 24 hour voting/nominating period for only the awards which are involved in the tie break.

Q: How can I keep a track of what's going on in the Community and Game Awards?

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A: Simple:

1. Follow MusterBuster on twitter.

2. Subscribe to the RSS feed for the awards forum.

3. Bookmark the Community and Game Awards forum.

4. Keep an eye out for news on the EU PlayStation Blog.