PlayStation Community and Game Awards 2013 - FAQ's

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Community and Game Awards 2013

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 2013. 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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The Community and Game Awards are your chance to highlight the best games, services, content and community members of the year. More or less, these are the Oscars of PlayStation with the blue carpet and a lot of style!

Q: How do the awards work?

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

Nominations : The Community and Game Awards work a little differently.

• Game Awards:  A jury of a panel of 15 of the most active Community members from every PlayStation Forum have been appointed to select the nominees for each of the categories.

• Community Awards: : A jury composed of the Community Team determined a list of nominees to reward the best members of the great PlayStation Community.

Voting:                                                                                                                                                                  Community and Game Awards: Everybody is invited to to go to the thread and use the poll to vote.

Members' Choice              
All you have to do is to go to the associated threads and to nomnate your favourite game and community member by replying in the thread.                                                                                                                         

 Q: How long do the Awards last?

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• Voting opens on Monday 27^th January at 12:00 PM GMT.
• Voting closes on Sunday 2^nd February at 23:59 PM GMT.
• Winners will be announced on Tuesday 4^th February at 17:00 PM GMT.

Q: Who is eligible to take part?

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Everyone can take part in the voting stage.

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

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• The game where you loved the villain (+ link to topic with poll)
• The game where you loved the hero (+ link to topic with poll)
• The game which you found the hardest to finish (+ link to topic with poll)
• The game with the most complicated trophies (+ link to topic with poll)
• The game you spent the most time online (+ link to topic with poll)
• The best coop mode game (+ link to topic with poll)
• The best game offered on PlayStation Plus (+ link to topic with poll)
• The game you were not expecting and that blew your mind (+ link to topic with poll)
• Game Awards: Member's Choice

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

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• Friendliest Online Gamer
• Most Creative member
• Best new member of the year
• Most Helpful Member
• Best Forum Veteran
• Best PlayStation Home user 
• Community Awards: Member's Choice

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

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Voting stage - tie-breaks will be solved by an additional 12 hours voting period for only the awards which are involved in the tie break.

 Q: How are the winners determined?

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• Game Awards:  All the votes will be gathered from all over the PlayStation Communities and the winners will be the ones with the most votes. 
  Members Choice: The game that will have been mentioned the most will win this award.

• Community Awards: The members who will get the most votes in each category will win.            Members' Choice: The member with most nominations will win.

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

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• Twitter:  Check the hash tag #PSCommunity for daily updates.
• Facebook:
• Google+:
• RSS:
• Blog
• Bookmark the Community and Game Award Forum

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