Just a note to say that TheSixthAxis lost out in the ‘Best Website’ category at tonight’s Games Media Awards to Eurogamer. Although we got quite a nice cheer as our name was read out during our category, we didn’t secure enough votes from the gaming industry and – sadly – came away with nothing but a few beers.
I’m gutted. Pleased for everyone that won an award, sure, but gutted for our guys. It’s a lovely site to write for, as I said this morning, but it would have been nice for some recognition of all the hard work we put in for nothing back but some nice comments and the odd free game.
Not that we really thought we’d win, it’s clear that this is still very much an industry ruled by the big publishers like Future and Imagine and the likes of the massive Eurogamer network, but there was just that tiny spark of hope today, a glimmer, that other people might have felt the same way as we do. We hope some people did vote for us – thank you.
Other awards included Rock Paper Shotgun for best blog and Edge Magazine for best print, the latter at least I can certainly relate to – there’s nothing else on the market that even comes close.
Regardless, onwards and upwards. We still reckon we’re doing everything we can and what we do, we do right. Peter’s editorial stance of no interview pre-loading, as little ‘headline grabbing’ as possible and a strong focus on mutual respect means that we can rely on you guys, our community, to know that you’re our top priority.
A community that we are hugely thankful for, and a community that gets on well with each other. We won’t rest, though – we’ve got some nice things in the pipeline for the next twelve months and – hopefully – we’ll be back with a nomination next year and perhaps we’ll bag another couple of votes in the running.
I don’t run TSA anymore, but I’m still proud as hell for what we’ve done and what we’ve become. And for a site like ours, built from nothing, with no help, no funding and no real idea at the start of what this is all about, we can’t ask for more than that.
~n
Death_In_Flamez
As said before, a nomination is bloody fantastic. Look at who we were up against, IGN for one is literally the biggest gaming site I’m aware of. Theres always next year lads ;D
XisTG
well, you’re still my number one website :)
HoboCastro
Just to get there and have the recognition is award enough. Good to hear from Dan Lee that TSA got a cheer when read out.
Still, it will be nice for TSA to have some shiny to polish in the toilet in the future :)
skibadee
still love TSA the most :)
TSBonyman
Hard luck guys, recognition will come. Just keep doing what you’re doing and enjoying it, that’s the main thing and the rewards will follow.
DirtyHabit
bad luck guys. Wanted to comment on the post this morning but struggle at work sometimes…. Just remember the 100’s of members who visit this great site fifty times a day aren’t going to stop because you are short of a paper weight :-)
TSA*
Awayze
TSA has soul and personality. IGN and GameSpot do not!
UKZ-N3M1515
Such a shame…
BUT, it’s not like winning an award makes the articles any more enjoyable to read :D
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bacon_nuts
I’m not surprised, I am disappointed though :(
OllyBobs
Ahh well.. the fact that a website like this, with no funding and is just run out of passion, has actually manged to be nominated and contend agaist a websites as big as eurogamer, should be a reward in itself! :)