Well, its that time of the year again, and no, not Christmas. Its time to hand out the Official Vapourbot and Vapourboteer Awards for 2006!

Most Original Design

The vapourbot that stands out from the rest with originality.
2005 Winner: Blizzard

Most Original Designer

Which person comes up with the most original designs?
2005 Winner: Mr. Alex Holt

Best Design

Which vapourbot has the best design all round (it can be unoriginal).
2005 Winners: SOR, Automatic Schmuck, Wedge Devo, The Disc and Tengu

Best Engineered

Which vapourbot has the best inner features?
2005 Winner: Automatic Schmuck

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Who is the best new guy on the block?
2005 Winner: Alex M & W

Best Sportsman

The peacekeeper and guy that never loses his temper.
2005 Winner: Steven McGregor...again.

Idiot Of The Year

Whos been the village idiot?
2005 Winner: Timothy James Sillery

Now for the individual weapons categories€¦

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)
2005 Winner: Disco 5

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)
2005 Winner: Wedge Devolution

Best Axebot
2005 Winner: Black Panther Queen

Best Spinner (Horizontal)
2005 Winner: Automatic Schmuck

Best Spinner (Vertical)
2005 Winner: The Disc...again.

Best Sawbot
2005 Winner: Metal Sonic Spin Dash

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner
2005 Winner: Tengu

Best Translational Spinner
2005 Winner: Mass Disctruction Ultimate

Best Crusher (Horizontal)
2005 Winner: Gigabyte

Best Crusher (Vertical)
2005 Winner: Clawdius Decimus Murderous

Best Clusterbot
2005 Winner: Going Crunch

Best Interchangeable Robot
2005 Winner: WX 6.0

Best Rammer/Pusher
2005 Winner: ForcePower

Best Other Weapon
2005 Winner: The Crashing Bore

Most Effective Weapon
2005 Winners: Automatic Schmuck and The Disc.

Now time for some more general awards€¦

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

The most underrated vapourboteer, who should be achieving more
2005 Winner: David Weston

Most Underrated Vapourbot

The most underrated vapourbot, who should be achieving more
2005 Winner: Die-Ceratops Re-Invertus

Most Overrated Vapourboteer

The most overrated vapourboteer, who should take a break
2005 Winner: N/A

Most Overrated Vapourbot

The most overrated vapourbot, who should take a break
2005 Winner: N/A

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Which new bot has been the most successful this year?
2005 Winner: Back 2 Rock 2

Best Comedy Bot

The ones that make you cry robot-tears with laughter€¦
2005 Winner: Toby the T-Ram Engine

Best Custom House Robot
2005 Winners: Team Coldheart

Best Walker

The best true walking robot
2005 Winner: Walk Away

Best Shuffler

The best shufflebot
2005 Winners: M.O.R.D. and Whirligig

Best Tracked Vapourbot

The best tracked vapour.
2005 Winner: N/A

Best Other Motivation

Any other system that moves your robot around the arena.
2005 Winner: Blizzard

Now some awards for the writers€¦

Best Extreme/Side Event

The side events or extreme tournaments
2005 Winner: VFT

Best Minor Tournament (48-)

The best minor tournament (less than 48 robots)
2005 Winner: AJWars Christmas Rumble

Best Major Tournament (48+)

The best major tournament (more than 48 robots)
2005 Winner: Velociraptors Fanfic Tournament 6

Best Battle

The best battle of the year
2005 Winners: M.O.R.D. vs. Wedge Revolution

Biggest Vapourboteer Comeback

The best comeback a vapourboteer has had from 2005 to 2006.
2005 Winner: N/A

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback

The best comeback a vapourbot has had from 2005 to 2006.
2005 Winner: N/A

Biggest Surprise

The biggest upset match in 2006.
2005 Winner: N/A

Best Custom Arena

Who has the best arena for their tournaments?
2005 Winner: PTT

Best Newcomer Writer

Which new guy writes the best battles?
2005 Winner: Martijn Benschop.

Best Writer

Who writes the best battles?
2005 Winner: Steven McGregor!

Now for the big ones€¦

Best British Vapourboteer

For the best inside the UK.
2005 Winner: Guess...Steve-O

Best Continental Vapourboteer

For the bets outside the UK.
2005 Winner: Aaron Knight

Best Team

Who has the best squad of robots?
2005 Winner: Alex Holts Team Doomforall

Best Vapourbot

Which vapourbot has been the best this year?
2005 Winner: Wedge Devolution

Best Vapourboteer

Who has been the best vapourboteer this year? The top prize in the awards!
2005 Winner: Aaron Knight...again

And finally€¦

The Outstanding Contribution Award

Who deserves a place in the vapourbotic hall of fame? This award is no longer private, but it cannot be someone from before.
2005 Winner: Steven McGregor

If you think there are any more awards that should be up there then e-mail me. You know my e-mail address. Voting begins in one week.