Ahem, despite the pitiful amount of votes, the ceremony is proceeding! Ahem...

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Most Original Design

With 3 votes, Blizzard wins yet again

Most Original Designer

Alex Holt edges over Frank and Aaron with one more vote. Well done DoomForAll.

Best Design

Acid Burn, Infusion, Wedge Devo, and The Disc all share the crown this year.

Best Engineered

This years winner is Mass Disctruction Ultimate!

Best Newcomer (Vapourboteer)

Getting the only vote is Martijn M Benschop even though hes actually been here a while.

Best Sportsman

Steven McGregor gets it again.

Idiot Of The Year

Dave Sheppard, Aaron Knight, and Timothy James Sillery share the prize: a cardboard box!

Best Flipper (Front Hinged)

Tails wins it with 2 votes!

Best Flipper (Rear Hinged)

Wedge Devo earns the award again with 3 votes!

Best Axebot

Killotine Evo FTW!!! 3 votes.

Best Spinner (Horizontal)

Fragmentor, Parasite, Aneurysm, and Salamander III share the crown for this award.

Best Spinner (Vertical)

The Disc sweeps it again with 4 votes.

Best Sawbot

Metal Sonic Spin Dash again - see above.

Best Full Body Spinner/Ring Spinner

Tengu is teh wins again!

Best Translational Spinner

Mass Disctruction Ultimate sweeps the board with 4 votes and earns this award once again.

Best Crusher (Horizontal)

Flank Attack DT swipes Gigabytes crown away with 2 votes.

Best Crusher (Vertical)

Clawdius Decimus Murderous continues his vertical crusher award streak.

Best Clusterbot

Going Crunch triumphs again.

Best Interchangeable Robot

WX 6.0 will share his crown with Slammer and NSBFR.

Best Rammer/Pusher

ZOMFG!!!1 FORCEPOWER IS TEH WINS AGAIN!!!!1112

Best Other Weapon

Starstorm came close, but his brother The Crashing Bore wins yet again.

Most Effective Weapon

Aneurysm, Mass Disctruction Ultimate, and The Disc split the pie evenly here.

Most Underrated Vapourboteer

Dave Sheppard wins with an astounding...2 votes.

Most Underrated Vapourbot
Flipping Hell, Aquarius, BIACS-LE, and Mass Disctruction Ultimate(?!) are all winners here.

Most Overrated Vapourboteer

Andrew Jackson, take a bow - I mean a break. No wait, dont! Please!

Most Overrated Vapourbot

Slammer, do a lap around the arena and then park yerself by AJ.

Best Newcomer (Vapourbot)

Flick of the Wrist gets the only vote, so he wins the award.

Best Comedy Bot

Toby shares his pie with Tails, Kustom, and...(most confusing to me) Son of Ripper.

Best Custom House Robot

Team Coldheart snare the crown again with 2 votes.

Best Walker

What a surprise, its ArchAngel of the Abyss again.

Best Shuffler

Whirligig wins the crown for himself this time.

Best Tracked Vapourbot

Alex Holts Darkestar gobbles up the award here.

Best Other Motivation

Blizzard gets this award again too.

Best Extreme/Side Event

The Never Seen Before Fic League X 2 is granted the win.

Best Minor Tournament (48-)

The only vote goes to Team Gores House Robot Rebellion 2!

Best Major Tournament (48+)

The Crash and Burn Tournament wins with 2 votes!

Best Battle (the writers get this award)

Its a tie between:

GeForce vs. CDM (Mechanical Noise)
Aquarius vs. Salamander (Crash & Burn Tournament)

Biggest Vapourboteer Comeback

I win with 3 votes.

Biggest Vapourbot Comeback

Clawdius Decimus Murderous and ArchAngel of the Abyss tie for the award.

Biggest Surprise (writers get award)

Tie between:

-Chalkie 3-G and Son of Wedgie defeating Insecticide and Stratos-Fear in the NSBFL-X 2.
-Salamanders run in the Crash & Burn Tournament.

Best Custom Arena

The Pussycat Tribute Tournament Arena wins again...how many times is that Steve?

Best Newcomer Writer

Me and Martijn tie for the award.

Best Writer (Overall)

I win with 2 votes.

Best British Vapourboteer

Steve and Frank tie with 2 votes apiece.

Best Continental Vapourboteer

Me and Martijn tie...with the same amount that Steve and Frank had.

Best Team

Team DoomForAll claims the award with 2 votes.

Best Vapourbot

Its an award for Steve anyway, but somehow Tails, Clawdius Decimus Murderous, and Wedge Devolution all managed to tie for it.

Best Vapourboteer

Aaron, Steve, me, and Frank tie for it.

The Outstanding Contribution Award

You all tied. (except Timothy, as he doesnt count )

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So, these people got this amount of awards (co-awards count too)

Steven McGregor
16 awards!!! O_O

Alex Holt
12 awards!!!

Frank Goacher
11 awards!!!

Kody Kunz (me)
10 awards!!

Aaron Knight
9 awards!!

Andrew Jackson
7 awards!!

Martijn M Benschop
6 awards!!

David Sheppard
3 awards!

Anthony Politzi
2 awards!

Alex MacWilliams
2 awards!

um...Nick?
2 awards!

Chris Cooper
2 awards!

Matthew Harrison Fowler
2 awards!

David Weston
2 awards!

Christopher Mason
1 award.

Timothy James Sillery
1 award, and the worst one.

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Well, thats it for this year. I wished there couldve been more votes, as then things wouldve gotten interesting, but hey, what can you do? Thanks to the people who DID vote, and heres hoping that, if at all there is one, there will be more people voting at the next...

OFFICIAL VAPOURBOTEER AWARDS!!!

Thank you and good night.

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P.S: 10 AWARDS?!? I got 10 awards?! Youve gotta be kidding me! I never expected to get more than 2, actually. AJ, Martijn, Alex H, youve really got me in a good mood. Well, wait til next year gents! Im sure Ill be beaten down a few kegs by then.