Welcome to The Vapourbot Awards 2008! Yeah, it is that time of year again. As usual, vote in as many categories as possible (preferably all of them). Try to narrow it down to one choice per category, please. However if you can€™t decide between two, half a vote will be split between them. No more than two votes per category please. You can€™t vote for yourself or your vapourbots. But you can vote for best battle if your robot was in that battle. It is up to you whether your votes are made public, or whether you wish to send me them privately. Remember that these awards reflect the whole year, from January 2008 until now. Voting will close around 23rd December, so you€™ve got plenty of time to make your choices. Here€™s this years categories:

Most Original Design
Best Design
Most Overrated Vapourbot
Most Underrated Vapourbot
Most Original Designer
Best Designer
Most Overrated Vapourboteer
Most Underrated Vapourboteer
Most Improved Vapourboteer :new:
Idiot of the Year
Best Sportsman
Best Render :new:
Funniest Moment :new:
Biggest Surprise of the Year
Best Custom House Robot
Best Custom Arena
Best Comedy Bot
Best Clusterbot
Best Interchangeable Robot
Best Rammer
Best Walker
Best Shuffler
Best Tracked
Best Front Hinged Flipper
Best Rear Hinged Flipper
Best Axe
Best Horizontal Spinner
Best Vertical Spinner
Best Saw
Best Full Body Spinner / Ring Spinner / Translational Spinner
Best Horizontal Crusher
Best Vertical Crusher
Best Miscellaneous Weapon
Most Effective Weapon
Best RPG
Best Battle
Best New Writer
Best New Tournament :new:
Best Writer
Best Alternative Event (side events, extremes etc€¦)
Best Minor Tournament (47 bots and under)
Best Major Tournament (48 bots and over)
Best Team
Best New Vapourbot
Best New Vapourboteer
Best Vapourboteer of 2008
Best Vapourbot of 2008
Vapourboteer Hall of Fame - already inducted are Frank Goacher, Steven McGregor, Aaron Knight, Alex Holt and myself.
Vapourbot Hall of Fame :new: - as was suggested last year, we now have a hall of fame for vapourbots as well as vapourboteers. For this year, you are allowed to vote for up to three vapourbots to be inducted.

Please ask if there are any questions. Get voting everyone!