Grab yourself an energy drink and stay tuned to catch the world's most famous GeneRally stars walking down the virtual red carpet in their festive clothes at GRIF's Dolby Theatre. Undoubtedly, these are the most anticipated days in gaming biz's calendar and, before the ceremony gets under way, the annual question must be raised: Which celebrity wears the cleanest trackers and the most geekish shirt?
That's right! The 2013 Räbinä Awards are almost upon us and only a handful of all the derserving members will walk away with a Golden Räbinä while most of the community is still intrigued by the further development of our favourite top-down racing game.
The past 12 months have finally brought about noticeable motion to the plans for the highly-desired successor of our beloved 13-year old piece of software. Placed into the capable hands of fellow indie game developers, general design decisions relied on ideas and guidelines from our community and remained, all in all, non-controversial. As a result, I feel that we can all look forward to the resurgence of a game that seems worthy of the franchise's original success.
Besides the Räbinä brothers, who are the game's creators and the patrons of these awards, this success is largely due to the lasting love and the endless efforts of thousands of ambitious hobby racers, track architects, car designers, competition organisers, software developers and forum commentators.
And now, as I had the honour to set the stage for the upcoming award ceremony, let us appreciate all the individual commitment, the outstanding performances and the exceptional contributions that turn this community into a very special bunch of people.
And the Räbinäs go to ...
The categories of the Räbinä Awards are:
Some helpful links:Räbinä Awards Gala Thread 2013
#1. CarMaker - MASA
#2. TrackMaker - Crowella
#3. Competition Organizer - puttz
#4. Rookie - Wojtek
#5. Commentator - Trigger Happy
#6. Racer - Alonso
#7. Honorary Awards - Akouk
Honorary Awards (in memoriam) - Strava
#8. Community Member - Bouncebackability
Nominees thread
______________
Previous Gala Threads:
2012 Räbinä Awards
2011 Räbinä Awards
2010 Räbinä Awards
2009 Räbinä Awards