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By: J-Man

J-Man — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:43:24 +0000

I’m presuming you thanked me in your speech also, right? Mazel tov!

By: Chris Livingston

Chris Livingston — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:46:21 +0000

Congrats, Tom! Now I’ll have to change my tags from “The Wonder of Tom Francis” to “The Wonder of the Award-Winning Tom Francis.”

By: jackrabbit

jackrabbit — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:07:01 +0000

Good on you

By: Chris Evans

Chris Evans — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:14:02 +0000

I am pleased to know that I helped you win this award :D

Looks like you had a great time, congrats on winning the award!

By: Mouse

Mouse — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:50:13 +0000

I learned about your website from 1Blog, and I daresay you’ve become one of my favorite writer-persons. I did vote for you (twice I think…), and I’m glad you won :D ! Congratz.

By: CloakRaider

CloakRaider — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:40:10 +0000

Good job Tom, certainly deserved the award.

By: SenatorPalpatine

SenatorPalpatine — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:57:02 +0000

Congratulations! Sorry about your acceptance speech.

By: Devenger

Devenger — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:19:26 +0000

On the fact it was an FFA: yeah, but that’s still a lot of stuff to blow up before you still have to face a Supreme AI who’s evaded your blowing up. Deathmatchers in all games can claim overall victory without getting more kills than all their opponents put together!

So don’ try to build yourself down. You did well! (And in the game.)

By: |

| — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:49:01 +0000

Well done Tom, you definately deserve it.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:18:27 +0000

WordPress does that automatically.

By: audiman

audiman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:42:37 +0000

Tom, why are you linking to your own site, it’s annoying and stupid!

BTW, Congrats on the award.

By: Koslov

Koslov — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:29:28 +0000

Congrats Tom. Well Deserved indeed.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:02:43 +0000

Neat stuff, a worthy set of winners! You especially! :D (Just a shame about RPS…that photo, ouch).

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:49:43 +0000

No, but it’s very heavy and very sharp and that’s all I really need.

By: Pod!

Pod! — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:18:30 +0000

Loon.

By: Zeno Cosini

Zeno Cosini — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:44:25 +0000

Congratulations Tom! Any protean, yammering entities imprisoned in your crystalline shard for unleashing on lesser games journalists who question your superiority? Or is it just for show?

By: Niteowl

Niteowl — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:30:14 +0000

I can’t say I’ve been an avid, or longtime fan. But as a sometimes-reader of your blog posts and someone entirely unfamiliar with your print work, I offer my meaningless congratulations on the award.

Also, perspex has so few uses that it’s nice when it gets a time to shine.

By: peterd102

peterd102 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:50:43 +0000

Oh, well then I defeated the Allies and Axis armies in 1945, alright not at the same time…

Ah well, at least you were honest there.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:51:59 +0000

I should clarify that I didn’t make the 7 AIs gang up on me, it was just a free-for-all.

By: Devenger

Devenger — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:07:08 +0000

Congratulations, youve risen up my respect-scale once again. The last time was yesterday when I read in the new PCG about you defeating 7 Supreme AIs on SupCom, which I believe is equivalent to completing your average game on Hard whilst wielding a small toothpick. (Well, I know that Normal caused enough trouble for me on that game.)

By: Chijts

Chijts — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:58:11 +0000

Well whadda ya know, the system works!

Anyone who can make me want to play GalCiv, only then to find out I actually strongly dislike it, yet make me want to play it again on reading the more recent diary of your exploits, has to win something.

By: Nice

Nice — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:26:30 +0000

Extremely well done man, I certainly think you deserve it!

What you of course should have done was get extremely annoyed with all of us for not congratulating you before you tell us. Awards for gratuitous swearing do not come lightly! You could have got all moody-screenplay-actor on our asses.

Hang on, what was it you said you did again?

By: ZomBuster

ZomBuster — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:59:18 +0000

That’s a picture I found on flicker of the GMA

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:30:33 +0000

Dr Nerfball – I wondered about that. Fixed now.

Thanks all.

By: ImperialCreed

ImperialCreed — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:39:47 +0000

Well done again. I await your gracious speech surfacing on Youtube.

By: Iain "DDude" Dawson

Iain "DDude" Dawson — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:38:56 +0000

Congratulations. It is trully a most deserved award.

I like your intense preparations, appropriate for any scenario.

Zombie apocalypse – Fear not, I took the precaution of getting drunk with PC Zone on a barge.

In-Laws visiting – I took the precaution of getting drunk with PC Zone on a barge.

Escaped Supervillain – To the Bat-Barge, so I can take the precaution of getting drunk with PC Zone.

By: Tom Camfield

Tom Camfield — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:38:31 +0000

Hurrah

By: Octaeder

Octaeder — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:29:59 +0000

Congrats!

Definately well deserved.

By: Crane

Crane — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:54:26 +0000

Bravo sir! You earned it, so don’t be so modest.
Let your ego swell!

By: Dr. Nerfball

Dr. Nerfball — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:53:52 +0000

Why my good sir, I do beleive that was a rather lovely blog post which even stopped to compliment me on my voting skills (in other news: =D) however if you would be so kind as to put in “chaps and chappettes” so then it would encompass me then I will not clog this post with comments that make me sound like a Grade A Pillock thanks to the language that makes me sound delectably upper-class.

Anyway, thanks for listening and congratulations on winning a well justified award.

By: Little Green Man

Little Green Man — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:11:23 +0000

Woop! Well deserved, if only you came to the PCGamer Showdown I could’ve gotten your autograph!

By: Bret

Bret — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:53:44 +0000

Good job sir.

And, frankly, you do deserve it for your Gal Civ work alone.

No need to be so modest.

By: Cptn.Average

Cptn.Average — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:57:16 +0000

Congrats =) And yes you owe my vote to Chris’s post. Oh, and excellent writing, that too.

By: Newt Pulsifer

Newt Pulsifer — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:50:29 +0000

Wow! I’m very happy for you, Tom!
I’m sure there will be many more waiting for you in the future. Congratulations!

By: Jason L

Jason L — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:44:50 +0000

Well done.

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:30:56 +0000

Is that the DS with the Triforce on it? If so, nice prize. Congrats.

By: peterd102

peterd102 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:58:23 +0000

I would like to bow before Tom’s Epic writing skills. May your carrear in writing be long, if only so you don’t get into any positon of power and blow up any suns.

By: x25killa

x25killa — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:22:06 +0000

“This is a victory not just for me, but for African American women all over the United States.”

I ruddy knew it! Tom Francis is a SPY to all blokes!

Congrats on getting the award :)

By: Timmargh

Timmargh — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:07:27 +0000

Nice one.

By: The_B

The_B — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:34:12 +0000

Slightly more seriously: Well dserved, well done and you’re very welcome.

By: The_B

The_B — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:27:13 +0000

Wait, you’ve played two Non Arcade games total on your 360, and now you just won Rock Band 2? Man!

By: Justice

Justice — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:50:37 +0000

And Pentadact says: “profoundly decent chaps.” I think we should all be quite touched.

Well done on the success!

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:48:17 +0000

Thanks.

Zombuster – nope, don’t think I’m in that pic. Where’s it from?

Paul – it’s temporary, obv.

By: spuzman00

spuzman00 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:39:54 +0000

Congrats, Tom! I knew you could do it.

BTW new logo= awesome.

By: TooNu

TooNu — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:48:36 +0000

Woo! good to see a real gamer get recognition for decent stuff, well done Tom :)

By: Seniath

Seniath — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:32:11 +0000

Well deserved indeed.

Edge winning Best Magazine, I mean.

By: roBurky

roBurky — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:30:17 +0000

All hail award-winning jerks.

By: ZomBuster

ZomBuster — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:28:29 +0000

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2949352600_4bcc1284fd.jpg?v=0

are you that guy with the substantial amount of booze on his table?

By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:20:00 +0000

Well done, I reckon you deserved it.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:17:07 +0000

But the revised logo may be a little far…oh hell, why not eh?