Popular Post Dreggit Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 - THE RESULTS - Hello PSNProfiles! It's that time of the year again, the 7th year in a row that we've posted results for the Guide of the Year Awards. While the voting format changed this year, the rewards have not! Like the past two years we award the top 3, then gives 21 more guides some love as well. This has worked well in the past and continues to ring true! Guide of the Year Winners To start off as we have from the beginning, the first awards we'll give are for the top three guides this year from all of your votes for this category. There were some really incredible guides this year, and these are three that the community really loved! But, oh? What a twist! There appears to be six guides here! What a surprise it was to us, when we double and triple checked the votes! Here are the winners! Each will receive a $100 (1st), $80 (2nd) or $60 (3rd) prize! 1st Place The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Overall Walkthrough By jermthejerm 2nd Place Demon's Souls - Full Trophy Walkthrough By BeforeJam 3rd Place (4-way tie) Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Tactician & Honour Mode Walkthrough By Kallume and Griffon234 I Am Bread Trophy Guide By SlimSanta94 Persona 5 Royal Trophy Guide By BeforeJam The Last of Us Part II Trophy Guide By BlackTorito Where to start? It was an unusual year in the world of guide writing on PSNP and more so for the world at large. When the world looked grim, many looked for ways to hone their skills and keep themselves busy with pen in hand, er... keyboard in hand? Anyway, the team took a very, very long time. Months in fact, to read through all of the published guides in the year to create the list that the community came to vote on. Not every recommendation made it either, to our dismay. However, by this process, it allowed more participation from the community in that they did not need to write why they chose what they did knowing that all of the options were remarkable this year. Even to those that didn't make it on the list, I should say that you should be proud. It is no simple thing to write a guide, much more so on PSNP. But anyway, I digress! The community was surprisingly very heavy handed towards one particular guide this year, we never suspected there would be a four way tie. Anyways, congratulations to all who won and please be sure to take a bow for the community! The Exceptional Guide Winners Two years ago we started the format of awarding 21 guides with the exceptional awards and it has done well, and has been well received by the community! This year we've decided to do that again, but also decided to award an Exceptionally High Quality badge to all nominated guides recognizing their efforts in going above and beyond in the work they created. We thought it made more sense to do this since all guides submitted were of incredible quality. Along with those however, your community votes will lead to some lucky authors earning some sweet cash prizes of $50 for 1st place, $40 for 2nd place, and $30 for third place in each category! Well done to the winners, these guides are incredible. Exceptional Gameplay Guides These are guides we've felt really shine with their organization, details, and ability to guide you through. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Full Collectibles Guide by Z-Yux and ThaKingTropy Persona 5 Royal - Confidants Guide by BeforeJam Yakuza Kiwami - Perfectionist Guide by FIDO1337 Exceptional Walkthrough Guides Three impressive picks from a category that's been absolutely mind-blowing this past year quality-wise. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Overall Walkthrough by jermthejerm Persona 4 Golden - Platinum Walkthrough by ARKphoenix Demon's Souls - Full Trophy Walkthrough by BeforeJam Exceptional Niche Game Guides Some of the communities favorite picks for guides for indie games, imported games (JP, KR, etc), and non-AAA games. I Am Bread by SlimSanta94 Jotun by nyanchovy and ExistentialSolid Subnautica by ThePhatMatt Exceptional DLC Guides These three are some of the most detailed and intricate DLC guides from the past year, this category had a ton of competition. Kingdom Hearts III - Re Mind by Phantom2654 Persona 4: Arena Ultimax - Additional trophy group "Margaret" by Beyondthegrave07, MinatoIsDeadLol and Roronora_Zoro666 Kingdom Come: Deliverance - A Woman's Lot by fadingtrails Exceptional Use of Formatting Fantastic examples of writers that noticeably master the art of guide resources like tables, headings, colors, spacing, & images. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Overall Walkthrough by jermthejerm Harvest Moon: Light of Hope by nyanchovy The Last of Us Part II by BlackTorito Exceptional Imported Game Guides Writing a guide for a game that you typically have to translate as well is by no means a simple task, here's some fantastic guides from this past year. 真・女神転生 III Nocturne HD Remaster by Hitoshyura (tied!) Million Arthur: Arcana Blood by Mikel93 初音ミク Project DIVA Future Tone DX by Mikel93 BlazBlue: Chronophantasma by Roronora_Zoro666 Exceptional Guides With Original Content Incredible picks of writers that went the extra mile and make their own videos, images, and combination of these within their guide. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - Overall Walkthrough by jermthejerm (tied!) Jotun by nyanchovy and ExistentialSolid Persona 5 Royal Trophy Guide By BeforeJam (tied!) Children of Morta by Kallume and mking_63 Harvest Moon: Light of Hope by nyanchovy House Flipper by TrophyTomGuides I would like to congratulate all guide writers this past year. Not just the authors that got published, but the writers too. I said it before, and I'll say it again; it is no small task to write a guide and is often a far bigger undertaking that anyone initially realizes. If you have ever started writing, or have been writing a guide, I applaud you. To want to create something so to just help those around you is an incredible thing and deserves to be celebrated. So thanks to all of you out there, writers and authors both! As to all of our nominees, and those that did not make it into nomination, be proud of what you created and I thank you for all you do for this community and its members. Please join me in congratulating all of our nominees and winners! Spoiler @ChaoticDoomOfBob @Computer_Cat @Copanele @eigen-space @fadingtrails @FIDO1337 @griffin123456789 @Hitoshyura @Joe Dubz @TheKamiEneru @ThePhatMatt @Trindave @TrophyTomGuides @Z-Yux @Phantom2654 @Phoenixgaming1 @Sanetsuken @SlimSanta94 @SonneeD @JNSpradlin @MightyKingPupu @Mikel @Metal Slime King @NCSFan001 @ObsiEez @SquidGeneral10 @Venocide @BalefulFrog @Roronora_Zoro666 @Kallume @Ellie-nyan @MinatoIsDeadLol @BeforeJam @ExistentialSolid @Shiva @Sebastian @BlackTorito @StacFace92 @ThaKingTropy @KhajiitWerewolf @LonesomeRoads @Maxcules @MaxieM0us3 @Nicco555 @onechance4u @OrangeDiceHUN @OverlordOfRacing @Kasper2005M Thank you everyone and we will see you next year for GOTY2021! 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sly Ripper Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Congrats to all the winners, I'll be PMing everyone with reward details over the next few days. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frosty Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Congrats everyone! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beyondthegrave07 Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just wanted to peek in to say congrats to all the winners and guide writers this year! Keep up the great work! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Amazing work guys, keep it up, we need you, the world needs you(and your guides). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Good_Sir_Matt_II Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Well deserved, while I haven't played alot of those games, I've looked through these guides and they're pretty impressive 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Venocide Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Well done to everyone!!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeCheck-- Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Good job everyone 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lava_Yuki Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Congratulations to everyone who won! All your hard work paid off 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OpenScars Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Nice one guys! Trophy Guides and Walkthroughs on this site are always top notch, I mean, why would you go anywhere else?! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BlackTorito Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Congrats to everyone, I didn’t expect at all that quadruple tie on 3rd GOTY. I think the best thing from this year’s awards is the quality badge for every nominee to recognize their hardwork. I won’t say this is my last year writting guides, since you never know, but I’ll definitely stop due to lack of free time. I hope every guide I’ve made up to this point was helpful in any way to the community and, if possible, inspired other writters. I didn’t vote this year since I didn’t had time to properly review all the guides, but I definitely took a peek on some and there is definitely stuff that blew my mind, there is a lot of talent and passion out there, so keep it up. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alternatewarning Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Congrats to all the winners! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roronora_Zoro666 Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Wooohooo! Congrats, y’all! ? ? ? ? ? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gr4de_04 Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 Congratulations to all the winners. The amount of headaches and wasted time you save everyone is appreciated. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SquidGeneral10 Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 I'm still in disbelief about getting the shiny sticker!! Well done to everyone & here's to some amazing guides in 2021!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lucask001 Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Bravo ! And thanks a lot for taking time & dedication helping the trophy hunters ?? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post audiopile Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Congrats and thanks to all the winners and also to all who wrote guides this year! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mikel Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Congrats to everyone who won an award and did their best at writing guides in 2020! Happy to see that two of my guides were nominated and tied for second, and I’m also proud of everyone else as well! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zulqarmessi Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Congratulations to all the winners, your hard work and your passion for video games has been paid off. Bravoooooo ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sebastian Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Damn... I heard the news while at work and almost burst out into happy tears ? Thank you to everyone, be it fellow guide writers or friends and family, for supporting my Trails of Cold Steel IV walkthrough. I had many worries about living up to the quality of the past guides for the first three games, but I'm extremely glad to see it was well received. Going forward, I plan to make even better guides and help others to the best of my abilty. Please keep your expectations for me as high as possible, and I will hopefully exceed them when the next Trails game releases in the west. Congrats as well to all other guide writers that won and/or were nominated. You're all inspirational and wonderful people, and I couldn't be more proud to be involved in such a talented community. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffin123456789 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 As on of the nominees, congrats to the winners! And here's to many of you on the fence about writing more guides. Absolutely give it a shot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrs1nrs1 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Congrats to all the winners!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeforeJam Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) Very grateful for the 3 silver trophies and 2 bronze trophies! Thank you to everyone who voted, I'm so honoured to have 3 of my guides win awards, I hope I've impressed you all with my versatility and consistently high quality. I am so happy to win 5 trophies total, I didn't expect to get anything at all! Thank you to @Sebastian for beating me at every turn and giving me a reason to get even better from now on. I'll keep striving for that gold trophy! Thanks to everyone else who contributed guides, 2020 was a uniquely productive year for all of us and we helped millions of people with our writing. We should all be proud of that. Edited February 27, 2021 by BeforeJam 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ObsiEez Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 I may not have won, but congrats to all the winners! Happy that I was even considered & did get a good amount of votes! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Z-Yux Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Congrats to everyone who won and those who were nominated! Also, a massive Thank You to everyone who voted for the Crash Bandicoot 4 Collectibles Guide. We worked very hard on it and we're glad to see that it has been a help to those who have used it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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