YoYoExpert's People's Choice Awards 2015

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First of all, some of you may know that YoYoSkills.com did a People’s Choice Awards for four years (2009-2012), then redneckyoyoer3826 kept it alive on these forums. Then last year, he disappeared from the forums and I took over. Well, I figured it’s about time we get this going again.

Before I get started on these, I have some history to show you. Starting in 2009,  I have all of the results from the People’s Choice Awards below:
2009 Results (YoYoSkills): http://www.yoyoskills.com/?p=2492
2010 Results (YoYoSkills): http://www.yoyoskills.com/?p=6334
2011 Results (YoYoSkills): http://www.yoyoskills.com/?p=9530
2012 Results (YoYoSkills): http://www.yoyoskills.com/?p=12857
2013 Results (redneckyoyoer3826 - YYE Forums): http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,71032.0.html
2014 Results (Zorro - YYE Forums):http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,80825.0.html

Now to get one with this year’s awards. Rules are below:

Steps:

  1. View the categories below
  2. Fill in who you think won each category (these can be changed later and not all must be filled if you can not think of a person/team/company/yoyo)
  3. Wait for the results

The deadline is January 1. After that, give me a few days to put all the results.

These are the categories we will use:(If you don’t have a vote for the category, put N/A; you can edit as many times as you want)

YoYo Country of the Year:
YoYo Player Team of the Year:
YoYo Company of the Year:
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year:
YoYo of the Year:
YoYo Video of the Year:
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year:
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year:
YoYo Player of the Year:
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year:
Most Inspirational Player of the Year:

Note on Rookie Player of the Year Award: Last year this was hard to do because rookies all seem to be about the same, honestly. This year, the rookie award is for anyone within their first through early-mid second year of COMPETING.

Go ahead and copy/paste these categories so you don’t have to write them all down.

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My votes:

YoYo Country of the Year: United States
YoYo Player Team of the Year: CLYW
YoYo Company of the Year: YoYoFactory
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Amplified Return Tops
YoYo of the Year: YoYoFactory x Jake Elliott Atlas
YoYo Video of the Year:
PETR KAVKA - ADVANCED SCOUT 2015
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Anthony Rojas - Worlds 1A Final
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Evan Nagao’s US Nats 1A Final
YoYo Player of the Year: Jake Elliot
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: Taylor Houston
Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Parvar Singh

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YoYo Country of the Year: United States
YoYo Player Team of the Year: YoYoFactory
YoYo Company of the Year: CLYW
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Amplified Return Tops
YoYo of the Year: OneDrop CiTizen
YoYo Video of the Year:
Janos Karancz 2015 - Duncan Grasshopper Prototype
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Evan Nagao - US Nats 1A Final
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Evan Nagao - US Nats 1A Final
YoYo Player of the Year: Zach Gormley
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: N/A
Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Hajime Miura

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YoYo Country of the Year: USA
YoYo Player Team of the Year: CLYW
YoYo Company of the Year: CLYW
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Amplified return tops
YoYo of the Year: OD Citizen
YoYo Video of the Year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR-1a8OWlu4
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Hajime miura worlds
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year:
YoYo Player of the Year: Zach Gormley
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year:
Most Inspirational Player of the Year:

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YoYo Country of the Year: USA
YoYo Player Team of the Year: Team YoyoFactory
YoYo Company of the Year:
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: ThrowRevolution


YoYo of the Year: ThrowRevolution Vertex

YoYo Video of the Year: János Karancz 2015 - Duncan Grasshopper prototype

YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year:Evan Nagao - 1A Final - 5th Place - 2015 US National Yo-Yo Contest


YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Zach Gormley winning Worlds.
YoYo Player of the Year: Zach Gormley

YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: My friend Taylor Houston.

Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Same as every year for me Marcus Koh. haha
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YoYo Country of the Year: Japan
YoYo Player Team of the Year:
YoYo Company of the Year: YoYoFactory
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Luftverk
YoYo of the Year: Replay Pro/Octavia
YoYo Video of the Year:
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Zach @ Worlds
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year:
YoYo Player of the Year:
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year:
Most Inspirational Player of the Year:

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YoYo Country of the Year: Japan
YoYo Player Team of the Year: Yoyorecreation
YoYo Company of the Year: YoyoFactory
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Luftverk
YoYo of the Year: So far: Evora

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YoYo Country of the Year: Japan
YoYo Player Team of the Year: Recess Intl., actually. They have amassed quite the team in their short time of existence.
YoYo Company of the Year: CLYW
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Recess Intl.
YoYo of the Year: ThrowRevolution Vertex
YoYo Video of the Year: Yo-Yo Perspective
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: N/A (I dont really watch freestyles tooo much)
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Beckford going all the way through from wildcard to finals
YoYo Player of the Year: Colin Beckford for sure.
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: N/A
Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Richardoooooooooooooooooooooo

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YoYo Country of the Year: Japan

YoYo Player Team of the Year: YoYoRecreation (So many YYR players made finals.)

YoYo Company of the Year: YoYoRecreation

New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Recess INTL

YoYo of the Year: CLYW Borealis

YoYo Video of the Year: The /r/throwers community video, for making it to the front page of reddit and spreading awareness.

YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Anthony Rojas WYYC, Most artsy 1a ever.

YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Gentry Winning Nats with a “16 dollar yoyo”

YoYo Player of the Year: Zach Gormley

YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: Dennis Cinquegrani

Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Jake Elliot for fighting his way to the top!

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Since January 1 is the deadline, I will try to have results by January 8.

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I feel like yoyo of the year is the main thing that people look at on this so why don’t you wait till Jan 15th to make the deadline.

Many people are likely to be getting new yoyos for Christmas and other holidays so I think it would give them the opportunity to use their new throw and possibly vote for it.

Just an idea, do what works best for you.

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YoYo Country of the Year:USA
YoYo Player Team of the Year:CLYW
YoYo Company of the Year: Yoyo Factory
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Recess Intl.
YoYo of the Year:OD Citizen
YoYo Video of the Year: János Karancz 2015 - Duncan Grasshopper prototype
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year:Zach Gormley Worlds 2015 Finals
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Gentry winning Nationals with a Replay Pro
YoYo Player of the Year: Zach Gormley
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: Dennis Cinquegrani
Most Inspirational Player of the Year:Riccardo Fraolini

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country of the year: USA
manufacturer of the year: YYF
contest moment of the year: Jake Elliot taking the 5a title
new manufacturer of the year: Recess
yoyo of the year: YYF dream Ti
contest freestyle of the year: gentry’s winning nationals freestyle
contest teamof the year: CLYW
player of the year: zach gormley

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I added a little bit of history to the original post that may interest you all.

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YoYo Country of the Year: USA
YoYo Player Team of the Year: Clyw
YoYo Company of the Year: CLYW
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year:
YoYo of the Year: Clyw Orca
YoYo Video of the Year:
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Jake Elliot 2015 World yoyo contest
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: When Evan Nagao ended his 2015 NYYC
YoYo Player of the Year: Jake Elliot
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year:
Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Andrew Maider

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Not to argue, but the big thing for me is player of the year. If people get good yoyos on Christmas, they can change their answers to whatever they please before January 1. The gives the six days, which is plenty of time.

I understand what you are saying, but I want to make sure this doesn’t start running for too long and get boring.

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YoYo Country of the Year:USA
YoYo Player Team of the Year: YoYoFactory
YoYo Company of the Year: YoYoFactory
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: LUFTVERK
YoYo of the Year: REPLAY PRO
YoYo Video of the Year: Jeffery Pang probably… yeah the Czech Nationals video!
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Zach Gormley Worlds 2015
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: Evan Nagao USA Nationals
YoYo Player of the Year: Gentry Stein
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: Shion Araya
Most Inspirational Player of the Year:mysteriousyoyoer parvarsingh

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Yeah that makes sense people may lose interest if it goes on too long

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Question for everyone!

Should I make a video for results, just write down the winners on the original post, or show pie graphs of all the categories with the winners?

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YoYo Country of the Year: Japan
YoYo Player Team of the Year: CLYW
YoYo Company of the Year:
New YoYo Manufacturer of the Year: Luftverk
YoYo of the Year: Yoyofactory Replay Pro
YoYo Video of the Year: r/throwers Community Video
YoYo Contest Freestyle of the Year: Zach Gormley Worlds
YoYo Contest Moment of the Year: CLYW Chris’ reaction to Zach winning Worlds.
YoYo Player of the Year: Zach Gormley
YoYo Rookie Player of the Year: Ondra Dolejs
Most Inspirational Player of the Year: Ondra Dolejs

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