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Vote for the GameSpotter of the Year!

The member spotlights of 2009 are eligible for the title GameSpotter of 2009!

We’re going to shake things up a bit this year. The users below have been noticed by staff because they have posted fascinating blogs during the past year. With your help, we would like to recognize one of them as the GameSpotter of 2009!

GameSpot members have the opportunity to vote for one of the member spotlight mentions below. The votes are counted for the remainder of the month, and the GameSpotter of 2009 will be announced in early January.

What’s at stake? I’m going to raid GameSpot editorial desks with a Nerf gun to demand schwag from each of them! If the Nerf gun doesn’t intimidate them, I’ll get a water gun! Who knows what kind of goodies I’ll collect. Shh, don’t tell them about this plan. I need to get them when they don’t expect to get the best schwag!

How to Vote:

1) Review the list of usernames below. Check to see the reason that the user was the member spotlight and consider if that user is actively blogging!

2) Send a private message to our staff account. In your message, add the username in the subject field and add a period in the message field. Here is an example of what the private message should look like before you send it to our staff.

Please don’t add anything but the username in the subject title field so we can insert your username and the person you voted for into a spreadsheet.

Note: The 2009 member spotlights are not eligible to vote in this little activity, but they can notify their friends about it.

Please check each user profile to see if the user is an active contributor and check to see why the user received the member spotlight.

Here are the member spotlights of 2009!

- bacchus2* [01/05/09]
- Wootex* [01/13/09]
- finalcross* [01/20/09]
- im-a-roustabout* [01/26/09]
- jsmoke03* [02/02/09]
- Sandpiper121PP* [02/09/09]
- TreyoftheDead [02/17/09]
- Arcticcop [02/23/09]
- EarthThatWas [03/03/09]
- PixelHunter** [03/09/09]
- AnelZukic [03/17/09]
- DouglasBuffone [03/23/09]
- Whoozwah [03/31/09]
- Sequekhan [04/13/09]
- Bozanimal [05/05/09]
- Spoogei [05/11/09]
- laughlyn12 [05/20/09]
- ehsan8888 [05/29/09]
- ClayMeow [06/11/09]
- Drfish62 [07/06/09]
- Safad0 [07/15/09]
- EE2lemmonhead [07/22/09]
- Sieg6529 [07/27/09]
- masterpinky2000 [08/03/09]
- ErrolJames [08/11/09]
- Samson089 [08/17/09]
- david_lck [08/24/09]
- rykh [09/11/09]
- Garrison_Ford [09/18/09]
- Pooyanh [09/27/09]
- Brianfox1 [10/05/09]
- dtujd2 [10/12/09 ]
- SolidTy [10/16/09]
- Tyzwain [10/30/09]
- Setho10 [11/16/09]
- buft [12/04/09]
- GameBlender [12/11/09]

Voting ends January 2, 2010!

*Note: During January and February, the member spotlights were labeled as the "blog of the week" or "GameSpotter of the week."

**Additional note: PixelHunter is formerly known as EAjack.

Moroes and Spazzx625 are 2009 member spotlights who have asked to be excluded in this activity to increase the chances for other GameSpot members.

75 Comments

  • SolidTy

    Posted Aug 5, 2010 5:27 am GMT


    I don't think so lion222550, lol.

    Still, thanks for participating.

  • lion222550

    Posted Apr 16, 2010 3:25 pm GMT

    Last comment, I win!

  • SaltyMeatballs

    Posted Jan 13, 2010 7:56 am GMT

    Where'd my comment go!?

  • SolidTy

    Posted Jan 12, 2010 3:25 am GMT


    Thanks to all those that participated!

  • ArmoredCore55

    Posted Jan 7, 2010 1:35 pm GMT

    I've missed my chance. Guess I'm stupid.

  • katanajut

    Posted Jan 6, 2010 1:37 pm GMT

    dang, missed my chance to vote.

  • tmaclabi

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 7:33 pm GMT

    Go bacchus!

  • daxter223

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 7:34 pm GMT

    Good luck to all

  • Devil_Spooky

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 3:26 pm GMT

    Done, good luck everyone

  • spirit7someguy

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 5:41 am GMT

    I say SolidTy, friendly AND gamespot nominated him.

  • adolfobaja

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 9:03 am GMT

    garrison_ford for win

  • TeenGamer92

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 5:40 am GMT

    SolidTy for the win!!!

  • linkyshinks

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 3:24 am GMT

    Sharon FTW! (sandpiper121pp)

  • tmaclabi

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 5:57 pm GMT

    bacchus2 i voted for ya!

  • SpaceCadetB

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 11:58 am GMT

    GameBlender, I voted for you ~ Good Luck to everyone!

  • ChidoriBoyU

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 11:51 am GMT

    wow,so many blog posts lol

  • ___gamemaster__

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 12:54 am GMT

    voted for solidty!!

  • buft

    Posted Dec 17, 2009 10:19 pm GMT

    i just noticed that im the example name, for once i'm proud to be made an example of

  • thespywholied

    Posted Dec 17, 2009 2:51 pm GMT

    SolidTy You can do it!!! =D

  • BlinDShoT95

    Posted Dec 17, 2009 7:07 am GMT

    Awesomesauce!

  • gopulpfiction

    Posted Dec 17, 2009 4:18 am GMT

    cool...
    also: very sporting of spazzx625 and moroes.

  • Toysoldier34

    Posted Dec 16, 2009 11:12 pm GMT

    MrCHUP0N has good stuff I think. But I don't see him so GameBlender gets my vote for the great game covers.

  • Toysoldier34

    Posted Dec 16, 2009 11:05 pm GMT

    I know less of these than I thought I would. an we nominate our own choices because I found some good articles by some not on here.

  • scarface_dm posted Dec 16, 2009 6:19 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    scarface_dm

    Posted Dec 16, 2009 6:19 pm GMT (hide)

    Where am I At!!!
    I should be nominated

  • AgentA-Mi6

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 10:37 pm GMT

    @ Giancar
    Lol I had eleven thumb downs as well and all I said was "Im all for SolidTy", strange enough I know exactly who voted us down and why

  • david_lck Site moderator

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 7:01 pm GMT

    First of all, thanks for including me as one of the nominees. It certainly has been a great experience so far and I appreciate every moment that I have been on this site. Whether its reading the many quality reviews or checking out blogs, its something that I look forward to each day. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my friends and other equally as awesome GS users who have voted for me. May the best user win!

  • GameBlender

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 11:49 pm GMT

    Thanks, Jody.

  • ErrolJames

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 9:48 pm GMT

    I'm going to take the time out to read every nominees blog posts. Hasn't really sunk in for me since I found out while working on a project for an astronomy class. I'm sure it will though, but in the mean time may the best person win

  • JodyR GameSpot staff member

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 10:19 am GMT

    @GameBlender: The link was fixed.

  • Safad0

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 10:01 am GMT

    Thanks for the nomination! I hope everyone has enjoyed reading my articles as much as I've enjoyed writing them. And thanks in advance if anyone votes for me.

  • whipassmt

    Posted Dec 14, 2009 9:56 am GMT

    That's BS! Everyone knows I be da Gamespotter of the Year!

  • megatrunks

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 12:45 pm GMT

    Go for it SolidTy.

  • ErrolJames

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 10:09 am GMT

    Good luck to everyone nominated. That ErrolJames kid is pretty good

  • SuperfastSonic

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 8:31 am GMT

    Darnit I'm not in here! Oh well I vote for my Aussie friend, GameBlender.

  • siddarthshetty

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 8:16 am GMT

    Voted for masterpinky2000...

  • Spoogei

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 9:01 pm GMT

    That's so cool. I've been busy myself. So many good participants..

  • iloveflash

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 8:19 pm GMT

    No Aberinkulas? Lame.

  • Lightchaos-20693173927190915074555969291770

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 2:52 pm GMT

    This is cool, I already voted.

  • krazy-blazer

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 10:24 am GMT

    I'm voting for PixelHunter considering he is the only guy from the list i know.

  • waZelda

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 10:16 am GMT

    I'm with mprezzy. I think that since pretty much no one knows all of those (and I doubt anyone will bother to read through every one of those's blogs for the past year) no one will actually be able to tell which of them is the best, and it all comes down to who has the most friends. It is a silly thing to make a contest about.

  • whoozwah

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 8:32 am GMT

    oh wow. I'm in there somewhere. cool.

  • Giancar

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 7:46 am GMT

    -9 for my comment???

    Damn I know some people don't like the King, but once he wins it will be worse

  • mprezzy

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 6:40 am GMT

    @JodyR: I understand that premise, but it completely overlooks my point: already I've heard more than a few people complain about the essence of this "popularity contest," (in their eyes, regardless of the "spirit of the contest") and the ill will it's creating. As I told EAJack- a person I consider a good friend- this equates to the teenagers who make blogs listing their best friends from 1-20. It makes #1 embarassed and everyone else mad. Not to mention the ensuing arguing over who was picked and why- which has already begun. Look no further than the negative thumbs on the comments here already.

  • mprezzy

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 6:30 am GMT

    @W1NGMAN-: That's kind of exactly why I think the idea of doing this is a bad one.

  • Stats_

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 4:58 am GMT

    No Shawn, heretix, Steveo or ActicEdge? Oh dear ...

  • W1NGMAN-

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 1:51 am GMT

    Wow me and a couple of other users who have voted for SolidTy have recieved negative marks ... some of you guys take this waaay to serious. Even more reason for him to win.

  • GameBlender

    Posted Dec 11, 2009 6:33 pm GMT

    I'm happy to be nominated, but I'd be happier if my link worked.

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