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GamingOnLinux GOTY Section & Nominations Now Open

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It's official, we are doing our very first GOTY awards for Linux games. Nominations are currently open and will be for a few days before voting begins, so be sure to add every game you think deserves it.

This is our first attempt, so it may not be perfect, but it has seen some testing and worked fine for our tests. We may look to separate it by categories next year, but we do not have time to code that in this year, so to prevent delays it's a single-vote deal this year.

Voting will open on the night of the 31st of December, and the winner will be announced on the 14th of January 2015. So, you have just over a week for nominations and around 2 weeks for voting, simple enough right!

We manually approve all nominations to prevent spammy entries and duplicates, so don't fret if it takes a while to show up.

Games do not need to have released this year to enter, so if you still love a game from a while ago that's fine too.

To reduce our admin time: Please Note: This is for Native Linux games only. No Windows games, but wrapped games that support Linux (The Witcher 2, GOG Games) are fine.

Click here to enter the GOTY section. Be sure to help get the word out too!

Please reply here with any bugs, but there shouldn't really be any as it's quite simple. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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StianTheDark Dec 22, 2014
What? Crusader Kings 2 wasn't released this year!
Segata Sanshiro Dec 22, 2014
I'm really glad this is happening, it's really cool! Next year, I'd like to see awards for developers and porting houses too :). Also coke and limousines, but can't have everything.
Liam Dawe Dec 22, 2014
Quoting: StianTheDarkWhat? Crusader Kings 2 wasn't released this year!
Please read the article, and/or the GOTY page for the rules.
Daverball Dec 22, 2014
Yeah, sorry that was a poor choice of words on my part, I merely meant to point out that linux builds of EA titles might be in a comparably shaky state to a public beta on a game that's already released officially, so I find it equally questionable to allow EA titles.
I do however respect the distinction you make based on how the port is advertised rather than on its quality, I didn't mean to take a stab at you for that. English is my second language I should learn to stay away from idioms if I don't fully grasp their meaning. :)
Donkey Dec 22, 2014
So little time, and yet so many games left to play.
Great initiative! Looking forward to vote and final results. :)
Hamish Dec 22, 2014
I submitted both Mark of the Ninja and Bastion, since those are probably the two games I got the most enjoyment out of this year.
minj Dec 22, 2014
You should use a 'masonry' display so that more items could be displayed at one time. Now I have to open all tabs to search for a title
Nezchan Dec 22, 2014
Why does Dreamfall Chapters have two entries? Far as I know, only one game is released so far.
Liam Dawe Dec 22, 2014
Quoting: minjYou should use a 'masonry' display so that more items could be displayed at one time. Now I have to open all tabs to search for a title
Adjusted it to be in 3 columns, and upped the count. Should make finding a game easier.

Quoting: KelsWhy does Dreamfall Chapters have two entries? Far as I know, only one game is released so far.
There will be errors now and then with duplicate approvals if they are named slightly differently. Stuff happens.
Donkey Dec 22, 2014
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: minjYou should use a 'masonry' display so that more items could be displayed at one time. Now I have to open all tabs to search for a title
Adjusted it to be in 3 columns, and upped the count. Should make finding a game easier.

Quoting: KelsWhy does Dreamfall Chapters have two entries? Far as I know, only one game is released so far.
There will be errors now and then with duplicate approvals if they are named slightly differently. Stuff happens.
Looks nice. Now the only thing lacking is a counter for the total number of entries.
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