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Linux Game Of The Year Awards Voting Open

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Time is now up to add games, so you may now vote for whatever game you loved the most last year. Next year will work in a very different way too.

For this year it is whatever game you loved the most, regardless of when it was released. See the explanation on the GOTY page for details.

Next year will have multiple categories like genre, best update and so forth. That way we can cover games only released in 2015, as well as previously released game with great updates.

Percentages are rounded up to the closest, so 16.6 is 17. Just to make that clear. Just to keep things nice and round.

Go get voting, and spread the word.

Personally, I am completely torn on what to vote for.

The winner will be announced on the 14th of January 2015.

UPDATE
Just a note, all open source games now have their own category.

Votes wiped on them to be fair.

You get one vote per category.

OpenRA is still in the normal category since it's not fully open (uses closed graphics, sounds etc). Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Liam Dawe Jan 2, 2015
Quoting: DonkeyWish list for next year: More votes per person, at least five votes each! :)
You will have one vote per category next year when we get all that completely setup, but no more than one as i heavily dislike multiple vote systems in one category. I feel it's unfair.
Liam Dawe Jan 2, 2015
Added a "view top 10" link in each category.
STiAT Jan 2, 2015
Still too few, I miss Mount & Blade warband :) .. so I won't vote :D
nullzero Jan 3, 2015
*sniff** no OpenXCOM. And it reached v1.0 this past year!
Liam Dawe Jan 3, 2015
FYI we removed the top 3 and top 10 lists, as they may create a voting bias.
frostwork Jan 3, 2015
would have voted for openmw as best oss game, but stk ist great too :}
for the categories:
imho it would be nice if you would split the categories for the next award into
- oss
- AAA
- indie (closed)
neffo Jan 4, 2015
No Witcher 2?
Beamboom Jan 4, 2015
Quoting: frostworkwould have voted for openmw as best oss game, but stk ist great too :}
for the categories:
imho it would be nice if you would split the categories for the next award into
- oss
- AAA
- indie (closed)

We need more categories than that. I think we should follow the common practise and have categories based on properties of the game, type "best multi-player game", "best RPG", "best strategy game", "shooter of the year" and so forth, as well as the suggested "open source of the year". But an open-source game could and should also potentially be nominated in other categories, if they are good enough. I just think it is very right of us Linux peeps to have a dedicated OSS category. They deserve that spotlight.

It's also quite common to have categories that celebrates artistic elements of the game, like "best artwork", "best voice actors", and so forth. Those categories may very likely contain nominations from both major distributors, indies and oss.
Liam Dawe Jan 4, 2015
As repeatedly mentioned many categories was a lot of work for this year, next year will be different.
omer666 Jan 4, 2015
Quoting: neffoNo Witcher 2?
On the voting page it's said it's limited to native games... it's up to you if you consider Witcher 2 is native or not... Don't know myself.

[Edit] There is The Witcher 2, in the "T" letters.
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