"Best of 2019" Gi Celebration Event Recap!
This year I decided to do our biggest of end of year event ever! In addition to some of my normal Top 10 Game style articles, I extended it into a bigger celebration of the year. This year we included special shoutouts for Game Infinite Friends and content from our new Gi Channels! We selected several GiFriends for special shoutouts and also let our followers vote on some of our biggest categories of "Best of 2019". I was blown away at the support from everyone. It was a great way to recognize some of the amazing content made by our amazing community during 2019, as well as some of the amazing creators supported by the Gi Channels! Below is list of Special shoutout categories, the winners, and for the voted categories those who were nominated. It was amazing year for GiFriends where we saw the community double in size, launch our GiFriends MODS program. We also launched three new theme specific content channels, Apex Infinite, Star Wars Infinite, and Tomb Raider Infinite. These three channels brought us amazing new content, new followers of the Gi platform, and even new GiFriends.
While we launched many shoutouts, four of our biggest shoutouts were "Most Entertaining Streamer, Best GiFriends Fan Art, Best Cosplay 2019, and Top Supporter" Read through these amazing creators for those mega-highlights at the end.
Here listed below are all the shoutouts given to creators shared by our Gi Channels and members in the GiFriends Community
Gi Channels
Apex Legends Fan Art
Apex Legends Cosplay
Star Wars Fan Art
Star Wars Cosplay
Tomb Raider Fan Art
Tomb Raider Cosplay
Best Selfie Cosplay
Best Screenshot
Best GiFriends Fan Art
Best Twitch Clip
Best Overwatch Cosplay
Best Anime Cosplay
Best Super Hero Cosplay
Most Entertaining Streamer
Best Cosplay
Top Supporter
Gi Channels
Apex Legends Fan Art/ (best Gifriends Fan Art Winner)
Best Apex Legends Fan Art Nominations: @trash_senpaii @saiddrawing @blazingroseart @michelangeline3
WINNER: @trash_senpaii
Trash_senpaii also Won Best GiFriends Fan Art
Apex Legends Cosplay
Best Apex Legends Cosplay Nominations: @thirmiumcatalyst @cosplamy @Lisa.mancinerh @pixydi
WINNER: @thirmiumcatalyst
Star Wars Fan Art
Best Star Wars Fan Art Nominations: @jakebartok @venamis @frangleart @super_scoundrel @daztibbles
WINNER: @jakebartok
Star Wars Cosplay
Best Star Wars Cosplay Nominations:
WINNER: @ladymaulcosplay
Tomb Raider COSPLAY
Best Tomb Raider Cosplay Nominations: @peachtsuri @whoisjillea @j3nkray @lucidinrapture
WINNER: @lucidinrapture
Tomb Raider Fan Art
Best Tomb Raider Fan Art Nominations: @_not.blake_ @dmtkirtay @shyfoxx.art @camiartist
WINNER: @_not.blake_
Best Selfie Cosplay
GiFriends Best Selfie Cosplay Nominations: @Beastxleigh @dsamuraiz @cierracosplay @dragonlordcosplay @candy_balll @harukacos
WINNER: @Candy_ball
GiFriends Best Screenshot
Winner: @Scionjay96
Jay has quite the eye for gaming photos, with so many amazing shots most of us wouldn't see with hours spent in photo mode. Shouting him out for Best Gaming Screenshot was an easy choice!
Best Overwatch Cosplay
Best Overwatch Cosplay Nominations: @avarichu @cierracosplay @jibril.sento @erickosplay @bkgcosplay @kuudere.kitten @zorua.maximum @randomlullaby @lucreciacosplayer
WINNER: @Zorua.maximum
The Overwatch Votes were the closest throughout the entire event with our initial round giving us a three way tie! Upon a second round of voting Zorua won victorious! Congrats also to our semi-finalists Erika and Brooke!
Best Anime Cosplay
WINNER: @brendicosplay
We chose Brendie for Best Anime Cosplay because her My Hero Cosplay gender bent cosplay is so fire. The fire and ice effects were a great touch to several photos. We love the over all look and shots. She has so many amazing anime cosplays, it was hard to pick a favorite too!
Best Super Hero Cosplay
Winner: @crazycosplayqueen
We chose CrazyCosplayQueen for Best Super Hero Cosplay because her Harley Quinn is always so super fun (no pun intended...) and she always brings new poses and looks to the cosplay! Great Job!
Most Entertaining Streamer - Also wins Best Twitch Clip
Most Entertaining Streamer Nominations: @jose15ramos @razorninja56 @forbiddonfig403 @mikeofalltradesyt @beastxleigh (xxbrandy) @tsg_deadlymouse1233 @lyvyana @avarichu
Winner: @jose15ramos
Jose's army of viewers really came in strong blowing up support for A in Most Entertaining Streamer! We also love watching Jose slay it in shooters. He also won Best Twitch Clip selected by us!
Best Cosplay
Best Cosplay Nominations: @randomlullaby @harukacos @kirei.prism @zorua.maximum @kuudere.kitten @phatomilecosplay @solidsnipe.cosplay @brendiecosplay @pamm.pann
Winner: @pamm.pann
Pam won the Instagram voting for Best Cosplay; and while the community produced so much amazing cosplay this year we have to say her 2B cosplay was absolutely incredible. The colors, angles, and look really hit home with the voters. Congrats Pam!
Top Supporter
Winner: @tsg_deadlymouse_1233
DeadlyMouse has been one of our biggest supporters throughout 2019. He frequently joins us on stream, is a frequent visitor to Discord, has played online with us, and has always been first to support as an early adopter. Outside of our Mods, he did above and beyond to help Game Infinite! We are super appreciative of his support.
