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Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:51 am**

The 2023 Defender Awards

Awards Ceremony

Defender of the Year: Westinor

The nation that has served the defender cause effectively the most the past year.

Ananke Award: Drew Durrnil & Kanta Hame

The nation that has most proficiently and regularly noticed and alerted others of in-progress invasions.

Anarchotopia Award: The Order of the Grey Wardens

The military most successful at curtailing invasions.

Sir Lans Award: Kotoha Tanaka

Updater of the year.

Operation of the Year: South Pacific & Magna Aurea

The victory that had us on the edge of our seats, and proved to be the most fulfilling of the year.

Newcomer of the Year: Concrete Slab

The nation that has stormed onto the scene and made a name for themselves as a strong new defender.

Lifetime Achievement: Kanta Hame

An old person we want to feel good this year - a veteran who has contributed immense time and effort to the cause.

Best Defender Quote:

west: are you saying there is a plant among our new officers
GK: yes, there’s always one ?
west: ?
Concrete Slab: it’s me, NPO delenda est
west: you’re literally a slab of concrete
Concrete Slab: i got weeds in the cracks
walrus: “i got weeds in the cracks“ me at the border

Pretty self-explanatory.

Numero Capitan Award: Numero Capitan

The nation that has contributed the most to defender intelligence.

Karputsk Award: Westinor

The nation that excels in leading liberations.

Worst Invasion / Worst Operation Award: Yessssss

The operation that had us all coping and seething.

Meltdown of the Year: Injunct TCB

The incident or event that had us all giving each other awkward, cringing looks.

Belgium Award: Westinor

The nation that has advanced the defender cause in the Security Council the most.

Eluvatar Award: Pronoun

The nation that has contributed the most to defender technological advancement.

Blackbird Award: The Brotherhood of Malice

The "best" invader group.

Mentor of the Year: Concrete Slab

The nation that has been a strong and effective mentor to new defenders.

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:52 am**

Congrats to the winners, but who got Worst Invader Group?

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:33 am**

In all seriousness thanks to everyone who voted for me and has made this community so welcoming! I have had the absolute time of my life in this community over the past year and it is primarily because of all the wonderful people I have been to work and grow with. Here's to many more years of success and fun!

And of course, congratulations to all other award winners! Extremely deserved in every category.

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:44 am**

Congratulations to all the winners, especially West for winning three well-deserved awards!

Ostrovskiy wrote:Congrats to the winners, but who got Worst Invader Group?

That wasn't included in the voting ballot for some reason.

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:12 am**

Merni wrote:
Ostrovskiy wrote:Congrats to the winners, but who got Worst Invader Group?

That wasn't included in the voting ballot for some reason.

It's explained earlier in the thread.

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:33 am**

Ah, ok then.

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:37 am**

Congratulations to my associate, Kanta Hame, and to all the winners.

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:31 am**

Congratulations all! Well deserved!

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:44 am**

Congrats to all!!!!

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:31 am**

Congrats to all the winners!

Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:25 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners! My proud old fart status is further cemented with so many SPSF being recognized for their leadership roles.

Especially to Kanta Hame on winning the Lifetime Achievement Award. It's genuinely been a long time coming - you led one of the most stable and consistent militaries for years and were truly excellent within your specialty for even longer.

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:32 am**

Quebecshire wrote:
Ever-Wandering Souls wrote:who won

Glad to see you're a fan! Results should be posted within the next couple hours.

Thx

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:13 am**

Quebecshire wrote:Best Defender Quote:

west: are you saying there is a plant among our new officers
GK: yes, there’s always one ?
west: ?
Concrete Slab: it’s me, NPO delenda est
west: you’re literally a slab of concrete
Concrete Slab: i got weeds in the cracks
walrus: “i got weeds in the cracks“ me at the border

Pretty self-explanatory.

My question is, who is the planet among the new officers?

Posted: **Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:51 pm**

Quebecshire wrote:Operation of the Year: South Pacific & Magna Aurea

The victory that had us on the edge of our seats, and proved to be the most fulfilling of the year.

No Refunds.

Posted: **Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:05 am**

Drew Durrnil wrote:
Quebecshire wrote:Operation of the Year: South Pacific & Magna Aurea

The victory that had us on the edge of our seats, and proved to be the most fulfilling of the year.

aged like milk

That it did!

EDIT: Why'd you delete that? Now I'm replying to a ghost comment! D=

Posted: **Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:30 pm**

I think the defender awards should be held later. Like the Warzone awards and LD's Gameplay awards, which primarily run in January/the last days of Dec.

There's been a few demonstrations this year that, if you end nominations before November even starts, a lot can still happen in that last whole sixth of a year left.

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Welcome to the 2023 Defender Awards!