First Annual Saxxy Awards

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HEAVY ENOUGH TO KILL A MAN WITH! — TF2 Official Blog

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The first Annual Saxxy Awards is a contest among the community to submit a video in order to earn "a foot-high bust of an almost entirely naked Australian man."

The 20 different categories for the contest consisted of: 1. Most Inventive Kill 2. Best Mid-air Murder 3. Biggest Massacre 4. Funniest Replay 5. Best Getaway 6. Best Revenge 7. Most Pwnage 8. Most Heroic 9. Players Choice 10. Best Set Design 11. Best Team Costume 12. Best Original Soundtrack 13. Best 30 Second Trailer 14. Best Coordinated Combat 15. Most Dramatic 16. Best Cinematography 17. Best Editing 18. Most Epic Fail 19. Most Extreme Stunt 20. Best Overall Replay

The Rules

"As stated by Valve" Please keep entries to under a minute, and at a resolution of at least 720p. Only entries created between 12:00:00 AM GMT, Thursday, May 5th, 2011 and 11:59:59 PM GMT, Thursday, May 19th, 2011, and submitted by 11:59:59 PM GMT, Thursday, May 19th, 2011, will be considered.

Only one entry per category per Steam user will be considered. If you submit multiple entries in a single category, the last entry submitted by the deadline will be considered, and the others will be ignored. Entries by multiple authors are allowed.

No entries containing copyrighted materials (outside of Valve's IPs) will be considered. Materials (.DEM files, for example) may be requested to prove original authorship.

The use of external software in the creation of entries is permitted in all categories. However, the Replay renderer MUST be used for initial TGA/WAV data if an external editor is used, OR if rendering an entry from within TF2. Video Preset "Maximum" MUST be used, regardless of whether you are rendering a movie from TF2 or raw TGAs and a .WAV.