It’s that time of the year in the airsoft community when the biggest online airsoft event starts revving up. The 12th Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards is about to start in three weeks’ time and for awardees of last year, it’s time to defend their titles and for the challengers to wish they upped their game and grab the crown for them.

The 12th Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards is the ultimate way the readers of Popular Airsoft and the general airsoft community can give due recognition to the efforts of airsoft industry and airsoft players to push the hobby/sport even further through the improvement of products and enhancing the experience of airsoft players through events, content creation, promotion, and generally being good human beings.

For the 12th edition, the following categories are available for the airsoft community to nominate and vote their favourites in:

1. Best Airsoft Retailer for North America
2. Best Airsoft Retailer For Central & South America
3. Best Airsoft Retailer for Europe
4. Best Airsoft Retailer for Asia
5. Best Gear Retailer for North America
6. Best Gear Retailer for Europe
7. Best Gear Retailer for Asia
8. Best Airsoft Magazine (Print or Digital)
9. Best English Language Airsoft News Website
10. Best Non-English Language Airsoft News Website
11. Best Airsoft Blog (Regardless of Language)
12. Best Airsoft Community/Forum
13. Best Airsoft Video Posted Online in 2020
14. Best Airsoft Event (Over 500 Players)
15. Best Airsoft Podcast or Video Channel
16. Best Airsoft Upgrade/Parts Maker
17. Best Airsoft KABOOM (Grenade/Mine/Mortar/Rocket/Pyro) Maker
18. Best HPA Airsoft Engine
19. Best Airsoft Pistol
20. Best Airsoft Gas Blowback Rifle
21. Best Airsoft Shotgun
22. Best Airsoft Sniper Rifle
23. Best Airsoft Automatic Electric Gun (AEG)
24. Best Airsoft Manufacturer
25. Special Airsoft Player Award (Male)
26. Special Airsoft Player Award (Female)

If you were not able to follow the winner announcement of the previous 11th Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards, you can watch the virtual awarding ceremony as hosted by Master Chief and Azzkikr with some of the most familiar names and faces in the airsoft community presenting and announcing the winners:

The schedule for the 12th Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards is earlier now as compared to the past 11 years which will helps us have more time to prepare for the Awards Ceremony during the Airsoft Meetup at the IWA Outdoor Classics 2022 in Germany and just in case it gets cancelled if the Covid-19 pandemic ravages on, it will be another virtual awarding ceremony.

Nomination Period

08 November - 06 December 2021

Voting Period

20 December 2021 - 17 January 2022

Winner Announcement

31 January 2022

Awarding Ceremony

Airsoft Meetup
IWA Outdoor Classics 2022 (Tentative)

Will it be as exciting as the previous years? Only the readers’ and community’s participation will be able to answer as without them the Awards will be meaningless. But we have great faith in them as they always delivery and give due recognition to those who deserve such recognition.

Let’s get ready again to gather the community and industry in the biggest online airsoft event. Let’s all make the 12th Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards another big success.

Interested sponsors can contact us to discuss how they can support the awards.