We’ve been getting enquiries this month about the biggest online event in airsoft, the Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards will start. So here it is, we’re announcing that preparations have begun for the 13th Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards.

This online event gives due recognition to those who made the biggest contributions in the advancement of airsoft through innovation, customer satisfaction, content creation, events management, and more. This means individuals, companies and products in the industry, media, and community will find out if they will be chosen as the best in the categories they can get nominated in.

For the 13th iteration of the Awards, the categories remain the same:

• Best Airsoft Retailer for North America
• Best Airsoft Retailer For Central & South America
• Best Airsoft Retailer for Europe
• Best Airsoft Retailer for Asia
• Best Gear Retailer for North America
• Best Gear Retailer for Europe
• Best Gear Retailer for Asia
• Best Airsoft Magazine (Print or Digital)
• Best English Language Airsoft News Website
• Best Non-English Language Airsoft News Website
• Best Airsoft Blog (Regardless of Language)
• Best Airsoft Community/Forum
• Best Airsoft Video Posted Online in 2022
• Best Airsoft Event (Over 500 Players)
• Best Airsoft Podcast or Video Channel
• Best Airsoft Upgrade/Parts Maker
• Best Airsoft KABOOM (Grenade/Mine/Mortar/Rocket/Pyro) Maker
• Best HPA Airsoft Engine
• Best Airsoft Pistol
• Best Airsoft Gas Blowback Rifle
• Best Airsoft Shotgun
• Best Airsoft Sniper Rifle
• Best Airsoft Automatic Electric Gun (AEG)
• Best Airsoft Manufacturer
• Special Airsoft Player Award (Male)
• Special Airsoft Player Award (Female)

You can find out who won at the 12th Airsoft Player's Choice Awards by watching the recorded Virtual Awarding Ceremony livestream below:

For those unfamiliar with the Airsoft Players’ Choice Awards, the process itself involves two phases/periods:

The Nomination Period (21 November 2022 to 19 December 2022)

The Nomination period will have any person, company, product, channel, website, group, organisation, forum, influencer and social media page dedicated to airsoft to nominate they think should go into second phase of the Awards in the various categories. Only the top five (5) nominees in each category will advance to the Finals/Voting Period.

The Finals/Voting Period (26 December 2022 - 23 January 2023)

With the top 5 nominees in all the categories determined, everyone involved in airsoft will be invited to vote for the nominee who/that will win the category. The nominee that garners the most number of votes gets to win in the category.

As always, there will be exciting raffle prizes courtesy of our sponsors and presenters. The raffle prizes are announced during the Finals/Voting Period. For those who nominated and voted in the Awards, their names/email address will be entered twice in the raffle, giving them better chances at winning a prize as compared to those who only nominated or voted during the process.

With the Nomination Period fast approaching, those interested in winning an award need to plan on how to get nominated and voted in the categories they’re eyeing. They better start campaigning soon.

Companies, organisations and individuals interested in being a sponsor for the Awards can contact us to indicate their interest.

Hope that we'll have another successful awards event for the 13th straight year!