Best Gamer
Elrod - for holding the number one spot on the trophy count most of the year and well above 100+ trophies more than number two WB.
Tails - is competitve (when he likes a game) but simply is all over the place when it comes to mastering games.
Agnostic - one serious bad dude who's good at just about everything. Really difficult to take his gold and even more difficult to keep yours. (if he really tried, he could just knock Elrod off the hill)
Seahawk - The Lord of the Skies. SH holds probably the most difficult shooter trophies to take and has mastered multiple arcade shooter which is no easy feat. He's been quiet for a while now, but he's still around sharpening his skills. He's also superb at Tetris type games and other puzzle games.
Best Mod
Tails - he does tons of recruiting to bring in new faces and is very active with verifying scores.
Jojo - very active with clearing out the score submissions and did that super awesome interview with Kong's daddy, Hank Chien.
Trophy Thief
Revj - I literally had to delete around 30 PMs from this guy in the span of around a month and a half. To top it off, I've taken some back only to have him take them back once more. A solid player.
Agnostic - YOU TOOK MY TMNT ARCADE TROPHY

and some other stuff throughout the year.
Trophy Defender
Fogelmir - This guy has been in the shadows for a while now, but I'm yet to keep a single trophy of his. He is tenacious when it comes to his booty.
Best Forum Participant
Dudebro - why you always get nominated for this? This guy posts so much, he's going to need a server just to hold all his posts one day.
I'm sure there are other worthy participants, but I don't frequent the forums like I used to and DB is the only one I usually see in just about every single forum.
Best Noob
Alohaex - our fun loving Hawaiian. He's a really nice guy that brings a nice touch to the forums. He's had problems with his connection so he hasn't been around as often as he'd like.
Barra - a super gamer with a humble soul. He also let some other super friends in on the RU fun and let us know about a sweet WolfMAME contest hosted by TW.
Joshdonow - a solid player with a sweet youtube channel. Active in the forums and games.
TheGuardian - for a guy who hardly talks, he's managed to silently be promoted to Game Mod with his honesty and willingness to help out.
RU Allstar
This one was really tough. I'm going to go with
Jojo (this has nothing to do with him nominating me) for being a great overall gamer, active with tournaments and competing in games while modding scores, and for talking futbol with me when no one else cares. A great asset to the site and would sorely be missed.
Most Impressive Mastery
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by agnostic79
Galaga by Barra
Elevator Action Returns by EnemyAce -Dojah completed this as well, but EA did it almost 10 minutes faster. So my nomination goes to EA.
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts by fogelmir - thetedster also completed it but Fogelmir was faster.
Carrier Air Wing by Seahawk
Most Impressive Score
10-Yard Fight by JoshDonow - it's a freakin world record!
1942 - by Seahawk - it's really close to the world record
King of the Monsters - by EnemyAce
Gigas Mark 2 - by Revj - super close to taking the world record
Ma Balls - by OmegaShadow - just try it. seriously.