The Sonic Site Awards (also known as ‘SSA’) is an annual online event that awards the best Sonic websites on the Internet – with the winners and nominees chosen by the public the entire time. The SSA debuted in 2001, as part of a programme that would lead The Sonic Stadium into the limelight.
The Sonic Site Awards in concept was not an original one – websites such as TSSZ had been doing annual awards before the SSA – but what made this event stand out from the crowd was the completely democratic process. This meant that nominations weren’t just handed to the public to vote for – the public actually chose who went into those polls beforehand. Because of this ingenuity and innovation in awards events, the SSA has fast become a memorable occasion, and the concept has undoubtedly become the inspiration for many other events on Sonic websites.
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- 28/Dec 2002: Phase 3 Ceremony and Winners
- 9/Nov 2002: Phase II Ending, Phase 3 Ceremony Details
- 10/Aug 2002: Sonic Site Awards 2002 Phase II Voting Panel
- 10/Aug 2002: Sonic Site Awards 2002 Phase II Kickoff
- 15/Jul 2002: Sonic Site Awards 2002 Launch
SSA 2002 Ceremony Broadcast
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The Winners
Funniest Sonic Site 2002
1st. Dirty Power – 114 VOTES
2nd. The Green Hill Zone – 77 VOTES
3rd. The Moogle Cavern – 35 VOTES
4th. The Super Sonic Super Site – 33 VOTES
5th. The Domain of Netraptor – 12 VOTES
‘Sonic News’ Award for Best Reporter 2002
1st. Pepperidge – 84 VOTES
2nd. Neon Chaos – 66 VOTES
3rd. Tristan Bresnen – 63 VOTES
4th. Lisa – 41 VOTES
5th. ZinDinTimeYUM – 18 VOTES
Information Station Award 2002
1st. Sonic Stuff Research Group – 94 VOTES
2nd. Sonic Central – 68 VOTES
3rd. Sonic PC – 36 VOTES
4th. Mystic Mobius – 31 VOTES
5th. ShenSonic Homepage – 25 VOTES
Fan Game Award 2002
1st. Sonic Robo Blast 2 – 92 VOTES
2nd. Sonic: The Fated Hour – 49 VOTES
3rd. Collision Demo – 38 VOTES
4th. When Team 3 Gets Bored – 37 VOTES
5th. ShenSonic Demo3 – 31 VOTES
Coolest Downloads Award 2002
1st. Shadow of a Hedgehog – 111 VOTES
2nd. Sonic Fan Games HQ – 55 VOTES
3rd. Sonic ROMS.co.uk – 41 VOTES
4th. The Super Sonic Super Site – 33 VOTES
5th. Sonic PC – 24 VOTES
Fan Game Developer Award 2002
1st. Sonic Team Junior – 90 VOTES
2nd. Neon Chaos – 69 VOTES
3rd. SimSonic – 35 VOTES
4th. SonKnuck Team – 30 VOTES
5th. Cinossu – 22 VOTES
Most Colourful Sonic Site Award 2002
1st. Shadow of a Hedgehog – 118 VOTES
2nd. The Super Sonic Super Site – 67 VOTES
3rd. Sonic Central – 25 VOTES
4th. SonKnuck’s World – 21 VOTES
5th. Iris & Sonic’s Vacation Spot – 19 VOTES
MIDI Artist of the Year Award 2002
1st. John Weeks – 109 VOTES
2nd. Knuckles X-Treme – 59 VOTES
3rd. Jarel Jones – 35 VOTES
4th. Gerry R. Cueto, Jr. 22 VOTES
5th. Ztrop – 21 VOTES
Most Evolved Website Award 2002
1st. Shadow of a Hedgehog – 113 VOTES
2nd. Dirty Power – 88 VOTES
3rd. Sonic Fighters – 24 VOTES
4th. ShenSonic homepage – 20 VOTES
5th. Sonic Thugz – 12 VOTES
Fan Fic Writer Award 2002
1st. Netraptor – 87 VOTES
2nd. Tails Fan – 55 VOTES
3rd. Shayne Thames – 47 VOTES
4th. Nicholas D. Wolfwood – 32 VOTES
5th. Kevin Lu – 26 VOTES
Favourite Forum Award 2002
1st. Mobius Forum [MoFo] – 63 VOTES
2nd. SoaH City – 56 VOTES
3rd. tSf MB – 50 VOTES
4th. SFGHQ General Discussion – 44 VOTES
5th. MoogleMB.com – 41 VOTES
Fan Comic Award 2002
1st. Sonic Adventure 2 – 66 VOTES
2nd. Shadow the Comic – 63 VOTES
3rd. Other-M – 57 VOTES
4th. I like Pie – 56 VOTES
5th. Sonic Shadows – 38 VOTES
Fan’s Hero Award 2002
1st. Sonic Guy – 69 VOTES
2nd. SimSonic – 57 VOTES
3rd. Shayne Thames – 46 VOTES
4th. Zin – 37 VOTES
5th. _StreetSonic_ – 36 VOTES
Sonic MP3 Remix Award 2002
1st. Ice Cap Theme [Frozen Knuckles Mix] – Rayza – 69 VOTES
2nd. Sonic 3 & Knuckles Boss Remix – DJGamer2K – 54 VOTES
3rd. Sonic 2 – Underground Zone – SSNTails – 45 VOTES
4th. Sonic 1 – Lightning Star OC Remix – Jaxx – 41 VOTES
5th. Sonic 3 Act 1 Boss [Sonic Does Chronic Mix] – Rayza – 33 VOTES
Favourite Webmaster Award 2002
1st. Neon Chaos – 87 VOTES
2nd. Sonic Adventurer – 72 VOTES
3rd. Rlan – 70 VOTES
4th. CyberSonic708 – 24 VOTES
5th. JL – 9 VOTES
Sonic Artist Award 2002
1st. Sonic Adventurer – 110 VOTES
2nd. Darkspeeds (Elson Wong) – 48 VOTES
3rd. Generation8 – 37 VOTES
4th. Johnathon L. – 28 VOTES
5th. NukuNukuCat – 27 VOTES
Sonic Boom Box Award 2002
1st. tSFM Radio – 87 VOTES
2nd. EspioKaos.com – 45 VOTES
3rd. Blazefire Radio – 39 VOTES
4th. Overclocked Remix – 39 VOTES
5th. Sonic Spin Radio – 31 VOTES
Best Sonic Hoaxer Award 2002
1st. Pyro Sonic – 62 VOTES
2nd. Kulock – 56 VOTES
3rd. Matt the Yak – 51 VOTES
4th. Andy V’Ner – 43 VOTES
5th. Ultimo – 29 VOTES
Worth It Award 2002
1st. The Moogle Cavern – 78 VOTES
2nd. ShenSonic Homepage – 46 VOTES
3rd. Sonic Central – 38 VOTES
4th. Sonic Fighters – 35 VOTES
5th. Khaoxx Media – 23 VOTES
THE SONIC SITE AWARD 2002
1st. Shadow of a Hedgehog – 110 VOTES
2nd. SonicVerse Team – 62 VOTES
3rd. Sonic Team – 36 VOTES
4th. Sonic Central – 33 VOTES
5th. ShenSonic Homepage – 12 VOTES