Long time BASHandSlash.com readers know that every so often we award certain individuals with the coveted BASHIE award.

While we normally dole out this award to folks who have excelled in the development of the following areas in the FPS world:

GREAT GRAPHICS
GREAT VIDEO
GREAT MUSIC/AUDIO
GREAT ARTICLES
GREAT MODS/MAPS
and GREAT WEBSITES 

...this month, we break with tradition to mark our first year anniversary.

The BASHandSlash.com Staff unanimously voted for this month's BASHIE recipient. The winner of this coveted award (designed by the inimitable Paulo88 of mycallofduty.com ) will be in good company, as past winners have been a formidable group.

Congratulations BASHandSlash.com listener/readership. I cannot think of any group of people more deserving.

After all, you have to put up with:

• Jock's oral ramblings as the host of the BASH webcast
• Jock's literary ravings as the main writer and editor of BASHandSlash.com and
• Jock's whining as the Admin of the BASHandSlash.com Boards

This has not been an easy task - but you stuck with us for one full year!

You have been with us from the lows of CoD2 when we thought the CoD franchise had shot its bolt (pardon the pun), the even lower lows of the console-only CoD3 and finally, here you are hanging in with us through the heady times of CoD4.

Thank you for your patronage.

Here is your Paulo88-designed BASHIE award! 

While we cannot thank each one of you individually I would like to single out two BASH regular listeners for a special honor.

I would like to especially thank [DBTRS]Deuce and John Doe|Eagle Eye. These two listeners have been there almost since the beginning of BASH. They are regulars on our BASH Boards and have listened to just about every webcast we have ever made. They are always supportive and they defend us even when we sometimes do the indefensible. Thanks guys! 

And for the rest...you know who you are: