Awards and Notable Mentions
I’ve received an amazing response within the community and I wanted to share some of those things with everyone. Here is a list of awards and notable mentions that I’ve been fortunate enough to receive both personally and for the site.
It has been a wonderful experience so far. I’m thankful for all the personal awards, accomplishments and experiences. I’m so very appreciative of the fact that so many gamers have enjoyed themselves here. I’m giving everyone a virtual pat on the back with this. Just imagine me patting you on the back as you read this.
Below you’ll find the link to the accomplishment and then next to it, the person/company/group responsible or related to it.
Awards and Notable Mentions
- 2006 Community Member of the Year – GTR Xbox Community Awards
- 2006/2007 Microsoft Xbox MVP Award – Microsoft
- On10′s Profile of the Week with Tina Woods – On10.net
- Top Gamertags of 2007 – TriXie Blog
- Top 10 Cute Boys in Gaming Journalism – TriXie Blog
- 360 Laws Spotlight in 360 Zine Magazine – 360Zine
- 2007 Blog of the Year – GTR Xbox Community Awards
- 2007/2008 Microsoft Xbox MVP Award – Microsoft
- Community 101 – Xbox.com
- 406 Reasons to Love Xbox 360 – Xbox.com
- Best Podcast Shows – 360Zine
- 360 Reasons to Love Xbox 360 – Xbox.com
- 360 Laws Community Spotlight – Xbox.com/TriXie
- Community partner with DP and Nokia – Disruptive Media Publishers
- Super MVPs for SuperMarch – Xbox.com
- Rated “Great” by the editors of Blogged.com – Blogged.com
- Featured 10 Popular All Xbox Blogs – Blogs.com
- 2008/2009 Microsoft Xbox MVP Award- Microsoft
- Picked to launch Community Playdate on Xbox LIVE – Xbox.com
- Invited as Guest Author for Blogs.com – Blogs.com
- Spotlight on Inside Xbox – Xbox.com
- Top 10 Things to do on June 16 (Xbox LIVE Maintenance) – Xbox.com
- 2009/2010 Microsoft Xbox MVP Award – Microsoft
- 2010/2011 Microsoft Xbox MVP Award – Microsoft
- 2011/2012 Microsoft Xbox MVP Award – Microsoft
- 2012 featured in Dallas’ Blitz Weekly magazine – Blitz Weekly
- Debut of Xbox Avatar content – Disruptive Media Publishers / Microsoft
- Guest author for “From the MVPs” MSDN – Microsoft
- Community Collection of Avatar Gear in Avatar Store – U360, DP, Microsoft
- Quoted by EA with Danger Close’s Medal of Honor – Medal of Honor
March 20th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Like I told your mother when she called in on her birthday… her boy’s an international superstar, believe it or not!
March 21st, 2008 at 8:05 pm
funny as how my bank account doesn’t reflect such lol
April 20th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Wow… I feel like I am in the presence of a Rockstar!! Can I have your autograph Deacon???
Great Job! They are all well deserved!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Internet celeb!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
LOL We Bow down
September 28th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
[...] come so far with U360 in the last 2 years. It’s been a great ride! Be sure to check the list of other cool awards and mentions we’ve managed to gain across the [...]
November 14th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Ive only just joined U360 and I can already tell its the best community to be at.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:50 am
This really is a great site with a great community feel to it.
July 4th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
[...] To celebrate the anniversary, I’m giving away a few things as well as highlighting some earlier moments in U360’s history that should provide a good laugh and listen. It’s crazy listening and reading some of the things from 3 years ago. I think the site has come a long way…a very long way because I stunk the boat on some of the earlier stuff for sure. In the process of learning how to do this though, I did enjoy some highlights. [...]
July 6th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I remember being one of the first guest on the U360 podcast (The Playstation Guy), and who knew 3 years later this site would be as popular as it is. This site is one of the reasons I decided to get a XBOX 360 (and Gears of War was a huge influence!)
Congrats DeaconBlade, and I’m still waiting on my royalty check!
July 6th, 2009 at 10:17 am
@gameskills, yeah man i remember that Gears of War chainsaw night rather well…the way you got pumped up about it had me ROLLIN’ lol
August 1st, 2009 at 11:00 am
i only have two awards
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:12 am
ok just to get this contest making a little more sense for me..
umm so are we using the existing stuff thats in the avatar marketplace?
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:14 am
shoot sorry for double post but i had 2 windows up and that last message went into the wrong place
so idk who does this but can someone delete this post and last post? please? 
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:14 am
@Tony, wrong post lol but only the existing stuff in the Avatar Marketplace (Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Fable 2, Monkey Island etc)