ESL举办的每年一度的电竞年度大奖(eSports Player of the year award,又被称为电子竞技奥斯卡)今年照常进行,ESL举行评比的用意是表彰在电子竞技领域有突出成绩和贡献的选手和机构。鉴于之前的评选组委会多由欧美媒体和个人组成,有失公正之嫌.今年,电竞奥斯卡组委会改变了结果的评选方式.将评选分为两个阶段进行:先是洲际(地区)评选提名,然后洲际(地区)获胜者进入最后的评选环节.每个地区的知名电竞媒体可以评选出所在区的优胜者.

     电竞奥斯卡已举办了4届.魔兽最佳选手依次是:Sweet(2004),Grubby(2005),Grubby(2006),ToD(2007).WE.PEPSI.Sky和MYM]Moon都获得过该项目奖项提名,但都与奖杯擦肩而过.

     所有奖项的最终获奖名单将于8月份举办的德国莱比锡游戏展Games Convention 2008上公布.

     以下是各个地区的提名者名单:

中国:
ChunLei 'Fengzi' Zhang (Starcraft)
Wei 'Fly100%' Liang Lu (Warcraft 3)
Xuwen 'Infi' Wang (Warcraft 3)
Ke 'K1ngZ' Tang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Luo 'Legend' Xian (Starcraft)
Run Bo 'sakula' Wu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Bin 'savage' Liu (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (Warcraft 3)
Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng (Warcraft 3)
Huang 'TH000' Xiang (Warcraft 3)

韩国:
Sung-Jae 'bail' Lee (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Kim 'Bisu' Taek Yong (Starcraft)
Lee Young 'Flash' Ho (Starcraft)
Lee Jae 'Jaedong' Dong(Starcraft)
June 'Lyn' Park (Warcraft 3)
Jang 'Moon' JaeHo (Warcraft 3)
Ma Jae 'sAviOr' Yoon (Starcraft)
Lee 'SoJu' Sung Duk (Warcraft 3)
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Byung-Goo 'Stork' Song (Starcraft)

北欧:
Jimmy 'allen' Allen (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Juuso 'contE' Sajakoski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Samuli 'elfittaja' Sihovonen (Warcraft 3)
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Jonas 'nordQvist' Nordqvist (Counter-Strike: Source)
Max 'ruuit' Aspe (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Kim 'SaSe' Hammar (Warcraft 3)
Christoffer 'Sunde' Sunde (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen (Counter-Strike 1.6)

西欧:
Mark 'AirRaid' Koks (Counter-Strike: Source)
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Victor 'Delfin_1' Sanchez (FIFA Soccer)
Franz 'gore' Burghardt (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen (Warcraft 3)
Daniel 'hero' Schellhase (FIFA Soccer)
Christoph 'Mondragon' Semke (Starcraft)
Mickael 'mSx' Cassisi (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (Warcraft 3)
Daniel 'XlorD' Spenst (Warcraft 3)

东欧:
Ioan 'Edward' Sukhariev (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin (Warcraft 3)
Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn (Warcraft 3)
Aleksey 'LeX' Kolesnikov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Filip 'Neo' Kubski (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Oleg 'WalkmaN' Khmara (FIFA Soccer)
Aleks 'White-Ra' Krupnick (Starcraft)
Mihail 'XyLigan' Ryabkov (Warcraft 3)

北美:
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Scott 'evolution' Cavallero (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner (Counter-Strike: Source)
Ryan 'OffbeatNinja' Ward (Dead or Alive 4)
Thomas 'OGRE2' Ryan (Halo 3)
Matt 'PaTyoJoN' Iantosca (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Wesley 'ch0mpr' Cwiklo (Forza Motorsport 2)
Shaun 'hostile' Catron (Counter-Strike 1.6)
David 'Walshy' Walsh (Halo 3)
Matt 'Warden' Dickens (Counter-Strike: Source)

南美:
Bruno 'bit' Lima (Counter-Strike 1.6)
Raphael 'cogu' Camargo (Counter-Strike: Source)
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau (Counter-Strike: Source)
Carlos 'KIKOOOO' Segal (Counter-Strike: Source)
Rodrigo 'MysT' Saraiva Martina (Warcraft 3)