It began 70 days ago with 4,000 mods eligible, and now 80 thousand votes and 5 million mod views later, it is time to announce the Players Choice Mod of the Year for 2006.

CATOGORY: MOD

1st Place. Point of Existence: 2

After so many votes, so much effort and a whole lot of fun, Point of Existence 2, for Battlefield 2, has won Mod of the Year for 2006. Point of Existence 2

manages to extend the gameplay of the original game into a new setting with a complex and believable storyline. It manages to have stylish art assets while remaining within the bounds of realism and enforces teamwork without feeling like a chore. It takes a popular formula to the next level of balance, flow and fun.
With so much high-quality custom content, this epic total conversion positively demands to be picked up and played. It has got everything a great mod should have, and then a whole lot more. With all the beautiful maps, thoughtful mechanics and startling art, the effort the team put into this mod is immeditately obvious.

Now, the players of 2006 have spoken and have given their congratulations, not only the developers of Point of Existence 2, but to modders everywhere.

2nd Place. Project Reality

For a mod that claims to "not be for the masses" on its' official profile, it sure did score pretty high, didn't it?

Project Reality, as the title so aptly implies, brings realism to the forefront in Battlefield 2, forcing characters to cope with a battlefield much like they would really face in the middle of a modern day war. Gone are the arcade elements and score systems, replaced by things like bleeding, realistic ballistics, new class sets and a wide variety of original maps. And when you consider that all of this has been done on an engine that has been virtually abandoned and unsupported by its' creators, that is one hell of a feat.

CATOGORY: MOD (UNRELEASED)

2nd Place. Forgotten Hope 2