This Year's Winners!

See the submitted gameplay videos from this year's winners below. Winners were announced at the CGEC Awards Ceremony on April 24th, 2009.

	First Place: 2008-2009   Team 10: 5 Minute Games Balance of Power Jainan Sankalia (captain) Daryl Hansen Jacob Naasz Joseph Lee Darryl Kieth Floresca Katherine Hernandez Eric Devin Lewis
	Second Place & Innovation Award: 2008-2009   Team 6: Frisky Pixel Hour Zero Simon Inch (captain) Jason Koohi Samantha Bratton Jennifer Lundquist Michael Wonser Gilmore Lundquist
	Third Place: 2008-2009   Team 2: Triple B Titles Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages E.C. Dryere (captain) Paul Dryere James Weaver

This Year's Finalists

See the submitted gameplay videos from this year's finalists below.

	Team 1: Crew Overdose T.J. Hampton (captain) Michael Howell Tyler Martinez Ryan Mendenhall Tyler Milner Andrew Schomin Trenton Warrick Farhan Charania
	Team 11: Square Hippo Project Square Hippo Ronnie Botts (captain) Alejandro Ramirez Michael Jelley Mackenzie Wall Redgie Mercado (No video was submitted by this team.)
	Team 12: The Trashcan Oligarchy Melodi Louis Lupin IV (captain) Christopher Welch Chris Butler
	Team 13: The Phoenix Returns  Butterfly Virus Lezlie Strickland (captain) Steven Engel Craven Rose Downing Benjamin Alexander Herbert Wu
	Team 14: Quixotic Development Team Optic Veil Dan Connery (captain) Marvin Lee Brown Ed Whetstone Shamal Nikam Ketaki Thoart Divya Sasidharan Paropkari Madhavi Ramesh J. Steven Kirtzic (No video was submitted by this team.)

The following teams competed in the 2008-2009 competition.

Team 1: Crew
Overdose
T.J. Hampton (captain)
Michael Howell
Tyler Martinez
Ryan Mendenhall
Tyler Milner
Andrew Schomin
Trenton Warrick
Farhan Charania

Team 2: Triple B Titles
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages
E.C. Dryere (captain)
Paul Dryere
James Weaver

Team 3: Dreamthynk 
Patched
Souphia Ieng  (captain)
Daty Rogers II
James Ryland
Tammy Lee
Anthony Winslow

Team 4: JSA Studios
Fortress Defender
John Burden (captain)
Steven Billingslea II
Austin Rupert

Team 5: TEAM 1 
The Traveler
Alexander Hays (captain)
Brad Joseph Griffith
Felipe Ruiz
Gina Pyon
Andrew Hubbs
Amy Pickup
Matt Bradshaw

Team 7: Fire Starters
The Resistance
Jeffery Allain (captain)
Prashi Singh
Joe Bailey
Mark Greene
Justin Schneider

Team 8: Raconteur
Raconteur
Chris Alameddin (captain)
Michael Kaiser
Jay Laughlin

Team 9: [=ORC=] 
Galactic Encounters
Samuel Sawin (captain)
Joshua Casey
Nathan Totusek

Team 6: Frisky Pixel
Hour Zero
Simon Inch (captain)
Jason Koohi
Samantha Bratton
Jennifer Lundquist
Michael Wonser
Gilmore Lundquist

Team 10: 5 Minute Games
Balance of Power
Jainan Sankalia (captain)
Daryl Hansen
Jacob Naasz
Joseph Lee
Darryl Kieth Floresca
Katherine Hernandez
Eric Devin Lewis

Team 11: Square Hippo
Project Square Hippo
Ronnie Botts (captain)
Alejandro Ramirez
Michael Jelley
Mackenzie Wall
Redgie Mercado

Team 12: The Trashcan Oligarchy
Melodi
Louis Lupin IV (captain)
Christopher Welch
Chris Butler

Team 13: The Phoenix Returns 
Butterfly Virus
Lezlie Strickland (captain)
Steven Engel Craven
Rose Downing
Benjamin Alexander
Herbert Wu

Team 14: Quixotic Development Team
Optic Veil
Dan Connery (captain)
Marvin Lee Brown
Ed Whetstone
Shamal Nikam
Ketaki Thoart
Divya Sasidharan
Paropkari Madhavi Ramesh
J. Steven Kirtzic