AWARDS | Star Footy

To recognise the persons contributions to the AFL Video Game community. A person can be selected for the Hall of Fame without playing a game for Star Footy & BGLMedia. The Star Footy Hall of Fame recognises everyone from every legit league in Australia

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2014

Jdobz

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

JDobz is the founder of BGLMedia which launched way back in 2011. JDobz (also known as Dobz) has won the most premierships to date with 11. He has always been a big advocate for AFL Gaming Esports, and this has shown with his presence within several social media platforms. Dobz was one of the first members into the AFL Gaming HuB and was a key contributor with member growth. Dobz is also responsible for organising and hosting the only AFL Gaming Esports Event on behalf of the AFL Gaming HuB.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Chisman98

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Chisman98 is a foundation member of BGLMedia, currently sitting 3rd for premierships with 6. Chisman98 was the inaugural BGLMedia premier back in 2011 and is the most recent AFL Live 1 premier back in 2015. Chisman98 was Dobz’ right hand man for a long period of time assisting with the social media, videos & livestream and running competitions, while assisting in other areas to make the competitions run as smooth as possible.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Azza

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Azza is also a foundation member of BGLMedia, who is sitting 2nd for premierships with 7. Azza’s last premiership came back in 2015, while Chis’ was earlier this year. AFL 23 will be interesting to see if Azza can hold Chis off. Azza is a self-proclaimed GOAT due to the fact he has the “Best comps played to premiership ratio” of anyone in the BGL. Azza is also known for towelling up JakeCass99 (ranked #1 on the AFL Live 1 leaderboards) and being a big player within the AFL Gaming HuB back in the day.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Gerald Giudicessi

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Where do we start with Gerald? Probably the most committed member the BGL has ever seen. Located over in the States (USA), he would get up at 4am his time to play his games, he just loved footy and the BGL that much. Unfortunately, the peer-to-peer nature of online connection works against Gerald, he still battled away through several comps to notch up a few wins. Gerald was well known for his morale, along with his social media presence on the BGLMedia YouTube channel. He hosted the Awards Night every comp, and also had a highlights show every week. We really do hope we see Gerald back in our competitions, or on one of our livestream Footy Shows/Award Shows etc one day soon. Never say never.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Timothy Wayne

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Tim joins the Hall of Fame due to the amount of work he does for the AFL Gaming HuB to this day. One of the key admins of the HuB, Tim has always been a man of initiative and always wanted the best for the HuB. Back in the peak days of the HuB, Tim ran leaderboards with different “weight” divisions as the AFL Live 1 leaderboards didn’t giver a true reflection of rankings. He is still an active poster to this day, and we can’t wait to see what plans he has ahead of AFL 23.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Azzarati

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Azzarati, the co-founder of the AFL Gaming HuB with Morts back in 2012 when Facebook communities weren’t that popular. Turns out they are. The HuB was absolutely pumping back in the day thanks to Azzarati’s leadership. Azzarati was in attendance for the AFL Gaming HuB “HuB Day” in 2014 which saw the first ever in-person AFL Gaming Esports competition. He didn’t come out on top that day, however it was great to see both co-founders in attendance in a successful day. Azzarati also well known for his “HuB Theme Song”.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Trent Crosling

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Trent was an active member of the AFL Gaming HuB from 2013-2017. He was unreal at the game, known for using Dusty Martin as a CHF with plenty of success. He was always in the top couple in the HuB Rankings and participated and came runner up at the HuB Day. We hope to see Trent around the traps again for AFL 23.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2023

Josh Cook

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Cook is undisputedly the greatest player we have seen at AFL Live 1. From the way he used the ball, to his tactics and his temperament, it was very rare that he was defeated. It’s no surprise that Cook won the HuB Day over Trent, despite it being a cracking battle. Those 2 were always known for some very fierce battles. It’s also no surprise he was also top of the HuB Rankings. Fantastic bloke and fantastic competitor.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2012

Jindrak

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Jindrak (formerly known as JT Lethal) was the founder of AFLGaming.com back in March 2012. Jindrak won 3 premierships for AFL Gaming during his days. Seasons would last a real AFL length which means one season a year. His AFL Gaming was the first AFL video game league hosted by it's own website and not Facebook. Jindrak would eventually participate in BGLMedia leagues but would retire from online competition due to losing interest in AFL titles developed by Wicket Witch games. Today he is back in a big way as the founder and CEO of Star Footy.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2013

Chris Brine
Monk3ys Da Man

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Chris Brine or known on AFL Gaming and Xbox 360 as Monk3ys Da Man is the greatest Xbox AFL Live player. His tactics, cockiness and can back up every word. He has had great battles with Glen Burrows and Jindrak during his time on AFL Gaming. He was sitting 1st on the Xbox AFL Live leaderboards. If we really had to compare Chris Brine to a professional wrestler, it would be MJF. He has since moved over to the Australian Online Football HuB where he is an active member of the community.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2013

Glen Burrows
GlennyBoy92

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Glen Burrows was on the same level as Chris Brine. Both players playing off in season one with Glen just getting the win. Glen had many skills on AFL Live and managed to get himself 2nd on the Xbox AFL Live leaderboards. He was known to have a temper on AFL Gaming but when he would calm down, he would chip away any score that was in front of him and 9 times out of 10 he would get the win. Us at Star Footy don't know what Glen Burrows is doing today but we all hope he is doing well.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2013

Aladeen Junior

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Aladeen was part of AFL Gaming for all six seasons. His biggest rival was Jindrak as both men played in 3 out of the 6 grand finals in a row. This rivalry was similar to Geelong vs Hawthorn back in the day where Geelong would always find a way over the line, this was a similar story here. It came in the last season where the biggest game in AFL Gaming history was played. Ben Kennedy was able to defeat Jindrak (18.13.121 - 17.15.117) for the first time after coming back from 39 points down and kicking a 52 metre goal from the boundary after the siren to win his first premiership. It will go down as the greatest AFL Live 1 match of all time. Aladeen has since retired from AFL Gaming online leagues and is now focused on family.

Year Induction

Name / Online ID

League

2013

Rocco Grasso
XboxKing789

CONSOLE

INFORMATION

Rocco also known as XboxKing was an original member of AFL Gaming. As every season would go on, he would improve each season. He managed to get his biggest upset win of his career when he defeated Jindrak in the semi-final (12.0.72 - 8.22.70) of Season Three. The XboxKing is still active on Xbox and hope he decides to make a come back for Star Footy.