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Alanah Pearce: "The Game Awards is bulllshit. It's a popularity contest"
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Well yeah, she’s not wrong.
The Cockatrice
Member
+nice boobs.
Draugoth
Gold Member
mansoor1980
Gold Member
The Cockatrice
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Krappadizzle
Member
Most normal humans don't actually give a shit about the "Game of the Year" VGA's and all that stuff. They just want the sweet sweet trailers and announcements. What she's talking about is pretty much universal in almost all artistic mediums.
I do feel that BG3 kinda throws a wrench in the whole thing, as it's not nearly in a genre that's super popular; CRPG's are relatively niche these days in the console spaces, so having one be such a landslide achievement having flown under the radar for so long flies in the face of the "popularity contest" idea.
I do feel that BG3 kinda throws a wrench in the whole thing, as it's not nearly in a genre that's super popular; CRPG's are relatively niche these days in the console spaces, so having one be such a landslide achievement having flown under the radar for so long flies in the face of the "popularity contest" idea.
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dreamstation
Gold Member
BG3 better win or it's rigged too
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Another Alana Pearce thread ?
Kurotri
Member
She's right, but I also feel like Geoff's video game awards never felt like "the real deal". It doesn't feel like it's THE show where you get the award that truly cements your standing the same way it works in the film industry. It feels like a side thing, because you already receive "Game of the year" awards from hundreds of outlets even ignoring this show. Refer to this pic:
Red Dead Redemption 2 (somehow) lost the Goty award against GoW in 2018 but...why does that matter when it has 175 of them? Same goes for every other category.
The only thing it's good for are new trailers and even then it's more miss than hit.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (somehow) lost the Goty award against GoW in 2018 but...why does that matter when it has 175 of them? Same goes for every other category.
The only thing it's good for are new trailers and even then it's more miss than hit.
MiguelItUp
Member
Isn't that obvious? I'm pretty sure the majority really watch for announcements and that's it.
CherryFalls
Banned
Bitch
kiphalfton
Member
Reasonably attractive female talking about popularity contest...
Fuck off
Fuck off
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Statement just implies she will vote for whatever the majority of the office she works at votes for. And I wager if it was a Santa Monica Studios game they would be forced to vote for it just cuz.
She is right though. It's just a popularity contest. Then again everyone knows that.
She is right though. It's just a popularity contest. Then again everyone knows that.
PixelatedBeast
Member
Although Red Dead 2 is an amazing game, the general consensus that year was GOW 2018 was more fun to play. Both games had great graphics, voice acting, music, writing, etc. I just remember the main complaint other people had for RDR2 was the sluggish controls.She's right, but I also feel like Geoff's video game awards never felt like "the real deal". It doesn't feel like it's THE show where you get the award that truly cements your standing the same way it works in the film industry. It feels like a side thing, because you already receive "Game of the year" awards from hundreds of outlets even ignoring this show. Refer to this pic:
Red Dead Redemption 2 (somehow) lost the Goty award against GoW in 2018 but...why does that matter when it has 175 of them? Same goes for every other category.
The only thing it's good for are new trailers and even then it's more miss than hit.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
That video is so difficult to watch. It's a million clips if this girl cobbled together, and I don't understand why.
Also, way too long to explain something so trivial and stupid.
Also, way too long to explain something so trivial and stupid.
MALpractice311
Member
Award show gives awards to media that is the most popular in it's given genre. News at 11.
Buggy Loop
Member
I still think Sekiro winning GOTY and then It Takes Two, with Disco Elysium taking awards, kind of goes against what she’s saying but ok, let’s put a tinfoil hat on.
Yes marketing helps as you get votes, but let’s not kid ourselves that From Software showered money on Sekiro.
Yes marketing helps as you get votes, but let’s not kid ourselves that From Software showered money on Sekiro.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
she is quite popular........................
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Eotheod
Member
It has been like that since it's inception. It was the only way for the awards show to gain popularity and ads. If it featured actual indies no one would tune in because of the niche market they make up unfortunately. I'd love to see actual game diversity and not just "oh what's the top sellers this year?"
Are we that incapable of actually having decent conversations in an Alanah Pearce video before "oh my god her tits guys did you see her tits wowee!" Come the fuck on people, go to bloody pornhub if you are that desperate.
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MrTroubleMaker
Member
she is correct
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havoc00
Member
How can you ignore the milk truck when it arrives?
Swagballs717
Member
That's not true, people also watch to lord over their game winning GotY over the fans of the other games nominated
ByWatterson
Member
But the question of these awards is literally, "Which game did people like the most?".
Saying they're a popularity contest isn't an observation at all. It's a tautology.
Saying they're a popularity contest isn't an observation at all. It's a tautology.
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MiguelItUp
Member
Of course, but not the majority I feel. At least that's how it's always felt IMO.
Oddvintagechap
Member
So?
OverHeat
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Soodanim
Gold Member
What's her channel name on there?
KaiserBecks
Member
That would imply everyone who voted actually played every nominated game. It is nothing more than a popularity contest really.
midnightAI
Member
If it was down to biggest marketing budget then why wasn't Starfield nominated?
She has been pushing Starfield hard in her streams so this sounds a little like sour grapes even if I agree that the awards are flawed. But I don't think they necessarily got the game of the year nominations wrong this year either.
G-DannY
Member
fap
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Shes right. Nobody cares. We just wanna see the trailers. Now that E3 is dead this is the next best thing. They took the customary e3 cringe and crystalized it into it’s pure form by having industry types jerk each other off on stage and give longwinded speeches.
Agent_Nobody
Member
Her entire career to this point has literally been dependant on an ongoing popularity contest.
And it’s not to say she’s wrong in the statement itself…but it’s still pretty ironic.
And it’s not to say she’s wrong in the statement itself…but it’s still pretty ironic.
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Woopah
Member
What does her gender have to do with the nomination process?
It doesn't imply that in any way. It implies the exact opposite (that people at IGN wouldn't vote for the games she would vote for).
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Then she should vote for the games she likes. She doesn't even need to bring up IGN at all.
Woopah
Member
She would vote for games she likes. She's saying she would vote for Dredge, but she doesn't think enough people would have played it for it to be nominated.
semiconscious
Member
'even a stopped clock...'