It's that time of year! Discourse is discoursing, world premieres are premiering, and Geoff Keighley is in Fortnite for some reason. That can only mean one thing: The Game Awards is just around the corner, which will inevitably lead to:
Betting
Indeed, the gamers' favourite past-time. Whether it be the Opencritic score of the latest release, the replacement VA to a beloved long-time character, or the sales figures of a big new title, the gaming community loves to place their bets on whatever they can. So, in turn, this thread was made to help with that. This is the official, staff-sanctioned, Game Awards betting thread, with three competitions - and three brand-new badges - to compete for. Called a 'Betting Special' in honour of the age-old tradition of GameTrailers and, after, the Easy Allies.
Before moving on, I implore you to read through the rules and notes thoroughly as to avoid any major confusion. Similarly, if you believe there is something that I have overlooked that might be worth a mention, please quote this OP (or message me) and say so, and I will look into fixing it ASAP.
Entries for this contest will close at (approximately) 12PM GMT (07:00 ET) on Thursday the 7th of December. I will make a post/threadmark declaring this, and any entries after that will not be counted.
General Rules & Notes:
- Only one entry is allowed. You will not be able to separate the 3 competitions into different entries; they must all be posted at once if you wish to enter more than 1.
- After posting your entry, I will quote your post and 'lock it in' with a Threadmark. Only the quoted post will count towards the total.
- However, in the case of a major leak, or official reveal, before the contest's deadline, I shall quote all contestants in the 'Mystery Box' contest who have predicted that specific game, and ask them to make another guess. The initial guess will not be counted.
- For my sake, I'd ask that you please use the submission form found in the 'Resources' section of this OP. This will simply make it much easier on me to input your entries into the spreadsheet. Also please spoiler your entry if you'd like, just to make things neater
- I ask that you please keep general discussion of The Game Awards here to a minimum, as this will both influence any potential future contestants, and make the thread harder to navigate.
- Overall, please try and be respectful to Famiboards' staff, to myself as the competition's runner, and to fellow contestants and members. Whilst healthy competition is encouraged, please remember that this is all in good fun, and that losing out on a silly internet badge is not worth any anger or frustration.
This is it. The big 'GOTY' award.
The task is simple:
Predict the Winners of all 32 of the Game Awards' awards.
Whoever has the most correct predictions wins.
However, to avoid a tie, I have chosen to give the 32 different awards a points value, ranging from 5 to 1 point per correctly-guessed award. If you guess the award correctly, you shall win that amount of points, and these will all be totalled to reveal the winner. These can be found in the spoiler below:
5 Points
Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
4 Points
Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Score & Music
Best Performance
3 Points
Best Action Game
Best Action / Adventure Game
Best Debut Independent Game
Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game
Best Independent Game
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Role Playing Game
Best Sim / Strategy Game
Best Sports / Racing Game
Games for Impact
2 Points
Best Audio Design
Best Ongoing Game
Best Community Support
Best Mobile Game
Best VR / AR Game
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Adaptation
Most Anticipated Game
1 Point
Best eSports Game
Best eSports Athlete
Best eSports Team
Best eSports Coach
Best eSports Event
Content Creator of the Year
Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
4 Points
Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Score & Music
Best Performance
3 Points
Best Action Game
Best Action / Adventure Game
Best Debut Independent Game
Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game
Best Independent Game
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Role Playing Game
Best Sim / Strategy Game
Best Sports / Racing Game
Games for Impact
2 Points
Best Audio Design
Best Ongoing Game
Best Community Support
Best Mobile Game
Best VR / AR Game
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Adaptation
Most Anticipated Game
1 Point
Best eSports Game
Best eSports Athlete
Best eSports Team
Best eSports Coach
Best eSports Event
Content Creator of the Year
Rules and Notes:
- The 'Players Choice' Award will not be counted towards this category. This is for reasons stated in the threadmark.
- Whilst you can choose to miss out certain award winners, this will mean an automatic loss on those specific awards. So, whilst predicting all the eSports stuff might be hard, it's in your best interest to do so as even a single point could be the difference between winning and losing.
- This is who you think will win. Not who you want to win.
- In the event of a points tie, the process of elimination is as follows:
- The contestant with the most correctly-predicted winners, regardless of point score, wins
- The contestant with 1 or 2 wins over the other contestant/s in the other two contests, wins
- The contestant who submitted their entry first wins
- The contestant with 1 or 2 wins over the other contestant/s in the other two contests, wins
- The contestant with the most correctly-predicted winners, regardless of point score, wins
The singular winner of this competition will be the sole owner of 2023's 'GOTY' award:
I initially thought to simply make this a "predict the GOTY," award, but I thought that would be way too easy.
So, instead, your task here is to predict the three 'Big Winners' of The Game Awards. These are:
- The Game of the Year
- The singular Game which wins the most total awards
- The Publisher whose library of games wins the most total awards
Rules & Notes:
- You don't have to predict how many awards the game and publisher you have chosen might win, only what that game and that publisher might be.
- Independent studios are allowed in the publisher category. If you believe that an independent studio will win the most awards, then you must put the name of that studio as your answer. Simply putting "Indie," will not count.
- The winner of the 'Best Adaptation' category does not count toward the Publisher total in the case of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Nintendo, and Konami.
The prize badge for this award is special, as it is not yet finished. Instead, the three 'big winners' will be placed by myself into the below template when they are all revealed. In the case where the GOTY and the 'game with the most wins' is the same, the middle line will be deleted and the image will be edited accordingly.
World Premieres and big announcements are, arguably, as big as the awards themselves in Keighley's show. As such, this award is dedicated to the mystery and excitement that comes with guessing what might be shown. So the task here is, again, quite simple:
Predict 1 brand new game announcement that will be shown during The Game Awards
Rules & Notes:
- The first announcement of this must be at The Game Awards, whether it be the pre-show or the main show. So games like Grand Theft Auto VI, or The Last of Us Factions, which have been announced/teased already will not count. Essentially, it can't be something we know about already.
- This must be a brand new game. Remakes, Remasters, and Ports will not count towards this award.
- DLC will not count towards this award.
- If the game is a part of an existing franchise, then you must specify what you think it will be. So "New Mario Game," would not count, whilst "Mario Ballet," would.
- As mentioned prior, if a game is leaked or officially teased/announced before the contest's submission deadline, I will message all contestants who predicted that game and ask that they make another bet. If they don't, the existing bet will not be counted. I can fully understand that this may suck if it happens to you, but I want to keep this competition focused on the actual show itself, and leaks/teases aren't a part of that.
Represent an obscure Simpsons joke, and your amazing ability to predict videogame announcements, with this suitably mysterious badge:
The Game Awards Official Website
The Game Awards Wikipedia Page
USERNAME:
GUESSER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Please either:
Remove all nominees but the nominee you predict will win
or
Clearly highlight the nominee you predict will win
(Preferably the first)
5 Points
Game of the Year
Best Narrative
Best Action Game
Best Audio Design
Best eSports Game
Game of the Year
Publisher with the Most Wins:
The Mystery Box
GUESSER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Please either:
Remove all nominees but the nominee you predict will win
or
Clearly highlight the nominee you predict will win
(Preferably the first)
5 Points
Game of the Year
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Best Narrative
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Alan Wake 2
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Lies of P
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Alan Wake 2, composer Petri Alanko
- Baldur's Gate 3, composer Borislav Slavov
- Final Fantasy XVI, composer Masayoshi Soken
- Hi-Fi Rush, audio director Shuichi Kobori
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, composed by Nintendo Sound Team
- Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
- Cameron Monaghan, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
- Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2
- Neil Newbon, Baldur's Gate 3
- Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Best Action Game
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Dead Island 2
- Ghostrunner 2
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Remnant 2
- Alan Wake 2
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Cocoon
- Dredge
- Pizza Tower
- Venba
- Viewfinder
- God of Rock
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
- Pocket Bravery
- Street Fighter 6
- Disney Illusion Island
- Party Animals
- Pikmin 4
- Sonic Superstars
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Cocoon
- Dave the Diver
- Dredge
- Sea of Stars
- Viewfinder
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Diablo 4
- Party Animals
- Street Fighter 6
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Lies of P
- Sea of Stars
- Starfield
- Advance Wars 1+2: Reboot Camp
- Cities Skylines 2
- Company of Heroes 3
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Pikmin 4
- EA Sports FC 24
- F1 23
- Forza Motorsport
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged
- The Crew Motorfest
- A Space for the Unbound
- Chants of Sennaar
- Goodbye Volcano High
- Tchia
- Terra Nil
- Venba
Best Audio Design
- Alan Wake 2
- Dead Space
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Apex Legends
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Genshin Impact
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- No Man's Sky
- Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure
- Honkai Star Rail
- Monster Hunter Now
- Terra Nil
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon: Call of the Mountain
- Humanity
- Resident Evil Village: VR Mode
- Synapse
- Diablo IV
- Forza Motorsport
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Street Fighter 6
- Castlevania Nocturne
- Gran Turismo
- The Last of Us
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Twisted Metal
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Hades II
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Tekken 8
Best eSports Game
- Counter-Strike 2
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Valorant
- Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
- Mathieu "Zywoo" Herbaut
- Max "Demon1" Mazanov
- Paco "Hydra" Rusiewiez
- Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk
- Phillip "Imperialhal" Dosen
- Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
- Fnatic (Valorant)
- Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
- JD Gaming (League of Legends)
- Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)
- Christine "Potter" Chi
- Danny "Zonic" Sorensen
- Jordan "Gunba" Graham
- Remy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam
- Yoon "Homme" Sung-young
- 2023 League of Legends World Championship
- Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
- EVO 2023
- The International Dota Championships 2023
- Valorant Champions 2023
- Ironmouse
- People Make Games
- Quackity
- Spreen
- SypherPK
Game of the Year
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Publisher with the Most Wins:
The Mystery Box
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