There seemed to be some confusion on Twitter and around here, so there you go:
Example for outrage:
Thanks and have a good day.
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Thanks and have a good day.
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Geoff Keighley does not vote for the nominees in The Game Awards
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How does he heavily influence?
doubt. Most people are stupid.
Does he go to each publication and threaten to remove them from jurors list?
At this point it's more likely that he would use his influence to make sure DS doesn't win because of the optics of the whole thing. I don't think he would interfere either way, but if DS does win, the internet is going to be really *interesting* based on all the unfair flak he's already receiving.
He is both host and face of the show. It's like IGN "Too much water" review all over again. Even it legit, people will doubt it and meme it.
I legitimately felt bad that Geoff even bothered to show up in the Reset thread about it with how toxic folks were being.
But hey, that's how it goes these days.
But hey, that's how it goes these days.
Geoff just want to celebrate the year, but a bunch of people end up harassing him because a good game is recieving recognition
What situation? You are forcing a problem that doesnt exist as he doesnt vote.
I imagine he's gonna have to do a lot of copy&paste for those tweets, but yeah, regardless, it's a weird look no matter how you look at it since he's at the center of TGA.
That's the price to pay for being so mushy with a single dev and promoting him every chance you get.
That's the price to pay for being so mushy with a single dev and promoting him every chance you get.
Even if he did vote, which he doesn't, DS deserves to be in there. You don't have to like it but it doesn't make it any less true. That game probably was the most impactful to the industry of any game all year and created more conversations than any game all year, good and bad. That's worth recognizing.
Let's be honest, most of those people would kill to have those acquaintances. They probably feel he doesn't deserve it (or are jealous...or both).
Who counts those votes Geoff, hmmm!? You? Rigged!
Geoff looks a bit Russian too... I'm onto him.
Geoff looks a bit Russian too... I'm onto him.
People lack critical thinking skills, and jump immediately to whatever connection they can make in their heads that happens to be negative.
I mean, it's a question that can be posed, but it's clear on the site that the nominees are selected by a panel of publications, not Geoff himself. It's good to see him confirm he is not involved in the selection, though.
I mean, it's a question that can be posed, but it's clear on the site that the nominees are selected by a panel of publications, not Geoff himself. It's good to see him confirm he is not involved in the selection, though.
There's no reason to pretend that this is anything but folks upset that Death Stranding was nominated.
Fucking lawyers have more lax rules with conflicts of interest than the optics bullshit people are pulling here.
Fucking lawyers have more lax rules with conflicts of interest than the optics bullshit people are pulling here.
Disheartening for Geoff to have to set the record straight. I just thought most of us were joking about it.
JK, it's various people from various game-related outlets, at least it was in previous years.
Geoff's body doubles.
JK, it's various people from various game-related outlets, at least it was in previous years.
It's funny people are worried about the integrity of TGA. These awards don't have any broader cultural meaning and they certainly aren't of any high status. This isn't some price of international interest. So why are people getting worked up in the first place? Gamers huh?
I personally don't gave any problems with this, but if you have to reply to everybody and explain that it's not your "fault", you did something a little wrong earlier.
Yes but he produces, hosts and helps fund the Game Awards. He's in a unique situation where his awards show is so heavily tied around him as a person for its branding; like if the Academy Awards were literally made by some very old guy named Oscar. As such when he himself decided to have a heavily-public personal and beneficial friendship (for both himself and Kojima) with a highly-famed auteur he was always going to harm the legitimacy of his own show.
Just to be clear I don't think the guy should be crucified (and as always anyone harassing him is an awful person) and, honestly, the work he's been doing on The Game Awards is incredible, but I think it's OK to admit that he made a mistake in optics here.
Of course lets not kid ourselves. Many people are just going to use this as another weapon in the toxic flame war that's currently going on regarding Death Stranding. That includes people who think DS should never have been nominated due to how insanely god-awful it is and people who think every single person criticising this is some rabid Kojima hater who doesn't understand true art.
Just to be clear I don't think the guy should be crucified (and as always anyone harassing him is an awful person) and, honestly, the work he's been doing on The Game Awards is incredible, but I think it's OK to admit that he made a mistake in optics here.
Of course lets not kid ourselves. Many people are just going to use this as another weapon in the toxic flame war that's currently going on regarding Death Stranding. That includes people who think DS should never have been nominated due to how insanely god-awful it is and people who think every single person criticising this is some rabid Kojima hater who doesn't understand true art.
This.
Even if he doesn't vote who evalutates all these votes ? The votes are anonymous and not public ? There is plenty of room to cheat then imo.
I very much doubt Death Stranding will win anyway with how divisive the game is.
People sure do love conspiracy theories, even about something as arbitrary and insignificant as a videogame award.
People sure do love conspiracy theories, even about something as arbitrary and insignificant as a videogame award.
It's even less than that because Geoff isn't employed or owned by KP.
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