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Esports Awards 2024 has entered the public voting stage of the process leading up to one creator being awarded the Streamer of the Year award. The ceremony is going to take place on July 24, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The finalists have been announced and public voting is live on the official website of the awards. The various categories being covered in the 2024 Esports Awards are:
- Streamer of the Year
- Mobile Esports Game of the Year
- Esports Content Group of the Year
- Esports Game of the Year
- Esports Personality of the Year
- Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year
- Esports Content & Coverage Platform of the Year
- Esports Publisher of the Year
- Esports Commercial Partner of the Year
- Esports Creative Team of the Year
- Esports Content of the Year
- Esports Desk Analyst of the Year
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The Streamer of the Year category winner will be awarded based entirely on the votes put in by the community. The voting process will go on until August 18, 2024. Many prominent creators have been finalized for this category, including:
- Nicholas "Jynxzi"
- Kai Cenat
- Ibai
- Cody "Clix"
- Darren "IShowSpeed"
- Case "CaseOh"
- Félix "xQc"
- Marc "Caedrel"
- Victor "Coringa"
- Alexandre "Gaules"
- Samy "Rivers"
What is the awarding process behind the 2024 Esports Awards ceremony?
The process to determine the winners of all the listed categories has been detailed on the website of the event. Stage 1 involves nominations being provided by the Esports Awards Panel, made up of experts from varied areas of the esports industry.
This step is followed by Stage 2, which is the Shortlisting stage, wherein final nominations are selected by June 10 by the internal committee. The finalists are then announced publicly through an announcement show in Stage 3.
Things then kick into gear at Stage 4, which is the public voting stage. It has been specified that winners of certain categories including those for Industry, Pro, Creative, On-Air Talent, and Entertainment Award categories are decided through a combination of the public vote and the panel vote. The public vote in this case accounts for 25% of the vote, and the panel counts for 75%.
However, it is important to note that the Esports Content Creator of the Year, Esports Personality of the Year, and Streamer of the Year are chosen 100% based on the community vote.
In Stage 5, a judging panel will vote on the nominees, with each panelist voting independently. Stage 6 signifies the end of the public voting, and finally, Stage 7 involves combining the panel-voted points as well as the community-voted points to create the "verified totals".
The Esports Awards has come under controversy after announcing its move to Riyadh. Popular Esports commentator Alex "Goldenboy" ended up resigning from his post as a host of the awards, citing his disappointment with the "higher-ups" of the event.
In an exclusive response to Sportskeeda, PGL CEO Silviu Stroie also revealed that he had quit the event panel in protest of the change. On the other hand, the CEO of the Esports Awards, Michael Ashford also addressed the backlash the announcement had caused with Sportskeeda.
