What went wrong?
It became Reddit Awards after the first annual.
>>336369638
>after the first annual
/v/ hated it since the very beginning. The butthurt immediately following the first show was legendary.
>expecting /v/ to praise anything without claiming Reddit/Tumblr/etc. infection
There's your problem. At some point there was something resembling a balance of shitposting and sincerity on /v/, but that time has long since passed. The only way to appease the hivemind would be to dedicate the whole show to just shitting on the year's releases - not even "worst of" awards, just going through a list of any games even remotely of note in chronological order and tearing into each for a few minutes at a time.
>>336369485
this year it was fucking great,
The only mistake was Maker winning but that it is.
Even bloodborne won a prize.
>Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon only made it into best RPG at 7th place, not winning anything or even making it into the top 5 of anything
>Bloodborne won best aesthetics when both Ori and Splatoon look better
>Undertale won worst game award and got high in pretentiousness
>Alphys voted worst character even though she's literally the most well written character in Undertale
>Metal Gear Solid V won best trailer even though Persona 5's and FFVII: Remake's were better, and Xenoblade Chronicles X didn't receive a nomination there despite being the best trailer of all
>Dark Souls 3 and Deus Ex were the most anticipated upcoming games even though Nier Automata exists
>Witcher 3 and Xenoblade Chronicles X actually got nominations for worst graphics despite looking gorgeous
>people actually think Undertale, Bloodborne, and The Witcher 3 were blatantly promoted
>Papyrus got a nomination for best representation of men even though he's the worst written character in Undertale
>Marie was ranked higher than Callie for best character when Callie is clearly best girl
A lot of things went wrong, but they were all due to the shit taste of this board. Not due to the award show.
>>336369638
It was always the Reddit awards. The months following the release of the first /v/GAs and the unwanted attention it brought /v/ was the most significantly observable decline in quality the board ever experienced.
>>336369485
It went to shit right after 2009, the best VGA they ever had
>>336369485Lack of skits after 2012
Stufff dying right after 2014 was also a tragedy.
>>336369485
That logo needs an update. It's out of style
btw this page is reddit already so meh
>>336369485
everything
