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If other people agree with your rating, they can give you a thumbs up.
After the event was announced, almost every day, big names in the gaming industry shared their voting results, as if by prior arrangement.
Game news websites have been buzzing lately, with new material appearing almost daily.
Today's headline: "Shocking! Shigeru Miyamoto actually voted for this game as the best game?"
"We haven't voted yet, let's hear what Kazuo Hirai has to say."
The day after tomorrow, "Microsoft's Spencer calls on gamers to vote like him."
Big names from various manufacturers also came out to campaign for votes.
The developers of Sekiro even released a separate poster urging players to vote.
The sharing from these experts has also ignited the enthusiasm of many players.
It's worth noting that before the Spark Awards, player participation in almost all game award ceremonies was very weak; at most, players would just cast their popularity votes.
Some award popularity votes are somewhat useful, while for some game awards they are completely useless, offering no sense of participation whatsoever.
But Xinghuo did something completely different this time.
First of all, the scoring mechanism is clearly stated, and it is clear whether the highest score is removed, the lowest score is removed, or the average score of the middle paragraphs is taken.
Whether it's the appeals from industry leaders or other big names, players have experienced what it means to be involved.
Their ratings can really have a significant impact on whether a game wins an award.
More importantly, Spark also emphasized that all voting data will be made public after the awards ceremony, meaning that players can see which media outlets gave high scores and which gave low scores.
You can even see other players' scores, why they gave high scores, and why they gave low scores.
All this information is readily available.
As the saying goes, the joy of competition lies first and foremost in fairness; only a fair playing field can bring the joy of competition.
In addition, the design of Spark's awards this time is also very interesting, almost exactly the same as TGA, except that some awards that are obviously just for making money have been canceled.
For example, the best e-sports event, the best e-sports player, etc.
Only the core awards that are truly valuable for reference were retained, and the reference criteria for each award were published.
Furthermore, different awards have additional bonus points for judges. For example, the Best Music award has an extra 2 points, awarded by a panel of professional musicians, and so on.
As all the information is gradually released.
Players' attitudes toward the Spark Awards also changed, as they quickly realized that even Spark would have difficulty controlling the scoring if this model were used.
All voting data will be made public, and any vote rigging will be exposed immediately. Moreover, Spark has promised to conduct manual verification of all player votes.
What's the saying?
When it comes to fairness, what's more important than actually achieving it is making people believe in it.
Xinghuo's long-standing reputation, coupled with the release of a series of details and its extensive network of connections, quickly combined to create an awards ceremony that appeared to be highly credible.
Many manufacturers, especially small and medium-sized manufacturers, voluntarily helped with the promotion.
They crave fairness even more than the big companies.
All of this led many self-media outlets, Bilibili content creators, and YouTubers to say, even before the Spark Awards ceremony began, that the Spark Awards were far more prestigious than the TGA.
Mainstream media in China, Europe, and Japan also hold this view.
Spark, striving for excellence in everything, even award ceremonies, is determined to give it their all.
[A true gaming extravaganza: the Spark Awards Ceremony]
This is the kind of fairness we want. Will the Spark Awards Ceremony be the most prestigious awards ceremony ever?
It can be said that, apart from mainstream gaming media in the United States.
Most media outlets and video bloggers around the world are very satisfied with the current state of the Spark Awards ceremony.
For example, PCGAME, the biggest troublemaker in North America, posted a tweet asking players which award ceremony, the Spark Awards or the TGA Awards, had more in line with the true level of a game's performance.
70% of the players voted for Spark.
In fact, the vote was initially overwhelmingly in favor of 94%, but a few hours later, TGA discovered the post and hired online trolls to cover it up.
At one point, the vote was reduced to 67% of TGA.
However, TGA's clumsy tactics were quickly exposed by North American players, who then flocked to the scene to fight back against TGA's paid trolls, ultimately leading to a vote that ended before the voting deadline.
The result was that 70% of the votes went to Spark and 30% to TGA. Despite this result, there were still many people complaining that TGA couldn't afford to play along.
Japan's largest gaming media outlet published an article about this incident.
"TGA is in a hurry. Why is TGA in a hurry?"
This article explains why a poll on Twitter could trigger a massive online troll campaign by the TGA.
"In fact, this just shows that TGA is really scared."
“Spark may not have much else, but its capital is truly substantial. TGA has clearly underestimated Spark’s determination and Mr. Lin’s global network.”
"With the increasing popularity of the Spark Awards, TGA will probably become increasingly difficult in the future."
It is worth noting that these debates mainly originate overseas, while those within China are more prevalent domestically.
At this time, TGA was not exactly a low-level award for domestic players, but its popularity was really low. In addition, TGA had previously blatantly smeared Xinghuo's trophy.
Therefore, TGA is incomparable to Chinese players at this time.
On the contrary, what Chinese players liked to see most at this time was the game rankings in the minds of some well-known overseas figures, which was still a relatively new topic.
To maintain its credibility, TGA does not allow guests and industry professionals to discuss who will win awards before the votes are announced.
But Xinghuo is different. Xinghuo openly allows everyone to discuss it, since the number of votes for an individual won't matter much when the votes are finally counted.
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Popularity is a strange thing.
Zhou Shenlin, who doesn't usually pay much attention to game award ceremonies, has been watching videos these past few days where foreigners analyze who will win the crown for the first Spark Platform Best Game.
Some people are talking about Sekiro, while others say that a Resident Evil 2 remake isn't entirely out of the question, since player ratings and popularity play a significant role in Spark's annual awards.
Clearly, the Resident Evil series IP has a nostalgia factor, and the Resident Evil 2 remake is a very well-made remake.
Some people say that Resident Evil is the least likely, and since it's a player vote now, it's definitely going to be a Nintendo All-Star battle. Nintendo fans have recorded videos calling on all Nintendo fans to unite.
After all, TGA is notorious for being a Nintendo hater. Now that there's finally an awards ceremony with seemingly greater influence, Nintendo has to step up its game.
In addition, Death Stranding fans are also pooling their money to buy tickets, and some have even made a special PV explaining why Death Stranding should win an award, since Death Stranding is truly a very special game.
Besides them, Spark players are also pooling their money to buy tickets, arguing that Galaxy Paradise can't be the best, and that no one says online games can't be the best.
These two sentences have been circulating wildly on the internet.
However, some players say that although there is no rule that online games cannot be the best, when StarCraft, Death Stranding, and Sekiro are put together, the other two games seem to be more pure.
In short, the internet has been quite lively in the past week or two.
This is actually Xinghuo's open strategy, allowing players to participate in the entire selection process, although the percentage of players in this selection is not absolute.
Just like betting on sports, the feeling is completely different for those who have placed bets and those who haven't.
It's not about promoting gambling, but rather about the transfer of emotions. By voting for a particular work, one's emotions are essentially transferred to that work.
Even if you stop paying attention to this matter afterward, you will definitely check it on the day of the lottery draw.
Just like Zhou Shenlin.
He was someone who had never paid any attention to game awards before, but after filling out the questionnaire and rating it himself, he became interested in the Spark Awards Ceremony.
Because of this incident, I watched more and more videos and actually became interested in who would win the first "Galaxy" Award from Spark this year.
obviously.
Zhou Shenlin wasn't the only one with this "interest" in the idea. Even before the show officially started, the number of simultaneous viewers worldwide and across all platforms, as shown in the top left corner of the webpage, had already exceeded 20 million.
If this were Tencent or some other website, Zhou Shenlin's first reaction would definitely be that there's something wrong with the data.
But this is a spark.
"Holy crap, that's already 20 million? It hasn't even started airing yet!"
Zhou Shenlin wasn't the only one marveling at the popularity; websites like Youmin and 1717 had already published a news article by then.
"The number of viewers watching online has already surpassed that of The Spark Awards even before the ceremony has started."
"With 20 million viewers online simultaneously, Spark has set a new record for the most concurrent viewers of a game awards ceremony."
The popularity of this number of concurrent viewers is really high. Compared to the League of Legends World Championship this year, the highest number of concurrent viewers was only 40 million.
Moreover, the awards ceremony hadn't even started yet, and there were already 20 million players glued to their screens—a truly staggering number.
With more people, there are also more comments on the screen.
As soon as 7 o'clock struck.
The live stream footage from the scene appeared on the screen, and the barrage of comments began to explode. Zhou Shenlin immediately switched the barrage to the barrage pool mode, a mode exclusive to the Xinghuo Video website.
Basically, there's a dedicated area above the video for displaying comments, similar to the chat box on the left side of YouTube, but with a higher information density.
Compared to the bullet screen mode, it does not affect the video at all.
The only downside is that if you go full screen, it will affect part of your field of view, and the video cannot fully fill the entire screen.
But none of that matters. For Zhou Shenlin, not blocking the video is the most important thing.
"Huh? Why is it a red carpet right from the start?"
Other award ceremonies start with either a host opening or a performance, but the Spark Awards ceremony started with the camera focusing on a red carpet.
Moreover, this red carpet was a little different.
Since the Spark Awards Ceremony and the Spark New Year's Eve Gala were held together, the audience members who had drawn tickets for the New Year's Eve Gala were already there when the guests entered.
So Xinghuo took advantage of the venue and laid out a 100-meter-long red carpet from the main entrance to the center of the stage. The red carpet passed through the audience area and reached the area where the guests were seated.
It is about three meters wide, and there are many decorations on both sides of the red carpet.
Moreover, at this moment, the two rows of spotlights on both sides of the venue were all shining on the red carpet, which, from the camera's perspective, was complemented by the unidentified reflective material on both sides of the red carpet.
It looks like a glorious road.
Just as Zhou Shenlin was still looking at the red carpet, the host's voice rang out.
"Let us welcome Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, the renowned video game producer, General Manager and Director of Nintendo, the creator of Nintendo's game culture, the father of Mario, and Nintendo Games!!"
The host's passionate voice echoed throughout the venue.
The camera angle also changes accordingly.
Zhou Shenlin almost couldn't help but exclaim "Holy crap!" Was this some kind of show-off on the red carpet right off the bat? This was New Year's Eve! Why wasn't Miyamoto Shigeru going home? Why was he here?
The viewers in the live chat were clearly quite surprised by Shigeru Miyamoto's appearance.
Just as Zhou Shenlin said, if Miyamoto Shigeru had appeared at Xinghuo's event on any other day, it wouldn't have caused such a stir.
Everyone already knew about Xinghuo's "face-saving fruit" (a metaphor for their influence), as they were able to invite many unexpected people to their events.
But today is New Year's Eve.
Amidst a flurry of "Wow!" comments, Shigeru Miyamoto slowly appeared on screen, his steps steady and confident, a gentle smile on his face, as if greeting every viewer.
Following closely behind him was a group of Nintendo producers.
The shots here are also quite interesting.
After Shigeru Miyamoto entered the venue, the camera lens came to his back and walked among the Nintendo crowd, looking out from this perspective.
He was practically standing in the middle of the Nintendo delegation, looking outwards.
The cheers of tens of thousands of people in the entire venue erupted instantly.
Even through the camera lens, Zhou Shenlin could clearly feel the frenzied atmosphere at the scene.