For those people thinking it's Kojima doing this, read below:
https://x.com/asacre45/status/1858729357868736660>I'm involved with The Game Awards every year, and Usada Pekora's nomination is truly amazing, so I'd like to explain it here.>When The Game Awards announces the nominees, media and influencers are invited to submit their nominations for each award in advance.>This year, over 100 organizations from around the world are participating, but only five media outlets from Japan have been invited.>Since you cannot vote multiple times for the same candidate, there is no organized vote from the Japanese media, who voted hundreds of times for Pekora. Since there are only five Japanese media outlets, Pekora can only get a maximum of five votes.>In other words, to be nominated, votes from the remaining international media are essential.>At this point, I think you can already see how high the hurdles are for getting nominated, but from here on out, it's even harder.>The overseas streamers who are selected in this category every year are all legendary names such as Ninja, Shroud, and Valkyrae, so the reason why top Japanese streamers have not been nominated so far is simple and harsh: "their rivals are strong" and "they are not well known overseas.">It's really amazing that Usada Pekora was the first person to overcome that high wall.>Last year, became the first V to win the same category, which may have increased awareness of V, and the buzz surrounding overseas events such as Hololive's collaboration with the Dodgers may have been a driving force behind this.>All the creators who are nominated are also incredibly popular. Some have an incredible number of channel subscribers, 43M. I hope I can convey how amazing it is to be listed with such people.>Congratulations, Pekora! From here on, the public can vote, so whether Pekora will win the award depends on your support!tl:dr Basically a lot of people from the west that do the nominations really did vote for her to get in. Wasn't a fluke.
