Besides the most important "Game of the Year" award, there are also various sub-categories such as graphics, soundtrack, and story.
Blue Star Apocalypse was also nominated for the "Best Story in a Game" award, making it a rare double nomination for a VR game.
In previous years, 80% of these awards went to otherworldly games, with only a small portion ultimately awarded to exceptionally outstanding VR games.
This is only natural, because the expressive capabilities of otherworldly games are inherently superior to those of VR games.
This is a difference in hardware level.
In addition to the official annual game awards of the League of Legends, there is also the League of Legends Gamers Association.
The League of Legends (LA) is a first-level association within the League, while its affiliated Gamers Association is a lower level, but it remains the most well-known and authoritative professional association in the industry.
Like the Actors Guild and the Workers Guild, they are ostensibly just non-profit organizations, but their actual influence goes far beyond that.
Now, the Jialian Game Players Association has also sent an invitation to Mingyan.
They nominated Blue Star Studio for the "Most Popular with Players Award" and also included Mingyan himself in the list of "Outstanding Young Architects".
This "Outstanding Young Architect" title is more than just "outstanding".
Today, the average life expectancy of the Chaoyang Alliance is over 200 years, and the "youth" range spans from 20 to 50 years old.
Among the 300 billion people in the Chaoyang Alliance, more than 100 million are employed in the game industry, and tens of millions of people compete fiercely for this honor every year.
In other words, the official word "excellent" actually implies: a genius among geniuses.
To get onto this list, being a genius might not be enough, because games are inherently a lot about luck.
The influence of trends on games is the greatest—no matter how good the idea is, it still needs the support of market traffic.
So there have been instances in the past where a new designer became an instant sensation, with their first work becoming a hit across the entire province, but their subsequent works all faded into obscurity, each one worse than the last, until they eventually faded from the gaming world.
In the internet age, those who rise as fast as shooting stars are not necessarily geniuses, and their downfall may happen overnight.
Therefore, the list of "Outstanding Young Architects" actually consists of architects who have been famous for at least three years and have at least two excellent works with a score of 8.5 or higher.
In addition to the requirements of age and fame, very few people actually meet the criteria, only a handful each year, and in some years there were none at all.
Once someone is on the list, they are officially recognized as a "genius," an undeniable fact.
Given Mingyan's experience in the gaming industry, he should have been qualified long ago, but unfortunately, he hasn't reached the legal age to start working in the field.
If this were told, it would absolutely shock many people.
The vast majority of people on the list have been working in the industry for many years, painstakingly accumulating their experience and qualifications, and striving to create two high-quality games.
Many of them were in their forties when they were nominated, and they won the honor by the narrowest of circumstances.
This can already be described as "genius".
But it's clearly the complete opposite!
Minecraft 9.5 points, League of Legends 9.5 points, Blue Star Apocalypse 10 points (out of 10).
In three years, he released three works, each with outstanding achievements, which is enough to make him a part of the history of games.
However, he was not old enough to have worked in the industry!
Others are just getting older and are waiting patiently for their better works to come;
He had already accumulated enough works, but the people at the Jialian Game Association were eagerly waiting for him to reach the required age so they could quickly issue a notification...
It's truly both laughable and infuriating.
This time, two invitations were sent, along with some instructions on the process.
This year's awards ceremony of the League of A was held on an artificial planet in a secondary star field of the Central Star Province, which can be directly accessed via a faster-than-light travel channel to the nearest space port.
The round-trip travel expenses were reimbursed by Party A afterwards.
Of course, if you do not wish to attend in person, you can apply for a faster-than-light communication channel to participate in the entire ceremony online, and the cost will be reimbursed.
The six star provinces of the Chaoyang Alliance have a considerable territory and each has its own unique customs and provincial laws.
The Sixth Star Province, where Mingyan is located, is a relatively traditional and somewhat mixed region.
The people here are not used to living in the virtual world, which is quite different from other places.
It is said that in the second-star province—the province with the most severe virtualization—people have basically stopped going out offline, and some people even complete major events like their weddings entirely online.
The sixth star province is quite different. People prefer to work, study, and socialize offline, and when they go online, it's mainly to play games.
After receiving this invitation from the League of Legends, the entire production team of "Blue Star Apocalypse" will definitely be heading out.
Mingyan quickly calculated that he would probably have to bring more than sixty people.
Most of these employees have never traveled faster than light, let alone crossed provincial borders to the Central Star Province, millions of light-years away.
After Mingyan announced the news at the morning meeting, he told them to decide for themselves whether or not to go with the group.
Of course, a few key figures still need to be present.
The Blue Star Studio was particularly lively that day, with everyone discussing the League One Association's annual awards ceremony.
This is the biggest event of the year in the gaming world!
The "Best Game Award" at the League of Legends is the most anticipated award of the year, bar none.