The 2023 TGA Awards Ceremony has come to an end. The debut of a large number of new works is as exciting as the shortlist. However, the time for the “Baldur’s Gate 3” team to deliver their speeches was limited to 30 seconds. In contrast to the time spent promoting the new work, the audience complained that the pace of the awards was rushed. , allocating time to new game releases and PV promotions goes against the original intention of the Game Awards.
On this year’s TGA stage, each winner has 30 seconds to make a speech. There is a countdown timer outside the camera. If the time is not enough, a large subtitle will display “Please Wrap It Up” (Please Wrap It Up), regardless of the single. The time limit for human developers or teams to take the stage is the same.
Lmao the prompter pic.twitter.com/v1Jg9WwFUY
— The Dave Awards (@DaveOshry) December 8, 2023
Among them, “Baldur’s Gate 3” won the annual award. Wearing armor, Larian Studio CEO Swen Vincke was paying tribute to animation chief Jim Southworth, who died of cancer this year, and reminded the subtitles to light up mercilessly on the other side of the stage. After the leak, netizens criticized TGA for disrespecting developers.
This incident also dissatisfied the developer community. Obsidian Entertainment Design Director Josh Sawyer saidI think this year’s TGA is putting the cart before the horse.the organizers are eager to use the attention-grabbing momentum of celebrities to gain recognition from the outside world, “but they lack respect for the developers they should be commending.”
If I won game of the year and was dedicating the award to a member of my team who had died during development and saw the words “Please wrap it up” I’d be fucking pissed #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/be0hLfmfT2
— Javiera Cordero 🇵🇸 (@javierabegazo) December 8, 2023
Well-known whistleblower in the gaming industry and Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier Compare the 30-second speech limit with the promotional session for Kojima Productions’ new game “OD”excluding the PV playing time, Hideo Kojima and director Jordan Peele took up 6 minutes of each other’s praise.
Jason Schreier added: “It’s great to announce the new game. It’s the reason why audiences gather at TGA, but I don’t understand why Anthony Mackie (played as Marvel’s Falcon, awarded the best operating game) spoke longer than the Larian boss.”
The TGA was passed over when presenting 32 awards, and the highlight moment when the winners shared the joy of being recognized was compressed by new work advertisements and stage stunts, senior independent game developer Rami Ismail It is difficult to accept that the winner was forced to leave the stage within 30 seconds.“It feels really wrong to give Kojima a few minutes of display time for a work that actually has nothing to show for it.”
I have a hard time reconciling playing Sam Lake off the stage after 30 seconds, or the publisher representing COCOON’s devs after the same, but having a many minutes-long Kojima bit for a game that has literally nothing to show yet. That felt wrong, genuinely.
— Rami Ismail / Rami (@tha_rami) December 8, 2023
A reporter from foreign media Axios explained“Please wrap up” subtitles operate. When 30 seconds are up, they will only stay on. If the speaker continues to speak for 15 to 20 seconds, the subtitles will start to flash. Netizens criticized that it should be given at least one minute. 30 seconds is too short. “It’s an insult to the winners」。
Firaxis Narrative Director Cat Manning Acid TGA would rather spend time on long and boring things, “rather than listening to game developers talk about their work.” Independent studio Arbitrary Metric Developer Jessica Harvey satirized TGA“It’s great to treat winners like they’re an inconvenience to all paid advertising.”
The developer community was full of curses, and the audience also complained to the organizer Geoff Keighley about the sloppy TGA ceremony. Some people were interrupted by music before they finished speaking.He himself admitted that the music at this year’s awards ceremony was played too fast“I asked the team to adjust according to the situation. No one was really interrupted to speak, but this is a problem that should be solved in the future.”
Geoff Keighley’s explanation made people think that the “limited speech” was an embarrassment caused by the timer automatically returning to zero. Axios game line reporter Stephen Totilo refuted. He happened to be sitting two rows behind the “Please close” operator and confirmed that the subtitle flashing was manually adjusted. , which made netizens even more uncomfortable with the organizer’s avoidance of important matters.
Having sat two rows behind the person managing the clock (via a laptop just to the right of this set-up), I can confirm there was manual control of when to start the 30-second countdown to the “Please wrap it up” sign, manual control of when to make it flash
Was tweakable pic.twitter.com/K2dllPMbrx
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) December 8, 2023
Many media outlets seized on the time difference between Larian CEO’s acceptance speech and Kojima’s promotion of his new work, and relentlessly criticized TGA for being disqualified.Foreign media Kotaku He pointed out that this year’s event was more rushed than in the past and there was no sincere celebration of the game awards. It was a “PV marathon” disguised as an awards ceremony. It would be better to hold winter E3 instead.The Gamer title is more explicit“The video game industry needs respect and more self-esteem.”
On the other hand, news of developers being fired almost every week in 2023, Jakin Vela, executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IDGA) Worrying this is the most tumultuous period for the gaming industry in 15 yearsif TGA can mention this matter and make the public pay attention to the rights of developers, it will have a more positive impact on the industry.
