The MOBA League of Legends was able to secure 4 out of 6 awards related to esports at The Game Awards 2019: One for best esports game, and three others for a LoL team, a LoL event, and a LoL host in connection with esports.
What awards has League of Legends won? The 4 awards are for:
- Best esports game – that was League of Legends itself.
- Best esports team – that was G2 Esports, the finalists of the World Championship, a team from Europe. They managed to win 3 LoL competitions in 2019 – only the Worlds were missing for the Grand Slam.
- Best esports event – the League of Legends World Championship 2019: The semifinal between SKT1 and G2 Esports broke viewership records.
- Best esports host – the Belgian Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (32). She hosts the European league but was also seen at the Worlds.
What kind of event was that? The “The Game Awards” (VGA) is an award ceremony held annually at the end of the year. They are produced by Geoff Keighley.
They are something like the “video game Oscars” and gain more significance each year.
In 2016, they had under 4 million viewers, in 2017, there were already 11.5 million, and in 2018, the number rose to over 26 million. In 2019, it was a grand event, where many new games and even the new Xbox Series X were presented.
Who awards the prizes? The gaming awards are given by experts who form a jury and select the winners. From Germany, there were representatives from GamePro, GameStar, GamesWelt, PC Games, and BILD in this committee.
The esports awards are given by representatives from 17 organizations that are knowledgeable about esports, such as Inven, ESPN, Polygon, Korizon, Dexerto, or Dot Esports.
Which awards did LoL not win? The award for best esports player – that went to Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, the 16-year-old Fortnite champion, who won 3 million $ at the Fortnite World Championship in the summer.
The award for best esports coach went to Danny “zonic” Sørensen (33). The Dane is the coach of Astralis, a strong CS:GO team.
