The Lifetime Achievement in Esports award honours an individual’s outstanding contribution towards elevating esports to a mainstream commercial audience while making it a better place for those working within the industry.

The Lifetime Achievement in Esports award measures and recognizes the impact one individual, duo or team has had on making the esports industry better during their career, short or long. It recognizes those who have paved the way for future generations to move the industry forward.

The Esports Awards Panel discusses potential inductees as a group, throughout this process all inductees are confirmed during the meeting with no external voting phase. Each class is determined through the panel’s vast expertise and experience within the industry.

Criteria 1: Any individual who has made a significant contribution towards elevating esports throughout their professional career, over a number of years.

Criteria 2: Someone who has consistently supported the growth of the esports industry during their career, acting as an evangelist for the industry.

Criteria 3: Someone who’s work has reached and impacted a multitude of people within esports.

This year’s Lifetime Achievement in Esports ceremony is set to take place in the build up to the Esports Awards in November.

Yes, every year a number of prominent figures across esports will be honoured and inducted into that year’s Lifetime Achievement in Esports Class.