The Process

Stage 1

Nominations

Esports professionals have the possibility to nominate for the Esports Awards 2023. Nominations are open to B2B only, meaning that only an official official representative of the company, product or talent ie employee, agent, PR agency or manager for example can submit a valid application.

To be validated, submissions will  have to

1. Have been completed before July 7th- 00:00 am
   
2. Have been completed by an official representative of nominee
3. Include all required information.

Selected media outlets will also be allowed to complete confidential ballots, based on their staff’s collective opinion.

Stage 2

Shortlisting

The Esports Awards Panel will discuss all public nominations on a group discussion call, where they are able to request consideration for any omitted nominees. The internal committee receives all of the panel nominations and collates the shortlists to compile our group of finalists. Any omitted finalists are flagged to the Panel Counsel and the panel counsel have final sign off on the list. The finalists will be publicly announced on our spotlight shows throughout the year (dates for each can be seen below).

Stage 3

Finalists Announced

The awards are broken down into 4 groups: Entertainment. Industry , Creative, Pro, and On-air. Finalists for each grouping will be announced in one of the two live show broadcast throught the campaign.

All candidates who are successful in making the shortlist will have the opportunity to supplement their entry with further details between the shortlist announcement date and the 20th of November. This stage allows entrants to include achievements and relevant material from the 2023 esports season for the information of the judging panel.

Key Dates

Stage 4

Public Vote

In 2023, the winners for Industry, Creative, Pro, On-Air Talent and several of the Entertainment award categories are decided by the public vote combined with the panel votes. The public vote is worth 25%, and the panel counts for 75%.

This creates a balanced approach to establishing rightful winners, ensuring the community are considered whilst maintaining the weighting of the expert panel giving distinction to those that deserve it.

Content Group of the Year, Esports Content Creator of the Year, Esports Personality of the Year and Streamer of the Year are voted on 100% by you, the community – so YOU decide the winner!

The recipients for the Lifetime Achievement in Esports Award and Panel’s Choice Award are decided 100% by the Esports Awards Panel

Stage 5

Judging Panel

Our expert panel from across the industry will convene prior to the awards. After a lengthy discussion, we will vote on their winners in the Entertainment, Industry, Pro and On-Air Talent award categories. We have also curated a specialist Creative Panel, made up of industry professionals who are experts on the creative side of the esports world. The Creative panel members will be voting on the Creative award categories. To view, a full list of our panel members click here

Each panellist will vote independently on their 1st place finalist in each award category. The finalists will be awarded points based on the number of votes they receive from the panel.

These votes will be counted and verified by our independent Esports Awards Committee. These will remain highly confidential until the night of the awards.

Stage 6

PUBLIC VOTING CLOSES

The public vote closes on the 20th of November for all categories but three, for which voting will remain open until November 25th.

These categories are:

• Esports PC Player of the Year
• Esports Team of the Year
• Esports Organisation of the Year

The votes are then counted and verified and are moved on to the voting adjudication process.

Stage 7

VOTE ADJUDICATION

After the community vote closes, the finalists are given points based on their ranking from the community vote, equating to 25% of the total vote weighting.

The community points are then combined with the panel voted points and create the verified totals to decide the winners for the Entertainment, Industry, Creative, Pro and On-Air Talent award categories for 2023. While the community rankings alone decide the winners for the following awards:

• Content Group of the Year
• Esports Content Creator of the Year
• Esports Personality of the Year
• Streamer of the Year

Additional information

Tiebreaker

In the event of a tiebreaker in which two finalists are locked on the same points after the panel and community votes have been adjudicated, the decision is referred back to the community vote.

If by some miraculous chance a 100% Public voted award incurs a tiebreak/drawn vote, the panel will vote between the individual finalists that are involved in the tiebreak with the winner being the finalist with the most panel votes after the community vote has been drawn.