So, moving forward on this GOTY system, I'm proposing the below categories.

To see which categories you are all interested in, if you chose to participate, I'd like you to state in a new comment below which categories you approve of, which categories you would like to remove. Any response is welcome, but if you would like to be simple, an aye or nay after the name of a category will work fine.

If you would like to make a new category, reply directly to the post in a new comment. I'll try to add it to the list.

If someone has proposed a new category in the comment section, and you would like to approve or reject it. Reply to that category proposal stating your approval or rejection. Again, Aye or Nay are fine.

I will tabulate the proposed categories both here and on Reddit. The minimum for a category to be included in our GOTY considerations will be at least 12 more ayes than nays (since the electoral body will be of 12 electors). Primarily, we will need at least 12 people to care.

I don't intend to be too strict about the categories as they are defined, I want the electors to basically suss out what should or shouldn't be given the merit/demerit. Even if a game is not from 2020 because the genera has turned to shit, I wouldn't mind if the electors decided that's good enough. It's not about what is "objectively" best. Objective value does not exist (fuck you Marx), but what matters is that we make a recommendation to bring attention to good quality products... and to bring infamy against the morons occupying our hobby as a skin-suit.

We're not voting for electors yet, but if you think you might want to do it, you should start thinking about it now. You'll have to cast votes on these categories.

I'm keeping track of the voting record if it gets confusing. Ask me if you want to audit your yays & nays.

Basic Award Categories:

• Game of the Year | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Shooter | +3 -0 = 3
• Best RPG | +3 -0 = 3
• Best MMO | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Adventure game | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Platformer | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Hack & Slash | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Music | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Art & Visuals | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Anime | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Manga | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Card game | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Board game | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Comic | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Movie | +2 -0 = 2
• Best TV show | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Podcast | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Anime Tiddies | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Surprise | +3 -0 = 3
• Best Weebshit | +3 -0 = 3

Meritorious awards:

• Strongest anti-SJW stance | +3 -0 = 3
• Strongest anti-Communist stance | +3 -0 = 3

Demerits:

• Most Expected Failure
• The "Zoe Quinn Award" for biggest degeneracy for influence peddling | +3 -0 = 3
• The "Golden Pooh" for most subservient to the CCP | +3 -0 = 3
• The "White Feather" for most aggressive Feminist propaganda | +3 -0 = 3
• The "Gamers are Dead" award for shittiest game journalism piece of the year | +3 -0 = 3
• The "Rainbow Yo-Noid" award for most pathetic corporate virtue signal | +3 -0 = 3
• The "Gingers Don't Have Souls" award for most egregious case of race-swapping propaganda | +3 -0 = 3
• The "Gone Home" award for most overrated piece of shit | +3 -0 = 3
• The "Learn To Code" award for worst entertainment journalism | +2 -0 = 2
• The "Walter Durranty" prize for worst act of journalistic malfeasance | +2 -0 = 2
• The "Crossed Wires" award for most egregious personal fetish insert | +3 -0 = 3

Additional Categories:

• "Et tu, Brute" - biggest stab in the back from a respected professional - u/Norenia | +2 -0 = 2
• Wokest Comic of the year - u/Chem | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Fighting Game - u/HoldTheRedDoor | +2 -0 = 2
• Best JRPG - u/HoldTheRedDoor | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Sim - u/DomitiusOfMassilia | +2 -0 = 2
• Best Racer - u/DomitiusOfMassilia | +2 -0 = 2
• The Radista Award for biggest useful idiot - u/YouAreAPirate
• The Overly Awarded Game Award - u/TheImpossible1
• The "It's totally not a cult award" - most astroturfed acclaim - u/TheImpossible1
• Most WTF - u/Sh1ner
• The "Amber Head" award - Most illogical outcome - u/Sh1ner
• Best Builder - u/GoldenPlain
• Best RTS - u/GoldenPlain