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[The TGA winners are out! Check if your favorite game is on the list!]

[Shocking! The TGA Game of the Year is...]

[Unfortunately! Terraria was only nominated and did not win!]

[Terraria has reached a 4.8 rating among overseas players!!]

[Who exactly is the woman accompanying the Starcard boss to the TGA awards ceremony?]

It's 10:00 AM Beijing time in China.

The TGA awards ceremony, held in Xinxiang, England, has just ended, and a large number of related news articles have appeared on major social media platforms, forums, and websites in China.

China has a population of over a billion, and among them, the number of gamers can be measured in hundreds of millions.

Therefore, when the winners of this gaming industry's Oscars were announced, it naturally stirred up a storm on the Chinese internet.

However, compared to the past, this time public opinion is gradually moving towards conspiracy theories.

[Shocking! The TGA awards, dubbed the Oscars of the gaming industry, may be rife with corruption?!]

[Why has no Chinese games won a TGA award? Is it due to the incompetence of the Chinese people, or are there ulterior motives on the part of certain individuals?]

The news headlines on the trending topics list are more and more sensational. Even the news at the bottom of the trending list can still get more than a million clicks and views as long as it contains a few hot words such as "insider information", "Terraria", "TGA" and "regrettable failure to be selected".

The comment sections of these trending news articles are filled with conspiracy theories about the TGA awards.

One comment about racial discrimination against white people garnered hundreds of thousands of likes, quickly becoming the most popular comment under the top trending topic.

"If you ask me, no matter how great a game we Chinese make, we still can't win an award at the TGA. After all, it's an award hosted by foreigners. How can we, with our yellow skin that's even less desirable than black skin, possibly win an award!"

Such a huge level of discussion naturally attracted the attention of some internet celebrities and even stars, who all tried to gain traffic through various means, even though some of them had never played the game and knew nothing about it.

But nobody cares; all they need is traffic and exposure.

Soon, news related to internet celebrities and stars appeared on the trending topics list.

It's either an award-winning game announcing its spokesperson, or an internet celebrity saying during a game livestream that the game's quality doesn't deserve to win an award.

As a result, fans of the "fan culture" have begun to appear in the comments sections of some news articles.

The gaming community is remarkably united in this regard.

Regarding internet celebrities and stars trying to ride on the coattails of online fame, and the fan culture that breeds outrageous individuals, players responded with only four words: "Don't get involved!"

As for the developers of Terraria, StarCraft was caught up in the wave of public opinion even though they did nothing.

[A petition written in blood demands a re-evaluation of the TGA awards!]

In the comments section of this post, Starcard's fans took to the screen, urging Starcard to protest to the TGA awards judging panel and demand a re-evaluation.

Even more extreme, some have called on Starcard to file for arbitration with the United Nations, accusing the TGA awards judging panel of racial discrimination.

However, some level-headed commenters knew that the die was cast and that contacting the TGA awards judging panel would be futile.

Moreover, the final list of winners was selected with the permission of the judging panel.

Instead of doing meaningless things, we should think about how to help domestic game developers improve their game production skills, instead of just trying to cash in on old IPs.

Pig Farm, Tencent, and a host of Chinese game developers said: "We're just sitting at home, and this pot falls from the sky."

Eagle Country, Xinxiang.

Chen Dong had just gotten into the car that took him back to the hotel when his phone started vibrating in his pocket.

After clicking the call button, Yin Qingying's cold voice immediately came from the other end.

"Mr. Chen, after the TGA awards winners were announced, it caused quite a stir in China. The vast majority of people believe that Terraria failed to win because the TGA judging panel engaged in insider manipulation and discriminated against Chinese people."

Do you think Starcard should take any countermeasures?

Upon hearing this, Chen Dong quickly logged onto a domestic website and briefly browsed through the related news and comments.

Seeing that the public opinion battle would not affect Star Card for the time being, Chen Dong was relieved and said with a smile.

"People can say whatever they want, and we can't control that. Since public opinion won't have a big impact on Xingka for the time being, we don't need to care about it."

In addition, employees in Product Development Departments 4 and 5 should not feel pressured by public opinion; they should simply continue working with a normal mindset.

After briefly explaining his work, Chen Dong hung up the phone.

However, he continued browsing various domestic platforms without looking up, and said...

"Xiao Jiang, book the next available flight back to China. Don't worry about the seat."

"Yes."

Some are happy, some are sad.

While Starcard has not yet been affected by the public opinion war, some of its domestic competitors are in a different situation.

While many players criticized the lack of transparency in the TGA awards selection process, they also pointed the finger at these "insiders".

They claim that the TGA awards selection mechanism is flawed, but apart from Terraria and Zone Zero which was not nominated, the other games really can't be defended.

It was made entirely with the intention of exploiting users and making money. They found a popular IP but failed to provide a production quality commensurate with the IP's value. As a result, many players believe that taking this kind of game overseas is just to reinforce foreigners' stereotypes.

As a result, some major game companies had to launch emergency public relations campaigns and use various means to suppress negative public opinion.

As for smaller factories with less resources and weaker capabilities, unable to suppress all negative comments, they have no choice but to stand at attention and take the beating.

Beijing, headquarters of Steam Game Technology Co., Ltd.

At the routine board meeting, Ren Kang sat at the end of the table and only brought up the project he had been conceiving since returning from the United States.

"Distinguished board members, I believe that the sheer number of players in China is sufficient to establish a world-class award..."

Ren Kang stood up, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a director sitting in the middle.

"Create a world-class award in China? Ren Kang, are you out of your mind?"

In the opinion of this director, Ren Kang's idea was like playing house behind closed doors.

If we only work behind closed doors and fail to gain international recognition, we are simply deceiving ourselves.

Therefore, without a doubt, Ren Kang was unable to even articulate his entire idea before the project was rejected by the board of directors.

As investors, they don't care whether Huaxia's games can win awards; they only care about how to increase the value of their stocks.

Although Ren Kang is the CEO of Steam Platform and the vice president of Steam Game Technology Co., Ltd., in the end, he is just a high-level employee serving capital.

After the meeting, Ren Kang walked back to his office and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

However, he has not completely given up on the idea of ​​holding the award in the country.