Faker and T1 had an unsuccessful year when they lost their tickets to Worlds 2020. Therefore, the 2020 LCK Spring Champion did not appear in the most prestigious categories of the Esports Awards 2020. Let’s jump into details with Notagamer!
Esports Awards are annual awards for individuals and organizations that contribute to the Esports industry. Currently, this is one of the most reputable awards in the esports community and attracts a lot of gaming fans.
Once again this year, the Esports Awards officially announced the nomination list for 31 categories such as Best esports PC player of the year, Esports organization of the year, rookie of the year …
In 2017, the Demon King was awarded the title “Esports PC player of the year”. But this year, Faker was not nominated in any category. The players nominated for the most prestigious award this time are Zywoo (CSGO), Knight (League of Legends), Caps (League of Legends), etc. Notably, the 18 years old star of Fornite, Bugha, is also one of the 12 nominees.
Like Faker, T1 did not appear in the list of nominees for the title “Esports team of the year”. League teams that can compete for this title are G2 Esports, TOP Esports and DWG. DAMWON Gaming is the only Korean team on this list. Meanwhile, Team Vitality is a representative of CSGO. Similarly, Team Secret is a representative of Dota 2.
In the category of “Esports mobile game of the year”, there were Arena of Valor, Free Fire and PUBG Mobile. These are games that have a large number of players and tournaments all over the world.
Apart from above categories, the Esports Awards 2020 also has categories for casters and analysts.