The Strongest Battlegrounds lost in the Innovation Awards. Now what?

Summary

The 2024 Roblox Innovation Awards recognized numerous games, with 'The Strongest Battlegrounds' (TSB) winning 'Best Strategy' and 'Best Fighting'. TSB's owner encouraged community voting by offering free in-game currency, leading to a massive vote count. However, TSB controversially lost the 'People's Choice' award to 'Gunfight Arena', despite a significant voter base, suggesting potential discrepancies in the voting process. Despite the loss, TSB's owner ensures the promised free currency will still be available, maintaining community goodwill.

Takeaways

• 🏆 Roblox held the 2024 Innovation Awards to recognize various games and creators.
• 🎮 The Strongest Battlegrounds (TSB) won awards for Best Strategy and Best Fighting.
• 🗳️ TSB's owner encouraged the community to vote for the game in exchange for free in-game currency (KJ).
• 📊 TSB received millions of votes, significantly more than other games, including the popular Blox Fruits.
• 🤔 There was controversy when TSB lost the People's Choice award to Gunfight Arena, despite having a larger voter base.
• 🏆 Gunfight Arena was announced as the People's Choice winner, which the speaker believes was not a true reflection of the players' choice.
• 🤨 The speaker suspects that the voting process might be influenced by a secret committee, similar to how Game of the Year is decided.
• 🔒 Despite the loss, the speaker confirms that KJ will still be made free for players.
• 🎉 The speaker congratulates other developers and creators who won awards at the Innovation Awards.
• 📹 The speaker live-streamed the event, anticipating the possibility of TSB not winning, which eventually happened.

Q & A

What event was held by Roblox in 2024?

Roblox held the 2024 Innovation Awards.

Who participated in the Roblox Innovation Awards?

Developers, YouTubers, content creators, and user-generated content (UGC) creators participated in the awards.

Which game won multiple awards at the Roblox Innovation Awards?

The Strongest Battlegrounds won a few awards, including Best Strategy and Best Fighting.

What was the owner of The Strongest Battlegrounds' promise to the community regarding the awards?

The owner of The Strongest Battlegrounds promised to give everyone free KJ for a certain amount of time if they voted for TSB.

How did The Strongest Battlegrounds perform in the voting compared to other games?

The Strongest Battlegrounds had millions more votes than other games, peaking at around 1.8 million votes, beating Bloxy's Fruits by over a million votes.

Which award did The Strongest Battlegrounds lose despite having a large voter base?

The Strongest Battlegrounds lost the People's Choice award to Gunfight Arena.

What was the suspicion regarding the People's Choice award results?

There was suspicion that the award results might have been rigged, with a secret behind-the-scenes voting process that didn't fully reflect the players' choices.

How did the speaker feel about the outcome of the People's Choice award?

The speaker was certain that The Strongest Battlegrounds should have won the People's Choice award and was disappointed with the actual outcome.

What was the promised outcome for KJ regardless of the award results?

KJ was going to be free regardless of whether The Strongest Battlegrounds won the award or not.

What did the speaker do in anticipation of The Strongest Battlegrounds not winning the People's Choice award?

The speaker live-streamed the event just in case The Strongest Battlegrounds wouldn't win, which actually happened.

Who were some of the other winners or attendees at the Roblox Innovation Awards mentioned in the script?

Willie and Gaming were mentioned as being on stage, and the speaker expressed being a big fan.