{"id":8705,"date":"2019-11-18T05:43:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T05:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8705"},"modified":"2019-11-18T05:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T05:43:21","slug":"riot-games-and-lol-win-big-at-2019-esports-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/riot-games-and-lol-win-big-at-2019-esports-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games and LoL win big at 2019 Esports Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riot Games walked away from 2019 Esports Awards ceremony with three important industry awards under the belt, confirming the company and its core franchise <a href=\"\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"LoL esports betting\">League of Legends<\/a> as the undisputed kings of the world esports scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Esports Awards were staged on Saturday, November 16 at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Texas. It is widely regarded the biggest and most prestigious esports awards ceremony in the industry, not to be confused with the Game Awards which will take place at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 12.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 27 awards were handed out at the ceremony in numerous categories related to esports, including Esports Cosplayer of the Year, Esports Videographer of the Year, Esports Player of the Year, and more. The awards handed out at the Esports Awards ceremony were also divided into three categories &#8211; community awards, industry awards and professional awards &#8211; in order to cover all areas of the esports industry.<\/p>\n<p>Out of hundreds of nominees, including individuals, teams and companies, it was Riot Games that hogged the spotlight by claiming three awards in three separate categories.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The winner of the Esports Game of the Year 2019 in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekoyostore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thekoyostore<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeagueOfLegends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeagueOfLegends<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EsportsAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EsportsAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G00SJ284D2\">pic.twitter.com\/G00SJ284D2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Esports Awards &#8211; Thank You (@esportsawards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esportsawards\/status\/1195919446377979904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In the Esports Game of the Year category, League of Legends finished ahead of CS:GO and Rainbow Six Siege, with Fortnite and Overwatch claiming fourth and fifth place respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The winner of the Esports Publisher of the Year in association with  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Populous?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@populous<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riotgames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@riotgames<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EsportsAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EsportsAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pbJeE9UPZ\">pic.twitter.com\/1pbJeE9UPZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Esports Awards &#8211; Thank You (@esportsawards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esportsawards\/status\/1195900711902621698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In the Esports Publisher of the Year category, Riot Games finished ahead of Epic Games and Valve, with Activision Blizzard claiming fourth place.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The winner of the Esports Publisher of the Year in association with  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Populous?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@populous<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riotgames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@riotgames<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EsportsAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EsportsAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pbJeE9UPZ\">pic.twitter.com\/1pbJeE9UPZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Esports Awards &#8211; Thank You (@esportsawards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esportsawards\/status\/1195900711902621698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In the Esports Live Event of the Year category, the <a href=\"\/funplus-phoenix-decimate-g2-to-claim-lol-worlds-2019-title\/\" title=\"FPX decimate G2 in LoL Worlds finals\">League of Legends World Championship<\/a> finished ahead of The International 9, CoD World League Championship, Fortnite World Cup, Overwatch League Grand Finals and other massive esports events.<\/p>\n<p>G2 Esports head coach Fabian &#8220;GrabbZ&#8221; Lohmann was nominated for Esports Coach of the Year for his achievements with the team that won MSI 2019, both LEC splits and finished runners-up at the LoL World Championship. In the end, however, it Danny &#8220;zonic&#8221; S\u00f8rensen who claimed the award due to his historic achievement with Astralis, who he led to their fourth CS:GO Major &#8211; and their third in succession &#8211; at StarLadder Berlin 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although GrabbZ missed out on the coaching title, G2 won the Esports Team of the Year award ahead of Astralis and Overwatch League champions San Francisco Shock. <\/p>\n<p>G2 captain Rasmus &#8220;Caps&#8221; Winther claimed third place in the Esports Play of the Year category, behind Mariano &#8220;SquishyMuffinz&#8221; Arruda and Thiago &#8220;S3xyCake&#8221; Reis, while his teammate Luka &#8220;Perkz&#8221; Perkovi\u0107 finished second in the Esports PC Player of the Year category, only trailing the Fortnite world champion Kyle &#8220;Bugha&#8221; Giersdorf.<\/p>\n<h2>2019 Esports Awards winners<\/h2>\n<p>Content Creator of the Year: Craig &#8220;Mini Ladd&#8221; Thompson<br \/>\nEsports Breakthrough Game of the Year: Smash Ultimate<br \/>\nCaster of the Year: Henry &#8220;HenryG&#8221; Greer<br \/>\nEsports Coach of the Year: Danny &#8220;zonic&#8221; S\u00f8rensen<br \/>\nEsports Commercial Partner of the Year: HyperX<br \/>\nEsports Console Player of the Year: Dominique &#8220;SonicFox&#8221; McLean<br \/>\nEsports Console Rookie of the Year: Chris &#8220;Simp&#8221; Lehr<br \/>\nEsports Cosplayer of the Year: LittleJem<br \/>\nEsports Coverage Website of the Year: Dexerto<br \/>\nEsports Game of the Year: League of Legends<br \/>\nEsports Hardware Provider of the Year: Intel<br \/>\nEsports Host of the Year: Alex &#8220;Goldenboy&#8221; Mendez<br \/>\nEsports Journalist of the Year: Richard Lewis<br \/>\nEsports Live Event of the Year: LoL World Championship 2019<br \/>\nEsports Organisation of the Year: Team Liquid<br \/>\nEsports PC Player of the Year: Kyle &#8220;Bugha&#8221; Giersdorf<br \/>\nEsports PC Rookie Player of the Year: Kyle &#8220;Bugha&#8221; Giersdorf<br \/>\nEsports Personality of the Year: Matthew &#8220;Nadeshot&#8221; Haag<br \/>\nEsports Photographer of the Year: Stephanie Lindgren<br \/>\nEsports Play of the Year: Thiago &#8220;S3xyCake&#8221; Reis<br \/>\nEsports Publisher of the Year: Riot Games<br \/>\nEsports Supporting Agency of the Year: Loaded<br \/>\nEsports Team of the Year: G2 Esports (LoL)<br \/>\nEsports Videographer of the Year: Logan Dodson<br \/>\nPanels Choice Award: Ryan Thompson<br \/>\nStreamer of the Year: Guy &#8220;Dr DisRespect&#8221; Beahm<br \/>\nLifetime Achievement in Esports: Marcus &#8220;djWHEAT&#8221; Graham, Hector &#8220;H3CZ&#8221; Rodriguez, Ralf Reichert, Scott &#8220;SirScoots&#8221; Smith, Sundance DiGiovanni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riot Games walked away from 2019 Esports Awards ceremony with three important industry awards under the belt, confirming the company and its core franchise League of Legends as the undisputed kings of the world esports scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[502,4,61],"class_list":["post-8705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-esports-awards","tag-featured","tag-riot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8706,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8705\/revisions\/8706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}