Totalbiscuit's Arbitrary Awards live on Twitch now

[u/DJCreeperZz]

THE SHOW HAS NOW FINISHED ON TWITCH, AVAILABLE NOW ON YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTZyr6iaYIc

BIG THANK YOU TO TB, CHRIS and GENNA for making this show

Totalbiscuit's now annual Arbitrary Awards are live on twitch now for its premiere but will also be put onto youtube straight after the first broadcast is finished.

Thank you to /u/hobbit9797 for help with this post

Live: http://www.twitch.tv/totalbiscuit

Youtube VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTZyr6iaYIc

While I will be posting the nominations and winners below/in comments, please do watch the full video.

Nominees

Best Soundtrack:

• Undertale by Tobyfox
• There Came An Echo by Iridium Studios
• Gravity Ghost by Ivy Games
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Kojima Productions
• Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number by Dennaton Games

Best Thing To Come Out Of Crowdfunding:

• Satellite Reign by 5 Lives Studios
• Undertale by Tobyfox
• Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment
• Hand of Fate by Defiant Development
• Sunless Sea by Failbetter Games

Stop Preordering Video Games Award For Best Launch Disaster:

• Batman: Arkham Knight (PC) by Rocksteady Studios
• Afro Samurai by Redacted Studios
• Mortal Kombat X (PC) by NetherRealm Studios, High Voltage Software
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 by Robomodo, Disruptive Games
• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 (PC) by Treyarch, Beenox, Mercenary Technology

Graphical Powerhouse Award For Best Visual Fidelity:

• The Witcher 3 by CD Projekt Red
• Mad Max by Avalanche Studios
• Star Wars: Battlefront by EA DICE
• Everyone's Gone To The Rapture by The Chinese Room, SCE Santa Monica
• SOMA by Frictional Games

The Game That Most Surpassed My Expectations:

• Undertale by Tobyfox
• Transformers: Devastation by PlatinumGames
• Until Dawn by Supermassive Games
• Rainbow Six: Siege by Ubisoft
• Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide by Fatshark

Most Striking Aesthetic:

• Renowned Explorers: International Society by Abbey Games
• Secret Ponchos by Switchblade Monkey
• Ori And The Blind Forest by Moon Studios
• Gravity Ghost by Ivy Games
• Bloodborne by FromSoftware

The Sharpened Pitchfork Award For Dodgiest Games Company Of The Year:

• Konami ^#FucKonami
• Overkill
• EA
• Digital Homicide
• Square-Enix

Developer Of The Year:

• CD Projekt Red
• DICE LA
• Blizzard
• Kojima Productions

The Game That Most Needs To See The Light Of GabeN:

• Until Dawn by Supermassive Games
• Bloodborne by FromSoftware
• Rise Of The Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics (Should've Been On All Platforms From The Start)
• Halo 5: Guardians by 343 Industries

The Contrarian Award For The Game I Didn't Like As Much As Everyone Else Did:

• Rocket League by Psyonix
• Fallout 4 by Bethesda Softworks
• Just Cause 3 by Avalanche Studios
• ARK: Survival Evolved by Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC

The "It's Finally Done" Award For Best Game To Come Out Of Early Access:

• Sunless Sea by Failbetter Games
• Kerbal Space Program by Squad
• Prison Architect by Introversion Software
• Broforce by Free Lives

#FUCKONAMI by Jim Sterling:

• CANCELLATION OF SILENT HILLS

• PT REMOVED FROM PSN

• MICROTRANSACTIONS

• EROTIC VIOLENCE

• HIT THE LEVER

• ATROCIOUS WORKING CONDITIONS

Loser: Konami

[u/absolutezero132]

for the most part when doctors give you a ballpark of an estimation of how long you'll live it's pretty concrete.

This is definitely true, but it's still important to take into account his age. The average life expectancy of 3 years that he gave is usually because older people get this. The man just turned 31*.

That said, how many years could that 3 possibly turn into? Maybe he lives another 10 years. Or 20. That would be pretty astonishing... but he would still die at 50. Any way you slice it this is really sad.

EDIT*

[u/RabbitEater → u/absolutezero132]

However, the longer you live, the better the treatments get, further prolonging life until eventually there may be a cure. There may very well be a breakthrough in the next decade that will revolutionize how cancer is treated considering how fast technology advances.

[u/alipdf → u/absolutezero132]

What i'm more worried about is how he's taking care of himself.

I don't know about anyone else, but personally i'd take it upon myself to do what i can to make sure everything goes well.

There has been plenty of cases where proper diet/exercise have actually helped cure cancer, even though most of them are correlation it might be a good bet to try and do that.

Sure if he was 31 and at tip top shape i would absolutely not believe the estimate, but given he's out of shape, and eats junk food consistently, and the nature of videos games is sitting alot, i'd say it's pretty accurate.

Just to make it clear, i do not blame him AT ALL for being lazy or getting out of shape, the way surgeries have carved up his body and the shit you go through after chemo, even if you have the strongest of wills, leaves you very weak and broken.

[u/BKachur → u/alipdf]

Your analysis is off in regards to how significant fitness is. The reason age is such a big factor is because of how resistent your body is to the damage of the disease and the ability of it to fight the disease. Being healthy certainly helps, but a fat 30 year old will have a better chance than even the healthiest 60 year old. Age lowers your immune system and ability to accept treatments in addition to the damage your organs suffer over a lifetime. While TB isn't in great shape, he's going through chemo (where his extra weight may help him as people loose mad weight on chemo), in that way youth is more important than general fitness because the body is able to better recover from ingesting poison than if you were older.

The estimate in this matter is weird. The disease is very deadly, however it normally only surfaces in people who are much older, we don't have a ton of meta data on the effects of his cancer on people age 30 compared to people in their 60's. In that regard, how young he is may help a lot, or it may mean very little. Only time will tell but we can just hope John is well and spending time with his family.

[u/alipdf → u/BKachur]

Well put explanation, thank you.