I experienced something similar last Easter when the biggest game magazine in Sweden decided to host an Award at GothCon. Fans and readers of the magazine had submitted names and titles for a month or so and this whole Award ceremony boiled down to ridiculous because when the person presenting (for example) the “nominees for best artwork” and the list 12 people… You have to start wondering (at least I did): “Is there even a single artist NOT nominated? And if there IS… How mean to mention everyone but them.”

It gets to a point where listing nominees stops serving its purpose and should just be skipped.