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For the convenience of readers, I will list all of the AVC’s picks, alongside the current number of Gold Derby experts predicting a nomination:

Phenomenal and interesting article.

Alan Ritchson, perhaps best known for playing

On the contrary. Nintendo’s preservation is second to none in the gaming industry. Developers actually go to them for source code for the developer’s own games... because Nintendo actually has the foresight to keep that shit when most companies don’t bother.

And I think what’s worse, it wasn’t just a bunch tweens going crazy for him, it was grown ass adult women. I recall an interview with him (I think it was him, but could be RPatz) a long time ago, and relayed a pretty crazy story about a middle aged woman giving him her bra.

I get that it could be threatening and unpleasant to be followed and basically stalked by fans…could cause some trauma. Yes he made money, yes he got famous but he can be stressed…

the decision to make her an Asian woman feels significant

What a guy.

No shit? What a gem. 

Love all the commenters signalling how they definitely do not know who Amo is and have never been on Twitch in their life. You’re so much cooler than the rest of us videogame blog readers

Yep. Which is also probably why Paul did such a confusingly stupid thing in the first place: because people will talk about it, and generate free advertising for him. I think more than “famous for being famous” Paul is “famous for being stupid and infuriating”, which is why the internet is eating itself and we live in

“I’ve never heard of this person who has unfathomable wealth so I’m sure no one else has.

This gets to a larger societal point about conversation and nuance, this from Stewart himself:

Nope, because the leading candidate right now is a nasty transphobic anti-vaxxer. Lets recast instead, and maybe the anti-vaxxer will be so upset they’ll vanish in a puff of outrage to start an “I’m cancelled” podcast somewhere.

That’s it:

You know what, at this point I’m rooting for him to never finish ASOIAF. Take it to the grave, my man. I have never seen such an ungrateful, impatient, ignorant fan base.

Couldn’t hand this one off to Jalopnik, huh?

Such a disservice to those actually victimized by hate crimes. What kind of bizarro world does one have to live in to think that this is a good idea. It was so over-played with the noose, the MAGA hats, the racial and homophobic slurs.  I personally called this one as soon as I heard the details.

Max is the distillation of all the worst traits common in F1 drivers: