AIS joins Wisesight to upgrade e-Sports Hosting the first Thailand Zocial AIS Gaming Awards in Thailand
AIS, the leading Digital Life Service Provider in Thailand, has teamed up with Wisesight, the top Thai service provider of social media data analytics, to announce the Thailand Zocial AIS Gaming Awards, the first awards ceremony of its kind for the Thai gaming and e-Sports community. They are instituted to recognize excellence on social media of games and e-Sports throughout the previous year. They will upgrade all stakeholders in the e-Sports ecosystem, and raise Thailand to another level as a Southeast Asian regional e-Sports hub.
Alistair David Johnston, AIS' Managing Director of New Business commented, “Games and e-Sports are growing so rapidly, they have become Number One as the most important digital content in the global content industry. This has delivered growth for all stakeholders in the ecosystem, whether creators, publishers, casters, or players. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic this year, the e-Sport Market has continued to grow and develop without difficulty, because it is 100% Digital Content. AIS has thus volunteered to take the lead in providing a forum to upgrade all groups of stakeholders in this industry to be better known, and to have their potential acknowledged, in the form of presenting awards which reflect the capabilities of each winner. Under cooperation with Wisesight, Thailand's number one leader in social media data analytics, to multiply the effects and upgrade the games and e-Sports industry to be recognized as a contributor to the national digital economy.
Kla Tangsuwan, CEO of Wisesight (Thailand) Company Limited, noted that, “We are delighted to be working with AIS and having a role in upgrading the games and e-Sport Industry to grow robustly and be more widely accepted. We have developed Gaming Metrics to measure the efficiency on social media of games and e-Sports, to appropriately and creatively honour people in the e-Sports ecosystem. They have achieved excellence on social media and created a new standard which has been accepted both domestically and internationally. It is another important part of reviving and driving Thailand's digital economy to grow both strongly and sustainably.”
Thailand Zocial AIS Gaming Awards 2020 will present 33 awards to honor people working on social media in the category of Game publisher, Game Creator, e-Sport Player, e-Sport club and game caster, as well as devices and gadgets, divided into seven award groups as follows:
- The most popular game publisher: 13 awards
- The most popular game creator: 2 awards
- The most popular game creator by platform: 2 awards
- The most popular e-Sport Player and e-Sport club: 8 awards
- The most popular game caster: 1 award
- The most popular game devices & gadget; 5 awards
- Special Awards: 2 awards
Wisesight, as the leader of social media data analytics, has seen the significance of using social media creatively, and has developed Gaming Metrics. Data has been collected from five social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch. There are a total of seven performance indicators: The target group and followers (Fans Base), Capabilities of persuasion (Intention), levels of recommendation of content to friends or acquaintances (Recommendation), effectiveness or interest in content (Interaction), levels of interest of fans in content (Views), levels of sharing content from shares on social media (Share), Comments on the performance of games creators, games casters and e-Sports players of various games in social media (Social Voice). They have been honored by five experts in e-Sports and social media who will make up the awards panel on this occasion: 1) Saroj Laohasiri from Rabbits Digital Group, 2) Sakkapol Sawakapan from NEX Studio, 3) Krissana Sukhowatanakij from Compgamer.com, 4) Anuchit Iamsri-urai from Thisisgame Thailand and 5) Aphisilp Tarungkanong from Panthip.com.
The finalists of all 33 awards are also revealed for the first time today. The top three with the greatest achievement are detailed below: *ordered alphabetically, not by score
Group 1 : The most popular game publisher: 13 awards
- MOBA (The most popular Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Game 2020)
DOTA 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, ROV : Arena of Valor - FPS (The most popular First Person Shooting Game 2020)
Call of Duty, CS:GO, Valorant - RPG (The most popular Role Playing Game 2020)
Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Seven Deadly Sins Grand Cross,The Witcher 3 - Battle royal (The most popular Battle Royal Game 2020)
Apex Legends, Free Fire, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) - Action (The most popular Action Game 2020)
Dead by Daylight, Identity V, THE LAST OF US Part ll - Strategy (The most popular Strategy Game 2020)
Astral Chronicles, Rise of Kingdoms, Seven Knights - Card game (The most popular Card Game 2020)
Hearthstone, Legends of Runeterra, MARVEL duel - Sports (The most popular Sports Game 2020)
FIFA 20, Fifa Online 4, eFootball PES 2020 - MMORPG (The most popular Online Role Playing Game 2020)
Dragon Raja, Exos Heroes, Ragnarok Online - Simulation (The most popular Simulation Game 2020)
Animal Crossing, Minecraft, Roblox - Fighting (The most popular Fighting Game 2020)
JUMP FORCE, Street Fighter, Tekken 7 - The most Popular Game of the year
Free Fire, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), ROV : Arena of Valor - The most Popular Thai Game
Home Sweet Home, Mist Survival, Timelie
Group 2 : The most popular game creator: 2 awards
- The most popular game creator 2020
FIFA TarGrean, Heartrocker, Zbing z. - The most popular game celebrity 2020
Antione Pinto, Golf Pichaya, Oat Pramote
Group 3 : The most popular game creator by platform: 2 awards (announced on 3 November 2020)
- The most popular game streamer on Twitch 2020
- The most popular game streamer on Facebook Gaming 2020
Group 4 : The most popular e-Sport player and e-Sport club: 8 awards
- MOBA (The most popular Multiplayer online battle arena game player 2020)
FirstOne (Sanpett Marat), ReMix (Sirichai Sukpan), Wanoiz (Norabed Karnchanalongkorn) - FPS (The most popular First person shooting game player 2020)
CigaretteS (Patiphan Posri), JinNy (Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai), Viperdemon (Siwet Kruavit) - Battle royal (The most popular Battle royal game player 2020)
Ezqelusia (Wasu Surapakornniti), Minoru (Dechatorn Leksathan), Tanx (Pornpawit Suntornsong) - Fighting (The most popular Fighting game player 2020)=
Talon|Book (Nopparuj Hempamorn), ShinAkuma (Ratchawin Tanasoontornkoon), Uncle Ben (Phuwit Jitthamwong) - Strategy (The most popular Strategy game player 2020)
KomCorx (Chatchapol Junthong), Strike (Pichayut Prasertwit) - Card game (The most popular Card game player 2020)
Disdai (Werit Popan), Patoyao (Aukit Kittikrairit) - Sport Game (The most popular Sport game player 2020)
JETKOY (Ekkasit Ratchatathammasit) , Michael04 (Sorawit Rotjanasinlapin), TDKeane (Teedech Songsaisakul) - e-Sports Club (The most popular e-Sports club 2020)
Buriram United Esports, Evos TH, MiTH
Group 5: The most popular game caster: 1 award
- The most popular game caster 2020
Dossier Channel, KirosZ (Weerasak Boonchu), Mikasa (Chaianan Thawatwong)
Group 6: The most popular game devices & gadget: 5 awards
- The most popular gaming phones 2020
iPhone 11, Realme 6, Samsung Galaxy A71 - The most popular gaming PC & notebook 2020
Acer Nitro, ASUS TUF, Lenovo Legion - The most popular gaming Mouse 2020
Logitech , Razer, Steelseries - The most popular gaming keyboard 2020
Cougar, Logitech, Razer - The most popular gaming earphone 2020
Logitech, Razer, Steelseries
Group 7: Special awards: 2 awards (announced on 3 November 2020)
The Thailand Zocial AIS Gaming Awards will be held on 3 November 2020 at AIS eSports STUDIO, e-Sports community at Samyan Mitrtown, For more details visit www.ais.co.th/esports-game/gameawards
