Four years later, I lost the trophy and got it back, but I still didn't pass the game.
Ryan .B is a game streamer and a big fan of the game industry's annual awards TGA, and every year he watches the awards celebration on time to applaud the games that win the annual awards. These days, he suddenly wanted to collect some game-related souvenirs on a whim, and the trophies that shone on the TGA naturally became one of his goals.
At first, Ryan .B just wanted to buy a replica of the TGA trophy as a souvenir, but when he was reading the product page on eBay, a trophy that sold for up to $500 caught his eye, and the high price seemed to imply that the origin of the item was not simple.
According to the seller's description, this is like a fake trophy for the 2018 indie game of the year , Azure. But considering that the other items sold by the seller are car parts or keychains, which are completely incompatible with the game collection, Ryan .B have to ask the seller half-heartedly about the origin of the trophy, and the seller only vaguely replied that this is their "customs clearance source", in addition to more details they themselves are not clear.
Although there are many doubts, this is still a rare opportunity to get started with authentic products. After some bargaining, Ryan .B took a big gamble and bought the trophy for $375. And the result was quite satisfactory to him, whether it was the workmanship or the amount in his hand, it was enough to prove that this collection from four years ago was genuine.
The original owner of the trophy, Extremely OK Games, the developer of "Azure", released their new work "Earthblade" last year, and it is clear that it has not fallen to the point of being on the verge of closing down and selling the trophy. In this way, the source of the trophy circulating on eBay has become a mystery. To that end, Ryan .B contacted ExtremeLY OK Games specifically, asking if they had accidentally lost their precious trophies.
Surprisingly, Extremely OK Games bluntly stated that they never received a trophy. According to their description, after receiving the trophy presented by anchor Ninja on the awards stage, the TGA staff quickly collected the trophy and said they would send it by mail after the event. But whether it was the negligence of the staff or the loss of the courier on the way, Extreme OK Games has not received a trophy in four years. As for why the trophy was auctioned off on eBay, that's another story that no one knows.
After learning the reason, Ryan .B decided to return the trophy to its original owner, and Extreme OK Games generously paid for the entire cost and sent him some "Azure" games and related souvenirs. Four years later, the belated trophy of honor finally returned to its owner.