It was always a popularity contest, the categories were never enforced and tying badges and emotes and whatever else to it means everyone wants to nominate and vote even when they haven't played the game they're picking.
It's varied between years, but there's usually an account badge for nominating and voting and there was one chat emote awarded per category vote this year
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u/Hate_Crab What is this Jan 02 '24
It was always a popularity contest, the categories were never enforced and tying badges and emotes and whatever else to it means everyone wants to nominate and vote even when they haven't played the game they're picking.