I've never presented an award before, and it turns out I'm pretty good at it: I watched a showreel announcing the nominees, then opened an unsealed envelope and read what was written on the card inside. I waited for the recipient to walk onto the stage, handed them the award itself , listened to their speed and walked of the stage when they did.
I had no training, but managed to pull off this onerous task with aplomb. I think I was maybe supposed to say some uplifting words before opening the envelope, but I don't think anyone noticed that I didn't.
I wasn't expecting that 40+ team members from 11 Bit would want to go onto the stage to receive the award, but fortunately only one of them had a speech to make.
The Best Gaame award was presented by the Polish Minister of Culture, which was impressive. I don't know that Sir Chris Bryant MP would show up to an award ceremony like that in the UK.
The gala was in the afternoon. In the morning, I went on a tour of sights around Poznan with some other speakers. We missed one sight, a palace, because it was closed due to a plumbing fault. The grounds were closed, too, so I guess sewage was involved. This is what comes of exporting all your plumbers to the UK, Poland.
We visited Poznan Cathedral instead, which was worth a visit so I'm not complaining.