VRP Award of the Year: voting Mini App

About the client

VRP is a GTA RolePlay gaming community. Once a year they need an “Award of the Year” ceremony: best streamers, breakthroughs of the year, and other nominations.

Voting is easier not in scattered polls, but in one Mini App inside Telegram - where the server audience already lives. Entry point: bot @vrpnewsbot (t.me/vrpnewsbot).

The challenge we started with

Voting UX inside Telegram, without a separate website
Several nominations: streamer of the year, breakthrough of the year, and others
Candidate cards, one-tap voting, a live counter
A peak of up to ~5,000 users at once in the Mini App
Entry and distribution through the bot @vrpnewsbot

Mini App for the GTA community

Not a token landing page, but a working ceremony app: a dark theme for the gaming vibe, with Home / Voting / Results navigation. The home page has the award branding and an "About the award" block for the GTA 5 RolePlay project.

Nominations and voting

The voting section has categories such as "Streamer of the Year" and "Breakthrough of the Year." A grid of candidates with avatars; each card has a "Vote" button and a vote counter. Screenshots of the real screens are in the gallery.

Entry via @vrpnewsbot

Distribution inside Telegram: the community comes in through the news/award bot @vrpnewsbot and opens the Mini App. Link: https://t.me/vrpnewsbot

Peak load

At the moment of voting, the server's audience hits the app all at once. The goal is not to let the voting flow fail at a peak of about 5,000 users in the Mini App.

Gallery

GTA 5 RP MALL: Telegram Mini App voting - screenshot 1

GTA 5 RP MALL: Telegram Mini App voting - screenshot 2

GTA 5 RP MALL: Telegram Mini App voting - screenshot 3

How it works

User scenario

Opens the bot @vrpnewsbot and launches the Mini App
Reads "About the award" on the home page
Chooses a nomination and votes for a candidate
Views counters and results

Team / admin scenario

Sets up nominations and candidates
Monitors load at the voting peak
Publishes the results in the app

Technology

Format: Telegram Mini App
Niche: GTA RolePlay · VRP
Entry: @vrpnewsbot
Peak: ~5,000 in the app

Timeline: Mini App for a voting event

Result and business effect

Launched the “Award of the Year” voting Mini App for GTA server VRP. At peak - about 5,000 concurrent users in the app. Bot and mini app: https://t.me/vrpnewsbot (@vrpnewsbot). Home and nomination screenshots in the gallery.

A fit if you need

You need voting or an awards event inside Telegram for a community - Telegram bots
You expect peak load from a live audience - Web applications
Gaming / RolePlay / streamer niche - Telegram bots

Frequently asked questions

Questions about this type of project, the same ones clients ask before a similar build.

Bot, Mini App or mobile app — which one?

A bot fits when the flow is a dialogue with buttons: a lead, a booking, a status. A Mini App is for a catalog, voting, a game or an account area — a full interface with no install. A store app is for push, offline mode and camera work. Many start with a bot and grow from there.

Can we take payments right in Telegram?

Yes. We connect Telegram Payments or YooKassa: an invoice in the chat, payment status, a receipt and a team alert. Failed payments and retries are designed in from the start.

How does the bot get into our CRM?

Through the amoCRM or Bitrix24 API: the bot creates a lead or deal, adds comments and moves statuses, and can send updates back to the customer in the chat. Managers stay in the CRM they know.

Will the bot survive a traffic spike?

We build in rate limits, flood filters, queues and webhook retries. Our voting Mini App for the VRP community handled about 5,000 concurrent users at peak.