| I haven't been involved in these discussions, but I have had a lot of interactions with nearly all of the ENnies staff, and I cannot imagine any of them being motivated from greed. The ENnies were a money drain for a long while, but the people in charge still put them on because they wanted to honor the folks who make the games we love.
The judges each have to read tens of thousands of pages of products, and do so in a period of, what, less than 2 months? They don't get paid for it, aside from the benefit of having a ton of gaming products that I believe at least a few of them auction off.
They're good people. Hell, in the gaming industry there isn't even enough money for it to be worth trying to be greedy. Even if the awards were considering an entry fee, it would go to covering costs, not lining the pockets of the judges.
__________________ Ryan "RangerWickett" Nock 
Author of the War of the Burning Sky serialized novel, free at EN World. Part Two, The Irons Have Tolled, now available. | 
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