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Originally Posted by El Mahdi  Actually that's not true, reviewers and critics do get chosen as judges for competitions. They are usually considered "experts" at seperating the best from the worst. It's actually unlike a jury in that you usually want experts in, or at least people knowledgeable about, the competitions subject. |
There's a difference between wanting a person knowledgeable on the subject and folks that have already formed an opinion on a part of the submissions. A cook or food critic can judge a competition, but would avoid judging someone that they have already raved about elsewhere, in general.
The issue with the Ennies is that the judges have formed opinions on part of the material submitted, so they may love books 1-3, hate books 4-6, and have never seen books 7-12. It's too subjective of a process to really matter though, so not a big deal.
I think that's my issue with the Ennies. It takes itself way too seriously, as do those that follow it. It's like raving that you have the "third best RPG company!" when that company isn't even a blip on the radar of the business world, if that makes sense. The fact that they had to come to a mutual decision and appoint a PR person to notify the public that a product had missed the deadline, well, to me it's just laughable.
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