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<blockquote data-quote="Kiel_C" data-source="post: 7722787" data-attributes="member: 6799316"><p>My ears are burning. </p><p></p><p>I am overjoyed and incredibly thankful that Blood in the Chocolate won best adventure. This was my first professional TRPG project, and to have it be recognized like this is amazing. <strong><a href="https://dungeonsdonuts.tumblr.com/post/164410552149/victory-speech-for-real-this-time" target="_blank">My full thank you's are all online here.</a></strong> </p><p></p><p>I do want to echo Zak's sentiments about me and BitC though. What I've been through since the nomination hasn't been easy.</p><p></p><p>I'n the past couple months I've been doxed, received dozens of hate messages regarding my sexuality (I'm openly bi), my mental health, my work, my preferences, and <a href="https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758962&pagenumber=340#post469054447" target="_blank">I've had to watch a slander campaign rise up against me.</a> And these aren't just 'critiques' of my book, a lot of them are directed at me personally.</p><p></p><p>While this is a lot for anyone to weather, I have to imagine that having a larger company (even an independent one) at one's back to support their work and their position must make it a little easier to bear. I've had no one in this regard. </p><p></p><p>All of Blood in the Chocolate's press and marketing is my own (except for what James and Jason have shared on social media on their own time). It's just my blog, my twitter, and my G+ page (all of which are my personal accounts) so when others looked to attack someone over it, they attacked me directly. Not so much LotFP, or even James Raggi, but me personally. And it's been some pretty vile and vicious stuff. </p><p></p><p>To have my book be recognized as the best adventure of 2017, in spite of everything I've had to deal with, is a wonderful feeling and a big shot in the arm.</p><p></p><p><strong>Here's the big takeaway:</strong> It has also afforded me another chance <a href="https://dungeonsdonuts.tumblr.com/post/164328268714/ennies-victory-speech-my-message-to-aspiring-game" target="_blank">to encourage independent game designers to pursue their passion projects</a> and to offer all the haters an alternative to their slandering of me: <a href="https://dungeonsdonuts.tumblr.com/post/164509057619/dungeonsdonuts-this-will-almost-always-be-my" target="_blank">"If you don't like my work, make something better!"</a></p><p></p><p>The only big IP-based book that won awards (I think?) this year was CoC, and that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> is public domain anyway! Independent works, books made by a singular weirdo or a handful of people, seem to be garnering more and more attention, financial success, and accolades. If winning an ENnie affords me even just a bit of a platform, I want to use it to shout "Hey! Indie game devs! <em>Now is the time!</em> Write and design and publish the thing you're most passionate about! If I can succeed at this on my first try, so can you!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiel_C, post: 7722787, member: 6799316"] My ears are burning. I am overjoyed and incredibly thankful that Blood in the Chocolate won best adventure. This was my first professional TRPG project, and to have it be recognized like this is amazing. [B][URL="https://dungeonsdonuts.tumblr.com/post/164410552149/victory-speech-for-real-this-time"]My full thank you's are all online here.[/URL][/B] I do want to echo Zak's sentiments about me and BitC though. What I've been through since the nomination hasn't been easy. I'n the past couple months I've been doxed, received dozens of hate messages regarding my sexuality (I'm openly bi), my mental health, my work, my preferences, and [URL="https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758962&pagenumber=340#post469054447"]I've had to watch a slander campaign rise up against me.[/URL] And these aren't just 'critiques' of my book, a lot of them are directed at me personally. While this is a lot for anyone to weather, I have to imagine that having a larger company (even an independent one) at one's back to support their work and their position must make it a little easier to bear. I've had no one in this regard. All of Blood in the Chocolate's press and marketing is my own (except for what James and Jason have shared on social media on their own time). It's just my blog, my twitter, and my G+ page (all of which are my personal accounts) so when others looked to attack someone over it, they attacked me directly. Not so much LotFP, or even James Raggi, but me personally. And it's been some pretty vile and vicious stuff. To have my book be recognized as the best adventure of 2017, in spite of everything I've had to deal with, is a wonderful feeling and a big shot in the arm. [B]Here's the big takeaway:[/B] It has also afforded me another chance [URL="https://dungeonsdonuts.tumblr.com/post/164328268714/ennies-victory-speech-my-message-to-aspiring-game"]to encourage independent game designers to pursue their passion projects[/URL] and to offer all the haters an alternative to their slandering of me: [URL="https://dungeonsdonuts.tumblr.com/post/164509057619/dungeonsdonuts-this-will-almost-always-be-my"]"If you don't like my work, make something better!"[/URL] The only big IP-based book that won awards (I think?) this year was CoC, and that :):):):) is public domain anyway! Independent works, books made by a singular weirdo or a handful of people, seem to be garnering more and more attention, financial success, and accolades. If winning an ENnie affords me even just a bit of a platform, I want to use it to shout "Hey! Indie game devs! [I]Now is the time![/I] Write and design and publish the thing you're most passionate about! If I can succeed at this on my first try, so can you!" [/QUOTE]
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