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<blockquote data-quote="Dias Ex Machina" data-source="post: 5179375" data-attributes="member: 58907"><p>Amethyst Foundations has JUST squeezed into the deadline for the <a href="http://www.ennie-awards.com/" target="_blank">ENNIES</a>. </p><p></p><p> PHEW! </p><p></p><p> That was close. It was tight, I will admit. I know our subtle and reserved <a href="http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/Amethyst-Biohazard.pdf" target="_blank">Biohazard Zombie Apocalypse mini-module </a>was submitted as well as our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SlipstreamFirst" target="_blank">Artist Video Podcast</a>. We are up against some stiff competition JUST to be nominated. Just for starters, there's Fantasy Flight's Dark Heresy and Green Ronin's Song of Ice & Fire and a little product from Paizo called Pathfinder. I know I can place <a href="http://www.nick-greenwood.com/" target="_blank">Nick Greenwood's art</a> against anyone anywhere, but I also know some people turn a blind eye to B+W artwork, thinking color is the only way to go. I also hope those not playing 4E can still take the written material on its face value. I am very proud of the final result, extremely proud. I will say that if nominated, I will make every effort to personally attend GENCON, disregarding its vast distance from my home town. Those with a good memory (huh?) will remember that Amethyst 3.5, despite having no major distribution, was still acknowledged with an honorable mention. </p><p></p><p> For Cartography, we have<a href="http://www.dungeonartist.com/" target="_blank"> Jeremy Simmons</a>, a real veteran. Along with Nick, I think we have a real chance at interior and exterior art. I am really hoping for a cover nod. Nick deserves all the attention he can get. </p><p></p><p> One of the funnier questions on the GENCON application regards what song we would like to be played if we were to win an award. Conan and I were given this question in 2008 when it was a possibility we could get nominated. Taking this very seriously, Conan immediately offered this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlQpNRfst4&feature=related"]Underwater Music from Super Mario Bros.[/ame]</p><p></p><p> Yes that one. We finally settled on a decision which we repeated in our application this year. This time we REALLY took it seriously. We finally settled on this one... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYRxf13tIg"]You Got the Touch from Stan Bush[/ame]. </p><p></p><p>We do take the ENNIES seriously and I really really want to win...but that doesn't mean we can't poke a little fun at ourselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dias Ex Machina, post: 5179375, member: 58907"] Amethyst Foundations has JUST squeezed into the deadline for the [URL="http://www.ennie-awards.com/"]ENNIES[/URL]. PHEW! That was close. It was tight, I will admit. I know our subtle and reserved [URL="http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/Amethyst-Biohazard.pdf"]Biohazard Zombie Apocalypse mini-module [/URL]was submitted as well as our [URL="http://www.youtube.com/user/SlipstreamFirst"]Artist Video Podcast[/URL]. We are up against some stiff competition JUST to be nominated. Just for starters, there's Fantasy Flight's Dark Heresy and Green Ronin's Song of Ice & Fire and a little product from Paizo called Pathfinder. I know I can place [URL="http://www.nick-greenwood.com/"]Nick Greenwood's art[/URL] against anyone anywhere, but I also know some people turn a blind eye to B+W artwork, thinking color is the only way to go. I also hope those not playing 4E can still take the written material on its face value. I am very proud of the final result, extremely proud. I will say that if nominated, I will make every effort to personally attend GENCON, disregarding its vast distance from my home town. Those with a good memory (huh?) will remember that Amethyst 3.5, despite having no major distribution, was still acknowledged with an honorable mention. For Cartography, we have[URL="http://www.dungeonartist.com/"] Jeremy Simmons[/URL], a real veteran. Along with Nick, I think we have a real chance at interior and exterior art. I am really hoping for a cover nod. Nick deserves all the attention he can get. One of the funnier questions on the GENCON application regards what song we would like to be played if we were to win an award. Conan and I were given this question in 2008 when it was a possibility we could get nominated. Taking this very seriously, Conan immediately offered this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlQpNRfst4&feature=related"]Underwater Music from Super Mario Bros.[/ame] Yes that one. We finally settled on a decision which we repeated in our application this year. This time we REALLY took it seriously. We finally settled on this one... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYRxf13tIg"]You Got the Touch from Stan Bush[/ame]. We do take the ENNIES seriously and I really really want to win...but that doesn't mean we can't poke a little fun at ourselves. [/QUOTE]
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