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ENnies: should "Best Free Product" include Quick-starts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Lang" data-source="post: 4868636" data-attributes="member: 72638"><p><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zj5_msGEhSc/Sl4XqSALmII/AAAAAAAAGAU/bBqvXfMUArM/s400/votefree250.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Well, I'm biased because I spend my time reading, playing and reviewing free RPGs. I know a lot of you are not going to agree with me but that's what makes life interesting! I've boiled down my argument a bit since my blog post, having discussed this with Ennies types.</p><p></p><p>The Ennies are about finding the best RPG stuff out there. The Best Free RPG Product category does not contain the best free products released this year. It contains those free products that were submitted. Therefore, the Ennies are going to fail to award the best free product. All the items are free but they are far from being the best free products this year.</p><p></p><p>It should be no surprise that the world of Free RPGs is vastly different from the world of commercial ones, so should not be dealt with in the same way. You tend not to have groups of people writing a free RPG - it <em>tends</em> to be the vision of one person supported by friends and people on the internet. They are giving up their time and energy to share something for nothing on the internet and as such have no budget (in time or money) for marketing or art. They are not doing this for money but for the love of game and the small joy they get when someone emails them to say how good their game is. A modest bunch, normally. You would like the games too, the best of the bunch are well written, laid out and have concepts you won't see in commercial games because risk is not a factor.</p><p></p><p>I propose that for free products, the community at large should be able to recommend their favourite, like they do for the people's choice. If it is still the case that the marketing material is in the nomination list then I can't complain but I don't think the current nomination process for right for free RPG products.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Lang, post: 4868636, member: 72638"] [IMG]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zj5_msGEhSc/Sl4XqSALmII/AAAAAAAAGAU/bBqvXfMUArM/s400/votefree250.jpg[/IMG] Well, I'm biased because I spend my time reading, playing and reviewing free RPGs. I know a lot of you are not going to agree with me but that's what makes life interesting! I've boiled down my argument a bit since my blog post, having discussed this with Ennies types. The Ennies are about finding the best RPG stuff out there. The Best Free RPG Product category does not contain the best free products released this year. It contains those free products that were submitted. Therefore, the Ennies are going to fail to award the best free product. All the items are free but they are far from being the best free products this year. It should be no surprise that the world of Free RPGs is vastly different from the world of commercial ones, so should not be dealt with in the same way. You tend not to have groups of people writing a free RPG - it [i]tends[/i] to be the vision of one person supported by friends and people on the internet. They are giving up their time and energy to share something for nothing on the internet and as such have no budget (in time or money) for marketing or art. They are not doing this for money but for the love of game and the small joy they get when someone emails them to say how good their game is. A modest bunch, normally. You would like the games too, the best of the bunch are well written, laid out and have concepts you won't see in commercial games because risk is not a factor. I propose that for free products, the community at large should be able to recommend their favourite, like they do for the people's choice. If it is still the case that the marketing material is in the nomination list then I can't complain but I don't think the current nomination process for right for free RPG products. [/QUOTE]
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