Incidentally, as I recall it Bruce said that way back when because he felt it wasn't good for a set of AD&D1 house/tribute rules to be promoted via an award intended to recognize new RPGs. It had nothing to do with Hackmaster's quality, except perhaps the idea that something that is specifically a light comedy parody of AD&D1 didn't really jibe with the idea of the OAs being a progressive award.
Hackmaster won during a period when the OAs were pretty screwed up. They handed out an award to one of those d20 books with the traced porn covers (forget which; even GAMA doesn't care enough to put it somewhere you can easily Google it) and were part of a general power struggle over GAMA.
Incidentally, the ENnies rise owes quite a bit to the OAs stumbling, especially since it was seen as a way to create a marketable sales award. The ENnies rose in favour because they would avoid behind the scenes personality clashes, but could be manipulated through brute force voting campaigns.
Hackmaster won during a period when the OAs were pretty screwed up. They handed out an award to one of those d20 books with the traced porn covers (forget which; even GAMA doesn't care enough to put it somewhere you can easily Google it) and were part of a general power struggle over GAMA.
Incidentally, the ENnies rise owes quite a bit to the OAs stumbling, especially since it was seen as a way to create a marketable sales award. The ENnies rose in favour because they would avoid behind the scenes personality clashes, but could be manipulated through brute force voting campaigns.
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