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Urban Arcana wasn't sold as "D&D Modern." It was sold as an expansion you had to pay for that had D&D critters and magic but no core story like D&D's. Everybody's plan is based on whether or not something sells well compared to its expenses. WotC needs more expected sales for a product to be...

Urban Arcana promoted a modernized D&D core story combined with themes that already contribute to popular modern fiction (like Harry Potter) and several successful RPGs. The other sample settings all sucked to various degrees, by being derivative (Buffy fans don't care about pseudo-Buffy -- they...

I believe the original plan was for Urban Arcana to be the core setting. IIRC, WotC even asked companies with the advance Modern SRD to specifically avoid that kind of subject matter. Urban Arcana was even discussed as a TV property. Unfortunately, the implementation was modular in a way that I...

The disparity in sales between adventures and other supplements is a known quantity in virtually all RPGs. One of the anticipated functions of the OGL/D20SRD was to keep WotC from being burdened with producing adventures at the same rate as older editions of D&D. White Wolf has also commented...

Actually, term limits are the sole new feature I am proposing, so I don't see how it's Awful Micromanaging. Oh, and how are they not analogous, aside from you saying so? It is generally customary to provide supporting arguments for your position, instead of making your position, your argument...

Here's what you do: Use 3e ability scores, saves and attack bonuses, but 2e multiple attack progressions. Use 2e proficiencies, but instead of using ability checks, each slot gives you a rating in that proficiency equal to your level +3 + base ability score's 3e-style bonus. You can spand an...

Surely I am. Are you allowed to vote noncitizens for polituical office where you live? How about out of state or province candidates for state/provincial representations? Are politicians in your country allowed to make political decisions about corporations they have a direct financial interest...

That's not an administrative rule *for* the judges, but something set up *by* the judges that proved to be problematic.

I think it would be perfectly possible to base everything on fan votes without adding much more complexity, but yes, judges can still serve a useful purpose. I just happen to think that there's room for improvement from the perspective of it being a fan award.

I don't think a group with a significant number of encumbents and a higher then average propertion wit industry ties are "representative" in this way. If judges are going to be at the heart of the awards, I would indeed like them to be as representative as practically possible.

From my perspective, they appear to contradict each other. Your 4th comment is clearly in favour of the kinds of static rules that your 6th comment opposes. A rule where you get judges to do the noms for you is in fact a rule, and the judges already abide by certain rules. So minor adjustments...

Nothing of the sort would happen, because not having judges doesn't ave get rid of submissions or consent to participate. WotC is staying out of the awards, so D&D products couldn't get nominated, and the existence of judges makes not one whit of difference. Simply using intelligent categories...

Given that the basic release numbers for products beneath the third tier is a couple of thousand, at 5% of that you're getting products with sales of maybe 200-500 -- even less. If he total purchasers of a single game are at 500 or less, you're talking about awards for beinging something to the...

I'm not really concerned with a d20 bias. After WotC everybody's in the same boat, and WotC (or any company) can still choose to not participate. If you get information from the companies ahead of time (which is already done) and post which products are ineligible, the remainder will reflect a...

I'm not really interested in mudsligning. But if you're arguing on the basis of a certain set of values shouldn't those values inform a position about the whole policy? You're exhorting me to trust the voters. My reply is that you can trust the voters all the way to getting rid of the judges --...

I'm referring to: "You may find that your group becomes comfortable in one of those 4 quartiles, or you may find that your group enjoys the changes of pace that happen when moving from quartile to quartile." In the spirit of that, I recommend that you're best off playing D&D as a fighter...

That's not it at all. If you really do want the vote to decide everything, then you should logically campaign for the abolition of judges. If you support the judging system you support the associated regulations, which means that it's inconsistent to appeal to voters to perform regulation-like...

If you visit anyone good at cold reading you can get an unlimited amount of similar advice.

Does Teflon Billy wear a different disguise every year or something? It seems out of character for him.

I find it interesting that it is "very presumptuous" to critique a system whose openness is supposed to be its virtue. The ENnies use a demonstrably pro-incombent voting system, as witnessed by the presence of multiple incumbents on the roster once again.