2004 Ennie Award Categories and Rules of Entry

[Crothian]

I agree with Mark on this. The publisher should have the right to not allow their work to be moved and/or added to another category.

I believe last year we mostly moved books (and it was very few) that were actually entered into a category that it did not qualify for.

 

[Grazzt]

And to think my gf kept shushing me when I would continually break into "where there's a whip there's a way" during ROTK (no not in the theaters lol).

Nice to see I am not the only one with fond memories of that song. Or at least memories lol.

Chuck

We wouldn't be referring to the Faster Pussycat song would we?

 

[Vigilance]

It was from the Hannah Barberra LOTR cartoon. I believe the faster pussycat song is inspired by the cartoon not the other way around. Though God knows I have been wrong before

Chuck

 

[Ed Cha]

I'm pretty surprised the Peer Award is back this year as there were some negative sentiment against it on the earlier thread about suggestions for categories. Like others have expressed before, I don't know if it has a place in the ENnies really, which is essentially a fan-based awards. In addition, unlike the other categories where you know who the judges are and how the voting process takes place, there seems to be very little transparency for the Peer Award. This dilutes the credibility of the entire ceremony. Furthermore, last year's coordinator of the Peer Award, Mike Mearls, had his own book nominated for an award. If he had won, would he hand the award to himself on stage? I don't want to sound rude and please excuse me for bringing this up so late, but these are some important issues to consider. Right now, in my opinion, the ENnies are the most credible awards in the RPG industry and I'd hate to see any of that taken away.

On a side note, the 20% new material rule seems a bit low to me.

 

[Morrus]

I'm pretty surprised the Peer Award is back this year as there were some negative sentiment against it on the earlier thread about suggestions for categories. Like others have expressed before, I don't know if it has a place in the ENnies really, which is essentially a fan-based awards. In addition, unlike the other categories where you know who the judges are and how the voting process takes place, there seems to be very little transparency for the Peer Award. This dilutes the credibility of the entire ceremony. Furthermore, last year's coordinator of the Peer Award, Mike Mearls, had his own book nominated for an award. If he had won, would he hand the award to himself on stage? I don't want to sound rude and please excuse me for bringing this up so late, but these are some important issues to consider. Right now, in my opinion, the ENnies are the most credible awards in the RPG industry and I'd hate to see any of that taken away.

On a side note, the 20% new material rule seems a bit low to me.

I'd have to refer you to Mike Mearls about that - the peer award is nothing to do with us. We'll include it in the ceremony if asked, but we don't have any involvement in it.

 

[Morrus]

Furthermore, it should be stipulated what use can be made of materials sent into the ENnies. A publisher should have the right to determine if any cursory use of their materials can be legally made beyond being used for the purposes of nomination consideration for the ENnies. There should be option boxes on the submission forms regarding usage of the materials for subsequent contests, reviewing, selling through e-bay or other venues, etc. Anything beyond the nomination consideration of the materials and the rentention of those materials by the individual nomination committee members should require the approval of the submitting publisher.

The form will include a disclaimer that the books will be disposed of as each judge chooses; we certainly don't intend to micromanage and track the eventual destination of every single item. And no judge wants to have to identify the appropriate permissions and allowable disposal methods for each of what could be hundreds of books when he decides they're taking up too much space in his living room. A blanket permission is far easier to handle.

 

[Mark]

A blanket permission is far easier to handle.

I suppose that is easier that way.

What about PDFs?

 

[Morrus]

I suppose that is easier that way.

What about PDFs?

Nobody's going to redistribute an electronic product. I'll ensure that info is included when the time comes.

 

[Mark]

Nobody's going to redistribute an electronic product. I'll ensure that info is included when the time comes.

Your last two posts address my questions about redistribution rights. I'm still interested in the question of reviewing submitted materials subsequent to the ENnies nomination consideration. It also doesn't completely address the question of final decision of submitted materials being placed in categories for which they were not submitted which the above guidelines says rests with the nomination committee but I wondered if it should rest with the submitting publisher.

 

[Crothian]

Mark, we are discussing the moving/adding submitted material to another category at the moment.