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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faraer" data-source="post: 2421729" data-attributes="member: 6318"><p>No, not for certain. As an editor of non-game books, some of which I've salvaged from unpublishable messes, I'm glad that authors get credit for their own books (!) in literary awards. I also work on RPG books and appreciate very well the roles of developers and editors, but I think the pros of directly recognizing creative people far outweigh the cons of sidelining others who contributed.Fans recognizing products more than people is a situation this industry and culture have suffered too long. Authors and artists are the main determinant of a book's quality and publishers exist to facilitate that, and the condition that authors are relatively anonymous hurts the arts of writing and game design, the appreciation of talent, and creatives' ability to earn a living. Maybe this situation has so much inertia that there's nothing the ENnies can do, but it seems to me this is a chance to make the situation better.</p></blockquote><p></p>