2006 ENnies Judge Voting Poll/Thread

[Teflon Billy]

...(Ironically back in the begining I believe Teflon Billy was the "infamous" canidate)...

I was infamous?

Sweet!

 

[Teflon Billy]

So let me get this straight: you don't bother voting or encouraging anyone else to vote because candidates you don't support win the election. Sorry but once again this bespeaks laziness and a lack of respect for democracy and the choices of your fellow ENWorlders. Take a look at this thread right now: Teflon Billy has been sitting at around 70% support since we started this informal poll. What you are saying is: "It's not fair that 70% of the voters get to have their way! The election system must be broken if 7 in 10 people are getting the result they vote for."

You have no clue what election fixing is. Election fixing is when people change the result so that the candidates with the most public support lose. You are the ones proposing to fix the results; we are the ones saying that voters deserve the right to choose whoever they want. The fact that you disagree with the choices of the majority is not a sign that the system is broken; it's a sign that we have a healthy democracy.

We're having a poll about that right now on this thread. I think the results speak for themselves.That's what the poll says, doesn't it. It suggests that many incumbents and a new candidate all enjoy a high level of public support. Hundreds of people have participated in this poll.

To me, fairness is about recognizing merit and hard work. To me, fairness is about recognizing the public's democratic will. Obviously, your idea of fairness is about everybody "getting their turn."

I wish I was this together in my arguments.

 

[RavenHyde]

In the third case, there may be a couple of people who know RavenHyde outside the boards and so voted accordingly, however I think most of the votes for RavenHyde can be considered "protest votes". With 51 votes (as I type) that is slightly under 10% of the voters. This of course does not include those who protest by not voting at all.

Either that, or I wrote a better nomination statement than I thought I did.... (To be honest, while I have quite a few gamer friends, none of them are ENWorld members afaik, so I'm very surprised and flattered that I have 54 votes.)

Ravenhyde, who now has 3 posts to her name....

 

[Dextra]

Just a personal comment:
But is there any way to get more attention from the folks who visit EN World for the publishers outside of the two or three which seem to be their favorites? Ads, posts, press releases just can't seem to break the cycle. There are certainly some products that make it through, but I could swear that EN World is almost (emphasis on almost, I didn't say totally or anything like that) like a fan site for these few publishers, with only passing interest in others.

That's why I work so hard on publicizing the awards off this site- IRL, and on other gaming sites.

Which reminds me, please shoot me an email denise@ambient.ca- I'd love to chat with you about IPR and the ENnies.

 

[Crothian]

Heck with that, let's ask them the hard-hitting questions:

What does most of those have to do with the ENnies?

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

What does most of those have to do with the ENnies?

He already answered that

I said they were hard-hitting, I never said they were relevant. It's standard practice for elections.

 

[Crothian]

I said they were hard-hitting, I never said they were relevant. It's standard practice for elections.

Then as is also standard practice, I wouldn't expect any of them to be answered

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Then as is also standard practice, I wouldn't expect any of them to be answered

Are you kidding, spending time on irrelevant questions is what politicians do best.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Heck with that, let's ask them the hard-hitting questions:

Are you kidding, spending time on irrelevant questions is what politicians do best.

Fine, I'll bite

- How do you feel about the reorganization of RPGnow into two interlinked sites (RPGnow and RPGnow Edge) and why?

I'm not sure that I'm qualified to speak on this issue (being neither a small nor large publisher, nor a .pdf retailer and only peripherally aware of the whole thing from having perused the publisher's forum) but if you are really interested in my unqualified opinion I'd have to say that my gut tells me that it's probably not a bad deal for anyone concerned.

It gives the small publihsers more "Room" to make their own (without being overshadowed by the Big Fish) and gives the Big Publishers an ability to not be lost in a cloud of startup products.

Again, that's my gut.

- What is your opinion on how the prizes from last November's donation drive have yet to reach their donors?

I think that it's bizarre. ]

Kevin "Piratecat: Kulp is one of the most honest, respected and reliable personalities we have here at EN World. I know he's been hit by crisis after crisis in his personal life and feel for him. I can easily imagine myself "Back Burner-ing" such a project if the had hit the fan in my life the way it has his this past year.

I also know that progress is being made (I delivered my donated prizes to him at Gen Con) and I think Dinkeldog has taken the reins if I'm not mistaken.

Other than that, all I can really say is it seems an incredbile amount of time for folks to have waited and from what I've seen their patience has been exemplary (even those who've been complaining regularly have been a lot nicer about it than I would've been if I din't know Kevn's situation).

I'm not sure if that's the kind of decisive comment you were looking for, but again, I'm kind of "on the outside looking in" at this one.

- Do you think Wizards of the Coast adding guidelines for "good taste" in d20 products was helpful or harmful to the industry as a whole? Why?

Probably harmful, but not catastrophically so.

I like my products to have a kind of lurid, pulpy, howard-esque feel to them. I was pretty upset when they tidied up all the "Demonic" stuff for 2E as well...I'm just not a big fan of pandering to soccer moms.

I certainly don't begrudge WotC the right to decide how their brand is used by third parties though. "Their house their rules" to paraphrase my mom

- Is cover artwork with images that some might consider "risque" a smart business practice, or does it make the book awkward to purchase/be seen with?

I don't think it has to be "either/or". I'll call it a smart business practice that makes the book awkward to be seen with (this includes any products with the words "Erotic" in the title)

- What do you feel is the best RPG game system and why? If d20, then what subset of d20 (Fantasy d20, Modern d20, M&M, BESM d20, etc.)?

"Best" RPG Game system? I couldn't begin to slap any label on a category that broad. I like different systems for different things.

 

[Alzrius]

I'm very surprised and flattered that I have 54 votes.)

55 now. Anyone who has a kitten for their avatar must be a wonderful person!