2007 ENnie Awards

[Dextra]

As Dextra noted in the opening post, they will be opening the nominations soon. But not yet. This is not the place for nominating - there's always a thread set aside specially for the nominations.

Actually, you're both right and wrong.
True, this is not a nomination thread, this is just me chatting up the ENnies.
But there isn't going to be a nomination thread- the guidelines are up on the site already... you need to email or fax me a nomination form (complete with a "second"), then all the nominees will be listed on the site.

BTW. nominees don't have to be members of EN World, nor do the voters- an effort to bring in more gamers and reduce the d20-centric stigma of the Awards.

 

[The_Universe]

Actually, you're both right and wrong.
True, this is not a nomination thread, this is just me chatting up the ENnies.
But there isn't going to be a nomination thread- the guidelines are up on the site already... you need to email or fax me a nomination form (complete with a "second"), then all the nominees will be listed on the site.

BTW. nominees don't have to be members of EN World, nor do the voters- an effort to bring in more gamers and reduce the d20-centric stigma of the Awards.

Can you link the nomination form here? Though we may not be attending Gen Con this year, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring as a judge.

 

[Dextra]

Can you link the nomination form here? Though we may not be attending Gen Con this year, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring as a judge.

Although I hate to do it, here's a DOC version of the form while I put together a form-fillable PDF version.
Fax it to me (613)678-5955, or email denise@ambient.ca.

A regular PDF version, along with more details about the perks, qualifications, and responsibilities of the judges, is available at http://www.ennieawards.com/2007.html

 

[jgbrowning]

BTW. nominees don't have to be members of EN World, nor do the voters- an effort to bring in more gamers and reduce the d20-centric stigma of the Awards.

I like that. I think the awards are going to continue the stellar growth they've experienced and one day I'm going to look back over 10 or 15 years and remember fondly their humble beginnings as an on-line award only...

joe b.

 

[ssampier]

I will be willing to volunteer to do some web editing. I currently manage many websites for my job.

Contact me if you want samples or somesuch.

 

[Treebore]

OK, I have filled out the form and written my Bio, I am just awaiting the support of the person I have asked to second my nomination. Then I will be e-mailing you the forms.

 

[Umbran]

Actually, you're both right and wrong.

Well, that's about par for the course.

Luckily, whether I was entirely correct is irrelevant - just so long as my interjection got the correct information out where people would see it. I'm reasonably sure most folks would have been waiting on the nomination thread to crop up. Now they'll know where to go...

 

[Dextra]

Luckily, whether I was entirely correct is irrelevant - just so long as my interjection got the correct information out where people would see it. I'm reasonably sure most folks would have been waiting on the nomination thread to crop up. Now they'll know where to go...

Exactly- and thank you!

 

[Dextra]

In case anyone cares...

I was asked elsewhere why we're opening up the positions of judges and voting to the gaming community online, here's my (slightly edited) answer:

First of all, I was sick of the original mechanic of using an EN World poll for the judge selection. I disliked how you could see the results as they unfolded, and how it seemed as though your chances of being elected a judge were directly proportional to your post count and popularity on EN World. (No insult meant to the previously-elected, popular judges- I like and respect them, and they've done a great job!) Also, there are some inherent flaws with the counting method of the polls. The Single Tranferrable Vote combined with a secret ballot would present the best results - and less easy min/maxed voting manipulation.

So with the fact we were going to be changing around the voting method, we started considering changing a little more!

Secondly, over the years the ENnies have evolved from being a d20 award to being the RPG award. In order to reduce the (real or perceived) d20 bias associated with the Awards because of their origins with EN World, we decided to open up the voting for the products to non-EN Worlders a few years back. This year is the natural progression of making it more accessible to gamers (well, at least those online!)

Two years ago (IIRC) we introduced the concept that there must always be at least one new judge and one experienced judge, that way preventing the nominations from becoming too predictable, but also ensuring a little bit of continuity. Still, though, the judge selection based entirely from the EN World pool, and elected by EN Wolrders exclusively made for what could turn out to be an EN World popularity contest.

By opening not only the nominations to all gamers, but having all gamers vote for the nominees, I think we're going to create a more representative voice of gamers online. The ENnies are already touted as the première RPG awards, it's time that all gamers, not just EN Worlders, be more actively involved in the entire process from beginning to end.

 

[Treebore]

"By opening not only the nominations to all gamers, but having all gamers vote for the nominees, I think we're going to create a more representative voice of gamers online. The ENnies are already touted as the première RPG awards, it's time that all gamers, not just EN Worlders, be more actively involved in the entire process from beginning to end."

-Dextra

I hope this goal is achieved, and a lot of progress towards this goal is achieved this year alone.

I have made several posts in recent months that we should be an "all inclusive" community rather than mostly one system, I see this as a great step in that direction.