2007 Judge Selection

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

As for Wizards not participating in the ENnies:

I think that it does give smaller companies a chance to shine and, in that light, it's a good thing.

That said, I think I would prefer that all RPG companies participate because, when they produce ENnie-worth products, they ought to be awarded.

 

[the Jester]

It doesn't matter how many threads get started on other forums, if the only real conversations are happening here, then the ENnies are going to end up remaining seen as just the d20 Awards (with a little color from other systems) since EN World will always be seen as the World's Largest d20 Fan Site, not an industry-wide award....

By you, maybe.

To the (prospective) judges:

13. How long have you been gaming? Does that affect the perspective you will be bringing to the judging table?

14. How much game design experience do you have? I don't mean published, I mean in general- 10 years of homebrewing? Have you created your own systems? Do you think this affects your level of qualification as a judge?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

13. How long have you been gaming? Does that affect the perspective you will be bringing to the judging table?

I have been gaming since the mid-late 90s. So, not long at all, but - then - I'm young (23).

And, sure, that affects the perspective that I'll bring to the judging table... but everyone's individual experiences affect every individual's perspective. My gaming experiences have been different that all of the judges and, while some of us have gamed for a long, long time, others have only gamed for a handful of years (I think Xath/Gertie and I picked up our first dice at around the same time).

It is possible that, because I have not been gaming for decades, I have a fresher outlook or fewer tendencies to favor certain systems... but I don't know that that is true. In the end, the important thing is what you've experienced in the time you've gamed, not the quantifiable number of years that you have been gaming.

14. How much game design experience do you have? I don't mean published, I mean in general- 10 years of homebrewing? Have you created your own systems? Do you think this affects your level of qualification as a judge?

I have designed an alternate history that spans the mid 1800s to the end 1950s. It includes aliens, psions, and Hitler. Personally, I think it's fascinating and creative and super fun to play in. If you wanna know more, feel free to email me at d20blond at gmail dot com.

I've not created my own systems.

As for judging - the ability to create a system or world doesn't not imply one's ability to recognize a good system or a good world.

 

[Xath]

To the (prospective) judges:

13. How long have you been gaming? Does that affect the perspective you will be bringing to the judging table?

I first started gaming in '00, right after the release of 3.0. Experience-wise, that means that I didn't get a chance to game some of the older systems when they were new. (That doesn't mean I havn't tried them). It does mean that I have fewer years of gaming to bring to the table. This can be both a good or a bad thing. For one, I might not be able to look at a product and say "Gah! This is a hack copy of blah-blah system published in '72! I can't believe they'd try to pass this off!". However, I also won't be able to say "Oh, this system reminds me of that old system, and I hated that old system so I hate this product too." I think having a wide range of experience levels on a judging panel is important to represent as many people of the gaming community as possible.

14. How much game design experience do you have? I don't mean published, I mean in general- 10 years of homebrewing? Have you created your own systems? Do you think this affects your level of qualification as a judge?

I don't have a whole lot. For the last two years, I've been working to design a near-future Earth based campaign setting focusing on the development of superpowers in the human genome. Then Heroes came out. So...I've put it on the backburner for a while.

Of course it effects my level of qualification as a judge. I represent the portion of the gaming community who has done little to no game design. Does it make me an inferior candidate? I don't think so.

 

[Crothian]

13. How long have you been gaming? Does that affect the perspective you will be bringing to the judging table?

14. How much game design experience do you have? I don't mean published, I mean in general- 10 years of homebrewing? Have you created your own systems? Do you think this affects your level of qualification as a judge?

13) I started about 80. I'm not locked away in nostalgia mode trying to relive the games of my youth. We had fun back then but for different reasons then I do now.

14) I've never been published. I do have a homebrew that is about 11 years old. I did create a system for a wild west style game and it was utter crap. I think I burned it.

 

[Rasyr]

Here are some questions for all the judges......

15) Do you think that the ENnies should have a codified set of rules for how they should be run, including a specific list of points that the judges should use for each category? Or do you think that the ENnies should be like they are currently, and the judges voting on the rules each year? And to either answer, why?

16) Do you think that the ENnies being so intimately tied to the World's Largest d20 Fan Site might mean that the basic voting pool for the ENnies might be a bit biased towards d20 products in general?

17) Do you think that the ENnies should move everything over to their own, independant website (which they already have), to have all aspects of the ENnies in 1 single central location? Why or why not?

18) Do you think moving the ENnies off EN World would cause a drop in the overall number of voters?

 

[eyebeams]

I would like to know if any of the candidates have done paid games industry work, ever.

 

[hong]

I would like to know if any of the candidates have done paid games industry work, ever.

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Mod edit: Brevity is the soul of wit.

 

[Crothian]

I would like to know if any of the candidates have done paid games industry work, ever.

Nope

 

[Crothian]

15) Do you think that the ENnies should have a codified set of rules for how they should be run, including a specific list of points that the judges should use for each category? Or do you think that the ENnies should be like they are currently, and the judges voting on the rules each year? And to either answer, why?

16) Do you think that the ENnies being so intimately tied to the World's Largest d20 Fan Site might mean that the basic voting pool for the ENnies might be a bit biased towards d20 products in general?

17) Do you think that the ENnies should move everything over to their own, independant website (which they already have), to have all aspects of the ENnies in 1 single central location? Why or why not?

18) Do you think moving the ENnies off EN World would cause a drop in the overall number of voters?

15) The rules really have not changed much in the past few years and I like them pretty much how they are. They do need a little more definition but not so well defined it starts really excluding books. Each year we get a few innovative RPG items that would not fit anywhere if we definitions that were like straight jackets.

16) If we accept that d20 is the most popular game (and I've yet to see anything that says otherwise) out there then it stands reason that more fans of d20 would vote then fans of other games. If the ENnies just walk away from EN World they will be cutting off their nose to spite their face. There are connection between the two but I find it is not that bad.

17) The information should and I think is all on the website. Discussion about the ENnies happens on many boards so forcing people to talk in only one place just isn't going to happen. I know I'm currently following ENnie talk on a half dozen boards and I think that's a good thing.

18) I feel the ENnies are mostly off of EN World. They have their own site, they are talked about on many different places.