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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcrow" data-source="post: 3328977" data-attributes="member: 29117">I started in 1989 so 17 years, soon to be 18. I think it does somewhat affect my perspective because I have seen and played so many different games that a product has to be truely outstanding (IMO, of course) if I get excited about it.  I have been homebrewing fromt the begining. I rarely use any published adventures or campaign settings, though I have bought and read them to steal what idea works for me. I have 3 systems that I have designed. One is d12 pool system, that uses only a d12. I also have a d20 variant geared to be used without minis. The last one is a percentile system, that is currently in developement.  I think tinkering with your own systems and settings makes you a better judge because you can understand the ins and outs of other systems better. The more you tinker, the more you understand why systems do what they do. This also helps with being able evaluate a system without playing it. Since there are so many games entered, there is almost no way a judge could manage to play all the games. I think it should stay the way it is now.  I think from year to year things can change quote a lot and to have a rigid set of rules on judging could cause problems. So as long as they are voted on each year, it makes sure that the rules are never outdated. Well, it might be that that EN World participates more than the other sites do in the voting, and since it is a primarily d20 fan site, it does stand to reason that d20 products have an edge. I'm doing my best to get the participation from the other sites up this year so that there is no question of whether or not the awards are d20 biased or not. Also, to be fair many of the past judges also played non-d20 games and I doubt they were out to get non-d20 games. The ENnies have their own site already. This just seems like a shot 2 the ENnies to me.  We will find out, but I think this year will have more voters than any previous year. Nope.</blockquote>

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