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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 303746" data-attributes="member: 3060">I strongly believe that any attempt to censure or limit a single company's participation in the ENnie' would completely undermine any credibility that awards have now achieved.  You cannot say "company X can now no longer enter the awards because we don't like the fact that they won nearly every category."  To do so would kill any prestige that the awards brings.  You have to open it to everyone or else it is meaningless.  It is the responsibility of the selection committee to make sure the product is placed in the proper category, beyond that it is up to the fans who vote.  The fans chose Wotc products in this case.  End of story.The creation of additional categories will help diversify the awards and open them up for other companies to get nominated where otherwise they may not.  If one of the changes made is the exclusion of products that are not OGC, then once again you are tampering with the prestige of the awards.  A possible solution would be the creation of two or three d20 non-ogc categories that would serve for products that have no ogc such as Kenzer or Wotc's stuff.I am completely against the concept of more than one award in a category.  To me, this cheapens the whole awards.  As it stands right now, it is a huge deal to be nominated and an even bigger deal to win.  If you now give awards to two or three of the nominees, suddenly being nominated means nothing.  Furthermore, the second and third place awards will not carry the same weight or meaning.  As a writer, if my product was the sole winner it would really mean something to me.  But if my product was one of three awards given in that category, it would not be nearly as important to me, especially if there were only five nominees in that category. Leave the awards as they are and work on refining how selection, judging and the number of categories works.  Changes at that end will help refine and smooth the process and not affect the status of the awards themselves.</blockquote>

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