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<blockquote data-quote="Grraf" data-source="post: 304396" data-attributes="member: 3791"><p>To be blunt:</p><p></p><p>I think its apparent from any kind of serious look that smaller publishers benift greatly from the current way the award is structured. </p><p>The small segment of the gaming population which has heard of the awards, visited the site and went through the process of voting is more familiar with and more passionate about smaller publishers than your average D&D player.</p><p></p><p>Its hard to perceive complains about the process in any other fashion than either "My favorite product didn't win!" or "I hate WotC!"</p><p></p><p>I know I'm feeling some sour grapes that SLCS: Ghelspad didn't win. The book is fantastic. On the other hand OA was written brilliantly by James W. using the toolbox method that WotC has been building on with 3rd edition. Allowing people to develope their own worlds makes for great gaming, plus he gets all the Rokugan votes too.</p><p>I also would have liked Hollowfaust to win, but not because of the cover art (which I would never have nominated for a prize though I do like it). I would have liked it to win for the quality of material. On the other hand Freeport was several times the size..... do I wish that there had been a longer/shorter segement? Yes. Because I wanted Hollowfaust to win an award. I don't think it had anything to do with fairness. If WotC had won the award for Silver Marches I wouldn't have been any more irriated than I am that Freeport won.</p><p></p><p>The more awards that are made the less important the awards themselves become.</p><p></p><p>Two other comments</p><p>1. PLEASE PUT AN "OPT OUT BUTTON". I know I voted in several catagories because I couldn't cast the votes for the catagories I liked without voting in every catagory. some very random places got my votes in the game acessory catagory.</p><p></p><p>2. This contradicts the above but I think that the free online products could be increased in number. Since the creators are providing free products for anyone inthe community I think a few awards to recognize their contributions more speicifically would be great.</p><p>(If for no other reason than to encourage people to download good products and enrich the game as a whole).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grraf, post: 304396, member: 3791"] To be blunt: I think its apparent from any kind of serious look that smaller publishers benift greatly from the current way the award is structured. The small segment of the gaming population which has heard of the awards, visited the site and went through the process of voting is more familiar with and more passionate about smaller publishers than your average D&D player. Its hard to perceive complains about the process in any other fashion than either "My favorite product didn't win!" or "I hate WotC!" I know I'm feeling some sour grapes that SLCS: Ghelspad didn't win. The book is fantastic. On the other hand OA was written brilliantly by James W. using the toolbox method that WotC has been building on with 3rd edition. Allowing people to develope their own worlds makes for great gaming, plus he gets all the Rokugan votes too. I also would have liked Hollowfaust to win, but not because of the cover art (which I would never have nominated for a prize though I do like it). I would have liked it to win for the quality of material. On the other hand Freeport was several times the size..... do I wish that there had been a longer/shorter segement? Yes. Because I wanted Hollowfaust to win an award. I don't think it had anything to do with fairness. If WotC had won the award for Silver Marches I wouldn't have been any more irriated than I am that Freeport won. The more awards that are made the less important the awards themselves become. Two other comments 1. PLEASE PUT AN "OPT OUT BUTTON". I know I voted in several catagories because I couldn't cast the votes for the catagories I liked without voting in every catagory. some very random places got my votes in the game acessory catagory. 2. This contradicts the above but I think that the free online products could be increased in number. Since the creators are providing free products for anyone inthe community I think a few awards to recognize their contributions more speicifically would be great. (If for no other reason than to encourage people to download good products and enrich the game as a whole). [/QUOTE]
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