Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 305413" data-attributes="member: 363">I like the idea of looking into how to expand the awards to accomodate special cases - the Everquest RPG is a great example. We may see more such uses of the OGL, and to include them in the consideration process makes sense to me. I'd even like to expand the scope to include permutations of earlier editions of D&amp;D - and yes, I'm talking about HackMaster specifically. Maybe simply say the awards cover all things d20 and D&amp;D. I want to say something to all the d20 publishers that are checking in on this thread - I'm not exaggerating or blowing smoke up your arses by saying that I was very impressed by how good the material we saw was. It really was on par with WotC's stuff in concept and writing. The reason I would rather WotC remained in the competition is because you guys really can compete with them. Maybe not in market penetration/name recognition, but in quality. I know it's naive, but I really held out hope that some of the d20 publishers would take some awards in categories in which they directly competed with WotC. I know that the popular vote was really lopsided...I wish it wasn't like that. It shouldn't have been like that. I've been a supporter of Necromancer and Fiery Dragon, to name two, from early on, simply because the stuff they make is just that good. There are a number fo other companies I feel the same way about. I hope that despite the problems that all of you guys get a deserved boost in sales.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 305413, member: 363"] I like the idea of looking into how to expand the awards to accomodate special cases - the Everquest RPG is a great example. We may see more such uses of the OGL, and to include them in the consideration process makes sense to me. I'd even like to expand the scope to include permutations of earlier editions of D&D - and yes, I'm talking about HackMaster specifically. Maybe simply say the awards cover all things d20 and D&D. I want to say something to all the d20 publishers that are checking in on this thread - I'm not exaggerating or blowing smoke up your arses by saying that I was very impressed by how good the material we saw was. It really was on par with WotC's stuff in concept and writing. The reason I would rather WotC remained in the competition is because you guys really can compete with them. Maybe not in market penetration/name recognition, but in quality. I know it's naive, but I really held out hope that some of the d20 publishers would take some awards in categories in which they directly competed with WotC. I know that the popular vote was really lopsided...I wish it wasn't like that. It shouldn't have been like that. I've been a supporter of Necromancer and Fiery Dragon, to name two, from early on, simply because the stuff they make is just that good. There are a number fo other companies I feel the same way about. I hope that despite the problems that all of you guys get a deserved boost in sales. [/QUOTE]

Verification