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<blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 305849" data-attributes="member: 5705">two-hour nap later...I'd like to say that the whole WotC budget thang really doesn't come into play here for me much.&nbsp; It's not much of an issue.&nbsp; What is the issue is market penetration and saturation.&nbsp; WotC is everywhere.&nbsp; All the other products... well, it's difficult to find them in stores sometimes, and the smaller publishers have significantly smaller print runs.&nbsp; Which means less people familiar with their product, less people voting for their product, no matter how excellent it is.&nbsp; The ENnies are a popularity contest.&nbsp; And it's a pretty rare and special product that can take on WotC.I'm in the rather unique position of being a small publisher who actually beat WotC head on.&nbsp; How does it feel?&nbsp; Pretty darned impressive.&nbsp; Winning anything at all came as a total shock, since there was so much truly excellent product out there, WotC's included, and we were the new kids on the block.&nbsp; P-Hole had only been out for under four months when voting started, so lots of people must've really liked it.&nbsp; I'm still shocked.I like the submitted ideas ofa. having a people's choice and a critic's choice.&nbsp; I pity the panel of judges for having to make those choices though, picking the nominees must've been hard enough!and orb. having a first place entry and runner-up entry.c. having it sponsored by WotC (if it could be arranged)I really don't like the idea of limitting entries.&nbsp; I'm pretty certain that most publishers would only submit the products of which they are most proud and wouldn't submit lesser quality stuff.&nbsp; Besides, think of the swag the judges are scoring!&nbsp; DAMN, that's a lot of free stuff!Good luck Morrus and Eric trying to sort this one through!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dextra, post: 305849, member: 5705"] [b]two-hour nap later...[/b] I'd like to say that the whole WotC budget thang really doesn't come into play here for me much. It's not much of an issue. What is the issue is market penetration and saturation. WotC is everywhere. All the other products... well, it's difficult to find them in stores sometimes, and the smaller publishers have significantly smaller print runs. Which means less people familiar with their product, less people voting for their product, no matter how excellent it is. The ENnies are a popularity contest. And it's a pretty rare and special product that can take on WotC. I'm in the rather unique position of being a small publisher who actually beat WotC head on. How does it feel? Pretty darned impressive. Winning anything at all came as a total shock, since there was so much truly excellent product out there, WotC's included, and we were the new kids on the block. P-Hole had only been out for under four months when voting started, so lots of people must've really liked it. I'm still shocked. I like the submitted ideas of a. having a people's choice and a critic's choice. I pity the panel of judges for having to make those choices though, picking the nominees must've been hard enough! and or b. having a first place entry and runner-up entry. c. having it sponsored by WotC (if it could be arranged) I really don't like the idea of limitting entries. I'm pretty certain that most publishers would only submit the products of which they are most proud and wouldn't submit lesser quality stuff. Besides, think of the swag the judges are scoring! DAMN, that's a lot of free stuff! Good luck Morrus and Eric trying to sort this one through! [/QUOTE]

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