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<blockquote data-quote="dr jekyll" data-source="post: 306455" data-attributes="member: 6553">I think a Critic's Choice for each category is too much, but an overall Critic's Choice might be useful.&nbsp; Also, having a second-place prize seems to be overly-patronizing.&nbsp; With 5 products per category, having only one winner is a good thing (there can be only one!)I think having WotC voluntarily backing out and supporting the awards is just as bad as excluding them using some &quot;fake rule&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; They aren't 'technically' a d20 publisher, but as far as mindshare goes, they may as well be.&nbsp; Also, Eric Noah keeps repeating that some of the WotC products won by narrow margins, so it seems that smaller publishers *are* doing a good job of competing with the behometh that is Wizards of the Coast.&nbsp; They may dominate now, but if the d20 movement really possesses the legs we all hope it does, I don't think they can continue to dominate in the long term.I also don't want to see the awards tiered by company size.&nbsp; That destroys the point of seeing the little guys compete and sometimes *win* against WotC.&nbsp; That said, a Best Small Publisher and&nbsp; A Best New Publisher award wouldn't be amiss.I would like to see a few PDF-only categories.&nbsp; I don't know how to make it bearable for the judges, bless 'em, but it would be nice.I'm not sure I like Ryan's proposal.&nbsp; The representative idea is cool, but I want to be able to influence my selected Judge, just like I can (theoretically) influence my congress-critter.dr jekyll</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dr jekyll, post: 306455, member: 6553"] I think a Critic's Choice for each category is too much, but an overall Critic's Choice might be useful. Also, having a second-place prize seems to be overly-patronizing. With 5 products per category, having only one winner is a good thing (there can be only one!) I think having WotC voluntarily backing out and supporting the awards is just as bad as excluding them using some "fake rule". They aren't 'technically' a d20 publisher, but as far as mindshare goes, they may as well be. Also, Eric Noah keeps repeating that some of the WotC products won by narrow margins, so it seems that smaller publishers *are* doing a good job of competing with the behometh that is Wizards of the Coast. They may dominate now, but if the d20 movement really possesses the legs we all hope it does, I don't think they can continue to dominate in the long term. I also don't want to see the awards tiered by company size. That destroys the point of seeing the little guys compete and sometimes *win* against WotC. That said, a Best Small Publisher and A Best New Publisher award wouldn't be amiss. I would like to see a few PDF-only categories. I don't know how to make it bearable for the judges, bless 'em, but it would be nice. I'm not sure I like Ryan's proposal. The representative idea is cool, but I want to be able to influence my selected Judge, just like I can (theoretically) influence my congress-critter. dr jekyll [/QUOTE]

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