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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5264619" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>In theory, the company might have something to gain - though I think the impact of winning an Ennie is as yest unproven. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Um... as I recall, most of this year's judges <em>aren't EN World regulars</em>. Targeting EN World wouldn't help much. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>At this point, the issue isn't really EN World being important. It's whether <em>GenCon</em> is important, because the Ennies are GenCon's awards. If some company in Tibet that puts out RPG content doesn't know about or think GenCon is important to them, well, I suppose that could happen. </p><p></p><p>So, I take it then that if we could, somehow, create an elite team of well-funded folks to scour the world looking for products, acquire copies and ship them off to the judges, then it would be worth looking at?</p><p></p><p>There's a saying - "making perfect the enemy of good". You are engaged in that - throwing away all value the Ennies might get you, because the awards have what you consider to be a flaw.</p><p> </p><p>As an end-consumer, what do you have to gain from the Ennies? A list of cool products. That's all. Not a definitive statement that the winner is, objectively, the coolest product of the year - since "cool product" is subjective, no method of selection would get you that. But, you get some sign that maybe other gamers like these things, such that they might be worth your perusal. Consider it peer review.</p><p></p><p>So, it remains - is the list of nominees a list of cool products? Does having a bunch of Pathfinder stuff in there mean the rest (the clear majority of the items on the list, even) aren't cool?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5264619, member: 177"] In theory, the company might have something to gain - though I think the impact of winning an Ennie is as yest unproven. Um... as I recall, most of this year's judges [I]aren't EN World regulars[/I]. Targeting EN World wouldn't help much. At this point, the issue isn't really EN World being important. It's whether [I]GenCon[/I] is important, because the Ennies are GenCon's awards. If some company in Tibet that puts out RPG content doesn't know about or think GenCon is important to them, well, I suppose that could happen. So, I take it then that if we could, somehow, create an elite team of well-funded folks to scour the world looking for products, acquire copies and ship them off to the judges, then it would be worth looking at? There's a saying - "making perfect the enemy of good". You are engaged in that - throwing away all value the Ennies might get you, because the awards have what you consider to be a flaw. As an end-consumer, what do you have to gain from the Ennies? A list of cool products. That's all. Not a definitive statement that the winner is, objectively, the coolest product of the year - since "cool product" is subjective, no method of selection would get you that. But, you get some sign that maybe other gamers like these things, such that they might be worth your perusal. Consider it peer review. So, it remains - is the list of nominees a list of cool products? Does having a bunch of Pathfinder stuff in there mean the rest (the clear majority of the items on the list, even) aren't cool? [/QUOTE]
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