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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nikchick" data-source="post: 11330" data-attributes="member: 344">Yep, I think this is a good idea.  Morrus, you're facing the same sorts of problems with the ENnies that the Origins Awards face.  Mearls is correct that a hybrid award (Jury decides nominees, public votes on ultimate winner) are difficult and unpopular these days.  Establishing a clearly defined procedure to separate the two types of recognition now will save you a lot of trouble in the future, imho.As for publisher complaints, screw 'em.  You heard me, screw 'em!  People live to bitch.  Give them something for free and they'll complain that the portions were too small.  Ok, I'm intentionally overstating the case, but no matter what you choose there will be people who find that it somehow disadvantages them or their pet project.One product per category is PERFECTLY REASONABLE.  Especially with the *explosion* of companies and products for d20 out there!  If people felt they were having to "guess" to match products to categories, make clearer guidelines for people to follow.  But asking each company to help narrow the selections to just their best products is not unfair or unreasonable.  To use an example from the Origins Awards, Steve Jackson Games are not "helped" by having 39 books listed in the same category.   Having so many products listed splits their votes and they're more likely to end  up with *nothing* making the final ballot.  Statistically speaking, it's a bad idea. From the quality standpoint (ie the best games make the cut) listing every darn thing is unnecessary.I'll also come forward and say that I was not disappointed AT ALL that the ENnies were voted on by the fans.  Of course the field was much smaller last year, but the fact that the ENnies were fan awards was what made them so WONDERFUL!  There are many things that come into play with awards, and the ENnies are a snap-shot of what was happening at *that moment in time* in the DnD/d20 community.Take Legions of Hell, for example.  It barely made the cut-off for the ENnies, and I was so enthused about the awards (and the quality of the book) I convinced Pramas that he should send copies to England by Federal Express to be considered.  In the months since the ENnies, LoH has gotten lots of rave reviews and exceptionally positive feedback, but it had not penetrated the market enough to make a difference when it came time for the fan vote.  Was it disappointing?  Well, sure!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Everyone likes to win!  But do I think the ENnies are crap, or unfair, or something?  No way!  They captured a snapshot in time, when Legions was about to break out for us but hadn't yet.    It would have been nice to know we'd won the hearts and minds of gamers the world over, but we're not sore losers and we're certainly not going to whine and stomp our feet because we didn't get our due, or something like that!Not everyone will take that approach, of course, but it might behoove them to try it.  Just because people complain doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong, necessarily.  Sometimes their problems are really just that: *their* problems.So there's my donation to the conversation.  Good luck sorting it all out!  I'm sure you'll come to a perfectly fine solution in the end.</blockquote>

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