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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 729587" data-attributes="member: 7394">Mark, I appreciate your optimism, and I know you to be a logical and well-meaning person, but on this matter I simply have to disagree with you. Most of the people that are regulars to these boards are well informed and agree or disagree with them, at least the majority of the people here take the time to put real thought behind their statements (this is one of the reasons that I find this corner of cyberspace a refreshing outlet for social interraction - albeit limited interraction). Unfortunately Morrus has shown us the stats proving that a large number of people who visit ENWorld don't participate in the boards at any level. They show up, they read the news, they vote occasionally. I was one of these people for a long time back when these were Eric's boards. Maybe these people have seen the headlines about the various products, but do they actually know all the products? In most cases, I would argue no. A positive frame of mind also doesn't address the issue of whether someone who isn't in possession of all the products is qualified to vote.Anyway, with only a few exceptions (Malhavoc Press, I would assume, being one of them), PDF sales are way below what you can expect for a printed product. I really believe that there are 2 major gulfs in the industry. The first gulf is between WotC and everyone else that puts a D20 logo on their product. The second is between anyone who puts a D20 logo on their product and a PDF with a D20 logo on it. I think that hard-working companies can only be properly recognized for their acheivements if the playing field is level, and I have to disagree with you on the notion that it is with the way the awards are currently structured.</blockquote>

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