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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dareoon Dalandrove" data-source="post: 730233" data-attributes="member: 2277">I'm nobody; so if I've stepped into something that is beyond me please excuse my ignorance.First I think that there should be a PDF only category.  You could allow PDF publishers to take themselves out of that category and go at it with the print publisher but not both.  It should be small and may not even take place at the actual awards but could be announced on the boards.  Only the big awards are on TV.  It’s like the kiddy pool.  It’s not coddling them, but giving those fledglings a chance at success.The one reason that I can think of to not have the medal system in place is because of the current market.  Wizards are at the top.  They have the money and name recognition. They received votes by people who don't know any better. They can afford to make mistakes.  While other publishers only get one chance.  It's an all or nothing fight.  You win it’s your day.  There is no second place.  When they stop winning maybe it will be a wake up call to stop making sub par products, make them work for it.  Wizards are the big dog that everybody is gunning for that’s why they must be in it other wise it’s a joke.  At the first ENnies I was surprised at how many awards they won.  That's marketing, people don't know every product and never will.  My suggestion would be if the awards become too lopsided then things need to be changed start adding runners up or 2 and 3rd place “winners”.  Keeping the ENnies "Pure" is something to shoot for, because in the end it will become like all the rest.  When you see a full page "for your consideration" ad in Dragon then you know that time has come.  Voting should only be for those that are member of the boards and who have a post count (greater than 1 because they signed up to vote) and log IP (to prevent accidentally voting twice).  People should only be allowed to vote on products that they own or have a "working relationship with".  This should level the playing field as much as it can be.  Nobody will be clicking a name simply because they know the name.</blockquote>

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