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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 731242" data-attributes="member: 94">I guess I have figured out where the "medal" supporters are coming from, though it sounds to me like-- well, to put it in perspective, if they were film-makers, they'd value an MTV award over an Oscar. Personally, I would be happy to have an ENnie Nomination and I would absolutely tout that fact in marketing. The nomination is every bit as "marketable" at a 2nd or 3rd place showing. And let's not kid anyone-- I do think publishers are pulling for something marketable here.Frankly I think it is up to the publishers to give the ENnie nominations the respect they deserve. The nominations and award winners only have as much value as we are willing to put behind them. The idea of changing the rules just to curtail WOTC's sweep leaves a more bitter taste in my mouth than the sweep itself did (and yes, it annoyed me, and I wasn't even nominated). With just a couple of exceptions, I had to eventually admit that WOTC won because they really did have the best entry.I think this year, however, that has changed. As "small" publishers we are getting better-- and WOTC is probably getting a bit worse. I don't see it so much an issue of levelling the playing field as I see improving our performance to WOTC's level. WOTC indisputably makes some beautiful products that will pull votes on production value alone. For the most part though I think the 3rd party publishers put out better, more useful, more daring content.Again, my only concern is to limit the "popular vote" to active participants at ENworld-- either by account age or number of posts. These are the ENnies, they should be decided by ENworlders, not by random passers-by drummed up just to vote.I got enough of that crap livin' in Chicago... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Wulf</blockquote>

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