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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BastionPress_Creech" data-source="post: 1736237" data-attributes="member: 12016">Continuing with my earlier post...One of the other hurdles that the Ennies face that has been brought up before is how to make them meaningful outside of the EN World community. Right now there is a definite split in those participating in Ennies discussions as to whether the awards should even involve those outside of the EN community. While that is an argument for a different thread, it does bring up the point of growth. Does EN World want to see the Ennies grow into becoming the Gen Con awards? This is a question that should be considered strongly and answered. Right now, for use of the Gen Con awards name, Gen Con LLC provides booth, 2-3 hotel rooms, several badges and a venue for the award ceremony. If the awards are going to grow, does EN World need this? By all means. But if EN World wants to draw back and focus on being strictly d20 and EN membership voting only, then what is really lost? Only the Gen Con awards name and the perks that are provided. If the decision to scale back is made, is anything truly lost in the big picture? Except for the venue, one could argue "no".So if the Ennies want to grow and fully become the Gen Con awards then it has to find a way to become meaningful to all gamers and not just those from the d20 crowd or EN World. It can do this and help subsidize the cost of the Ennies. Remember that program book I mentioned earlier? It can serve as a good vehicle for expanding the awareness of the Ennies. Paid for through advertising by publishers/manufacturers, the book could include product descriptions of each of the nominees, a one page history of EN World and its relevance to the gaming community, along with a 10% (or XX%) off coupon for a single purchase of a winning Ennie product good for the duration of the convention. Obviously, all of the publishers would have to be on board for this, but it would help generate some buzz about the Ennies and require people to seek out more information to determine who won. Ideally, this program book would be placed as an insert in the on-site Gen Con program book or included in the bags handed out to maximize the number of people who would see it.Making the Ennies a more visible commodity will help add value to the awards and in return help bring more publishers on board as active participants and supporters. If the publishers truly believe in the value of the Ennies, then it will become more significant to gamers as those very publishers begin to promote it more frequently, showing their belief in the qualities of the awards.</blockquote>

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