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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andy_Collins" data-source="post: 1037797" data-attributes="member: 1982">Enny GoalsJeff (Colonel Hardisson) Black asked me to share my thoughts about this year's awards, so here I am.Clearly, there was a lot of confusion out there as to what was eligible for this year's awards. Heck, even we at WotC missed the change when we first started putting together our nominations. That's a shame, because it's now resulting in a lot of false assumptions about which products should or shouldn't have won the awards given out last Friday night. That's unfair to the products that rightfully won their categories.Wizards of the Coast (specifically, R&D) entered the one and only product category for which we felt eligible. (See my MM II post above.) The department selected a product that we felt represented a top-notch effort, based on customer feedback, sales, and other factors. (Frankly, it was essentially a "pick 'em" from a list of a few products--we're pretty proud of a lot of things we published over the last 12 months.)Frankly, I think it's a real shame that more Wizards products couldn't qualify for the non-rules categories. As an example, the fact that Henry Higgenbotham's fantastic cover for Book of Vile Darkness happened to be glued to a book that didn't include the OGL shouldn't have any impact on the recognition of the quality of his work.The organizers of the Ennies have some hard questions to ask themselves between now and next year, and I think it's great that they're already asking for feedback. Regardless of one's opinion about how the awards turned out, I think it's clear that the intent of the organizers is a good one. I would encourage them to begin dialogues with the various d20 companies out there to see what feedback (if any) the publishers might want to share on a private level.In closing, I'll just offer our thanks to Morrus and everyone else who cared enough to make the awards happen--as well as to everyone who voted--and our congratulations to all the nominees and winners.</blockquote>

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