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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 1037842" data-attributes="member: 363">Or it more likely means that there are a few companies that do consistently good work. The judges spent a lot of time going through all the submitted entries, and we really tried to recognize excellence where it was, regardless of who made made the product.Why? Perhaps because one thinks one's product is good enough to win? As a judge, I can say I didn't go through all the submitted material just to pick out what I thought was most popular and nominate on that criterion. That type of thing simply doesn't enter into the judging process. I picked what I felt was the best from each category. I didn't care about who made it. I think our nominees reflect that.I wish these publishers would speak up. We need dialogue about these issues. However, it sounds a bit too much like some are expecting nominations just for entering. At least, that's what I'm getting from what you wrote. There was a lot of competition this year; everyone can't be a nominee, and everyone can't win. To be honest, I wish they could. I don't want people think that just because they weren't nominated that we thought their product was crap. The individual judges' lists reflect that some products came very close to nomination, but didn't quite make it. I had proposed a "Judges Choice" parallel award for each category to reflect this, but the proposal was roundly rejected by the posters here.I'm interested in hearing what you propose. I made some proposals of my own last year and just before this year's awards, as did many others. Many of those proposals were implemented, and many weren't. As you say, we need to discuss this.</blockquote>

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