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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 3322999" data-attributes="member: 9225">Receiving review comps and receiving  payment are two entirely different things.Well, obviously they can, because they are. In it's current form, the ENnies are not strictly by and for the fans. They're by fans and occasional industry people. Certainly, the proportion of people with industry credits to fans in the administration of the ENnies is much greater than the proportion in the general hobby, so it obviously has an industry bias.Then they aren't fan awards. They're industry awards with a deceptive pretense.The judge nomination form makes it easy for me to, for example, proxy through somebody I know who happens to be taking a year off from freelancing. The clause disqualifying people who have "relationships" with RPG publishers is ridiculously short and looks like it was designed to provide a veneer of fannishness without disqualifying interested industry parties. Hell, I think that there's probably more relevant industry influence over the ENnies than the OAs at this point. Some Academy members haven't been active rpg creatives in ages or have permanently left behind producing for the hobby.I'd love the ENnies to be fan awards, but they aren't.</blockquote>