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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 3327818" data-attributes="member: 697">I think the Ennies are, by far, the best awards available. They got there by working as a fan award first and foremost, not by letting publishers push them around. To be blunt, the Ennies are far more important to EN World and the 'net gaming community than any publisher. The publishers have the Origins Awards. Let the publishers run them. The Ennies should answer only to the fans and the volunteers who put hours of work into the process.Every last publisher on Earth could hate the Ennies with the anger of a 1,000 suns, but if the fans care about them all that publisher hate is pointless. Fans decide which awards are important, not publishers, just like fans decide which books sell and which ones rot in warehouses.By the same token, if every publisher loved the Ennies but fans just didn't care, the awards would be utterly irrelevant.So, to be a bit cruel to Tim, you can let ICE walk. You can't afford to let the fans walk. And, sorry to say to the guys at ICE, I don't exactly see an exodus of fans following them out the door.Heck, WotC doesn't participate, and that hasn't slowed the awards' momentum. It's utterly bogus to claim that you need publishers involved to make the awards legit. The Ennies are fine without 800 lb. gorilla of RPGs involved. They'll be fine without anyone or everyone else.And if no print publishers enter, the PDF segment is growing by leaps and bounds. Let the young, hungry, and innovative 'net outfits compete.</blockquote>

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