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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3336750" data-attributes="member: 10177">SR4 was really that much of an improvement. The judges would not have nominated it if it wasn't. SR4 deserved its win. Way better than SR1, 2, or 3. Part of it was just over all presentation of the rules, such as the template type of characters.The only nominations last year I questioned not winning was VII. Since I didn't actually read that stuff, just looked through it and read opinions about it, I couldn't really say.Plus, bottom line, fan choice awards are a popularity contest. They are voting for what they like, not doing an analytical assessment of its quality. Thats what the judges do to narrow it down to 5 nominations.I think if a product just gets nominated it deserves as much of a look at as the ones that win silver and gold.Nominations are made by the judges based on technical merit more than &quot;I like it&quot;. The fan vote is practically all about &quot;I like it best&quot;.So for the last two years I have realized this and looked at, read up on, and frequently bought runner up/nominations because I finally realized what being nominated versus winning the popular vote means. The judges are the electoral college and the fans are the &quot;popular vote&quot;. Which one means the most?I like to give them both about equal weight, since I can in this situation.If I become a judge I may have a very different opinion from now on. I strongly suspect I'l give nominations more weight than popular vote.&nbsp; Hopefully I will find out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 3336750, member: 10177"] SR4 was really that much of an improvement. The judges would not have nominated it if it wasn't. SR4 deserved its win. Way better than SR1, 2, or 3. Part of it was just over all presentation of the rules, such as the template type of characters. The only nominations last year I questioned not winning was VII. Since I didn't actually read that stuff, just looked through it and read opinions about it, I couldn't really say. Plus, bottom line, fan choice awards are a popularity contest. They are voting for what they like, not doing an analytical assessment of its quality. Thats what the judges do to narrow it down to 5 nominations. I think if a product just gets nominated it deserves as much of a look at as the ones that win silver and gold. Nominations are made by the judges based on technical merit more than "I like it". The fan vote is practically all about "I like it best". So for the last two years I have realized this and looked at, read up on, and frequently bought runner up/nominations because I finally realized what being nominated versus winning the popular vote means. The judges are the electoral college and the fans are the "popular vote". Which one means the most? I like to give them both about equal weight, since I can in this situation. If I become a judge I may have a very different opinion from now on. I strongly suspect I'l give nominations more weight than popular vote. Hopefully I will find out. [/QUOTE]

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