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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 2401881" data-attributes="member: 2174">A lot of problems with this year's Origins  Awards came from the fact that they were handed out by bellydancers and stormtroopers.Despite the hard work of the academy or anyone else, the 9:30 AM Thursday ceremony instantly ceded any claim that the Origins Awards are the most prestigious awards in gaming.The most prestegious award in gaming _cannot_ have a ceremony like the one we got at this year's show. No matter what policy changes must be made at the "behind the scenes" level (and I am sure there are many of them), the public image problem is the #1 problem facing the awards today, and this year's ceremony actually made things considerably worse than they have been since I started paying attention to the awards several years ago.Whether the Ennies are an "industry" award show (by your definition) or not, judging by last year's ceremony, they are most certainly not pathetic, which is a courtesy I can no longer extend to the Origins Awards.You've got your work cut out for you, that's for sure.--Erik Mona</blockquote>