Nominations are up!!

[Jonny Nexus]

I honestly have heard a few versions thus far so hard to say whats the truth at this point, one fact is clear by the nominations though it is clear I am wasting my time doing software and time to take up.. hmm.. golfing

I think you're find that's an unproductive attitude to take. The judges have a hard decision to make and the one they end up making is the one they end up making. I was terribly disappointed that my fanzine Critical Miss didn't get nominated for the best fan site award, but I didn't come onto this thread to whine about it.

No, I went onto my personal blog and whined extensively about it there, instead.

And ended up getting an award that one of my readers created and awarded this very lunchtime!

I think he was a bit bored.

So ENnies, pah! Who needs them!

Dammit. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I was terribly disappointed that my fanzine Critical Miss didn't get nominated for the best fan site award, but I didn't come onto this thread to whine about it.

No, I went onto my personal blog and whined extensively about it there, instead.

Dude, we gave you the Honorable Mention slot! I know, it's not the same, but we do want to recognize those entries that just miss the top 5. That's why we have an HM in each category. So we did give you something that you can brag about.

Nice site, BTW. I really enjoyed it.

 

[Stormborn]

Congratulations to all the Nominees!

Since this was the first year that anything I worked on was even considered I was pleased to see that at least one thing I contributed to made the nominations (I wrote the Bloodline feats in the Dragon Compendium) and simultaneously disappointed that one particular product where I was the sole author did not make it. However, when I look at all the people who sent things in and the quality of a lot of it, I don't feel so bad. Oh, but next year!

Seriously, anything like this is going to have its criticisms. I have never heard of any kind of award where there was not some kind of controversy about the nominees. I think all of the judges should be praised and thanked for their hard word and time spent on this project.

 

[Jonny Nexus]

Dude, we gave you the Honorable Mention slot! I know, it's not the same, but we do want to recognize those entries that just miss the top 5. That's why we have an HM in each category. So we did give you something that you can brag about.

I have to confess that I did rather assume that there probably weren't much more than six entries, so the Honourable Mention was less an "almost made it" and more a "and there was one other applicant".

Anyhow, although I'm not sure it's exactly something I can brag about (I really liked the idea of being able to constantly say "The ENnie nominated Critical Miss" at every opportunity, and trust me: I would have done!), thanks for the mention.

Nice site, BTW. I really enjoyed it.

Well that's good to hear.

And thanks for spending the time to check it out.

 

[AscentStudios]

Congrats to all our fellow nominees, and thanks to all the judges for recognizing our work. We here at Crafty Games and AEG are very excited about the nominations Spycraft 2.0 received this year and our crossing our fingers for GenCon!

 

[Morrus]

You mean it includes things one might expect with a good adventure module. Heck, the words "Adventure Path" in the title says it is an adventure module as opposed to a setting.

Personally, I do not think that an adventure module (no matter how big) should end up being nominated as both an adventure and a setting.

I wasn't judging, so I had no part in choosing what got nominated for what categories. However, had I been, I'd strongly disagree with that position (not that it matters - neither of us made the decision!)

IMO (and it's just my opinion), what the publisher decides to call the product is irrelevant to the category. The only important factor is the function it serves. And many products may serve more than one function, because products don't necessarily fall into narrow, arbitrary distinctions such as "adventure only", "setting only", or what-have-you. A product is a product, and is unique.

It may be that a setting book with a large monster section may fail utterly as a setting, but the monster section might be huge, beautiful and perfect. In which case it would probably get nominated in a monster book section.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I have to confess that I did rather assume that there probably weren't much more than six entries, so the Honourable Mention was less an "almost made it" and more a "and there was one other applicant".

There were more than 6. We had a full slate on entries, otherwise we would have not had a full category. I believe our minimum number of entries to have a valid category was 9, and all categories exceded that.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I have to confess that I did rather assume that there probably weren't much more than six entries, so the Honourable Mention was less an "almost made it" and more a "and there was one other applicant".

I can't speak for this precise situation, but when I was a judge, the "Honorable Mentions" were made because there were more great entries than nomination slots. It's a sign of a very strong roster of entries, not "well, it's the only other entry, so let's mention it." That was never an issue. Products were either good enough to be nominated, or they weren't. Honorable Mention is just shy of a nomination, and should be something to be proud of.

 

[JoeGKushner]

It may be that a setting book with a large monster section may fail utterly as a setting, but the monster section might be huge, beautiful and perfect. In which case it would probably get nominated in a monster book section.

Lockdown for M&M would probably fall into that category.

and from years ago, Crooks Meta-4 setting, even though it wasnt' the majority of the book (although it was detailed in criminal backgrounds!), would be another example of a book serving multi-functions.

 

[Erik Mona]

And man oh man Crooks was an awesome book. Sort of like Shackled City.

--Erik