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<blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 2941895" data-attributes="member: 697">I agree with this sentiment, but I utterly disagree with the idea that publishers are stakeholders in the awards. The publishers only have a stake in the awards in that they might win one.The fans, the average guy on the street who buys RPG stuff, are your customers. Any award remains vital only so long as it continues to point to good stuff. Gamers, not publishers, define what &quot;good stuff&quot; actually means.Look at the Origins Awards. The publishers and RPG designers had free rein to run them, and for years they were wracked by ego clashes, backstabbing, hysterics, and vitriol. In the end, they collapsed. Today, the staggering majority of gamers consider them a joke because when they see the OA nominees, they see stuff that they know doesn't belong in there.Since gamers judge the OAs pointless, they lose all their value. If gamers value an award, the publishers have to enter if they want to win an award that means anything. It doesn't work the other way - the gaming community, not the publishers, determines an award's net worth. Publishers valued the OAs so much that they tore them to pieces like a pack of rabid dogs. All the while, gamers never cared, and look where the OAs are now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mearls, post: 2941895, member: 697"] I agree with this sentiment, but I utterly disagree with the idea that publishers are stakeholders in the awards. The publishers only have a stake in the awards in that they might win one. The fans, the average guy on the street who buys RPG stuff, are your customers. Any award remains vital only so long as it continues to point to good stuff. Gamers, not publishers, define what "good stuff" actually means. Look at the Origins Awards. The publishers and RPG designers had free rein to run them, and for years they were wracked by ego clashes, backstabbing, hysterics, and vitriol. In the end, they collapsed. Today, the staggering majority of gamers consider them a joke because when they see the OA nominees, they see stuff that they know doesn't belong in there. Since gamers judge the OAs pointless, they lose all their value. If gamers value an award, the publishers have to enter if they want to win an award that means anything. It doesn't work the other way - the gaming community, not the publishers, determines an award's net worth. Publishers valued the OAs so much that they tore them to pieces like a pack of rabid dogs. All the while, gamers never cared, and look where the OAs are now. [/QUOTE]

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