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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 3028120" data-attributes="member: 3060">The Origins awards have never really resulted in making an impact on sales. However, the Ennies do make an impact. Just ask anyone who has won an award how well they do the following day. I believe that nearly everyone will comment that it makes a positive effect (some cases huge). For example, Expeditious Retreat Press had a great Saturday with the sales of their 1-on-1 #6.66 adventure. The award brought it a lot of attention which equated to a sold out convention for them and that product. In terms of a much larger picture, if the Ennies were to grow and increase their awareness beyond the 1/10% of the existing gaming population that frequents online communities and had the almost 30,000 attendees at Gen Con become of aware of the awards and grant it a measure of importance, just think what kind of positive effect that can have on a company's sales and profits for the convention. Who benefits? Both the gamer who may not have known about the products nominated and the publisher who received the nomination and/or win. The greater the visibility, the greater the likelihood of having better sales.</blockquote>