Quick ENnies Question - what would you like your award to say?

[Morrus]

As you know, we have both first place (gold) and second place (silver) ENnies this year.

When I pass the list of winners etc. to the chap making the awards, I will need to tell him exactly what to put on the plaque. Assuming you were to win, what would you prefer?

WINNER / RUNNER-UP

FIRST PLACE / SECOND PLACE

An alternative?

I'm sending the list out in just a few hours, so this is just a very quick feeler.

 

[Acquana]

I'd like it to say "Free Tacos for Life" and "Mistress of Cupcakes." But that's just me.

 

[spacecrime.com]

Hm. This could just be me, but I'm not crazy about either phrasing. My understanding is that the awards are a recognition of achievement -- that they are won but not lost. "1st place / 2nd place" and "Winner / Runner-Up" seem to emphasize the competitive aspect, and that seems a little out of place given that the voting process is about saying how much you like each of the products nominated.

Of the two choices, I prefer "Winner / Runner-Up", though I can't put my finger on why. However, I'd rather see something along the lines of "gold medal" and "silver medal", which creates three levels of recognition (the honor of being nominated being the third level, and I think it is a significant honor, something that I am already proud to put on future work) while deemphasizing the win-lose aspect of the awards as much as possible.

I probably sound like a complete doofus now, but oh well.

best wishes,

 

[Scorpio]

Makes perfect sense to me, I agree!

 

[jgbrowning]

I'd rather see something along the lines of "gold medal" and "silver medal", which creates three levels of recognition (the honor of being nominated being the third level, and I think it is a significant honor, something that I am already proud to put on future work) while deemphasizing the win-lose aspect of the awards as much as possible.

I like this idea.

joe b.

 

[fba827]

Hmm - I don't know how much this will really help you. But of the options you've given, I actually prefer First Place and Second Place for the exact same reason spacecrime.com chose the other option.

To me, the word winner has the whole winner/loser pairing associated with it.

First and Second Place don't have a "loser" opposite to them. They are just place rankings (which is how the voting is done).

Just my opinion anyway.


(quick side story : When I read the thread title, my mind immediately though, I want a d20 award to say "Critical Hit" but then there wouldn't be a sister-ranking for the runner-up (other than "Fumble" ) so it wouldn't work ... plus I believe there is a d20 publisher or magazine (or something) of that same name (?)... heh.. just what my mind was thinking when I read the title - we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread already in progress)

Edit: I did check the thesaurus for similar meaning words (looking up "winner" and "prize" and such) .. but couldn't come up with anything that jumped out at me...

Edit2: Gold / silver could work if you decide to go that route. Heck, Gold is one of the default colors here (or should I say colours ? )

 

[SkeletonKey Ed]

I would just put the category, product, winning company and maybe contributors. The fact that the Ennies will be gold and silver should be enough.

Olympic silver medals don't say 2nd place on them.

- Ed

 

[spacecrime.com]

fba827: "Critical Hit" is a wonderful name for the golden award. I'm not sure what that makes the silver -- maybe a "Critical Threat"?

(I also like that -- if you stretch the metaphor -- this makes all the nominees "Hits." )

Your differing reaction points out why I don't know why I lean the way I do. It's very subjective, which is why win or not-win I certainly would have no quibble with whatever Morrus picks. It's all ice cream on a hot summer day to me.

SkeletonKey Ed: An excellent point about the Olympic medals. Sometimes less really is more.

really looking forward to meeting everybody at the ceremony,

 

[d20Dwarf]

I agree with Sked, if the awards have different colors, then I don't think anything needs to be put on them. An ENnie is an ENnie!

 

[Mark]

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