Steel_Wind
Legend
Once upon a time, the ENnies were simply ENWorld's website awards announced online during Gencon.
Rapidly, over the course of years, the ENnies have now become an awards gala which is PART of Gencon and which is conducted at and voted upon at a site separate from ENWorld.
The awards have become more than being about this site - and have become, for better or worse, a part of Gencon itself.
I put it to you that the categories of products reflected in the current ENnies betrays a bias of its roots as awards given by an RPG focussed site, instead of awards reflecting the products sold at, played at, and concerning, in general, the hobby games industry at Gencon - of which RPGs are only a part.
I suggest that the ENnies need expanding to cover other genres of games.
We do not have candidates for:
In short, Gencon is a much bigger industry event than simply RPGs. And while the RPG nature of the ENnies reflects the bias of games covered by ENWorld, the awards have become bigger than this site.
These are categories that I would like to see covered by the Ennies - and I would propose electing a separate batch (or two batches, if required) of judges to deal with the new categories of nominations.
Consimworld and Boardgamegeek.com could link to the site for voting in the same manner as other RGP sites have been approached to do so and who deliver votes.
Yes, that duplicates Origins industry awarded awards. The difference is, given a choice between winning an ENnie and winning an award at Origins, I have not a doubt in my mind as to which I would prefer to receive – and I put it to you that the ENnies is of more value, commercially and as a feather in your hat.
In short, I think the ENnies have more legitimacy and have become - for better or worse - a PART of Gencon. The ENies already partly duplicates awards given at Origins. The sugestion that to expand the categories is somehow cutting somebody's elses grass does not stand up to scrutiny.
The ENnies organizers have been asked to add these categories in the past and have indicated their unwillingness to do so. I would ask that that decision be revisited.
Given the expansion in the ENnies and the great legitimacy this award has, and its now becoming a part of the fabric of Gencon, I submit that next year, the award categories should be expanded to cover these other genres and new judges elected to deal with these genres so that the current RPG judges are not taxed beyond their limits.
Rapidly, over the course of years, the ENnies have now become an awards gala which is PART of Gencon and which is conducted at and voted upon at a site separate from ENWorld.
The awards have become more than being about this site - and have become, for better or worse, a part of Gencon itself.
I put it to you that the categories of products reflected in the current ENnies betrays a bias of its roots as awards given by an RPG focussed site, instead of awards reflecting the products sold at, played at, and concerning, in general, the hobby games industry at Gencon - of which RPGs are only a part.
I suggest that the ENnies need expanding to cover other genres of games.
We do not have candidates for:
- CCGs,
- Non-collectible Card games
- Miniatures, painted
- Miiatures unpainted,
- CMG games,
- boardgames (war)
- boardgames (non-war)
In short, Gencon is a much bigger industry event than simply RPGs. And while the RPG nature of the ENnies reflects the bias of games covered by ENWorld, the awards have become bigger than this site.
These are categories that I would like to see covered by the Ennies - and I would propose electing a separate batch (or two batches, if required) of judges to deal with the new categories of nominations.
Consimworld and Boardgamegeek.com could link to the site for voting in the same manner as other RGP sites have been approached to do so and who deliver votes.
Yes, that duplicates Origins industry awarded awards. The difference is, given a choice between winning an ENnie and winning an award at Origins, I have not a doubt in my mind as to which I would prefer to receive – and I put it to you that the ENnies is of more value, commercially and as a feather in your hat.
In short, I think the ENnies have more legitimacy and have become - for better or worse - a PART of Gencon. The ENies already partly duplicates awards given at Origins. The sugestion that to expand the categories is somehow cutting somebody's elses grass does not stand up to scrutiny.
The ENnies organizers have been asked to add these categories in the past and have indicated their unwillingness to do so. I would ask that that decision be revisited.
Given the expansion in the ENnies and the great legitimacy this award has, and its now becoming a part of the fabric of Gencon, I submit that next year, the award categories should be expanded to cover these other genres and new judges elected to deal with these genres so that the current RPG judges are not taxed beyond their limits.