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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 4372905" data-attributes="member: 5705">By the way, I'm sorry if I came across as snarky in my last post.  I think that if publishers want to submit podcasts, that'd be great, and they would go under the free product/webhancement category.  If we got a sufficient number of professional vid or podcasts submitted then we might split it off.And by the same token, if fans want to submit their own podcasts, that too is great, and they would go under the fan product category.  If we got a sufficient number of fan vid or podcasts submitted then we might split it off.BUT I also won't let a split category gut its parent category.  In other words, if we got only five fan sites and fifteen fan podcasts, I would still most likely merge them together to form one category.I'm also thinking that making the judges sit through more than 2-4 hours of podcasts per entry is pushing it.  And that encouraging podcasters to get together and send in one CD of a bunch of podcasts sounds quite clever.  One of the reasons we used to insist upon CD submissions of electronic material was so that if a judge had a crappy customer service experience from downloading a product- or a bad net connection- it wouldn't affect their evaluation of the product itself.  It was also a bit of an artificial barrier to slow the onslaught of entries.  The judges have enough time constraints put on them as it is without forcing them to spend hours downloading materials in addition to evaluating them.  But if (and this is a pretty big if) the podcasters and judges agreed that they'd be willing to take the chance, we might consider allowing electronic entries.  But if a judge couldn't listen to a podcast because their connection was constantly bad and gave up, then the podcaster would just have to deal with them not placing...  Anyhow, it bears consideration.It's frustrating hearing people saying about how if only they'd known when we try and make the rounds of the major boards advertising the Awards.  Heck, I called some publishers and was assured stuff was on its way and never saw it.  There's only so much we can do to chase after product or beg peeps to enter, and after awhile, the entrants have to be responsible themselves for being aware of what's going on.BTW, at Gen Con publishers and fan sites alike are very welcome to submit their product at the ENnies booth (#1504).  I'll have an entry form ready by August 4th so those submitting product can download it and have a package prepared for Gen Con.  Any product released after May 1, 2008 is eligible.</blockquote>

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