Comments on: The ENnies and Quick-Start Rules

By: Fraser Ronald

Fraser Ronald — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:06:03 +0000

Last year, the podcast category got folded into the website category (or something similar) due to a lack of submissions. This year, there was a concerted effort in the podcasting community to get shows to submit, and we once again have our own category. That said, the Accidental Survivors did not submit. Why not? 1) Lazy. 2) Didn't really want to spend the money to send 6 CDs of selected shows. 3) None of us are going to Gen Con this year, so we couldn't bask in the adulation. And 4) we really don't believe that even a win is going to increase our audience by that much. If there are free RPG producers out there that submitted but got shafted in favour of quickstart rules, I do think there is a problem. If there were not enough free RPGs submitted, then the free RPG producers need to work harder next year. .-= Fraser Ronald´s last blog ..Advice to Aspiring Novelists 2: Finish Writing Novels =-.

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:34:33 +0000

From what I've seen more than enough blogs have submitted to the ENnies.

By: bonemaster

bonemaster — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:33:30 +0000

@Dyson - I understand your point, but it would make sense to simply let people know that if there are not enough entries for a category, then that category will not appear that year. Harsh, yes, but practical. I agree with Stargazer, Some people might not enter because of how they think they might face or because they simply don't know what category their submission is suppose to be for. .-= bonemaster´s last blog ..But it's my ENnie! =-.

By: Dyson Logos

Dyson Logos — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:31:24 +0000

Yes. What I think is wrong is that the free RPG publishing community obviously needs to work harder on their own promotional work so this doesn't happen again. Ditto for the blogs and websites. The problem I see is with the people submitting or failing to, not with the awards. .-= Dyson Logos´s last blog ..[Wraith Recon] Jorun Mel’var, Wraith Recon Four recruit =-.

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:26:13 +0000

@Dyson: Sure, if they get not enough submissions then they could run into trouble. But don't you think something is already wrong when people don't submit their stuff?

By: Dyson Logos

Dyson Logos — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:07 +0000

The problem with announcing categories before submissions is that if not enough entries make it in for one category, they have to fold the category back into the general category it came from. So if they split up web resources into five types of categories, in the end they might only have enough entries for the one anyways, and then they get the problem of the people who submitted their material claiming that the categories they submitted for were misleading (this happened at least once with software submissions which had to be pushed back into best aid or accessory). .-= Dyson Logos´s last blog ..[Wraith Recon] Jorun Mel’var, Wraith Recon Four recruit =-.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:06:15 +0000

Announcing the categories before people submit things makes a lot of sense. Someone might not submit to a "website" category -- thinking they're up against DDI, but they might submit to a "blog" category for example. .-= Stuart´s last blog ..The ENnies and RPG Awards =-.

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:26 +0000

Thanks a lot! I tried to make my position on the whole affair a bit clearer than in my last post. I hope I succeeded although I fear I still sound like an angry gamer.

By: Rob Lang

Rob Lang — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:22:57 +0000

A great post, sir. Denise has commented further on 1KM1KT:
http://www.1km1kt.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1684
.-= Rob Lang´s last blog ..Help Free RPG Authors by voting "Truly Free" at the Ennies =-.