I founded the Indie Game Reading Club in 2010. I've written and developed RPGs since the mid-90s, now I mostly talk about playing them.
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0 thoughts on “Have you voted for Urban Shadows yet? ENnies voting is open!”
I just shrug and move on when it comes to award stuff.
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I just vote for the ones I know and abstain on everything else
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Joe Beason mostly I like to use these things as leads on games maybe I hadn’t heard about. It’s getting easier all the time! Because it’s all crap I’ll never care about.
Aaron Griffin yeah me too. Or stuff put out by friends that maybe I haven’t actually read yet. It’s an utterly corrupt process.
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I, too, felt really clueless about the options in most of the categories.
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I’m comfortable being out of touch with purchasing new things. Play’s the thing, to me.
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Don’t forget you can also vote on the judges! Because…uh…sure?
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Adam Day yeah that’s weird. I voted for the name i knew (Victor Wyatt).
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The Ennies have never made a lick of sense
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As I have always told you, all gaming awards are trash and should be put in the garbage, but you don’t see me putting in the effort and money to make a good one.
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If I could figure out how to not go broke and/or make lifelong enemies doing it, I’d love to put together an awards program.
Then there’s the question of credibility and commercial value. You’d have to market the awards to publishers and stores alike. Not impossible, The Dice Tower did it.
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Thanks Paul Beakley. haha
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I experienced something similar last Easter when the biggest game magazine in Sweden decided to host an Award at GothCon. Fans and readers of the magazine had submitted names and titles for a month or so and this whole Award ceremony boiled down to ridiculous because when the person presenting (for example) the “nominees for best artwork” and the list 12 people… You have to start wondering (at least I did): “Is there even a single artist NOT nominated? And if there IS… How mean to mention everyone but them.”
It gets to a point where listing nominees stops serving its purpose and should just be skipped.
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Take one Shadow for voting for something you haven’t read. (And I will too.)
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Judd Karlman those things don’t have to be incompatible!
Although given the selection the ENnies offer up, it is kind of true when it comes to mainstream gaming. Lots and lots of the same play experience happening inside different settings, with systems not especially well tuned to their fiction.
They were right! System really doesn’t matter. :-/
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I would seriously consider any game nominated for an award based on actually playing a number of games. Wouldn’t even have to only be new games.
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Like “Best campaign-length game based on the last 10 campaigns Paul Beakley has been involved in” is more important to me than an ENnie.
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J. Walton I wish I could get more playing in! It feels weird to designate my personal GOTY out of like four games.
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I ignore categories where I don’t know a game and want to see it win. Occasionally, I hate vote. Vote for everyone in a category but someone.
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Oh I hadn’t thought of hate voting.
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#rabidpaulies
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According to ENnie voting instructions, you can’t hate vote.
Or is it still possible regardless?
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I voted for everything but one thing in a category.
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Yeah, but it doesn’t have a negative impact according to their instructions.
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Ok, maybe true. Made me feel good and it was as pointless as voting in the first place.
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Ahh, okay. I thought there was actually a way to create negative feedback through their voting system. Sorry for the confusion!
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No worries!
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I like the awards that stuff I’ve worked on got, but I’m not at all sure the process isn’t somehow super hinky.
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There’s one product that I’d never heard of that is: 1) up for multiple awards, and 2) made by someone I really don’t like. This made me feel kinda happy, because it means that I’ve done a good job curating my social media feeds.
I just shrug and move on when it comes to award stuff.
I just vote for the ones I know and abstain on everything else
Joe Beason mostly I like to use these things as leads on games maybe I hadn’t heard about. It’s getting easier all the time! Because it’s all crap I’ll never care about.
Aaron Griffin yeah me too. Or stuff put out by friends that maybe I haven’t actually read yet. It’s an utterly corrupt process.
I, too, felt really clueless about the options in most of the categories.
I’m comfortable being out of touch with purchasing new things. Play’s the thing, to me.
Don’t forget you can also vote on the judges! Because…uh…sure?
Adam Day yeah that’s weird. I voted for the name i knew (Victor Wyatt).
The Ennies have never made a lick of sense
As I have always told you, all gaming awards are trash and should be put in the garbage, but you don’t see me putting in the effort and money to make a good one.
If I could figure out how to not go broke and/or make lifelong enemies doing it, I’d love to put together an awards program.
Then there’s the question of credibility and commercial value. You’d have to market the awards to publishers and stores alike. Not impossible, The Dice Tower did it.
Thanks Paul Beakley. haha
I experienced something similar last Easter when the biggest game magazine in Sweden decided to host an Award at GothCon. Fans and readers of the magazine had submitted names and titles for a month or so and this whole Award ceremony boiled down to ridiculous because when the person presenting (for example) the “nominees for best artwork” and the list 12 people… You have to start wondering (at least I did): “Is there even a single artist NOT nominated? And if there IS… How mean to mention everyone but them.”
It gets to a point where listing nominees stops serving its purpose and should just be skipped.
Take one Shadow for voting for something you haven’t read. (And I will too.)
Judd Karlman those things don’t have to be incompatible!
Although given the selection the ENnies offer up, it is kind of true when it comes to mainstream gaming. Lots and lots of the same play experience happening inside different settings, with systems not especially well tuned to their fiction.
They were right! System really doesn’t matter. :-/
I would seriously consider any game nominated for an award based on actually playing a number of games. Wouldn’t even have to only be new games.
Like “Best campaign-length game based on the last 10 campaigns Paul Beakley has been involved in” is more important to me than an ENnie.
J. Walton I wish I could get more playing in! It feels weird to designate my personal GOTY out of like four games.
I ignore categories where I don’t know a game and want to see it win. Occasionally, I hate vote. Vote for everyone in a category but someone.
Oh I hadn’t thought of hate voting.
#rabidpaulies
According to ENnie voting instructions, you can’t hate vote.
Or is it still possible regardless?
I voted for everything but one thing in a category.
Yeah, but it doesn’t have a negative impact according to their instructions.
Ok, maybe true. Made me feel good and it was as pointless as voting in the first place.
Ahh, okay. I thought there was actually a way to create negative feedback through their voting system. Sorry for the confusion!
No worries!
I like the awards that stuff I’ve worked on got, but I’m not at all sure the process isn’t somehow super hinky.
There’s one product that I’d never heard of that is: 1) up for multiple awards, and 2) made by someone I really don’t like. This made me feel kinda happy, because it means that I’ve done a good job curating my social media feeds.