Hi All Okay I've been meaning to get in on this voting but life's hectic sometimes. Anyway I am glad that Che is able and willing to host the page for voting which I think keeps things easier. Thanks Che! Second we do need to have a few different catagories. Commercial and free are fine, however there should be slightly more division for the games. Exactly what or how divided I'm not quite sure at this moment. I'll look back and see what games have been released in 2007 or if someone has a comprehensive list then after reviewing it people could make suggestions. The main reason I feel we need a few catagories is as Dark said [I think it was] comparing certain games is like apples and oranges. To extend things, perhaps a combination of game elements such as replay, genre, could go along with more technical items such as game ambiance, documentation, ease of gameplay etc. Hopefully I'll get a chance today to write up some further thoughts about this.
Ron Audysssey Editor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Che" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] voting on game of the year Yes, I should have made that distinction, thanks for pointing that out. I am sure you are right that many more people will vote than are responding to this thread, especially once we publisize it a bit. Right now I propose we list all games released in 2007 so folks can nominate them for voting in two categories to keep things simple: 1. Commercial games including paid betas 2. free games and betas So basically we would end up with a commercial and non commercial game of the year. There just seems to be too few game releases of different categories to have seperate votes for sports, strategy etc. Thoughts? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] voting on game of the year > Hi Che, > Well, in the case of Betas there are some that are free and some that > are commercial. Montezuma's Return is definitely commercial, and to play > the full Beta someone needs an end user license. SoundRTS on the other > hand is totally free so there are no end user restrictions on playing > the whole game. > Though, you definitely have a good point that the free games and > commercial games should be split up. Free games tend to have more end > users than commercial games. > As for list feedback and comments that is typical for the list. It has > just been my personal experience people here like to do things > anonymously rather than speak up and be a more active member such as > giving feedback and chat. I've trolled through the membership lists > before and I have seen people in there who have never once asked one > question or sent one responce to the list. All I can guess is they are > the quiet type who just want to read, but not reply or be more active in > decision making. > > > Che wrote: >> Well, perhaps two main categories would work best, so we don't get into >> fragmenting everything down into sub groups too much given the limited >> amount of games we have available. >> Perhaps folks could nominate games for two categories, commercial >> games >> and beta/free games together, or perhaps one category for all three. >> This way, games which cost money and therefore have a much smaller user >> base won't be up against free games and betas that have over a thousand >> players. >> Beyond that, I'm not sure we want the complication of sub categories >> such >> as sports and strategy games at least for this initial run, especially >> given >> the rather tepid response from members about the idea so far. I think >> we've >> had 3 or maybe 4 people respond to the thread, not exactly encouraging >> for >> huge voter turnout. >> Feedback? >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
