>Ryan S. Dancey wrote: >> I would like to see any OGF-sponsored awards limited in scope >> to Open Game issues (meaning Open Game Content), and not be a >> replacement for game awards or design awards. > >I was trying to think what meaningful categories would focus on Open >Gaming vs. general gaming and came up with the following as a starting >point. > >Best Open Mechanic/Rule (Sovereign Stone magic system, etc.) >Best Open Crunchy Bit (spell, item, feat, etc.) >Best Open System or Supplement (d20 SRD, Dominion, Action!, etc.) >Best Open Source Book (Creature Coll., Sovereign Stone, Dragonstar) >Best Open Gaming Software (is there any legal open gaming software?) >Best Achievement in Open Gaming (from the finalists for the above)
Maybe this should be a separate category, rather than a superset--perfect way to recognize those bits that don't really belong in any of the other categories. >Special Achievement in Open Gaming (perhaps not related to a specific >product) >Lifetime Achievement in Open Gaming ;) > >The following feel more like game awards or design awards... > >Best Open Adventure >Best Open Setting dunno about scenarios, but i think settings (either as wholes, or broken down in some way, like the rules parts above) should *definitely* be included. i rather dislike that, so far, the general paradigm has been to make mechanics open and setting closed (this probably stems partly from the fact that i'm very unlikely to reuse the mechanics, and very likely to want to reuse setting bits), and i think a setting-specific award would help to get people to rethink this obvious split. [am i mistaken, or would Freeport be the only D20 setting so far published that would even qualify for such a thing--all the rest are pretty much closed as far as setting content is concerned, aren't they?] >I'll suggest that open nominations are reviewed by a committee of >industry professionals which generate the list of finalists. The >finalists are voted on by consumers and the best achievement and special >acheivement awards are decided by the committee. A combination of >populist and industry recognition. you're suggesting that anybody can make a nomination, but some sort of [self-?]selected committee then culls those to the finalists, and popular vote determines the winners? sounds good to me. the committee part makes sure that stuff other than just the most popular gets some recognition, since popular vote, while quite fair in one sense, doesn't reliably pick the "best" product, IMHO. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
