Woodelf wrote: > > 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.
I was thinking that Best Achievement should represent the best or most significant contribution from the list of finalists across the established categories. > >Special Achievement in Open Gaming (perhaps not related to a specific > >product) Special Achievement could recognize those things that either don't belong to a category or weren't nominated. The Special Achievement would essentially be an industry award given by the voting members that belong to the committee, panel, academy. > 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. That's a good point. I just wasn't sure what the criteria would be to make the award recognize the "open" part of an open setting. Is it the best design? Most useful, most open? Most reuse? Most creative premise? Best layout, editing? Maybe all of these criteria? If there should be such an award, I suppose I'd like to see some real emphasis put on the openness of the setting rather than just the best design. The ability for other publishers to re-use the setting and create products that tie-in should weigh heavily. > 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. That's right. The committee/panel would consist of industry professionals selected by the OGF (Ryan) and they would determine who can put an "Open Gaming Award Finalist" sticker on their product. The public would determine who wins the "best" awards from the finalists but the overall best would be picked by the panel (from the finalists). You've also got the Special Achievement awards that the panel can use to recognize products/people/whatever that either weren't popular enough to be nominated or don't fit in a category. The Special Achievement would be a pure panel recognition award. Perhaps you should still collect nominations from the larger academy of industry professionals, but there wouldn't be any public voting. Maybe you have to have credits on a product released under the OGL to belong to the Academy of Open Gaming Professionals. Perhaps the Academy can vote on panelists. Weldon Dodd [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
