Comments on: Five ENnie Nominations for Open Design

By: Jeramy Ware

Jeramy Ware — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:56:22 +0000

@Wolfgang: Actually the voting system we use negates the worry about a split vote somewhat. If a voter chooses Blood of the Gorgon as their first choice, and Tales of Zobek as their second, for example, and their first choice doesn’t have sufficient votes, the votes cast for Gorgon automatically transfer to Zobek.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

By: Butterfrog

Butterfrog — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:28:19 +0000

WOW! Cheers for the mighty kobold and minions!

By: Daigle

Daigle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:49:26 +0000

Well, yeah. Duh!

By: Phillip Larwood

Phillip Larwood — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:01:32 +0000

Wait, do kobolds ever win awards?

By: Neal Hebert

Neal Hebert — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:29:29 +0000

Yeah, I’m with Wolfgang. That’s not an optimal way to be nominated, though nice.

The business man in me notes that having a patron project nominated for an ENNie costs us a lot of potential sales. And then there’s all the patrons who helped design this thing who aren’t getting as much exposure for their work as they could be since curious fans can’t buy the project in the Kobold Store to see what the hype’s about.

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:12:23 +0000

Delighted as I am that there are two nods in that category, the designer in me notes that this splits the vote and thus does not maximize the change of winning the category.

By: Josh Stevens

Josh Stevens — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:20:03 +0000

Hoorah!

2 in the Electronic Book Category!

Congrats kobolds!

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:13:20 +0000

Steve’s got it right. The judges decide on what gets the nomination. The fans decide what wins, starting Friday the 24th.