Re: ORIGINS(TM) PBM Awards is a joke!

From: jbrowning@hayes.com (Damage Control)

Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <5e2dqzX.ricmal@delphi.com>, Rich <ricmal@delphi.com> writes:
> Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com> writes:
>
>>What concerns me about this state of affairs is the fact that Paper
>>Mayhem or Flagship have never (to my knowledge) ever questioned the
>>process. These magazines are the only real voice in our industry as
>>have a subscribership that PAYS to receive the magazine. How can their
>>readership be so out of touch...
>
> Notice that neither Flagship nor Paper Mayhem are up for awards in either of
> the gaming magazine catagories, but TSR can snea a nomination in for White Wolf
> Magazine, in case one doesn't know, TSR and White Wolf is the same relationship
> that Proctor and Ga
> mble has to Crisco (read the can's label and guess who makes Crisco..).  The
> readers aren't out of touch, judging by the current ratings of games in Paper
> Mayhem, the nominators for the Origin's awards are totally out of touch.
>
>>I don't have any ready answers to this problem, but I heartedly agree
>>that something's rotten in Denmark.
>
> I wrote a letter to the Origins awards demanding to know who was on the
> nominating committee and what there relationship with FBI, GSI, and RSI is or
> was.  I doubt I'll get a letter in response since PBM is the bastard child of
> the gaming industry, but the
>  in PBM are fast waning.

Well, I came in on this thread late, but thought I ought to put in my
two cents as US Editor of Flagship. As for the Origins awards, I can't comment
at all - perhpas the award is only for a PBM company that attends Origins? We
certainly can't attend every convention, and so try to get to those that cover
PBM more than others. Previously, this was AndCon, but since their purchase by
WotC, and some other indications that I don't want to air here, I'd say that's
no longer the case.

As for Flagship's "awards", we simply don't do that. We have game rankings
(from reader's submissions) published each issue, as does Paper Mayhem (the
formats differ, but the intent is the same). Readers can then draw their own
conclusions. I'm also happy to make _personal_ game recommendations, based on
my experience - and I get asked to quite often due to my position with
Flagship. These recommendations are my own, however, not Flagship's.

As for us not ever being up for an Origins award - I always figured that's
because we never atteded. For a brief peroid, we did provide White Wolf with
their PBM column (no longer, I might add), so if they won, maybe we get a
little of the glory <g>.

Joey Browning, US Editor, Flagship
jbrowning@hayes.com

References

ORIGINS(TM) PBM Awards is a joke!
Rich <ricmal@delphi.com>
Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: ORIGINS(TM) PBM Awards is a joke!
Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com>
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

ORIGINS(TM) PBM Awards is a joke!
Rich <ricmal@delphi.com>
Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: ORIGINS(TM) PBM Awards is a joke!
Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com>
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000