Voting for the Awards

From July 16-29, gamers from around the world were invited to visit the ENnies voting booth to demonstrate their preferences for products. The ballots are open for approximately two weeks. Voters need not be members of EN World. They are tracked by IP address, and limited to one vote per individual, tracked by IP.

The nominees for Best Publisher Award are chosen by collecting nominations from RPG.Net, The Forge, and EN World. All of the other nominees are selected from submissions by a panel of five elected fandom judges.

In order to reduce the impact of strategic (Min/Max) voting, the ENnies use an Alternative Vote/Instant Runoff Vote.

For most categories you have four ballots. If you wish to vote at all in a category select your choice on any of the ballots. If you have multiple favourites in a category, order them appropriately placing your first choice on the first ballot, your second choice on the second and so on. The computer discards duplicate ballots.

If you don't like a product, don't vote for it. You cannot hurt a product's chances of winning by putting it on a low ranking ballot. Quite to the contrary, you'll help it out if the race goes down to the wire.

You do not have to and are not expected to fill out all the ballots!

FAQ

Q:  What can I vote for now?

A:  There are no public votes right now. Check back with us in July of 2008.

Q:  The voting booth says I voted already, but I didn't yet.

A:  If you are voting from home or work where someone else may have already voted, the IP will be recorded, and no further attempts will be permitted. If this is the case, we suggest you find a friend or relative with Internet who isn't liable to vote and borrow their connection. However sometimes those with dynamic IP numbers may be told they voted even though no-one from their home or workplace did so already. In this case, we recommend waiting a day and trying again. Just remember, even if you do have access to multiple IP addresses, we follow the democratic principle of one person, one vote.