I've Voted Have you!!

[Agent Escafarc]

Count 1 vote posted for Hero!

[sbarron]

Yes, I have. Now I just need to find 3 other people... ;)

[Yamo]

I voted as suggested, but I do have one little quibble with the guidelines. I can understanding wanting all the write-in votes to match in each catagory for solidarity's sake, but Star HERO was EASILY and VASTLY superior to Champions as a pure gaming suppliment. I really think Hero Games should be highlight nothing but its best if it's going to do a write-in campaign.

[Blue]

Likely they selected the one with the highest sales, and therefore the widest appeal, not to mention that "Champions" is the original flagship product of the company.

I did my part! If only I had duplication, then I could vote many times.

So when's the POSTY awards for the best and worst board posts of the year? ;)

[TheEmerged]

Heading over now, although I can't guarantee a straight ticket vote (the supplement one being the sticker, I'll have to see what the competition is there).

Update: Voted!

[Arthur]

You bet your sweet ass I voted.

What is the deadline, anyway? I know I can round up at least one other person to submit a vote.

[Checkmate]

I have to agree though, I hated to vote for Champions when I wasn't very happy with it, thought Star Hero was a much better choice.

[Nato]

I voted too.

[Ghost Archer]

I voted, both kids voted, my brother voted, even my wife voted!

We can do it! Gonna go recruit the brother in law and father in law next.

[Uncle Shecky]

I, too, have done my part for HERO. I plan to ask the wife, my brother, and a few friends to vote as well.

I don't play many other RPGs, so in categories where HERO had no entries, I just voted for anything about zombies. That made the short fiction vote a difficult choice...

The deadline for voting, according to the origins site, is June 1, 2003.

[tiger]

Add me to the list!!

[MarkusDark]

I voted as well for Hero. ;)

I do have a question though - does anyone have the guidelines for what the elegibility requirements are for the Origins Awards? I was just curious...

[Jhamin]

I voted a few days ago! Darn my impulsiveness!

As I didn't yet know what the recommended voting was I Voted my heart. Pretty much the recommended list, except for Ninja Hero over Champions.

[Steve Long]

Thanx, guys! We really appreciate it.

The deadline, as someone noted, is June 1.

We chose Champions for the name recognition, the popularity of the product generally, the fact that it's our best-selling/flagship product, and so on. The truth is there are several books we've done that I think deserve an award -- but unfortunately splitting the vote only hurts us, so we chose to stick with the one we'd originally put on the nominations ballot.

[Peregrine]

Voted.

Now I have to fight the urge to use an alternate email account to vote again. We need to keep this as honest as possible.

[Edsel]

I just placed my votes. Good Luck.

[Aroooo]

My son and I voted. The rest of my gaming group will vote by this weekend.

Aroooo

[Steve Long]

Now I have to fight the urge to use an alternate email account to vote again. We need to keep this as honest as possible.

I can understand the urge, but I definitely want to keep things honest. It's not really a "win" otherwise.

Fortunately, Hero fans seem to me to be quite honest; we've had almost no trouble with fraud re: the online store and such, and I know the former owners' experiences were identical in that regard.

[Trebuchet]

One more vote confirmed. :cool:

[Koshka]

Originally posted by Peregrine
Now I have to fight the urge to use an alternate email account to vote again. We need to keep this as honest as possible.

I know the feeling -- I've kept my AOL account active for personal reasons, and if you count different screen names I could be 7 more people. Quite a crowd for a one bedroom apartment ;) .

[Peregrine]

Originally posted by Koshka
I know the feeling -- I've kept my AOL account active for personal reasons, and if you count different screen names I could be 7 more people. Quite a crowd for a one bedroom apartment ;) .

Note that registering to vote includes a name and a real-world address. Unless you go about making up otherwise plausible names and addresses to go along with alternate email accounts, that's a decent counter-fraud measure right there.

[keithcurtis]

I have voted. My wife, too.
By this weekend, I should be able to add four more.

Keith "Flurry of ballot-box stuffing" Curtis

PS. I wrote in the Resource Kit for best role-playing aid. Couldn't hoit.

[Xandarr]

Count one more confirmed vote for Hero Games! It's late so I'll have to get all my friends and the S.O. to vote during normal living hours. Let the ROUT begin!

Lovin' it!
Steve

[Mr Mole]

One more vote for Hero Games... :D

With one tiny exception... :eek:

Had to do it... As much as I enjoy Digital Hero, it was up against Knights of the Dinner Table... I had to vote according to my (admittedly warped) conscience... :o

I'm gonna go hang my head in shame now... :(

[Nolgroth]

Just confirmed it.

[Nato]

Originally posted by keithcurtis
PS. I wrote in the Resource Kit for best role-playing aid. Couldn't hoit.

Me too.

[Thirdbase]

I voted. Too bad I don't live in Chicago, or for that matter if I was dead in Chicago, I could then go vote again and again.

Hope Hero wins.

[Steve Long]

PS. I wrote in the Resource Kit for best role-playing aid. Couldn't hoit.

We didn't nominate the RK, nor include it in the write-in campaign, because under the rules a "gaming aid" has to apply to more than one system/game. Or at least so it has been explained to me. I'm not sure how that makes the Pocket Grimoires eligible, but c'est la vie.

Thanx again, everyone!

[MisterVimes]

Yep. My vote is in

[Fur Face]

Voting for DOJ was a no brainer, and I've been gaming for, well, decades! I've never even heard some of those nominations! But I don't need to, because with FRed I can MAKE my their game match!:D

[Aroooo]

Originally posted by MisterVimes
"No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want!" the man yelled.
"Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" -- (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch )

Mean orbital velocity is 3,682.8 kph (about 6,138 inches/turn, if I did the math right). Sorry, couldn't help it :)

Aroooo

[Talon]

Count another vote here, working on a few more.

I also would have picked Star Hero above Champions...but splitting the vote = bad so I didn't.

[BobGreenwade]

I was out of town for most of yesterday, but as soon as I got up this morning I came to the HERO site specifically to find Steve's message about the write-in ballot and get my vote registered. I have my ballot filled out, and I'll be sending the confirmation a little later today. I'll be getting at least a couple of other people (including Colleen) involved as well.

[Checkmate]

Has anything like this ever succeeded before? Not trying to be a downer, I just want to know how cool it's gonna be when we pull this off :D

[keithcurtis]

Originally posted by Aroooo
Mean orbital velocity is 3,682.8 kph (about 6,138 inches/turn, if I did the math right). Sorry, couldn't help it :)

Aroooo

Thta's nice, but why would Commander Vimes want to know the orbital velocity of <I>Earth's</i> Moon? He lives on the Discworld.

Keith "We now return you to your topic in progress" Curtis

[Dr. Anomaly]

Yup. I've voted as well, and am 'rallying the troops' to gather more votes.

Y'know, with 47 (yes, *47*) valid, working email addresses & 3 valid, working real-world addresses, it's reeeeaaaal tempting to do the multiple-vote thing, but since Steve asked so nicely... :D

[Steve Long]

Has anything like this ever succeeded before?

Not in the time that I've been a member of the Academy. While I can't say that it's never happened, when we pull it off it is definitely going to attract attention on that basis alone.

[Killer Shrike]

I voted yesterday, and will inform my players this Saturday when I see them next of the effort and see if they are willing to vote as well.

However, I must admit that Im a little non-plussed by the whole idea. Ive never heard of a yearly award that is a combination of popular and peer votes.

Ive always thought that HERO Games is pretty widely known, as CHAMPIONS if nothing else. Most players that Ive talked to have at least heard of it, even if they havent heard anything definitive about it.

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by Aroooo
Mean orbital velocity is 3,682.8 kph (about 6,138 inches/turn, if I did the math right). Sorry, couldn't help it :)

Aroooo

Your STILL guilty of something:D

[MisterVimes]

Originally posted by keithcurtis
Thta's nice, but why would Commander Vimes want to know the orbital velocity of <I>Earth's</i> Moon? He lives on the Discworld.

Keith "We now return you to your topic in progress" Curtis

True... therefore the answer given is in error... fine him and have Detritus read him the riot act

[Aroooo]

Originally posted by Steve Long
Not in the time that I've been a member of the Academy. While I can't say that it's never happened, when we pull it off it is definitely going to attract attention on that basis alone.

How large is the Academy? Do their votes count one-for-one on equal footing as the public ballots?

Aroooo

[SuperPheemy]

Voted, spread the word (LJ, LJ gm's community, and the <i>BLACK-CLAD GAMERS!!!!</i>). Now if I can get this Megascaled Mind Control device to work...

[Thag13]

Both my wife and I have voted

Just wanted to let ya know...

[Yog Sothoth]

Voted too!

Tonight it will be my cat's turn :)

Hero Games will win them all!

[Steve Long]

How large is the Academy? Do their votes count one-for-one on equal footing as the public ballots?

I'm not sure of the size of the Academy. Academy members' votes count 3-for-1.

[Kevin Scrivner]

I, too, voted. If a d20 port of Call of Cthulhu sans background info counts as a "new" game, so does 5th Edition.

It was a close call for best supplement -- Champions vs. Silver Age Sentinels vs. Mutants and Masterminds. They're all good. Too bad we couldn't arrange a Hero/GOO/Green Ronin hero and villain smackdown. I'd like to see how the Atomic Brain fared against Doc Destroyer. ;)

Didn't recognize most of the nominees for other categories. Boy, am I out of the loop.

[Glabutz]

So did I.

I have voted for FREd as best game, Star Hero as best companion, and HM3 as best RPG.

Sorry ;)

[Vondy]

Well, I voted. I even voted the party line for unity's sake.

I do NOT think Champions was the best supplement Hero produced this year, however.

Left to my own devices I would have voted for UMA or Star Hero.

I voted for a couple of things because they had really cool names, too.

I especially liked:

Sheep on the Borderlands
Sucking Vacuum

[EvilGM]

I have placed my votes, and I will email my players about voting as well.

[Dr.Unpossible]

Dr.Unpossible and the Men of Mystery have cast there vote for HERO

[Patriot]

Yup. I voted!

At My Saturday game I will have all my players vote, and give them a bonus XP fot doing it!
Same for my Sunday Game.

That should be 9 more votes if evryone shows

[Steve Long]

To repeat: thanx, everyone!!!

[The Monster]

I voted - for Hero all the way!
I sent the voting link to my group, just for fairness. I'll recommend that they vote for Hero too, but one of their failings as a gaming group is that they don't all love Hero as much as they should!