That’s the number of submissions the judges have received for this year’s ENnies. In my four years of being associated with the Awards, that is the largest number of submissions I have ever seen. I would like to thank everyone involved for making this year’s process such a success.

Oh course, now the judges have to wade through 364 submissions to nominate the creme de la creme. Until that time, their lives will be hectic but completely worth it.

The actual ceremony itself is going to be held on Friday, August 17, in the Grand Hall Ballroom of the beautiful Union Station. In order to accommodate everyone this year, the Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction will begin at 6:30pm and the ceremony will begin at 8pm.

And then, on Saturday, August 18, people will have the opportunity to find out what the process is like, how reviews are done, etc, directly from the judges themselves at the Judges Panel. It will start at 2pm in the Crowne Plaza hotel, room Pennsylvania Station C.

Look for more updates as we get closer to nomination time!

PS: We’re still looking for booth volunteers, if you have the time.

What for?

We need volunteers for the ENnies booth at Gen Con this year. I know it’s really early to think about Gen Con, but we want to give people plenty of time to work out their schedule between now and event registration a couple of weeks.

How long will it take?

Each shift is two hours and we like to have two people at the booth for each shift. When scheduling your time, please plan to show up 10 minutes before your shift starts.

What do I have to do?

You’ll answer questions from passers-by about the ENnies. Information about when the ceremony is, who the judges are, who the nominees are, how the winners are chosen, etc. will be sent out before Gen Con and will be available in a book at the booth.

If publishers want to drop off materials for next year’s ENnies, you’ll have them fill out a form and give them a receipt.

You also have to make sure nothing is taken from the booth, especially on Saturday and Sunday, after the ENnie winners are announced Friday night.

What’s in it for me?

If the good feeling you’ll get knowing you’ve helped fellow gamers isn’t enough, we’ve got swag bags for all volunteers.

Where do I sign up?

Right here! Just respond to this post to let us know which shift you’d like to work. You can also e-mail Sandie Law, the Volunteer Coordinator, at booth@ennie-awards.com.

Where can I see the current list of volunteers and the schedule?

Right here! Click this link to view the schedule and the current volunteers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGCQhHRRCgqdHNKRWV6XzhLNDR4V1NhT3RNel9EZkE

Miles Kantir: The fans! Pure and simple, if people stopped being interested in what we make, we’d stop making it. When we get an email or a Facebook post that tells us someone’s having a great time playing our games… that’s the best feeling in the world. Don’t get me wrong – we make stuff we love too, and that’s important. But there’s a buzz you get when you hand a book to someone who wasn’t involved in its development and they love it. I know everybody in the team feels that way.

Curtis Lyon: I’m just a big kid. Honestly, I’ve been into RPGs since I was in high school (which was a very long time ago), so working in the industry is like a dream come true. At my core, I’m a creative person, and having an outlet to express that creativity is what this type of thing is all about. Personally, I can’t think of anything else I’d rather be doing.

Jennifer Brozek: I love games and playing in games. I also love to write. The two go together like peanut butter and jelly. Creating worlds for other people to play in is just my ideal job. It’s why I keep coming back to it.

Sarah Lyon: Actually, it’s that diversity, both in the multiple products and the multiple genres that Suzerain covers that keeps things interesting for me. Every project provides a new challenge.

Earlier this year, the fantastically titled Shanghai Vampocalypse was nominated for Best Electronic Book and won Silver. What did you think of the ENnies when you found out that you were nominated?

CL: Obviously I was pretty excited. To me, it was an acknowledgment that people out there liked something I’d had a hand in. Quite frankly, Sarah and I went around to everyone we knew and drove them crazy talking about it.

JB: For me, the ENnies were so far out of my league (I thought) that they were just this nebulous cool award. When they were announced, I looked them over but didn’t notice my book in there. It wasn’t until later, when Savage Mojo sent out an email, that I discovered it. Then I was over the moon.

SL: I thought that they were interesting, because it told me what people were “in to” in the Gaming industry. A lot of the time if something sounded interesting that won, I’d go see what it was about if I hadn’t heard of it before.

Did your nomination and win affect short-term sales? How about long-term sales?

CL: Since I’m not one of the people with those numbers, I’ll leave it to the more qualified to answer that one.

JB: No idea. Just the writer.

SL: You’d have to ask our marketing people for that one.

What projects do you have on the schedule; anything you can talk about?

CL: Sarah and I have been given the honor of overseeing the development of the Savage Suzerain line (the side of Suzerain that runs on the Savage Worlds engine – this is the line that Shanghai Vampocalypse belongs to), so I can assure everyone that there are plenty of projects on the schedule.

I don’t want to spill too much too soon, but I feel safe in saying the next project we have due out is Covert Ops, which we have high hopes for since it is being functionally developed by the same team that put together Shanghai Vampocalypse. In this setting, the characters belong to a highly-secret government organization as ‘deniable assets’ used to fight against supernatural threats.

I’m also very excited about Caladon Alliance, the sequel setting book to Caladon Falls, which has been very well received. This one will pick up the story where Caladon Falls left off, and allow the heroes a chance at some serious payback.

Beyond that, let’s just say we’re getting ready to take our fans on many fantastic journeys through space and time. I, at any rate, am very much looking forward to every single one of our upcoming releases.

JB: Later this year or early next year is Covert Ops authored by me. This is an RPG supplement about James Bond like spies versus the supernatural menace… and humanity is losing. I believe it is the first of a three book series.

SL: For Savage Worlds we have Covert Ops in the works – a gritty setting where the characters are Agents fighting Paranormal threats in the modern world – as well as the sequel to Caladon Falls, Caladon Alliance, which will detail the Trader Imperium and deal with the second year of the War of the Wild. On the Suzerain Mojo side – Savage Mojo’s in-house system – Suzerain Adventurer is in the final stages of development, so with any luck we’ll see that on the shelves soon.

Now that we’ve been around for over a decade, what do the ENnies mean to you both personally and professionally?

CL: I’ve been a little disappointed to note some people in the industry seem to have a ‘sour grapes’ mentality toward the ENnies, and just blow them off. Personally, even before I was directly involved in the RPG industry, I tried to follow the ENnies – I always thought they were a good measure of what is out there and what people are responding to.

Since becoming involved in the industry, the ENnies have taken on an even deeper meaning to me: now they are a potential reflection of my own work. So while I still like to follow them to see who won what, now I also watch in the hopes some of my own projects will ‘make the cut’ and be deemed as popular choices.

JB: They are like the golden globes of the RPG industry. It really is an honor to be nominated but it is better to win.

SL: Professionally, they provide me a benchmark to measure how well we’re appealing to our audience, in terms of both content and marketing. They also show me what types of settings and genres are popular in a given year.

Personally, they allow me to sample the huge number of RPGs available and see what things I may want to invest in, since I have a limited budget. :p

Last question; if someone who had never heard of the ENnie Awards walked up to you today and asked, “So what are these ‘ENnies’ you keep talking about,” how would you answer them?

MK: They’re the people’s awards, like the MTV Awards. The hobby games industry has two main sets of awards – the others are the Origins Awards which are voted for by a group of industry peers rather than by the fans, so they’re more like the Oscars.

CL: Since I’ve had to field that one a few times since Shanghai Vampocalypse got its nomination, that’s an easy one: I tell them the ENnies are sort of like the EMmies, only for the roleplaying industry. Maybe they’re a little closer to the People’s Choice awards, but people usually get the idea.

JB: I get asked this a lot. I usually say something along the lines of, “The ENnies are one of the two most prestigious awards in the RPG industry.”

SL: I’d say that they’re the Roleplaying world’s equivalent to the “EMmies”.

For more information about Savage Mojo, you can visit them at www.savagemojo.com.

Great question. It changes over time.

Like you said, I started it to become a better GM. That’s still true. I’m always learning from reader tips, research and writing out my thoughts.

Around the mid-2000s I was so busy writing and working that I had to drop RPG for awhile. Roleplaying Tips helped fill the void and keep me going. Then on ENWorld I read a post in the publishers area.

I do not remember which publisher wrote it, but he said it was bad mojo for game writers to not play the games they’re writing about. That struck me as true. You need to be authentic when you write, because gamers are smart and know who’s actually facing the issues they are writing about at the game table, and who’s just touting theoretical stuff because they don’t play.

So I changed my priorities and have been gaming regularly ever since. Roleplaying Tips got me through that gaming drought because I chatted regularly with GMs by email. Still do.

In more recent times, I had a case of bad GM burnout. It felt like all the stories, situations and foes we were playing I had gamed before. And gamed many times. It got boring. Game prep became a chore.

I also found my reading interests have changed. I used to dive into every new rulebook and read them, cover to cover. Nowadays I cannot perform that kind of reading. It’s all procedural. Do this if that happens. Do that if this happens. Here are a bunch of properties and all the ways they can change. My brain rejects it now as boring and difficult.

So when we changed game systems, I had new rules to learn and I just could not read another rulebook. And that generated in-game issues. Fortunately, my players are great support and help me out with all that stuff.

But during my burnout period, Roleplaying Tips kept me enthused. All the fresh ideas and inspiration coming in from GMs sharing their stories and tips kept my head in the game. Ironically, I wrote tips years earlier about how to handle GM burnout, because I had had short episodes of apathy before.

This time I attacked the problem head-on by gaming more. Usually you want to change things up by doing different stuff and finding new sources of inspiration. But this time I just gamed harder.

I made extra effort to make sessions happen. And even when I knew I was not at my best because of fatigue, I kept on. And that strategy paid off. The enthusiasm and freshness returned. Roleplaying Tips helped me get through all that.

Nowadays, I’m going through an assessment phase of Roleplaying Tips. How can it serve GMs better today? The newsletter got bloated, so I’m making it lean and mean again. The site is a bit of a mess, so I’m looking at what I can do to make it serve game masters better.

In 2004, the Roleplaying Tips GM Encyclopedia was nominated for Best Aid or Accessory (Gold Winner) and Best Electronic Product (Silver Winner). The site was nominated for Best Fan Site (Gold Winner). What did you think of the ENnies when you found out that you were nominated and when you won?

I was very excited and happy with the awards. It’s great to get that kind of feedback from the community.

Did your nominations and wins affect short-term site traffic? How about long-term site traffic?

Subscriptions to the Roleplaying Tips newsletter for GMs shot up thanks to the great awareness the ENnies generated for the site. Many of those subscribers are still loyal readers to this day!

What projects do you have on the schedule; anything you can talk about?

Thanks for asking.

We just launched a 300 page GM Toolbook called Assassin’s Amulet. It not only gives you crunch for using assassins as villains, but it also teaches GMs how to create a killer assassin faction, how to run smooth encounters involving assassins, and even how to roleplay assassin NPCs well.

More info at http://legaciescampaignsetting.com.

We are also just about to launch the world’s first online course for GMs!

Called Faster Combat, it’s a 52 week course delivered by email and a special members-only website that teaches GMs step-by-step how to run the best combats of their lives.

More info soon at http://fastercombat.com.

Now that we’ve been around for over a decade, what do the ENnies mean to you both personally and professionally?

I think it’s excellent the industry has a way to surface great work through an awards program. I’ve enjoyed seeing the awards evolve over the years. I feel such awards offer us even more credibility as a hobby that was once much maligned in some circles.

Last question; if someone who had never heard of the ENnie Awards walked up to you today and asked, “So what are these ‘ENnies’ you keep talking about,” how would you answer them?

Roleplaying games are like interactive books you play with friends. And the ENnies are like the Oscars of roleplaying games.

For more information, you can visit them at www.roleplayingtips.com.

Starting off with a more personal question, Hunters Books was founded in 1999 to bring knowledge of the upcoming zombie apocalypse to the masses. So what keeps you going? What keeps you enthusiastic about working in the RPG industry?

What keeps us excited about gaming is that it’s still very much an open frontier. True, there are heavy hitters that produce some outstanding games, but there is still room for a tremendous amount of creativity that isn’t bogged down with the concern of trying to appeal to as many people as possible. Instead, as an industry, we can appeal very specifically to any number of varied tastes. And at the end of the day, it means a lot more to us as developers to create something that a small, but growing group enjoy deeply as opposed to having a lot of people taking a passive, superficial interest in what it is that we do. It’s really about the quality of fan that the game industry attracts that keeps us interested as developers.

Earlier this year, Outbreak: Undead won a Judge’s Spotlight Awards. What did you think of the ENnies when you found this out?

We thought people were kidding at first when we were told we won, but as the day progressed, we were congratulated by other developers and we had this moment of “wait, we actually won something?” And it was a tremendous feeling. We assumed that the ENnies were an award that was beyond our small operation to attain at this point in our career, especially considering the caliber of games we have as competition. That we were selected despite the quality and volume of competition really did highlight that the ENnies pays close attention to the games that are given to them to review. So obviously, we think very highly of the ENnies in general if we assumed we’d be outclassed in every category and were selected regardless. It shows that the ENnies care about giving each entry their due attention, which means an awful lot to us and speaks well of the meaning of the award itself.

Did the win affect short-term sales? How about long-term sales?

I think it’s too early to factor in long term sales, but in the short term, we’ve had at least one distributor let us know that upon announcing that we won to the stores he does business with, that he sold out of his stock in 2 days. That’s a case study, obviously, but it’s a pretty dramatic one.

What projects do you have on the schedule; anything you can talk about?

Absolutely. We announced that Outbreak: Wild Kingdom and Outbreak: Deep Space as being our next two releases. Outbreak: Wild Kingdom is our animal/wilderness supplement to Outbreak: Undead and Outbreak: Deep Space adds a very in-depth sci-fi setting to potential Outbreak Scenarios. They both feature a ton of new options for players and GMs who run the games and we had a lot of fun designing them. Both were very thoroughly researched and have been exceptionally well received by our beta testers, so we have high hopes for them. We have some other projects to follow up with, but they’re a little to early in development to go into too much detail about at this time.

Now that we’ve been around for over a decade, what do the ENnies mean to you both personally and professionally?

I think the 10 year lifespan of the ENnies shows that they have established themselves as being the authority in what is new and exciting in the game industry. The judges are wisely selected industry professionals and avid gamers themselves, so their judgment is clearly to be trusted and respected.

Last question; if someone who had never heard of the ENnie Awards walked up to you today and asked, “So what are these ‘ENnies’ you keep talking about,” how would you answer them?

I would tell them what I mentioned earlier: The ENnies are the final word in what’s new and exciting in the game industry.

For more information about Outbreak: Undead, visit their website at outbreakundead.com.

In 2009, there were 100 products nominated. Out of those, only 17 could be considered “d20″ products. That’s 17%.

In 2009, out of the 38 winning products, only 14 could be considered “d20″ products. That’s 37%.

In 2010, we added one new category and there were 105 products nominated. Out of those, only 22 could be considered “d20″ products. That’s 21%.

In 2010, out of the 40 winning products, only 16 could be considered “d20″ products. That’s 40%.

In 2011, we added one new category and there were 110 products nominated. Out of those, only 24 could be considered “d20″ products. That’s 22%.

In 2011, out of the 42 winning products, there were only 14 that could be considered “d20″ products. That’s 33%.

As you can see, there are many products represented by the ENnies, not just “d20″ products. Hopefully, this will prove useful to you and assuage any fears you may have about the ENnies not trying to represent the entire RPG community.

First off, let me thank you for taking the time to be interviewed for the ENnies. I truly appreciate you taking the time to talk about the ENnies.

Not a problem.

Starting off with a more personal question, Blacksburg Tactical Research Center was founded in 1986. So after being around for 25 years, what keeps you going? What keeps you enthusiastic about working in the RPG industry?

I enjoy gaming, I enjoy the challenge of designing a good game and the satisfaction of seeing others enjoy my work

In 2006, Stuff!, “an EABA-based design tool that lets you design just about anything you need for any campaign, at any level of detail you need,” was nominated for Best Electronic Book. What did you think of the ENnies when you found out that you were nominated?

I don’t know that I thought that much of the ENnies. It was more of a “cool, I got nominated.” thing.

Did your nomination affect short-term sales? How about long-term sales?

As far as I can tell, gaming awards in general do not do a lot for sales, with the possible exception of more mainstream things like a top rating in the “Games 100″ list, which hits a much bigger audience than more narrowly noticed awards like the ENnies. It’s good to see ENnie winners getting press in things like Wired magazine, so hopefully an ENnie nod will become more valuable as they get more notice.

What projects do you have on the schedule; anything you can talk about?

At the moment, EABA v2 is in the works, along with half a dozen gameworlds in various stages of development, mostly waiting for any changes in rule mechanics to filter down. A few print-and-play card and board game designs, like the unfortunately titled “Rape, Pillage and Burn”. It’s a game about Vikings and Villagers. Had some third party interest in the game, but no one will touch it with that title, and unfortunately, the title is the game.

Now that we’ve been around for over a decade, what do the ENnies mean to you both personally and professionally?

Not a huge amount. If I have a product I feel is worth submitting, I’ll do so. I watch to see what does get nominated and see who picked up trophies at GenCon.

Last question; if someone who had never heard of the ENnie Awards walked up to you today and asked, “So what are these ‘ENnies’ you keep talking about,” how would you answer them?

“It’s a yearly award handed out by ENworld. They used to be a D&D only site but have branched out to cover all aspects of gaming. Hell, they’ve even had some of my stuff on the awards shortlist…”

For more information on BTRC, visit their website at www.btrc.net.

If you don’t know how to enter, check out the rules regarding submission here: http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/rules/how-to-enter/

Keep those submissions coming and good luck to everyone!

The panel is free and open to anyone who wants to attend but space is limited. So when registration starts on May 20, make sure to look for event SEM1231674. The panel itself will take place in the Crowne Plaza in room Pennsylvania C on Saturday, August 18, at 2pm. See you there!

1. Starting off with a more personal question, Kicked in the Dicebags was started in 2009. What keeps you going? What keeps you enthusiastic about working in the RPG industry?

Chris Mais – What keeps us going Tony is the energy of new blood in a cast of new hosts, the committment of our audience to listen and that we are afraid to be controversial and try new things in the realm of podcasting. We aren’t journalists more like late night entertainers in the geek world we aspire to be David Letterman, Steven Colbert or Conan in the circle of gamers. I said to Jon Landreth former co-host of the show Kicked In The DiceBags would go on without us if I had my way and it has done so.

Adam Gottfried – At times, sheer force of indomitable will. Others, the need to wank to 500 of my best strangers about an industry I know virtually nothing about, but a hobby that I love. But really, I think it’s a love of hearing myself talk. To quote Adam Sandler: “I have a microphone, and you don’t… so you will listen to EVERY DAMN WORD I HAVE TO SAY!”

Jim Bowers – What keeps me personally going, beyond what Chris already said, is a love of gaming and camaraderie with my fellow hosts. I wish I could say it was the fans, or the community, but I’ve personally heard very little feedback from listeners. Hopefully this will change now that we are part of Fear the Boot Media, as I originally started doing the cast as a means of engaging with the gaming community.

Travis Griner – I listened to KitD from its introduction, and to be honest I didn’t always agree with the direction or the quality of the conversation. If one thing could be said to drive me in podcasting, it would be to have an honest and interesting conversation that the listener wishes he could be part of. My enthusiasm for Roleplaying comes from the idea that, as a group, the players and GM are creating their own fun. Within the framework in the rules and setting they form a gestalt authorship and when they succeed they have created an experience with memories that can be shared and relived for years. Plus, two words; Gamer Chicks!

2. Earlier this year, you received an Honorable Mention for Best Podcast. What did you think of the ENnies when you found out?

CM – To be honest I didn’t think much of them at all in the beginning. The first I was even aware of the Ennies existence was when Fear The Boot had to withdraw its entry and all the uproar that caused because I followed that podcast along with the Sons of Kryos, All Games Considered and the Godzilla Gaming Podcast among others. Jonathan and I laughed about that our show would be the bane of the Ennies and that we would have as much chance finding a nomination as a duck looking for pond water in Satan’s ass. But I decided on a lark to submit the cast and take our chances.

AG – I was grateful for a nod. It’s always nice to have others recognize the hard work you’ve been doing.

JB – I was aware of the ENnies before I found out about the honorable mention, but they were at best a peripheral aspect of my perception of the hobby. It’s not as though I have an issue with the ENnies, it’s just that what a group of faceless people on the internet think about a given product is secondary to my personal opinions on a product, and the opinions of the people I’m sitting down at the game table with.

TG – I thought “That’s great. Those guys really deserve some recognition.”, but when my meds kicked in, I thought “I AM one of those guys!!”

My opinion of the Ennies is generally the same as my opinion of any industrial award like the Oscars or Grammies; Being recognized for your performance is edifying, but you can’t take it and sit back. We should try to do more to earn this recognition in the future. I think we should just continue the conversation and hopefully people think it’s good.

3. Did your HM affect site traffic?

CM – The Honorable Mention did not affect our site traffic to my knowledge. If we put out utter shite or don’t regularly put out shows that affects our site traffic.

AG – When a podcast is fueled by pure unadulterated awesome, it’s hard to top that. Honestly, if it did, I didn’t notice. I podcast therefore I am. I’m glad people listen, but I’d probably podcast anyway.

JB – I have no answer to this beyond Chris’.

TG – I really couldn’t say. Well, I could say, but I’d be talking out of the wrong orifice.

4. What projects do you have on the schedule; anything you can talk about?

CM – Projects. Some actual plays on tap and improv theater are in the back of mind.. some high caliber interviews are in the queue and more things to raise the bar and shake the foundations of podcasting. Everytime I think we get in a rut of familiarity and it becomes flat and boring I feel it is time to push the envelope.You can’t have a show called Kicked In Dice Bags without trying to push it into something new and more in your face.

AG – A few pipe dreams, but we do have a few controversial subjects on tap that should get people riled, for better or for ill.

JB – Beyond those projects that Chris has planned, I have a couple of ideas, but I don’t want to say anything more until A) I’ve produced something more concrete than an idea, and B) I’ve run it by Chris and my fellow hosts. I personally don’t like announcing intentions before they are ready to be presented in a mostly final form so that I don’t promise anything that I find out later I cannot follow through on.

TG – I’m trying to teach myself conversational German and Acoustic Guitar. I also want to grout the tub in my bathroom, and then there’s the toolshed…wait, you mean the podcast? I just kinda do what I do and record it. I’m trying out ‘indy’ games like Don’t Rest Your Head and Fiasco, so I can see talking about that more. Old School heatbreakers are also on my radar right now, as is maybe doing an actual play of some older games like Torg or Rifts.

5. Now that we’ve been around for over a decade, what do the ENnies mean to you both personally and professionally?

CM – Mean to me personally? Someone has got to be out there to help recognize quality at the end of the day. The Ennies are a measuring stick to some degree of what is out there that is new, cool and interesting. They are one among several metrics that determine popularity of the product, the pulse of the medium and what gets people out there to leave their homes to pull out money out a wallet at the FLGS and buy that gaming book or that supplement or listen to x podcast and leave with a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment.

AG – Anything nonprofit that can stick around for a decade has got to be a labor of love. I respect you guys for the work that you do, and recognize with all sincerity and gratitude the work that you do. My hat, such as it is, is off.

JB – They mean only slightly more to me than the Oscars or Grammies, which is to say not that much. It is interesting to see what others are recognizing in the industry, and I respect the effort that is put into the Ennies, but awards don’t speak to what a game product is. The experience groups have at the table is the ultimate judge of games as a hobby, and sales figures are the final determiner of games as an industry.

TG – Personally I like to see the things I like recognized for their quality, and you guys do that, so good on ya. Professionally, the screenprinting world and RPG industry don’t overlap as much as one might think. You guys need some shirts printed?

6. Last question; if someone who had never heard of the ENnie Awards walked up to you today and asked, “So what are these ‘ENnies’ you keep talking about,” how would you answer them?

CM – I would tell him listen son “I talk about the Ennies as much as a Texas Cowboy talks about his ball sack”. He knows that they are hanging and how low they hang and what purpose they serve as a use in the creative spectrum. No need to brag about them.. they speak for themselves in quality and stature. And he knows he needs them primed and ready for the rodeo against the other show ponies. Just Google them once in a while you will be surprise what comes out the search engine just stand a good distance away from it when you do.

AG – They are geeks recognizing other geeks for the geekery that they do.

JB – I’m honestly not sure. I think the hobby, and more importantly the industry of RPGs and table top games does need to find a way to reach out to new gamers. It seems to me that we need a body, whether formal or informal, that can speak to the “outside world” on our behalf. I’m not sure if the ENnies would or could be such a body, but if nothing else a body like the ENnies does show that table top gamers have a larger community and aren’t just that weird guy who smells bad and lives in their parents’ basement. I suppose that’s just my needlessly long winded way of saying that I’d point them in the direction of the ENnies site and encourage them to look into them on their own.

TG – I would first ask them to tell me how they got through security, because we’re in a mechanicaly dangerous zone. That machine over there can rip their arm off. After that I would do as I have before and compare the Ennies to other industry awards and send them to the website, because that explains it better than I could.

To listen to Kicked in the Dicebags, visit their website at kickedinthedicebags.libsyn.com.