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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:58 am 
 

Having lost both a creator of D&D and the man who created (?) Judges' Guild, got me to thinking about something that has been rummaging around in my head [insert own punch line here! :-)] for a while.

That being . . . what would you all think about having an Acaeum Hall of Fame, similar to the Baseball or Football Halls of Fame?

Now, I am not saying I belong; I admit I don't!
Neither am I talking about the list of contributors on each of the subwebs here as the Hall of Fame membership, although a fair number of them would belong!

The wings on such a Hall could be:

A)  People (i.e. EGG, Arneson, etc.) who had major influence on their game, whether D&D, JG, Planescape, etc.
B)  Artists (including art for modules or other books, as well as those who created things like certain miniatures, etc.)
C)  Modules and Rulebooks (i.e., Chainmail, B2, T1, G1-2-3, etc.)
D)  Contributors (Dungeon or Dragon Magazines, Louis Zocchi, etc.)
E)  Anything or anyone else which doesn't fit A-D above (i.e. dice).

You couldn't nominate yourself!

I'm not sure how a voting process would work, though; beside that, how many nominations per cycle (I'm thinking about every six months to a year), say no more than 20 initially with no more than 5-6 every cycle afterwards (or at a certain percentage of a vote--say 2/3, or 75% like the Baseball HOF).  I'm also not sure if this should be open voting or limited to something--say, all with at least 100 posts or members of the Acaeum HOF are eligible voters, etc.

Comments everyone? Suggestions? Changes? Or am I full of hot air?

  

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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:40 am 
 

sleepyCO wrote:
You couldn't nominate yourself!



I nominate myself.

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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:56 am 
 

But seriously.....

It's an interesting idea, but we'd inevitably have the same people (EGG, Frank), same modules (B2, G1-3), same artists (Otis, Tramp), etc etc as you would expect in this sort of thing.  What would be the point?  I think in the long run you would just be heaping meaningless honors on items and individuals.

Having said that, such type of lists always lead to acrimony and arguing, needless in most cases.  But I guess such a list is inevitable; as a human species we seem hard wired towards honoring our "leaders" or those we look up to with such acclaim.  And, if there is a annual awards dinner with free booze, I'm in.

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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:17 am 
 

Badmike wrote:But seriously.....

It's an interesting idea, but we'd inevitably have the same people (EGG, Frank), same modules (B2, G1-3), same artists (Otis, Tramp), etc etc as you would expect in this sort of thing.  What would be the point?  I think in the long run you would just be heaping meaningless honors on items and individuals.

Having said that, such type of lists always lead to acrimony and arguing, needless in most cases.  But I guess such a list is inevitable; as a human species we seem hard wired towards honoring our "leaders" or those we look up to with such acclaim.  And, if there is a annual awards dinner with free booze, I'm in.

Mike B.


i agree.

what about unique items or one-off things or like frank for his efforts at the auctions at GenCon...specific moments that last the sands of time etc?

must be some stuff i guess that you could put in it. like tamo #1 and others of similar ilk....

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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:09 am 
 

wow 7000 posts!

thats gotta be a worthwhile entry :)


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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:53 pm 
 

Mmm.

Since this is a collecting community, I think a hall of fame should include people who have seriously contributed to collectionism. People who have discovered items long forgotten, who have provided reference images or substantial informations on hard-to-find items, people who can claim a serious collection from some POV…

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Post Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:44 pm 
 

guerret wrote:Mmm.

Since this is a collecting community, I think a hall of fame should include people who have seriously contributed to collectionism. People who have discovered items long forgotten, who have provided reference images or substantial informations on hard-to-find items, people who can claim a serious collection from some POV…

Excellent point.  Are we looking for a "D&D Hall of Fame" or an "Acaeum Hall of Fame".  

Either way, I'm taking home the Golden B2 Award this year in the "Most Likely to Actually Be a Demi-human" category...

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