For those who just love statistics, the AME voting panel reached 50 nominations for the 2007 award cycle yesterday. Yes, you read it correctly, 50 nominations (excluding disqualified ones). This probably gives you some idea of just how many works the members of AME have tested over the last 3 months.

And finally, the end is coming into sight…

As some parts of the world settle in to celebrate Easter, we’re looking forward to celebrating the release of the NWN2 Finalists. Keep an eye on the site – finalists will be announced within a month…

The Community Contribution award is perhaps one of the most sought after of the Golden Dragon awards, perhaps because it is one of the hardest to win, but also because it covers such a diversity of content. In order to make the rules clearer, we have added an additional guideline so that you can tell if you are elligible for this category, based on whether you have provided a tool or a service to the community.

What is the qualifying date for a submission:

A hard submission date for a single tool. This will be the upload date to the Vault. Such submissions include tutorials, plugins, tools, utilities, etc

An ongoing eligibility for a service. The service must be continually kept up to date. Such submissions include websites and other community services.

Note that module authors are not eligible for this award for their module contributions, as the Veteran and Debut Author awards cover them.

Today we have an interview with David John, who won the Golden Dragon for Best Sound/Music for NWN for 2006. He talks about his inspirations, how he got into NWN, how he composes work and the Mysteries of Westgate adventure pack…

You can read and discuss the interview here.