[Deptheads] Flames of War Tourney - Orccon

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

The Broadside Bash pays for their space directly, and we're committed  
to them for February. Unless the FoW guys want to wait and see as to  
how the remodel falls out and the 3rd floor clears up, we have no  
space to give them. Gamex would be far better.

Eric

On 05 Aug, 2008, at 14:42, Gayle Charboneau wrote:

> I will throw my 2 cents into the arena here.  As someone that has  
> had to scramble to find tournament space in the past for board  
> games, (and I am sure again in the future) I don't like the idea of  
> having space dedicated to one group that is only  utilized it for  
> about 20-35% of the con.  It would be highly frustrating to have  
> empty tables and players looking for space.
>
> Gayle
>
> --- On Tue, 8/5/08, Robyn Nixon <robynln at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Robyn Nixon <robynln at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Flames of War Tourney - Orccon
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 1:49 PM
>
> DB wrote:
> Ok, so you don't like my calculation:
> Friday 6pm till midnite = 6 hours
> Saturday Midnite to midnite = 24 hours
> Sunday Midnite to midnite = 24 hours
> Monday Midnite to 3pm = 15 hours
>
> Total room we pay for time and space = 6+24+24+15= 69 hours
>
> Flames of War Tournament
> Saturday: 10am till 6pm = 8 hours
> Sunday 10am till 6pm = 8 hours
> Maybe 4 hours to set up
> Maybe 2 hours to tear down
> Total time room would be needed for FOW tournament = 8+8+4+2=22 hours
>
> 22 divided by 69 = 0.31
>
> This means that the room is utilized 31%  <== That is Thirty One  
> percent to you non-math types
>
> Was I exaggerating to make a point with 20%; yes, but this still  
> menas that 69% of the time the room is not available to other types  
> of gaming and this is just wrong.
> !
> I will state, that I am against giving any group that does not pay  
> us $2000 up front to section off an area.  Our dealers do this,  
> games do not!
> GM and games should share space, not reserve rooms.
>
> If you guys feel I'm wrong on this, then tell me.  This is why I  
> have a problem with this event!  They are asking too much!
>
> I don't feel like I've really gotten any guidance from anyone on  
> this and if you leave it up to me, then that is what I'm going to  
> tell these guys.
>
> Robyn
> Sci Fi/Fantasy Miniature coordinator.
>> So NOT 20% of the weekend as was said earlier?
>>
>> Well then, yes, they should get the room if they're going to use it  
>> all day
>> Saturday and Sunday.
>>
>>
>> On 8/5/08 7:56 AM, "thatericn at aol.com" <thatericn at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> From an earlier question:
>>>>
>>> They want TWO full days with Friday night setup...
>>>
>>> Eric N.
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