[Deptheads] Re: Special Guests

Thu Feb 7 17:27:44 PST 2008

Also as I see it,

Guest of Honor:  include Free Room, Food, Badge, and Stays for the whole
convention, participates in several convetion events including such things
as Seminars, Games, Ceremonies, Signings, etc., and additional items.

Special Guest: Might only be for one day, Badge, possible seminars, minimum
one "Spot Light" event, etc.

Heather

On 2/7/08, Heather Hughes <heather at gibsongirl.net> wrote:
>
> Just be sure to check with each of them, before you list them that way.
> Some (i.e. John Wick) may not like to be called that if he hasn't been
> asked yet.   Some might be annoyed if they show up,  find out in the Con
> Book  "Oh Hey, did you know I was a Special Guest?"  They might feel like we
> are Marketing on them with out even been communicated to about it first.
>
> Also,  I really need to know who these people are, so I can treat them
> right at the convention.  In addition to getting a badge, I should be
> coordination possible seminars, and making sure they have a room etc.   I've
> had no communication with Ed, to find out what his needs might be, because I
> wasn't informed about him.   As for John Wick, I thought we were going to
> aske him and a few other Independate RPGers to come as "Special Guests" for
> the next con and do seminars together.
>
> Heather
> VIP Coordinator
>
>
>  On 2/7/08, Patrick Havert <patrickhavert at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >  We have nothing to lose by promoting more Special Guests, and it let's
> > us display more special events on the website.
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com>
> > *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:19 PM
> > *Subject:* [Deptheads] Re: Special Guests
> >
> >
> > I agree with Eric Burgess.  Do we have a written definition of what is a
> > Guest of Honor and what is a Special Guest for Strategicon?  I think a clear
> > written definition is important.  Included in this definition should be the
> > amount of games / seminars run that is expected from the Special Guest.
> >
> > I do not see any problem with Guest of Honor as the prime focus and then
> > a list of Special Guests by department noted and listed.   Eric is right
> > that Kubla has an impressive array of Special Guests and I do not know if
> > Kubla does anything beyond giving them a free badge.  I do not know if they
> > get a room discount or other perks.
> >
> > In general, I suspect that the Special Guests will be very open to run
> > extra events / demos / seminars and we should use them to the advantage of
> > our guests.   It may even be useful to encourage the GMs to run games
> > created by the special guest we know will be attending.
> >
> > Just like the Kniziathon, other such style events could be
> > implemented.   In the case of Tom Jolly, we could do a Jollython, but also
> > could just promote the play of his games by getting them listed as general
> > events.   In the case of John Wick, I am sure he would be excited to see
> > some 7th Sea, L5R, L5R CCG, Cat the RPG and other stuff happening that he
> > wasn't running himself as a token of honor to the Special Guest.   One of
> > the biggest hoots as a game designer is seeing other people playing your
> > game.
> >
> > Such ego-stroking would go a LONG way because many of these Special
> > Guests have blogs and extensive fan contact where they will promote the con
> > to the larger gamer community.   And it would not cost us a dime.
> >
> > - Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com>* wrote:
> >
> > Kublacon routinely has a list of about a dozen special guests and yet
> > most of them come every year. I believe one of them is the "Guest of Honor"
> > (as in, we paid to have this one big name come one time) and the rest are
> > special guests (special badge and special events noted). So - Steve Jackson
> > is the "Guest of Honor", Wick, Ed, and perhaps the other Play with the
> > Creator folks could be 'Special Guests'. Anyone who could potentially draw
> > attendees because they have a fan base should be noted as such.
> >
> > I tend to think this is a pretty good way to go.
> >
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 11:40 AM, DB <noldor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Rob — you are the marketing guy.  Should John Wick get a Special Guest
> > > status?  He's written some extremely popular games...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/7/08 11:36 AM, "Robert Lionheart" <spinachcat at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  No offense to Ed, but he better be some sort of attendee draw greater
> > > than some of the Play with the Creator guys.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Patrick Kapera has GM'd for us a few times and his games are certainly
> > > far bigger sellers than Ed's stuff, just to name one.   Same with John Wick.
> > >  Neither had Special Guest status to my knowledge.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > - Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *"Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org>* wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > He's going up now ....
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 08:36:09AM -0800, Janice Sellers wrote:
> > > > >From the marketing e-mail Robert posted to the Deptheads list
> > > December 10:
> > > >
> > > > MORE GUESTS OF HONOR Ed Teixeira
> > > > Ed Teixeira of Two Hour Wargames is the creator of the popular Chain
> > > > Reaction Engine.
> > > > Ed won his Origins Award for "All Things Zombie" and his games
> > > include
> > > > Six-Gun Sound, Black Powder Battles, Montjoie!, Nuts and 5150. Come
> > > > play with Ed and prove that the games of Two Hour Wargames can
> > > indeed
> > > > be played in 2 hours!
> > > >
> > > > He is supposed to be listed on the Web site (Tanya?). I must have
> > > > missed your message last week; I'm starting to organize myself for
> > > > surgery and don't catch everything that is posted.
> > > >
> > > > Janice
> > > >
> > > > On 2/7/08, Patrick Havert wrote:
> > > > > Who is our other Special guest?
> > > > > I don't see any mention of anyone else online, and I asked this
> > > same
> > > > > question a week ago and no one mentioned anyone else.
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