[Deptheads] Re: Computer Room Tourneys

[Patrick Havert]

Robert,

As head of marketing do you think Teen parents may look at the website?  Come on and grow up, unless we do something that younger kids can attend they have no reason to go to the con and neither do their families.  If we eliminate that group for a few years, do you think they'll really come back?  The con is getting older, and we need it to get younger or our con is dying a slow death.  
I admit that teens are better, but we want people to be able to bring their families, if we don't let's just put up signs on the website that say 12+ years old only so we can eliminate any family groups with younger kids.

If you can explain why lounge is better than Zone for teens, I'd love to hear it.  You seem pretty jaded for someone trying to get people to attend the con, maybe we should call it one of your names to really lower expectations.

-Patrick

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Lionheart 
  To: deptheads at strategicon.net 
  Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Re: Computer Room Tourneys


  Oh gods Patrick, are we doing it "for the children"?  

  That's it!  We're going with Video Game Bordello!  Halo Orgy starts at noon!

  I like the non-family connotation of Lounge because we do not want the Video Game Space become the Babysitter Zone.   We do not want parents using the con as a dump zone for their rugrats.   I am quite sure Janice isn't signing up for Strategicon Day Care, aka Dungeons & Diapers. 

  We want teens, not kids, as attendees.  Kids are walking liabilities.  Teens are walking wallets and awesome impule buyers for the dealer's room.  Kids are a resource drain while Teens are networking gold.   The 12+ crowd is far far far more desirable than the 6-11 range. 

  - Robert




  Patrick Havert <patrickhavert at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    I agree with Janice in that Lounge has a kind of non-family connotation associated with it, that we do not want to foster.

    How about Video Game Zone, Video Games Live, or Interactive Gaming?

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