[Deptheads] Renaming the Cons

[Janice Sellers]

On 2/22/08, Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Would you have Winner OrcCon, Spring OrcCon and Fall OrcCon?

That's pretty much what I suggested, yes.  Except I put OrcCon before
the season, because the first word is what people notice more.  I also
suggested OrcCon and the name of the weekend.

> GameCon was a weak name.   ManaCon was good during the Magic days and
> ConQuest's smartest move was to brand their events with the same name so
> they have ConQuest San Francisco, ConQuest Sacramento, ConQuest
> Northwest...except for their odd CruiseCon.

And let's not forget, ManaCon became KublaCon.  With ConQuest, they
started out with different names and then have come around to having
them all be ConQuest.  My first thought on why it's called CruiseCon
is because the whole emphasis there really is the cruise, not the
gaming.

> BTW, we might want to offer a full page ad trade.   If they give Gamex a
> full page in their Vegas con book, we trade for a full page to promote their
> Alaska CruiseCon which happens in July.

If we want to start doing this type of exchange and marketing the cons
more aggressively, we should probably resolve the naming thing first.

Janice