[Deptheads] Renaming the Cons

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

If we're going to change the name, it won't be this year. 

Eric

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 01:19:19PM -0800, Janice Sellers wrote:
> 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
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