[Deptheads] John Paiva's after action report

[Patrick Havert]

>>
>> I'd also like to take the demo tables in front of the Dealer room, to put
>> the Payout crew there, so they have a bit more room to spread out.
>
> Doubt we can do this either -- what was wrong with where they were other 
> than lack of signage?
**** Eric, as they are there 15-16 hours a day, I'd like them to get a 
little room to spread out.  The Dealers didn't really use those 2 tables, I 
setup a few guys in the Ballroom so they got better exposure to people, so 
the Open gaming wargamers used them for the most part.


> Erm, the only person really doing a lot of bidding was John Muiji, who is 
> NOT a dealer. He is a game collector, and a rather well-heeled one at 
> that. He drives or flys out from Vegas specifically for these auctions. 
> And it's not like John goes overboard -- things were going cheap for the 
> most part. There were four known game collectors in there that I saw 
> bidding (myself included). John just has a bit more room in his 
> house+basement to put the stuff. He purchased roughly 40 percent of what 
> was sold at the auction by dollar amount (yes, I actually did count 
> this -- I purchased roughly 8 percent and sold only 3...).
**** I wasn't at the auction, I just know what people bitched about on the 
Yahoo groups.  Perhaps if you mention to people that we have a collector in 
the front row when he bids on everything?  I am uncertain of the exact 
response from us, but people left the auction because someone in the front 
row was bidding on everything, and the Yahoo Groups afterwards were several 
flames.