[Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex

[Janice Sellers]

On 2/26/08, Patrick Havert <patrickhavert at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I wonder how many people really loved
> the battletech mini we gave them last year, hopefully everyone did, but I
> heard no mention of them on any Yahoo group I am part of.

If you're talking about the ones I went to Commerce to pick up, most
of the feedback I heard was negative, unfortunately.  A lot of people
didn't even bother to take them home.  If you're talking about a
different miniature, I didn't know we gave out a different one.

> As stated previously, playing for free at your local
> hobby shop, or paying $20+ to play at a con seems like a no brainer.  If we
> give prizes and maybe even a cheap plaque to winners of certain events in
> Minis, we'll be able to generate some buzz from our local groups.

This is confusing in light of the fact that I heard that people were
told by board games that any game that received company support was
not awarding dealer dollar prizes.  I heard from more than one upset
attendee about this.

> Most tourneys even charge $5-10 to enter, and if we charges an event fee, and
> then supplemented it(maybe by using the discount we can get), we would be
> better able to afford the prizes.

As has been discussed previously, event fees do not go over well at
our cons.  They work for specific high-profile events, but that's
about it.

Janice