[Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex

[Patrick Havert]

>
>> 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.

*** LOL, if some moron wants $6 instead of a $25-50 game or gift 
certificate, send them to me, I'll make that trade every time :)

>
>> 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.

*** Yea, unfortunately that's true.  I don't know what to do otherwise 
though.  We need money to pay for the rental space and other overhead, and 
the attendees need to pay entrance, and parking, it's kind of a bad 
situation.

-Patrick