[Deptheads] observations

Tue Mar 11 09:26:01 PDT 2008

The Tom Clancy and Curt Schilling deals would match what I said: big names
and no cost/effort. If you can come up with something like that, it would be
amazing. But I think opportunities like that are few and far between.

Wil Wheaton does play at Game Empire in Pasadena sometimes. I do wonder how
much of a draw he would be. There are some more 'gamer celebrities' (Pam
from the Office loves Carcassonne, the guy on Made Men is big on Twilight
Struggle, a few more) but I would be surprised if we could get many of them
to come to a con without something to promote to our specific audience.

If you want to go Hollywood, we're probably better off seeking out companies
looking to promote their genre films. They might bring in a little glitz and
perhaps stars from the movie for no cost. Even so, this is a nice add-on but
not a big draw.

-- 
...ERB

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Mary Scott <myshanter at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  That may be a great tie-in: famous gamers. We all know gamers grow up to
> be pretty sucessful people. I know Wil Wheaton would be exspensive, and thus
> out of reach, but what about other gamers who are in the news/public eye?
>
>  ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Evil5757 at aol.com" <Evil5757 at aol.com>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:26:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] observations
>
>  Don't forget, in 1997 we got Tom Clancy to come out for free to
> Origins....ZERO cost to us....because he was promoting a game he just
> developed.  Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling goes to New England gaming
> conventions and signs autographs for free because he is a huge Miniatures
> gamer.  See if there is someone out there that we can share promotional's
> with and let's see what happens....?
>
> John
>
> In a message dated 3/10/2008 1:59:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> erburgess at gmail.com writes:
>
> Agreed. Personally, I think this idea is DOA unless it is completely free,
> doesn't take up much space and requires virtually no effort. Even then, it
> will add zero to the attendees numbers (except, perhaps, the author's
> families) and might amuse a very small portion of attendees at best.
>
> As someone who worked in the book industry for many years and hosted
> hundreds of author visits (including dozens at sci-fi cons), it is rare that
> you can get people to really come out for these kind of guys. Only really
> big names will draw people and for those folks, we are competing with the
> local sci-fi cons and stores. There are a ton of other opportunities to see
> these people if you want to do so.
>
> --
> ...ERB
>
> Boardgame Babylon - 2007 Board Game Internet Award winner for Best
> Podcast/Videocast
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Patrick Havert <
> patrickhavert at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >  Folks,
> >
> > The only thing I have against this is that the Sci Fi cons do a much
> > bigger deal about the authors that live in the area.  If it brings people
> > out, great, but we are competing with a group that's been doing that for 30
> > years.  The real problem I see is that these guys usually get paid to come
> > out, either a per book signing fee, or a up front fee from the con.  We
> > should find out what some of the "local" authors get paid for this.
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Evil5757 at aol.com
> > *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 9:19 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Deptheads] observations
> >
> >  Going "outside the box," vampire sex authors would bring people from
> > outside gaming to the con to see women like Hamilton and Harrison.  I'll do
> > some checking to see who is local we MIGHT want to hit up on for something
> > like this and make a list.
> >
> > Maybe a quick survey at Gamex about "We are considering bringing in some
> > authors to Guest at Gateway...what authors do you read?" might give some
> > perspective in the area of who our current customers keep up with....?
> >
> > John
> >
> > In a message dated 3/6/2008 5:41:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > spinachcat at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > Authors could be interesting guests.  Our RPGA dude Mike Rizzo just
> > talked with Ed Greenwood (Forgotten Realms books) and Ed is open to being a
> > future guest.  SoCal probably has a dozen known authors.   However, I am
> > unsure how many people will come see authors at a gaming con.   Does anyone
> > have any point of reference for this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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