[Deptheads] observations

Tue Mar 11 14:44:22 PDT 2008

I agree with eric.

1. 1997 is not the same as 2008. media, podcasts, blogs, internet expoure, live web feeds etc are now available.
2. Origins, comicon and gencon get you national media exposure. Strategicon does not offer that kind of exposure....yet.
3. Curt Shilling I have met several times here and he is not some athlete that shows up to gaming cons like if kobe bryant showing up for a game of munchkin and then sign autographs for an hour.
He own 3 game companies, is a lifelong die-hard advanced sqaud leader player, and writes game reviews in pc gamer and other magazines as well as plays everquest.
He is working with mcfarlane, butcher and r.a. salvatore on some online multiplayer rpg projects. Gaming is a career for him as well as baseball.

V

----- Original Message ----
From: Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:26:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Deptheads] observations

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.

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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?

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From: "Evil5757 at aol.com" <Evil5757 at aol.com>
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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.

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...ERB

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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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