[Deptheads] observations
Hugh K. Singh
hksingh1 at comcast.net
Tue Mar 11 21:45:49 PDT 2008
Robin Williams is a big warhammer/ miniatures fan. For what its worth.
Hugh
Eric Burgess wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto:Evil5757 at aol.com>"
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> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] observations
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> 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto:Evil5757 at aol.com>
> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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