[Deptheads] Strategicon feedback

[mike fryer]

 Jesse Heinig is one of the LARP GMs and except for "skipping the convention
in the future" I agree with all of his criticisms. "The convention was
wonderful" is really nice to hear, I worked really hard to try to provide
good space for the LARP games, but failed miserably due to the Hotel. Sorry
Ryan. I had to buy a bottle Fabreeze to make our room livable. The AC in the
pool rooms was weak if it was running at all. The AC in the penthouse was
too strong, game ended up moving due to the cold. I ended up with two
different small "dings" on my van that I didn't notice until getting home.

If we do not have EXCELLENT space for the LARP games at ORCCON, we will
should not plan on having any LARP games at any other cons. This is assuming
we can convince them to come to Orccon at all.

I think even a hefty raise of badge prices would be worth getting into
another Hotel. Several people mentioned Ontario again at the last con. I
checked again, and the most space I could find was about 25,000 sqft, about
half of what we use.

Has anyone heard any new on the bankruptcy? I can not find any new news
about it.

Mike Fryer



On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Robyn Nixon <robynln at gmail.com> wrote:

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>   l, but the hotel was awful. If Strategicon continues to use the LAX
> Radisson, I would recommend skipping the convention in the future. I've been
> there several times for Strategicon and it keeps getting worse. Among other
> issues:
> - For rooms booked a month in advance, the hotel had no rooms ready at
> check-in
> - No parking at the hotel; forced to park several blocks away in airport
> parking because they ran out of money to finish their new parking structure
> and it has languished incomplete for over a year
> - Several bathrooms broken for over a year
> - A/C broken in most rooms
> - Events bounced from room to room with promises about better rooms (always
> rescinded at the last minute) and promises to fix A/C in inferior rooms
> (always failed with the excuse "the maintenance man just went off shift")
> - Bistro ran out of coffee & sandwiches
> - Hotel gave validation stamps for the off-site parking required by their
> own failure to have parking available, then the parking off-site refused to
> accept the validation and forced people to pay there
> - Broken elevators in the lobby
> - Valets and front desk both couldn't give directions to the off-site
> parking lot
> - "Non-smoking" rooms were clearly smoking rooms with some air freshener
> sprayed and a "no smoking" sign put on the night stand (played hell with my
> sinuses)
> - Locks to bathroom doors IN ROOMS were broken!
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> Strategicon: Great. LAX Radisson: Trash.
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