[Deptheads] Demographics Sheets

Tue Feb 7 16:08:04 PST 2012

I agree with John, that the descriptions should be there, but realize that this is a major undertaking for board and card games.
I've had a solution to this for several years, but haven't had the time and/or brain power to implement it yet [hint, it's a database interface programming solution].
How many games listed with no description are externally submitted games? i.e. not staff.
If requiring a description for all externally submitted games would help, we can probably implement that.

I would like to add a description field to the sign-up sheet, but I'm not sure if there will be space on the board and card games sheet. Realizing that most games fill less than half the sign-up space, there are some that need all the space, and the next paragraph will explain why going to the back may not be an option.

I'd like to merge the sign-up and winners data sheets. Sign-up on one side, winners data on the other. To make it easier to print, the game data would be on the sign-up side and the winners and other data on the other side. This way the winners side could be printed on the back of any sheet without worrying about the event name matching on both sides. The concern for this plan is how to make it work for payouts and the departments. I'm pretty sure payouts prefers the sheet to be horizontal. Does anyone have an issue with the sign-up sheets running horizontal? I'm asking all depts because I'd like the orientation to be consistent for all sign-up sheets.

On a related note for board and card games, there used to be a binder with a description of each game offered, what happened to it? Not that I've looked for it lately, I barely have time to play anything. It was a decent solution to the issue.

Tanya

On Feb 6, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Evil5757 at aol.com wrote:

> I am not and never have aimed it at your department Neil. It is a problem that all departments face and have to work on. For boardgames, ERB and Karl came up with some ideas for populating the descriptions through boardgame geek.
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> My point is that ALL departments need to work on this so that a new person looking for something to do Friday at 7pm knows their options and doesn't have 3 events staring back at them without a clue what the game is about.
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> As far as hearing it again, it will continue to be heard until it is fixed...that is nothing personal, it is my job.
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> John
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> In a message dated 2/6/2012 11:22:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, fadtwentythree at gmail.com writes:
> Nice to hear that complaint again. If you have the time, I invite you to do it.
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> twenty-three-skidoo,
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> Neil Figuracion
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> On Feb 6, 2012 11:17 AM, <Evil5757 at aol.com> wrote:
> As far as descriptions, I still believe that EVERY event needs to have a description on it. Tournaments need formats and point values (where applicable) and events need to give the reader a sense of what the game is about to spark their interest. We are getting better, but there are almost 150 events (almost 100 in boardgames alone) that have no description.
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> As for the sheets, if it is simple cut and paste not needing time I would include the description - but it is not necessary.
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> John
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> In a message dated 2/6/2012 10:44:20 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, tparry at strategicon.net writes:
> Hi Everyone,
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> I've reviewed the discussion about this topic from just after Gateway. There was a lot of discussion of pros and cons, but not much in the form of actual questions.
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> I've tweaked some of the sheets to produce a more uniform look and hopefully help make the process easier for you, payouts and whomever ends up doing the annual awards. I only have real sheets from Monday of the con for RPGs, and a blank and the file merge template for boardgames, so bare with me on this.
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> The boardgame post-game sheet is basically what I'd expect the collectibles and video games sheets would look like, unless I'm given more information.
> The RPG sheet is basically what I'd expect the LARP sheets to look like and possibly Miniatures, which brings me to an important question. For RPGs and Miniatures, it seems most events have no winners, but the few that do, need to be handled. How are we handling these events currently? And, this Orccon, we have a LARP tournament, how is that being handled? [I'm referring to our paperwork, not outside sponsorship.]
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> The one exception to the format would be a longer sign-up list for the LARPs. Would LARPs have alts? Would LARPs need the list to continue on the back?
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> So, what this comes down to...
> Do you like the new formats?
> Do you have any suggestions for questions to put on these sheets? Please be specific as to whether it's for all depts or which. Yes, no, or numeric answers are best, but I want to hear what inquiring minds would like to know?
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> I'm working on the sign-up sheets next. Do miniatures sign-up sheets have/need the description on them like RPGs?
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> Also, how does each dept generate the sign-up sheets? I appear to have the data for boardgames. Not sure about the rest of you. Just because you've mentioned it to me, doesn't mean I remember. I'm trying to make this a smooth modification.
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> There is also the possibility of a questionaire, and/or suggestions form to be available at each dept and registration. These are obviously voluntary, but we really should offer specific ways for people to comment on things. The Feedback Forum only works for those who are willing and able to attend. Again, what questions?
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> Tanya
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