[Deptheads] The Saga Of The Three Con Names

[Eric Nyquist]

But making cons "different" in the past caused problems with perception, and anecdotally, effected attendance.


"Oh, that's their RPG/Boardgame/etc., con"


We're a "big market" region. We have three conventions because we can support them.


Specializing would/will only fragment/segment our "fan base." My experience and instinct tells me that for every gamer that would be fired up about the specifics of a con, at least an equal number will see and specialization or narrowing of theme to be exclusive, or uninteresting, if not downright disinteresting...


Special events, themes, focus and differences should be subtle, non-exclusive and varied - making sure not to alienate segments of the gaming community. Over specialization has done that in the past.


Eric N.



-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Keennon <tim at stugiii.com>
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Subject: Re: [Deptheads] The Saga Of The Three Con Names



That is the problem we have. There should be something different and there isn't at the moment. 


Not making the cons distinct entities is one of our issues. 

Tim


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On Apr 30, 2013, at 8:32 AM, Neil Figuracion <fadtwentythree at gmail.com> wrote:



I'll throw this question out: 


Other than time of year, what's different about each convention? 




On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Eric Nyquist <thatericn at aol.com> wrote:


Hi - 
Since we've been the convention ownership, there definitely has been a moderately strong shift towards using Strategicon as a blanket term, versus the individual names. Back in "ye olde days" the phrase "Strategicon presents" was more boilerplate than identification; more of the background ownership than the out-front name and face for the conventions.
My suggestion to harmonize the naming issue would be to do something like this on the flyers, con books, web, social media, etc.:



ORCCON
Strategicon's Winter Convention






GAMEX
Strategicon's Spring Convention






GATEWAY
Strategicon's Summer Convention







... or we might consider "Strategicon's Winter Gaming Convention" or even "Strategicon's Winter Event"








Recognized names are kept, no babies are thrown out with bathwater, while each con's identity is better defined and clarified.




Eric N.


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