[Deptheads] Comments from attendees

Mon Feb 23 15:02:38 PST 2015

I am forced to agree about the flea market downstairs. It really seemed
slow for the sellers. I hardly saw any transactions all day down there.
Most people walked passed them, completely disinterested.

Jim

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Strategicon Department Heads <
deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:

> Message From: Shane Sauby  ssshanucon at yahoo.com
>
> Sure.  Here they are:
> 1)   My friends thought there wasn't a way to put a game on the
> schedule.   I had mentioned that you do allow for scheduling "events".    I
> don't think its clear to people that they can schedule events where people
> show up at a given time to play and its just for fun.    So you might make
> that clearer somehow.  Not sure how, but just so you know people are still
> lost on some of the designations.
> 2)   My friends would prefer that open gaming would be held in the same
> room as board gaming.   But I don't think that is feasible.  I think that
> is just a con allocation of resources issue.
> 3)   There were issues with temperature in the room which made gaming a
> bit uncomfortable for some.   Too cold in the main rooms (board gaming for
> instance).   Too warm in open gaming.
>
> We have heard #2 and #3 ever since we moved.  #1 is a little different and
> harder to answer/fix.
>
> Shane Sauby
> Boardgames Supervisor
>
>
>   On Monday, February 23, 2015 11:43 AM, Strategicon Department Heads <
> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Message From: Eric Aldrich  ealdrich at mac.com
> Could you post questions 1 to 3?
>
> Eric
>
> > On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Strategicon Department Heads <
> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
> >
> > Message From: Shane Sauby  ssshanucon at yahoo.com
> > Hi Josh,
> >
> >  #1 - That is a tough nut to crack.  There is an event description file
> that is linked on the website. I asked Tanya to add links to it on the Run
> Event page and the Volunteer page.  Hopefully this leads to more people
> seeing and reading the files.
> >
> >  #2 - Lots of people want that, but it is logistically impossible.
> Miniatures needs to be in the ballroom (loading dock issues), the dealer
> room needs to be across the hall (more loading dock issues).  Boardgames
> and Open Gaming will not be together in this location.  And there is an
> added bonus that this allows the convention to promote the idea that Open
> Gaming is not just for boardgames, but for all games.
> >
> >  #3 - This has to do with the brilliant hotel design.  The air for
> downstairs and upstairs apparently are linked, so the more they turn up the
> air downstairs, the colder it gets upstairs.  If they don't turn it up
> enough, downstairs becomes unbearable, so they keep it pretty high anf
> boardgames and miniatures gets pretty cold.  Snarky answer: Bring a
> sweater. =)
> >
> >  #4 - We have discussed this in the past and I am talking to the
> department heads to see if a system can be implemented.  It is a good idea
> that many people have suggested in the past, but until we had an Open
> Gaming Supervisor did not seem feasible.  Now, it might happen =)
> >
> > Shane Sauby
> > Boardgames Supervisor
> >
> >
> > On Monday, February 23, 2015 10:48 AM, Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >  Josh offered some suggestions, and I am discussing #1-3 with him
> directly, but #4 was something I thought was discussed once or twice.  Now
> that there is an Open Gaming HQ and monitor, is this something we could
> implement?
> >
> > Shane Sauby
> > Boardgames Supervisor
> >
> >
> > On Monday, February 23, 2015 10:22 AM, Josh Kaufman <
> hobbes27 at netzero.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Shane,
> >
> > I was talking to some people last night and there were a few suggestions
> they had with regards to the convention.  So here is what they asked me to
> pass on.
> >
> >
> > 4)  Open gaming isn't always as friendly in finding a game.    Sometimes
> you need to socialize, which is not easy for some gamers.  :)  But it might
> be good if open gaming had something that someone could put on their table
> saying that they are looking for players.  Or looking for players for a
> particular game.  Then if someone wanders around in open gaming, they could
> see it and head over there and it could make it easier..  Maybe something
> that is a bit high and has a number or a card or whatever.      Sometimes
> people in open gaming are looking for players, but they might be doing a
> filler or something while waiting for people to come.    So it looks like
> they are busy, but they are really just killing time.
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------
> > From: Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com>
> > To: Undisclosed-recipients:;
> > Subject: 2015 Gamex
> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:30:59 +0000 (UTC)
> >
> > Good morning!
> >
> >  It has been an entire week since Orccon finished and so I have
> obviously been slacking off =)
> >
> >  The website is accepting event submissions for Gamex right now.  I will
> have a list of the BIG tournament games soon (hopefully tonight).
> >
> >  Remember, the schedule fills up really fast, especially given that
> Gamex is only 12 weeks away.  Don't wait until the last minute or there may
> not be room for your game.
> >
> > Shane Sauby
> > Boardgames Supervisor
> >
> >
> >
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