[Deptheads] Department Write-ups / Pages

Fri Jun 5 23:42:09 PDT 2020

Video Gaming update:

The Video Gaming Department has all of your electronic needs, from
single-player games to head-to-head, and even online games.

We have PC's, modern consoles, and games to go with them, as well as some
other new gaming setups.

Scheduled events vary from one convention to another. Recent tournaments
included Hearthstone, Injustice 2, Smash Bros, and Mario Kart.

See the event schedule for days and times of specific events. Most
tournaments last one to two hours. Awards will be given only for
tournaments with more than four participants, so bring your friends.

Video Gaming is always looking for new GMs. If you have a game you'd like
to play, consider volunteering to run a tournament of it!

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:31 PM Strategicon Department Heads <
deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:

> Message From: Tanya Aldrich  taldrich at strategicon.net
> Hey,
>
> I found and cleaned up a LARP page.
>
> http://dev.strategicon.net/?larp
>
> Tanya
>
> On Jun 5, 2020, at 6:10 PM, Strategicon Department Heads <
> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>
> Message From: Tanya Aldrich  taldrich at strategicon.net
> Hi Tara,
>
> I swear, I have no idea how I missed this post for two days.
>
> If you want to take the lead on getting the content, that would be great.
> I would wait on the formatting until we have a better handle on the site
> formatting. I did find Miniatures' contribution from 2018 to the department
> web page project. I didn’t put most of this page together. I just moved a
> few of images around after I cleaned up the html.
>
> http://dev.strategicon.net/?miniatures
>
> And RPGs on
>
> https://www.strategicon.net/?dept/#rpg
>
> The layout of the site in general needs more tweaking in the desktop view
> an any other view. Not a priority yet. I’m just about done with round one
> of the html/css clean-up on dev.
>
> The coding end was never really the problem, either Rob or I can work on
> that later.
>
> I just don’t know enough about most of the departments to write about
> them. Your plan is a better one.
>
> Tanya
>
> On Jun 3, 2020, at 2:05 PM, Strategicon Department Heads <
> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>
> Message From: Tara Leederman  taleederman at gmail.com
> If you'll forgive and indulge me, I would like to reframe this a bit. I
> don't think it's likely or even desirable that every department submits a
> layout/text/pictures for their department page. Department heads are
> volunteers and they are not webmasters; this is neither their area of
> specialization nor responsibility, and asking them all to do their own page
> will be both ineffective and result in wildly varying quality and tone
> across the website. The website is an avatar for the convention's brand,
> and its pages should therefore be carefully considered in terms of visual
> literacy and professional tone.
>
> As such, I think it would be best if a person were designated to work with
> the department heads to write some content for these pages and find
> appropriate pictures. I can do this and work with Rob on the coding end to
> make sure it gets done, if you would like, as I am not willing to submit
> this idea without volunteering to do it myself. I can reach out to
> department heads and add content they want added to their pages, such as
> instructional videos, demos, and links. If anyone desperately does want to
> write the material for their own page and select pictures, they can of
> course do so; I can just take a look at it and edit for tone and stuff if
> necessary. That will keep the quality constant and hopefully frictionless
> across the site.
>
> Best,
>
> Tara
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:00 PM Strategicon Department Heads <
> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>
>> Message From: Tanya Aldrich  taldrich at strategicon.net
>> We would like more than just a paragraph, several is more what we’re
>> looking for.
>> Finding or pointing us to a few pictures would be good.
>> I’m not concerned so much with the layout. That I can do.
>>
>> Tanya
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2020, at 7:11 AM, Strategicon Department Heads <
>> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Message From: Angelica Magno  angelicamagno.ing at gmail.com
>> Do you need just the paragraph or do you want the whole page layout with
>> pictures as well?
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2020, at 12:10 AM, Strategicon Department Heads <
>> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Message From: Tanya Aldrich  taldrich at strategicon.net
>>
>> I agree with Eric on the Departments menu. I’m more supportive of the
>> idea, but we need at least a page contribution from each department. Check
>> out RPGs for an example of what you can provide. Let’s just say, we’ve been
>> entertaining this idea for about a decade and note how far we’ve gotten.
>>
>> If you’ve sent me a department description that hasn’t made it to the
>> departments page, please resend or at least let me know to go look for it.
>>
>> We’re missing (in rough order of existence at the con)
>> War Games
>> Open Gaming
>> Party Games
>> Games On Demand (needs to be added to RPGs)
>> Family Area
>> Play To Win
>> Indie New Games
>>
>> It also wouldn’t hurt to have a bit more info on Pathfinder Society and
>> Adventurers’ League, if they are willing to provide.
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2020, at 10:03 PM, Strategicon Department Heads <
>> deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Message From: Eric Aldrich  ealdrich at mac.com
>> So I'm good with this except a "Departments" Menu -- it only works if
>> *every* department submits AND MAINTAINS their page. Call me a
>> skeptic/apostate/heretic if you will but that's one of those things that
>> seeing is believing -- otherwise I'm not buying it. Not trying to rain on
>> anyone's parade ... just call it the voice of experience.
>>
>>
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