dnemiller wrote:
The point of this is to make sure we are getting as much bang for our buck as possible.
I have been thinking of using the community center in lamar. it can hold over a 100 easy and would not be much to rent (I would pay for it out of pocket.) Then we can look at getting a badge and real prize support versus the treatment from last year. We also would not be interrupted by other tourneys. This would also mean we are closer to KC which might bring more players.
I am just wondering since it might good for Missouri is it going to be good for the rest of the venues? If it is good for some we should do it that way. We need to protect our players and our events. one thing I know after last year is some of the venues dont give a rats ass abotu a dead game. So what can we do to protect ourselves? That is what this is about. All it takes is a couple of good screwings and boom we have a huge drop off.
Yep, definitely agree with you there. Depending on the group, the use of an non-LGS facility might work. However, if you're planning to get 1 case of minis (@ about $110 from, say, Miniature Market), and then it costs you $50 to rent a space (that is, if it's a situation not like yours Dean, where you're willing to pay for it yourself), then that's $160 from the players in the tournament, basically. That would be about the same as buying a case from the LGS at about 15% off retail. If people can't arrange even that much of a discount with your LGS, then I would definitely say it's worth finding some other place to play. Heck, our LGS typically gave us 20% or 25% as long as we pre-ordered stuff when new sets were coming out. There were a few times we got more like 35% - 40% off stuff for prize support for large events. So, yeah, it will just depend on the individual venues.
For instance, our store here in Cincy has already said that if they have any SWM boosters left when we do our DOTF Release Event, that they'll give 'em to us at half-off for prize support. So, just depends on your group and how willing your LGS is to work with you.
dnemiller wrote:
I must say that scheduling last year on mothers day was a bad idea. I am not just pointing at Cincy cause Denver did it too. I am just saying. Everyone wants to not compete against a neighboring regional; which is fine as long as you dont kill your own.
Yeah, well, that ended up being a horrible choice, but we didn't have many options. In the early planning stages, we had thought that we were going to try and get somebody from one of the other venues to come and judge, that way I could play, and in order to do that, we had to make sure it was not the same weekend as everybody else. And then at least 3-4 people canceled at the last minute for ours. Still though, we managed to give a full 4-day badge to the winner, and everybody left very happy and well taken care of. Xanatos and his girl friend came all the way down from north Ohio, and have contacted us several times about coming down again some time because they had such a good time with our group. So all things accounted for, I would still consider our Regional last year a definite success.