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Post subject: Spike 2006
 Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 08:23 AM
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Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 08:45 AM
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| A one-day Spike! ?!?!? |
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Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 09:54 AM
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| well, one can never have enough WAAAGGGHHHH!!!! shout-outs...(sigh) |
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Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 04:39 PM
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For all the bashing that GKen gave me over the Chaos Cup ... at least the GW-Chicago folks listen to my suggestions when I give them. Looks like the Spike folks didn't hear a word the NAF folks said.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2005 - 03:59 PM
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I'm sure they hear. They just think we don't know what we're talking about. After all how could we know more about running a BB event than them. 
As far as I see it we've got two choices. Either we bombard them with emails telling them this is a stupid idea or we ignore them and we run our own Spike. Though ignoring the problem will only make it worse for us BB coaches here in Canada. Not that the support could get much worse but if no one shows to their Spike that'll be the nail in the coffin to their BB support here. |
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Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 05:47 AM
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| I agree, ignoring their Spike and holding your own would damage any shot of future support. I would lean (especially since there is still a few months) towards an email campaign directed at corporate and a verbal campaign directed at any in-store employees and management. A more positive outcome would be likely if voices are heard as opposed to voices being silent. I mean, they're not going to take any of the "Mega Kill Team Tank-Bashing Crusaders" away from their games, why not just let us have it on our own? Now if they want to have the "Canuck Open" at games Day, that's a different story... |
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Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 07:23 AM
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We've got a Canadian Open already. They can run a Spike at Games Day for all I care, I say we run our own tournament in Toronto the same weekend and everyone go play at that. Its going to cost a small fortune to go to Games Day, just to play in a 1-day tournament. We can run a good 2-day tournament for less than half of what it costs to go to Games Day.
I think this might be a hold-over from before the last Spike, when GW wasn't going to run it this year and they were going to put it in Games Day. If that isn't the case, I'm ready to forget about GW-Canada having anything to do with Blood Bowl |
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Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 07:40 AM
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To be completely honest I don't think that Blood Bowl lpays any role in GW's thinking when they are planning an event. For them Blood Bowl is just a throw-in to try and maximize the profit of a larger event. It is not a big portion of their profits mind-you, but it doesn't cost them anything to throw us a couple of tables so that they can make a few extra bucks. They know that there is a demographic up there that plays they game, so they are trying to tap into that to make a few extra dollars.
Bampf was contacted by GW to run tournies at their Conflict AND Games Day in Baltimore...both got next to no prize support from GW. These were held at two seperate events that had "Cover Charges" and GW could not be bothered in either event to do anything special.
I would say the upcoming Arisa Bowl, 1-day tourney that BB Babe is holding in the Boston area is getting great prize support...especialy for a one day. But I think that has more to do with her, and the individual GW employees there than with GW as a whole.
The point of all that babble is that I don't think that GW is going to be responsive or forthcoming in any event, so if folks want to pay upwards of $40.00 to go to a Blood Bowl event...make that fact evident to one/all of the Canadian TO's and commit to that price. This will give that person (Brian, Ben, Craig...) the opportunity to do it right and give their attendees what they want instead of just helping GW's profit margin.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 08:28 AM
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| GW-Harvard Square just really loves Blood Bowl. We are very fortunate to have them. |
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Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 09:51 AM
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Yup, we have great local managers at both the GW store in the Square and up the road in Danvers at the Liberty Tree Mall. We're also getting great non-GW support too because we're holding ArisiaBowl as part of a larger convention, so everybody's promotional support gets greater visibility.
That, and I do keep showing up in everybody's store and pestering them 
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Posted: Dec 19, 2005 - 04:59 AM
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| There goes my hopes of making the Spike this year, just to far for a one day event |
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Posted: Dec 20, 2005 - 08:33 AM
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Valen-S wrote: There goes my hopes of making the Spike this year, just to far for a one day event
Then book your tickets for the Q'ermit! 
Seriously though, I do have some connections with the guy who would be planning this event. I will speak to him and see what I can do.
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Posted: Dec 20, 2005 - 08:44 AM
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| When is Qermitt? |
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Posted: Dec 20, 2005 - 10:19 AM
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| I am still working out the details - watch for separate thread with more info. Looking at July. |
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Posted: Dec 20, 2005 - 12:02 PM
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Quote: Then book your tickets for the Q'ermit! icon_wink.gif
Seriously though, I do have some connections with the guy who would be planning this event. I will speak to him and see what I can do.
yea, but the guy who runs the Q'ermit is a jerk.  
Seriously though, go to the Q'ermit or the Canadian Open, both will be big this year and will make GWs attempt at a tournament look like something a bunch of 6 year olds threw together. |
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