Thread: More Privateer Presence

Originally Posted by Darkwynn

We need people's help and people from the community who can help champion Warmachine.

You'd think PP would have some sort of person locally who could champion their cause... hmmm...

Originally Posted by RealGenius

You'd think PP would have some sort of person locally who could champion their cause... hmmm...

You think

I was told back in January to keep it "nice and simple," which I took to mean not particularly huge. With the amount the local community has grown by recently I thought Austin and its nearby surroundings would be enough to satisfy that, but no one pre-registered and we had no-shows from a lot of people I was expecting to see. This was also the reason my initial plans for a 50 point Steamroller were downsized to 35. I was a little shocked when I was told the Warmachine room would accommodate 54 people.

In hindsight, here are some things I wish I had done differently.

Gotten WM Weekend qualifier status sooner. I didn't think the event would be big enough, but with numbers looking grim I took a shot and luckily it paid off.

This is the biggest one. Checked the WARGames con site to make sure the event information had been posted. I never went there because I didn't need a ticket. I know that might sound pretty short-sighted, but there was a thread that appeared in the BoLS lounge asking for more specifics about it so I thought that person must have gotten that information from the site. That person turned out to be a local who's forum name I didn't recognize and had gotten the information firsthand. The lounge seems to be down right now though otherwise I'd link it Edit: here it is:http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.ne...ad.php?t=14167

Written a BoLS article specifically about it. Simon of PP said the reason why he never tweeted/forum posted/ otherwise promoted it through the Privateer site was because all the info about it was written in association to stuff also promoting Warhammer and Warhammer 40k. He said he couldn't do anything that might also promote another company's system. I just wish I'd known that 6 months ago. He told me this in person at Comicon. I don't think it was off the record but I'm extremely cautious about saying anything that might be construed as mud-slinging. So... Simon is great!

Tried to get other PP forum users to bump the posts I made about it which, aside from the last one that you guys did help me with, all dropped out of sight like rocks in a muddy pond.

Recruited people to help me make PP specific terrain. I spent a large part of two months and easily $300 bucks on the stuff I made myself. And I only finished two tables.

Otherwise Larry and John were on PP from the beginning trying to get Adepticon level support but that never happened. If they hadn't fought as hard as they did, we might not have even gotten trophies, let alone uncut card sheets, signed rulebooks, and those cool dice a lot of you got on Friday.

Anyway this is all filed away for next year. I plan on repeating the 30 minute Mangled Metal next year for sure as it seemed to be the most popular. I also want to do a team Hardcore and a 50 point Steamroller. Any more stuff than that and I will definitely need some assistance. I can't run two events at once and my wife is pretty offended by the loss of any husband weekend together time as it is.

I'd be happy to help you / run an event (as long as it's not the mangled metal, that was too fun to miss playing in again).

I'll throw my hat in the ring for helping (though I'd also humbly request to not miss the mangled metal). Maybe running demo games? Not sure what all you'd need.

On the table front, I'd definitely be willing to build as many as I can. That's my project as soon as I slog through the Khador commission I'm on, and my Ret.

-Quin

Originally Posted by GentleBen

no one pre-registered and we had no-shows

I think this is the biggest problem. I know that quite a few people showed up when all was said and done, but I'm sure it would have been great to tell PP a few weeks before the event that 20 or 30 people are already signed up.

On the website issue, I think you are spot-on and think this is one of the issues that may have caused the low pre-reg numbers. Happily it is something we can easily fix and will for next year. Sending you a PM.