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Dave Johann wrote:
>
> In lugnet.events.brickswest, Mark Sandlin wrote:
> > In lugnet.events.brickswest, Dave Johann wrote:
> > > Partly true. What I see is a group of people trying to put together an event
> > > more than 1000 miles away on the same weekend the any attempted BW event
> > > would occur. In addition, they are placing it in an area uninhabitted by any
> > > LUGs so as to ensure little fan participation outside the Portland
> > > metropolitan area.
> >
> > I'm not really party to any of the other arguments, but this statement is
> > factually incorrect. There are quite a few PNLTC members in the PDX area, and
> > another PNLTC contingent and SEALUG are only 3 hours north (in Seattle,
> > obviously). You can bet on it that many of us will be there to support an
> > event in Portland. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Vancouver Lego Club
> > folks make the trip as well.
> >
> > -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if many BAYLUG, LUGOLA, BAYLTC, SCTLC or San Diego's
> upcoming LUG joined in to, but I still stand by my original statement as being
> factually correct: There are no LUGs in the Portland area. I'm well aware of
> PNLTC - I have ongoing deals with some of them, but an LTC is not a LUG, it's a
> group with a serious focus on trains. When we can point to train displays that
> have space and castle focii, then I'll have to reconsider my idea of what a LTC
> really is.
It is true that PNLTC is a train club, however, one should not assume
there is no non-train interest in the area. I will be running the gaming
component of BrickFest PDX, and will be bringing much pirate stuff for
use in Evil Stevie's Pirate Game and display. Ben Fleskes has one of the
best models of the Millenium Falcon out there. Jeremy Rear has a very
nice range of military models (which do show up on our train layouts).
I don't see how Portland's only having an LTC will "ensure little fan
participation outside the Portland metropolitan area" has any truth. Are
people really not going to come to an event just because they are
interested in theme X but none of the people local to the event do theme
X? Other than the first BrickFest, I don't think I've ever seen a
WAMALUG Pirate MOC (ok, I'm not sure about where all the islands that
were provided for the game this year came from, but most of them came
from New Jersey, Oregon, and Michigan), but that never stopped me from
running the pirate game there. The castle room did just fine this year
despite little participation from locals.
One should also point out that many areas of BricksWest have been
championed by non-locals: Train presentations, animation contest, Pirate
Game, LDRAW, robotics, and more. The brick cons have really started to
realize that the best person to host a particular theme or area of
interest may not be local (this has actually been recognized from the
start since I ran the Pirate Game for the first BrickFest). This is
great and also helps ensure burnout doesn't happen (it's will be much
easier to find a new champion for the Pirate Game when I decide I don't
want to do it anymore given that I am not local to the club).
Frank
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