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In lugnet.events.brickswest, Frank Filz wrote:
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> 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 never made that assuption. There's always some level of interest. I'm pointing
out that the level of interest seems to be a tad bit higher some 1049 miles to
the south (thanks Mapquest). People will flock to wherever the event is located,
but the number of people going will vary significantly based on location, date,
and weather.
> 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.
Great! I'm glad to hear this, but I'm still of the opinion that if you can get
assistance from the locals, why not go that route instead?
> 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
Agreed. No one runs a Pirate game quite like you do, Frank. No one is pushing
the need to have things run solely by locals either, but without any information
available about the upcoming event, quite a few folks who would have helped to
organize and participate are now rethinking their level of contribution simply
because we've just heard about this event a scant two days ago. Had any details
of this event been available PUBLICLY a few days before, this would never have
garnered the amount of attention it has gotten.
-Dave (who's getting tired of pointing out that the lack of available info is
what caused all the problems in the first place.)
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