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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
>
> > I'm not sure if it's worth chucking just because we only have 6 players.
>
> If we can put something together with 6-10 players, I'm still wildly interested
> in playing. But the nature of the thing changes substantially.
>
> > It does suggest we don't want to pay for Steve Jackson to come (however,
>
> The venue I had in mind was open to us because it would be worth it for the
> shop to host the event if we were bringing Steve Jackson. Without His
> presense, we may not have a location. When I was closely affiliated (grad
> student, full-time staff, committee member, etc.) with the University of
> Missouri, it would have been trivial to obtain playspace. Is anyone out there
> so affiliated and able to grab up space (even if they're currently on another
> continent...hint...hint)?
I thought about this possibility, but space at RU is so horribly
tight that it's hard to get anything less than 6 months in advance,
and even then, they make you *pay* for it (even if the money is
coming from the University, you have to pay). Even academic
functions have to do this, so we're kind of FUBAR on that score.
> > [Time issues, appeal issues, Steve coming, etc.]
>
> Which is why we need to line it up in advance.
>
> Another thing for us to consider is whether we're willing to speculatively
> gamble that we'll get enough players. Some smallish group of us could fund
> Steve's participation, thus opening the original venue, and be "paid back" out
> of the revenue from the event. If we set it up this way, I suspect that the
> shop (keeper) would participate in the gamble.
I can't gamble much--I'm currently locked in battle with BMI
over $200 they want to charge me for a ticket they mislaid.
That, and the other $20K...
> > Another factor is that many folks don't start committing until about a
> > month or so before an event like this (how many people were signed up
> > for Brickfest 2000 by the middle of March?).
>
> Maybe so. But unless someone is willing to fund it at a risk, how do things
> happen? It must be planned in the next couple of weeks, or let go. The
> important shop folks are in Las Vegas for the GAMA trade show, I'm on vacation
> to Ohio for half of April, and by then time will just all be gone. Plane fare
> will increase, Steve's calender may fill, more notice to potential players
> means better ability to commit, etc.
Duly noted and in the think-pipe.
> I think it depends on their goals. It will be hard to get 30 hours of
> piratefesting in at Brickfest because there will be so much other stuff to do.
> I know a couple who fly to London for dinner once a year. My mind boggles at
> the conspicuity of the consumption, but whatever. My point is that for some,
> flying to the NYC area isn't that big a deal. Another option would be to push
> it back even closer to Brickfest so that visitors could make a longer vacation
> of it. I'm not sure how that works for the rest of us, but it might actually
> be better. (eg Frank, you could do Piratefest, head up to Boston for a few
> days, and back down to DC for Brickfest.)
Not a bad thought, really. I'd do that. But then again, I'm
just altogether too agreeable.
> Oh, and the carpet is that short dense commercial stuff in a neutral color...it
> isn't blue.
Neutral is good. It can be muddy.
> For a less formal thing, we could meet at my house and sail on the lawn!
> Actually, that's a dumb idea for a pirate game. But our property (1.7 rocky
> wooded acres) has great terrain for land-based brickwars type events. Hmmm...
Oh, man. Back home we used to hold 1/35 scale tank battles
(Axis vs. Allies) on such a plot, and it was excellent. But
the Axis always won--they had three times the equipment! I
had the only real chance as the collector of Soviet armour--
the only thing that scares a guy with 4 King Tigers and 4 Panthers
is the guy with half a dozen T-34/85s and a trio of JS-IIIs...
That wistful longing aside, I'd play Brickwars too if that
became the function. I could crank out some funky Mechdom
or Tankdom. Wow, I'm entirely noncommittal, aren't I? But
in the end I definitely want to play the Pirate Game.
Has anyone considered a two- or three-person "Fleet Action"
type of Pirate Game? With blue and red Imperial squadrons?
After all, I finally have enough flags!
best
LFB
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