2008 GAMES DAY AND GRAND TOURNAMENT DATES
The dates for the 2008 Games Day and Grand Tournament seasons have been announced. More information is coming soon.
2008 GAMES DAY DATES
Games Day Baltimore
June 14, 2008
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Games Day Chicago
July 26, 2008
Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, Illinois
Games Day Los Angeles
August 23, 2008
Ontario Convention Center
Ontario, California
2008 GRAND TOURNAMENT DATES
Grand Tournament Las Vegas
September 5-7, 2008
Treasure Island Casino & Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada
Grand Tournament Chicago
October 3-5, 2008
Crown Plaza Hotel
Rosemont, Illinois
Grand Tournament Baltimore
October 24-26, 2008
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland
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Hi Andrew
I don't recall meeeting you, or chatting with you, sorry.
What's the deal? Well, I'm not sure there is a deal. We sold out of tickets at ALL three of our GTs this year. I checked the numbers for actual attendees from the GW website (the statistics pages) and came up with 798 (298 for LV, 210 for Chicago, and 290 for Baltimore). Anyone looking to "debate" this statistic in this setting would have no trouble finding that information.
Are the statistics from 8-9 years ago the same ones you discussed previously with Rich Curren? If so, could you please provide me those files? I know you were reluctant to give them up to Rich, but perhaps your willingness to discuss this in an open forum means that you are more willing to share them with me.
The question isn't "Why were there less than 500 for 2007?" (798 is greater than 500) The question is, what is the point of this all?
I'm unsure why there is a constant perception that Independent events "steal" people away from GW events. We (GW) run a particular type of event. This type of event isn't for everyone. Many of the Indy GTs (and other events) are run differently from our events and even from each other. Is that a bad thing? No, it's a good thing. If you don't like the composition scoring aspect of many events, head to the Gladiator tournament at Adepticon, if you don't like the lack of comp scoring at the GTs, head to the Necro (they have a great comp system BTW). We'd love to see growth in all of the events that are well run by people enjoying the hobby. In an effort to create a great environment for them to do so, we're trying to make sure that we don't negatively impact on some of the great events already running out there. We'll only put on three GTs a year for the forseeable future. There's no need to do otherwise when we can support other great Indy events, including future additional support for events in Texas so hold tight gdurant.
By keeping our events to that number we have been able to increase staffing levels at each of the events to the numbers we had "back in the day". This is very deliberate and aimed at providing a better event for all involved. Increased staffing levels at the GTs are a diferent issue to that raised by Negativemoney. We are very focused on keeping our Hobby Center staff focused on their training and development. Too many distractions that take them out of their Hobby Center (like staffing a GT) does not work well towards any of our goals.
I hope this is what you were looking for.
Cheers
Dave Taylor
BTW, no "Iron Halo" is not the 'Ard Boyz of 2008. It is an in-store program of hobby events and activities for our Hobby Centers focused on building core hobby skills (modeling, painting, tactics, etc).
BBTW, I'm sure the folks who had a great time playing in the LoTR GTs this year don't feel that it "flopped". When you make statements like that, please follow it up (or precede it) with definition you're using.
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