[GZG] Re: GZG ECC News - Comments and Ideas requested

Hi All,

I have to agree with what I've mostly heard so far.

1) A single room is great. 2) The Brunswick kind of sucks, but I don't come
for the hotel room. 3) Good food within short walking distance. 4) The
Brunswick restaurant sucks. 5) The costs and price per attendee is good, but
yes, I too would pay more to attend. 6) I would also waive my $5 GM kickback
if it would help. And yes, I'd still run games. I don't run them for the $5.

Now, that all said, I would also like to give a little bit of a vendor
perspective. My first ECC was number 7, and that year and each since, I've
(with my girlfriend Yerin) run the Decals Express table. DE does not make
enough profit at the cons to do more than happily justify our showing up, but
it's fine. I like bringing the decals to the show.

One of the things that I really like is that this is a much more intimate con
than others that I've attended (Historicon, Cold Wars, Origins). I can
actually walk away from the vendor table and do not have to worry that someone
is going to walk away with anything. Given that there are typically around 50
people, and IMHO GOOD people, I can go look at a game, look at minis, or even
go play. This is an incredible perk. I also love the fact that all of the
games are happening in the same room that the table is in. At ECC 9, Grant
LaDue called me away as a "warm body" to play
in an FT game run by Carl Shue (likely mis-spelled, sorry Carl!).  Could
I have done that at Origins? Not bloody likely.

Despite the pain that Jon has to deal with every year (and yes, I do feel for
the man!), I think that moving to a more expensive, and possibly
multi-roomed location would harm the ECC.

I would not opposed at all if Jon were able to find a similar (price and

meeting room-wise) location in another town near Lancaster.  Someone
else mentioned a bunch of possibilities. If the Brunswick doesn't get better,
that might be a viable option.

There. Vendor opinion delivered.

I'll get the pics that Jon (St. Jon) sent of the new vehicles up tomorrow when
I'm back in front of my work machine.

Thanks,

For the life of me, I can't remember or find the message that John is

replying to here. Was there some "asking for comments" message about ECC that
I missed?

   grant

> Hi All,

> perspective. My first ECC was number 7, and that year and each since,
I can
> actually walk away from the vendor table and do not have to worry that

> someone is going to walk away with anything. Given that there are

> table is in. At ECC 9, Grant LaDue called me away as a "warm body" to
Could I
> have done that at Origins? Not bloody likely.