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While the idea is nice in theory Typhon in reality it's not going to happen. I believe the main reason for that is how ROC is constructed. As a store owner working with many different companies I must say that ROC is not much different than the Championship tournaments offered by TCGPlayer, Starcity Games (Magic) Mayfair (Catan) or even Fantasy Flight. The biggest difference is that it appears that you are asking stores to pay for the entire prize. Whereas if I run a Catan Qualifier it's only going to cost me $200 and the winner still gets a paid trip to GenCon to take part in the championship.
We plan to submit our application tomorrow, but if I'm to shelling out $1000 plus other expenses for a ROC I'm going to want to do as many of my own qualifiers as I can.
Stores like mine that handle large magic and Yugioh events tend to do it on our own. Many large Magic events actually compete against each other for players. So it's unrealistic to expect stores to suddenly be willing to work together to host a ROC. On the flipside it's also unrealistic to believe that approved ROC stores are going to allow other stores to host feeder events. Don't know how much of ROC has been worked out store support wise, but I strongly suggest you reevaluate how stores can support ROCs they are approved for.
Evan J. aka DanversGM
Good points. We already have something working though, Submit your application and I would love to talk to you personally. You wont be out any money under this program.
Good points. We already have something working though, Submit your application and I would love to talk to you personally. You wont be out any money under this program.
Well in that case I will be coordinating with thegoodreverandjdlang to see about submitting an application and sponsoring an event here in Salem/Keizer Oregon. The $1000 was a big concern. Would you be opposed to including a food drive, or charity fundraiser?............Tony
Well in that case I will be coordinating with thegoodreverandjdlang to see about submitting an application and sponsoring an event here in Salem/Keizer Oregon. The $1000 was a big concern. Would you be opposed to including a food drive, or charity fundraiser?............Tony
What I would like to see is to have multiple venues in an area, pool their resources and time together, and host feeders events; then go and find space to host the regional (in the truest sense of the word) in a neutral location that can house a ROC Regional.
With this much lead time; there's no reason we can't have multiple regionals in the same geographic area (but probably not the same city).
So me and several judges in the area are pretty much always talking and playing in each others events. But the thing is my store is the biggest and can only hold 70 max. So what you're saying is we all get together, rent space in the Philadelphia convention center, and host a super big ROC event? Because I'm sure I can make that happen. I mean, if the YuGiOh people can host pre-releases every 3 months I can definitely make the ROC happen in the Philly Convention Center. Perhaps we should talk via PM.
So me and several judges in the area are pretty much always talking and playing in each others events. But the thing is my store is the biggest and can only hold 70 max. So what you're saying is we all get together, rent space in the Philadelphia convention center, and host a super big ROC event? Because I'm sure I can make that happen. I mean, if the YuGiOh people can host pre-releases every 3 months I can definitely make the ROC happen in the Philly Convention Center. Perhaps we should talk via PM.
You can do that. Feel free to pm and I can explain a little more to you. I can also give you a phone number where you can call me if you wish.
It's kind of funny. When we first announced ROC and then as every ROC was announced, we heard "Why not Texas?" and "Why no Midwest in Chicago?". We replied because no one responded to us when we began looking at locations. Well guess what? We have not received an application from Chicago or Texas. None from St Louis or Florida either. We have received apps from Iowa, Canada, Denver, Oregon, and looks like now Philly. If you want a ROC you need to get busy. We will be deciding on locations at Gencon.