If you like fun, you'll love ANY ROC event!

I'm running the one in Utah and not playing. As much as I want to play, I get to play in big events all the time so this gives the rest of the locals a change to play in one. Good luck to everyone playing in these. I wonder if any one team will dominate the weekend.

And you apparently have no real points to debate.

You are right, there is nothing wrong with venues and organizers paying to host an event that provides prizes and then having to pay for additional prizes to "make their events worth playing in".

Nope, no real points at all.

If additional prizes are not offered, you're cool with the venues pocketing all the extra? Let's say the kit costs $200. State A runs one at $20 a head, 10 people show up. Kit is paid for. State B runs one at $20 a head, 50 people show up. Venue pockets $800.

I don't see this as optimal at all.

Are you really inferring that a venue should add more prizes (and thus costs) to their event to make their profit margin closer to break even, instead of profitable?

I imagine the venue in State B sees it as optimal, and would be much more likely to run more such events in the future.

I am saying that venues shouldn't be making money hand over fist on these. Putting money back into the clix community is good business sense. I don't think many would support a venue who has a huge profit margin on a event like this.

Why would an event organizer want more prizes?

Could it be to get more people to show up?

Why would an event organizer want more people to show up?

Could it be because the more people that show up, the more profit they stand to make?

Adding more prizes can be the cause of that huge profit margin you mention, if the event draws in enough players, which is one of the reasons I said the events should have standardized prizes.

Wooo!! Madison Wisconsin here I come! Actually I already knew about Madison, but I wanted to point out that Pegasus is an awesome place to play.

You're kidding, right?

Looking forward to that one myself, hopefully there will be bunch of us in from Milwaukee.

Highly recommend attending MD's Phoenix Rising is a new store but their crew is awesome and really go above and beyond trying to support everyone's gaming hobbies. (No I don't work there)

Depending on what part of Colorado you are in Lincoln, Nebraska would probably be closer than KC. Still a heck of a drive. Sorry about that.


Well, his avatar is Worf. In tights. I seem to recall Worf not being terribly fond of that.

"I am not a merry man!"

This was a good decision on the ROCs part. Having people going to other states to prize shark and win their state titles kind of defeats the purpose of the entire concept.

In fact, if I were a venue in a state, I'd turn away people from nearby states that have a ROC state championship of their own. Obviously those from states without one would be welcome.

However, I also realize this is easy for me to say as someone whose money is not on the hook.

Luckily for me in Iowa, a venue took up the call. A venue I didn't even know existed, and I play a lot in venues only 20 minutes north of this one. Should be an interesting time. (And with only a 1 hour, 25 minute drive)

No. I'm not saying venues should just break even. But are you telling me that if 50 people showed up to an event and only 2 people get decent prizes, you are OK with that?