bithlord wrote: varelseshrike wrote:
I just took the Gen Con 50 Pre-Show
survey and it mentioned something I though would be pretty neat. There is a a question about how important we feel recognition for attendance is. It got me thinking that it would be pretty neat if there were either stickers on the badge, pins, or something to list how many Gen Con's we have been to, or milestones hit. Something to that affect. I would love to see 1st year attendees recognized somehow so I can talk to them in games or the halls and ask how its going. Do they have any questions?
I know that this system would be an honor system mainly for the length of Gen Con's history. I like little swag and thought is was a neat idea.
Anyone think this could work or am I being crazy?
Fully on-board with some kind of color coded sticker / design on badges recognizing the number of years you've Attended GenCon (although it would probably only go back to when they mandated unique IDs). Fully off-board if GenCon decided to stretch that idea into some kind of perks for long term attendees. I could very easily see An increasing die-type on the badges, with first - fourth year getting a D4, 5th and 6th getting a D6, 7th and 8th getting a D8, 9th and 10th getting a D10, 11th and 12th getting a D12, 12th-20th getting a D20, and everything after that getting a D100.
That would be cool :0)
Heck, i wouldn't mind seeing a change with the 'free gencon die', to where the longer you've been attending the different type of die you can get.. Say newbie to 3rd year mark, just the d6
3rd to 6th year mark, d6 or d4.
7th to 10th year mark, d4/d6/d8.
11-14th year mark, d4/d6/d8/d10
15th to 20th year mark, d4/d6/d8/d10/d12
21 years to 30 years, any sort of die other than the big d100 or those funky d5/7/9/11 ones.
31+ years and so on..
bithlord wrote:
Because I hate the concept of screwing over new(er) attendees. I've gone for the past 17 years (consecutively), so I'd certainly fall in the most benefited group. But, I hate the idea that just because I've been going for X years, some other person doesn't get to experience it. Or doesn't get to have as good an experience.
GenCon is not about ME. GenCon is about US.
I don't se it as screwing over newbies though. I see it like hotels/restaurants/shopping stores do, Rewarding loyalty..