I think it'd be a great idea. It would probably be good to hold it nearby to at least one person who is organizing it, for obvious reasons.. It might also be best to hold it out near the West Coast since, presumably, the majority of the 'celebrities' are probably still in that area (I could be wrong..) and thus it would be cheaper and easier to ship them over, at least the first time.
I think even if some of the 'biggies' didn't show, we could still get a lot of them interested. Many of them are stuck now in mundane jobs and would love to come and reminisce about the 'good ol' days' with people who actually want to hear their stories I'm sure. It's just like grandpa sitting by the fireplace and telling his old war stories. :) Anyways in terms of contacts (and I don't know them personally really but an e-mail address is better than nothing) I've got Don Worth (Beneath Apple Manor), Wizardry 8 team, Tim Snider (Questbusters fame - anyone know if Shay Addams os still around?), Jeff McCord (author of Sword of Fargoal), Ken Demarest (from Origin). And most of us my now have come across Brian Moriarty, Scott Adams, and a few others like that. That's about all I got. I'm sure if we pooled our knowledge we could get quite an imposing list however - and even if 50% of them agreed to show that'd be cool. We could also invite some of the more active vendors on eBay to buy a table, etc. Incidentally, has anyone heard of/gone to this in the past: http://www.vintage.org/events.php Any idea if its any good - could we use it as a starting point? No sense making a new meeting if its already covered here. The only contact name is Sellam Ismail, is he on this mailing list or does anyone know him? Anyways I'd be willing to help any way I can to organize something like this. As a scientist I am very familiar with conferences and how they work, and although I've never helped organize one myself before, I know some professors who have. Hugh Falk wrote: > > I'm all for it. It would be best if it was in a touristy area -- > Florida, California, Vegas, etc. Then there would be more reason to go > (for the family). > > Hugh > > -----Original Message----- > From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 6:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SWCollect] Software Collecting Expo? > > This idea comes up every now and then, but we never seem to get past the > "we > should do this" stage. If everybody's serious, we could put something > like > this together. > > First we'd need to agree where to hold it, of course. East coast? West > coast? Middle of the country? (Of course it's going to be a major trip > for > anyone overseas, regardless.) > > We'd need to find a place to hold it, probably a bunch of us pool some > cash > to rent it. > > Need to publicize it, get the word out. Websites, game magazines. > Recruit > some vendors to fill up the tables. Talk to some former authors and > offer > to pay their way as guests, that'll up the attendance. I know some of > the > Infocom guys, and know a guy who's in touch with Ken and Roberta > Williams. > Joe, you might be able to get Garriott to come. No doubt John has a > bunch > of classic programmer friends. > > How 'bout it? Should we do something like this? Or just keep talking > about > doing it? B-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee K. Seitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Software Collecting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > > > Howard Feldman stated: > > > > > >I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were > tons > > >of 'famous' people there, > > > > >So since you ask, I think it would be cool to have something like > that > > >for vintage computer games. I'd love to meet some of the authors > > >myself, and hear some of their stories first hand instead of reading > > >about it in some book. As far as I know there isn't a meeting like > this > > >that I know of. > > -- ---------------------------------------------- Howard Feldman, Author of The Search for Freedom A Computer Fantasy Role-Playing Game Visit its Homepage at http://bioinfo.mshri.on.ca/people/feldman/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
