Heh. You know, it would be best to get a list together of all the game authors that you all would like to see at this event. I know a lot of Apple II guys, most of them in fact. And I can track people down pretty well. If you're looking for a bunch of Atari authors, I know someone who might know where most of them are. So, getting the list together would be a good first step. I'm not sure if Steve Wozniak would come to a non-Apple-only party, but he might. I can definitely persuade him.
As for picking a location and organizing the event, I know someone who's great at doing that and has done events exactly like this one. I also have a contact at a huge media company who is specifically working on putting together events for gaming. If you're all serious then I can gauge these guys' interest. - john The goal of the works of a genius' existance lies only in itself. > -----Original Message----- > From: Hugh Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 1:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Software Collecting Expo? > > > I know at least two people on this list are in San Diego. > (Disclaimer: one of them is me.) > > Hugh > > -----Original Message----- > From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Software Collecting Expo? > > > 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 know several of the Infocom authors are still in the Boston > area. But yeah, the majority of them are probably closer to CA. > > > 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. :) > > Yeah, I was figuring we'd take a page from CGE and let them > make keynote presentations if they wanted. Talk about their > pioneering work, the culture of the industry, whatever they > wanted to talk about. Let them sign fan autographs if they > were willing. > > > 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?), > > I've heard rumors he's still in or around Vegas. Tried to > track him down when I was out there but never did. I know > he's gotten out of computer gaming, though, and is now > focused on games of chance. > > > 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 > > I dug through my list, turns out I also have: Don Woods, > Silas Warner, Al Lowe... Like you said, even 50% attendance > would be awesome. > > > We could also invite some of the more > > active vendors on eBay to buy a table, etc. > > Definitely. Eli Tomlinson... maybe Software & More, they're > in CA... There's a guy in Vegas who always seems to have a > ton of stuff. I'm sure Howard Sherman of Malinche would come > set up a table for his commercial I-F games. > > > http://www.vintage.org/events.php > > Any idea if its any good - could we use it as a starting point? > > Never heard of it before. Sounds promising, but I'd check > with them and make sure they're okay with a bunch of gamers > crashing their party. > > > 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. > > Thanks Howard. I'm a little uncertain how we'd get started, > so any help you can provide would be great. Just throwing > out thoughts here... Need to book a place on a date before > we could do much else. Once we have a place, I think I know > someone who'd be willing to print up cool invitations > (physical or electronic) for the celebs. We'd need to start > publicizing this well in advance... anyone know how early > submissions have to be made to gaming publications? We could > throw together a press release. Need to have a website with > info on the show, where/when, who's going to be there, > events, maybe a link to buy tickets. I assume we'd charge > for admission to recoup the travel costs for the guests. > Need to know the legal crap involved with that, do we remit > sales tax, how's all that work? Ditto for the dealers who > are going to be selling. > > Plenty to talk about, everyone's input is welcome. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently > subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. 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