I'm definitely serious. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Software Collecting Expo?
> 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. To unsubscribe, > > send mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe > > swcollect' Archives are available at: > > http://www.mail-> archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent to you because you are currently > > subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. 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