[MN-dip] Ode to the Source

[Ry4an Brase]

I'm all for staying at the source, but I will note that when I held a
dip event at my place in 2001, I got 21 participants at least half of
which had never met me before, so I don't think the barrier to entry is
as great as you might think for a private home.

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 01:16:51PM -0600, Jim Swift wrote:
> I hear folks saying they can take or leave playing at the Source. 
> Understood.  But I challenge you to put yourself in the shoes of a
> potential new player who has just heard about our group.
> 
> 1. The Source is a semi-public place.  As such, it is less scary than
> a private residence.  (Remember, you don't know these people; you
> don't know what kind of neighborhood the place is in; you don't what
> kind of, um, vices go on in the house...)
> 
> 2. The Source is easy to find.
> 
> 3. The Source is well lit with sunshine.  Makes us jolly.
> 
> 4. The Source has a Renaissance Festival atmosphere, with all the
> other gamers and shoppers around doing various different things.
> 
> 5. Passersby (and importantly, GAMER passersby) do stop and take an
> interest in the game, thus helping to get the word out.
> 
> Warning: our group will either grow or die out.  I recommend we keep
> the barriers to entry as low as possible.  If we say to ourselves
> ("selves...") that we have enough people playing and so reorient the
> whole experience to the veterans, eventually attrition will take its
> toll (people move, change interests, or, well, die) and the whole
> business will fade away.
> 
> Someday when we're running several boards at a time we can look at
> tailoring a game for the veterans.
> 
> Jim
> 
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