Originally posted by bjoak:
Greg, personally, I was very borderline on the double play and I think the fee made up my mind on that. I know you're not worried about my little decisions but maybe others feel the same way.
As for the main event, I think I'd definitely feel better about the charge if you gave us some indication of what they're planning to have for us (and when they're planning to have it, i.e. before/during/after the draft). I have a hard time believing that whatever I eat will be *worth* $50, but if I at least know that I will not need to drop $20-30 on breakfast beforehand, it will help to justify the cost in my mind.
I think that though some folks complained about two weekends they were mollified when you made the Bellagio announcement. Announcing what you have planned for the $50 really might have the same effect here. We don't need the precise details if you don't have them, but I think it'd be great to demystify them a little bit. We trust you, but when you say give us $50 and we'll give you something special, well, it's just not very concrete in our minds as consumers.
Also, I liked the optional charge someone brought up. I never ate at the drafts and never had a problem with what was or wasn't offered. Sure Brian, it's a good idea, but we don't even have final contracts yet in New York and Chicago, so we can't explain everything yet. This isn't just a Bellagio charge and the folks in NY and Chicago are right: "Don't charge us for what those dudes are getting in LV and then give us bread and water." So I don't have the menus for every venue yet because I don't have final contracts for everything yet. We're announcing a lot of things early for you folks, but finalizing everything can't be done on all fronts for a bit yet.
And please get beyond the $50 means $50 in just food. There are other amenities involved and we'll provide those in every city. Just stay tuned. We're working on so many fronts to make this better and in the end we hope to pull them all off, but it's possible we won't be able to. But we're thinking bigger on every front. Nobody has done some of the things we're trying to pull off.
I know a lot of people didn't have problems with the food or the other draft locations, but we're improving this EVENT all together, just like we kept all costs down together in the past. I'm done taking crap about being the cheapest game operator on food. We're moving on up in the locations and the side benefits that go with drafting along with us. And if additional costs is the main factor in your decisions to continue playing with us, the first weekend has NO EVENTS FEES in LV and St. Louis.
But we'll see what we can do for those who take multiple teams and still pay our bills.
[ October 17, 2009, 05:00 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]
How are we supposed to participate in multiple drafts all day with no power? 
