Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Jackal, you may believe this but I cant count the number of times I've been in the MA or CT and someone has come in to announce an event, plus it was in the MOTD (doesnt happen often but its there sometimes), plus people were talking about it on 200 and country channel.............I mean, enough to make me sick of hearing about it and yet it never fails 5 minutes after the event starts there's always this one lone voice that says "isnt there some kind of event tonight?" And then theres at least 15 minutes of other people that apparently cant read who banter it back and forth and cant decide if the event was tonight or tomorrow or when it starts or started..........until the rest of us get tired of it and tell them to "STFU, you missed it."
Just sayin, no matter how well they try to advertise it, there's always going to be some that would have gone that didnt get the message.
Oh yea, I agree with you on that. That`s a given.
I`ve said before that coming into the MA an hour or thirty minutes before an event and announcing an event on 200 would give those that either can`t comprehend when an event is or either didin`t know in advance for the last minuters was the way to go.
Of course their is some who think maybe a thirty minute bombardment on channel 200, with caplocks on full throttle, repeating the message over and over and over is the way to go.
If you post the event in advance with details, then annouce it as a reminder in the MA, you have done all you can do.
There is always going to be some that don`t know if they are "washing or hanging out".
Those folks could have a neon, flashing sign over their monitor and still wouldn`t "get it".
Ya know, I started and ran a DTRSC league for about 2 1/2 years. Usualy about once a month we would have some kind of big event race. We had no central forum as we do here. Each team , etc usualy had an individual forum, but no central board as we do here. In DTRSC you are only allowed 10 to a server so we had to run numerous servers. You had to run multiple heats, A,B and C mains , all with eliminations and all had to be coordinated.
There were folks from all around the world raced in these events. I`ve gotten up at 2:00 to 3:00 A.M. many times to run and participate in these events. We would rotate time zones so each country would get their shot at having the events at their favorite times and every one would get a taste of the least favoritie times.
These events were always, always booked full. How was this done?
By each team posting the event on their individual forum and most importantly by simple word of mouth.
My point is, if someone is genuinely interested in events, they are going to take the time to know the details of the event, especialy when and where. If they are not interested, they will not be there.
