What The Heck Is Up With The Low Attendance For The Megameet???!!!

[RusskiX]

The only way that you'll get people to commit is by their wallets. Get a deposit from those who say they want to go.

That's the smartest thing anyone has said in this whole thread! LittMag, I salute you.

[krafty]

Apparently I have terrible luck. For the Indy meet I was playing in a tourney. For the Megameet I'm standing up in a wedding. Heck, for most of the events I've already had stuff scheduled.

Then again, I never committed to this... so my not showing up shouldn't be a surprise.

[Load SM5]

Originally posted by Wc Keep
hey mango you still going to go??? this way we can have a full 5 man blackcell team there.

If he can't make it you could have 4 and an honorary.

[adam shannon]

my perception is that although there is planning on AGD's part, most of it is on an insider level...the average AOer doesnt have a clue whats planned.

so what is a mega meet? from the official thread it says there will be something friday night somewhere near pittsburgh. saturday is AO games on reserved fields. and sunday is some sorta big game.

i have never met anybody from AO, i dont have any inside info on what were actually doing. ive also never been to any AO functions. yet ive already reserved 2 nights at the sherraton and will be there by friday afternoon. i dont know exactly where we are meeting, what were doing, or if i will even be able to hook up with any group of AOers who do know...but i still plan on being there.

i e-mailed and asked for info...the reply was its all in the thread. dates and a hotel address, ok...but a little more info like where to meet and what time would help...or i will just be the bald guy in the lobby of the hotel asking everybody who shows up if theyre with AO.

what would make this a little better was an itinerary of times and locations...at least for friday. also when i reserved the room and paid full price i was asked if i was with any group...because they do give discounts when they are expecting a group...nobody ever heard of AO or AGD. somebody knows whats going on and when...but the average newbie at AO isnt in the loop...and IMO thats why more less willing to just say the hell with it and just go people arent jumping to commit to show up.

on a related note i replied 4th in the whos coming to the mega meet thread and asked about getting permission to bring a video crew pack up 50K in equipment and produce a mega meet video/dvd. no reply. so even though i am still coming im a little put off by the "proclamations from the mountaintop with ear plugs to drown out any replies" that goes on around here.

there are a bunch of regulars around here with fancy sigs and 3000+ posts...dont get me wrong those guys/gals drive this forum and make it great, but the average joe needs to be in the loop a little also.

[dansim]

i belive as teh date gets closer an itenary will get posted, i cant say as im not on the planning end but if your there for an ao event most likely you wont be able to miss it, as for your video equipment i suggest emailing [email protected] and he'll get back to when he can perhaps put what you want in the topic

also alot of you naysayers saying they dont have a right to be angry please take time and think, this isnt free for agd it costs them money to send people out and bring em home, they gotta pay for hotels,entries,food,paint and whatever else they come across just keep that in mind if you say your coming and just dont show.

[Thordic]

Jon, no offense bro, but I gave you guys a warning. The location is too close to IAO, I think that is hurting your chances of good attendance.

The summer is a VERY busy season for paintball travel. People have to pick what tournaments and events they can attend carefully. You chose to hold the Megameet in the same place as IAO. People who have to choose between going to Pittsburgh twice or going to Pitt. once and LA once would be more likely to pick the more varied schedule, I'd think.

I hope you guys get great turnout, but there hasn't been much hype about the megameet. SC and NJ2 had people talking constantly, I havn't seen much hype about the Megameet.

Also, at least for NJ2, it was in a pretty AO-heavy area. Most of the attendees were locals. If you held it somewhere where lots of travel was involved, attendance would have been way less.

I sincerely hop you get tons of people, but this one could have been planned better, IMO.

[Mango]

Originally posted by Wc Keep
hey mango you still going to go??? this way we can have a full 5 man blackcell team there.

I SHOULD be there, but I will not be able to commit till after tomorrow, when I find out from my department when I get paid.

[FutureMagOwner]

im sorry neither me or mikekpball couldnt go to ne ao day II we got grounded for getting detention for protesting some stupid teacher who makes up bs rules and says shes one of the administrators(who happens to be a man and the teacher is a woman )

[dansim]

Originally posted by FutureMagOwner
im sorry neither me or mikekpball couldnt go to ne ao day II we got grounded for getting detention for protesting some stupid teacher who makes up bs rules and says shes one of the administrators(who happens to be a man and the teacher is a woman )

all in the past man all in the past

[pbzmag]

Originally posted by USAF-Flyboy with a Mag
AGD...COME OUT TO SO CAL!!!!!
Thanks =)

I second it!

[yeahthatsme]

sorry about indiana, but my ride fell through, its complicated so i wont get in to it but i did want to go.

and pleeeeeeeese dont stop all the great events that agd does just because a group of people are no-shows, if i could drive myself i would be at every single agd event i could go to, but i cant. i think that these people are either idiots or have something really really important that takes precidence(sp???)


but regardless, please dont stop doing these events, the chat parties and AO meets with the agd bigwigs is what makes AGD and AO what they are. without them we'd just be another internet group.

[Nobody077]

I would love to go to the MM but its to far. I started looking at plane tickets back in Jan when the date was first set. For most people on the West coast this meet is just to far and would cost way to much, for me I was looking at around $1000 for the weekend.
I realy hope that the MM turnout is better than it looks right now.
And ya when are iny of you AGD guys headed back to CA? It was great to see Tom and ARMY out here in December, and we had more people show than planed

[wobbles82]

Id go, but some cashola problemos

Id love to go, if I had the cash I would, but I gotta get a ULE Black Body, and a Poweryte Scepter kit, sorry fellows, ill make it next time and bring the team!

[Wc Keep]

Re: Id go, but some cashola problemos

Originally posted by wobbles82
Id love to go, if I had the cash I would, but I gotta get a ULE Black Body, and a Poweryte Scepter kit, sorry fellows, ill make it next time and bring the team!

why do you HAVE to get a ule body and scepter kit???

[wimag]

Re: What The Heck Is Up With The Low Attendance For The Megameet???!!!

Originally posted by AGDJon
What is going on??? Why is everyone backing out of the megameet??? You all asked for this and now you are all backing out??? Everyone here at AGD (Tom, Myself, the office gals) worked very hard to coordinate with Team Effort Events to bring you an event that was to be huge and now we are getting a lot of people backing out.

You all knew about the megameet from the original post by Tom dating back to January so there is no excuse about not having enough time to know about this. The AO NJ 2 day drew about 100, if not more, people on less than a month's worth of planning. And Tom was not even there. The SC AO day drew the same amount of people with a little over one month's worth of planning as well. You guys have known about this for over 4 months now.

The agenda is even listed in the very same thread.

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64144

It makes us feel that you don't appreciate the efforts we put forth to organize a national event for our members and their friends and families. It really feels like a slap to the face to see everyone hype the megameet only to have it shut down by everyone that said they would go back out last minute and say, "oh we can't make it anymore"

Take, for examples, the NE AO meet. There was approximately 50 people that said yes and cancelled last minute. I still had fun but was disappointed by the poor turnout, as well as the organizer Dansim, and the field owner, Jon, who limited other parties and hired more refs, to accomodate us. Look at the Indy AO day, at Manny Francia's new field, where only 15 people showed. Is there no love left?

I am very very upset. Because of this, it makes me feel that I should not even bother to attend anymore AO events and give Tom the same recommendation. I don't even feel like attending any chat parties and telling Tom to stop all of them because people whine and complain that the prizes are fixed. Well to those that say that, I AM the one who picks the winners on a random basis, while sitting right next to Tom. Like I said, you all make me, as well as everyone here at the factory, very unappreciated.

If the turnout for the Megameet turns out to be very poor, don't expect another Megameet next year and don't expect Tom nor I to attend anymore AO events, whether it has already been planned or not. We will still be at the tournaments but there may not be anything more than just a doughnut orgy. No dinners, no afterparties, no anything. Those that said yes and are backing out are really destroying it for everyone that already committed and have already made the travel arrangements.

THAT IS MY GRIPE.

When Mr. Kaye replies to this your rant may mean something.
Yeah maybe you should take a break from this Jon, seems like a hell of alot of pressure and you are not handling it very well or with good representation to AGD.

Oh and i do appreciate AGD as you should appreciate me every time i use my plastic credit card and order some equipment from you. Is that good enough for you.