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

[Mossman]

I will be there!!! I PROMISE JON!!!

I'll be there along with Angry Man, and most likely thedeem0n (new plan). Reo5th seems to have just become aware that there is an opposite sex called females, and he's a bit involved in that, i guess. I suggest everyone PM the hell out of him and make him come.

See ya there Jon!

All you guys who are on the fence, if you don't come to this one and we get a poor turnout and we stop getting fun guests for AO days, think about how pissed you'll be that you missed the last opportunity! COME ON OUT, Meet everyone, have a blast, AND help to ensure all the great AGD guys keep doing this for us!

COMMMMMON!

[BTAutoMag]

i have to be there. i have had 3 cancelled rides, nowim being dropped at a train station, getting a ride from the tarin to pits and i still dont know where im sleeping. im mad at everyone who cancels at the alst minite too. if you say youll do something DO IT

[JAM]

well, as great as it is of AGD to set up days like this, it's just plain retarded to post like that and yell at all of us like little kids. I never said I could come and I still feel like I'm getting scolded... Everyone who can go shoudl and will go and it will be a great time... I'm sure. But jon, come on. threatening us? please. get over yourself, when did this all turn into something that is not positive and not fun?

geeze.

be mad at people who cancel, but realize it's just a fact of life and don't make therest of us feel like crap.

[hitech]

If there is a low turnout and they don't attend/plan any more meets, it is not punishment. It's because it isn't worth it. There is an event EVERY weekend that would love to have Tom or anyone from AGD attend. Why go to the low turnout ones when somewhere else there are a lot more people who actually want you to attend? Even worse, why go to all the trouble to plan it? If you have never planned something like this you probably have no idea how much work it is. I'd be pissed too if I planed it and large numbers of people backed out at the last minute.

If it were you, would you plan another one if most people backed out at the last minute?

[Scooter/Cootie]

The Pride boys will be there. We've got 3 definate team members going plus 2 extra's. I'd love to see a huge turnout!

Besides, my birthday is on the 17th and I convinced my wife that attending the Megameet would be a great present for me. So she caved and we're off to Pittsburg!

Don't make my birthday party crappy, come on out and lets play some ball!


Besides, I'm looking forward to meeting all the AO folks.

[JEDI]

Originally posted by thegiantc
I agree with AlabamaMan, you shouldn't just come out and threaten everyone with not coming to or planning AO events. I for one would like to come out however, my cash flow is not such that I can just drop everything and fly across the country to play paintball. I wish it was but ITS NOT.

I for one am very disappointed to read a post like this from AGD.

Sorry guys, but I agree. This seems like a poor attitude. I'm sure its frustrating, but such is life. I'd love to see you Jon, or Tom at the next Jersey meet. Last time was great, but I'd hate to think you guys didnt show up, just to spite us. This kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth as far as AGD fun goes. You damn know most people here would support AGD to the death. No one wants to feel guilty. What else did you expect from a forum with members ranging from like, 10 to 50+ Sorry man...

[Dayspring]

Hitech- that's exactly the point I'm getting it. He's admittedly mad. But not at those people who said that they can't come in the first place. It's the people who said that they would come and then cancel.

It's like alot of things we want. We want an Intelli Z-Grip. Tons of people said yes. In reality, how many of those people will ACTUALLY buy it? See... It's the whole "sticking by your word" thing.

If I say I'm going or am going to do something, I damned well do it. Why? Cuz I gave my word.

If you feel like you're being yelled at, I'm sorry. But it's more aimed at those who stepped up and then folded.

[dansim]

Originally posted by hitech
If there is a low turnout and they don't attend/plan any more meets, it is not punishment. It's because it isn't worth it. There is an event EVERY weekend that would love to have Tom or anyone from AGD attend. Why go to the low turnout ones when somewhere else there are a lot more people who actually want you to attend? Even worse, why go to all the trouble to plan it? If you have never planned something like this you probably have no idea how much work it is. I'd be pissed too if I planed it and large numbers of people backed out at the last minute.

If it were you, would you plan another one if most people backed out at the last minute?

amen you have stated it as clear as it could be, i understand things come up but as an orginizer 18 people is disheartining, not saying we didnt have fun cause wwe did but im gonna hinkhard and long before asking for another guest from ao, its just not worth there time, there will be an aone4 later though(late summer/early fall)

[cphilip]

AO SC? A month planning? Hardly!

We spent about 6 months on ours from announcement to its culmination. Preparing it and promoting it. And we had preregistration going for over three months. And we planned everything down to the smallest detail including dinner, ref's and entertainment. And we made sure everything was included in the advertisements and announcements so you knew what you were getting.

I even traveled down to World Cup and handed out over 200 Flyers. I got Paintball Inc to include one flyer out in every order they shipped out for three months. And went on every paintball site I could find to invite people to come. Including one I got kicked off of for that..

And our actualy field count for that day was 119 signed release forms and people verified at the field. And a few more showed up just for dinner.

However I can tell you that HALF the people that said they would come did not come. But some of them were made up by people we had no idea would come and had not said they were coming. So the thing is you just never know how many will or will not come. You end up taking some chances.

When we promote an event we PROMOTE it!

I myself still not sure. I want to come and still holding it open but I have so many things to go to and so much to do and that is a crowded time as well. One thing that we strived for was picking a time when all other events were done and things were slow in the paintball world. And that is not easy to do.

[wyn1370]

I think the problem was that we haven't heard anything until the last week since Jan. Sure everybody got excited, but without an update or schedule, many people didn't even know if it was still happening. In the original post it said more info to come, but you waited too long. Many people lost interest, or forgot.

This doesn't mean I'm not comming, just trying to help you understand what may have happened to turnout.

[Creative Mayhem]

Hey Jon, I know where you're coming from... There weren't nearly as many people at the AO Skyball meet as had said, but this is how things happen. I also explained to you at Skyball the a couldn't go the the MM due to a planned family vacation, and you responded "no prob bro, I understand" so dont get all in a huff over my not being there... jk I would be there if i could but I will already be in FL before the weekend begins, I was trying to arrange a different schedule for driving, one that would have allowed me to be there, but seeing that im not the only one in the car (1of4) I can't be the one to set everyone elses vaction time back due to a meet. If someone could fly me down to FL after the meet i could get dropped off at the hotel and hang for a couple days b4 the meet but other than that... the timing is just off

Sorry, but thats my situation, if anyone can help, all the power, and my thanks to you... but otherwise I can't make it...

CM

[Load SM5]

I'm sure a lot of people backed out when I said I was going to make it.

I bought a no refunds plane ticket so someone better show.

[LittMag]

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.

[Mango]

Originally posted by LittMag
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.

EXACTLY!

[Wc Keep]

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