My feelings on The Demon Rush
Sorry, I'm a little late with this topic because I was busy making sure the summer marathon was being setup.
Anyway, I'd like to establish some details.
The name:
Looks like Awesome Games Done Quick 2, though a couple of people are saying just reuse AGDQ and forgo the two.
The charity:
We're going with Prevent Cancer Foundation again. PCF was great to work with and we know they already have a Paypal account. Also, PCF said they would gladly promote us again.
The Location:
The 4-H Center again. The center worked out great for AGDQ, and it can accommodate hundreds of people, so why change a good thing?
The only two things I can think to change are:
1. Make sure our meeting rooms aren't in the basement. No cell phone service is not fun.
2. Get a room with a window, not a lot of windows (too much glare), but I'd like to be able to tell whether it's light or dark outside. If people don't want a room with some windows, then we should at least put a clock in the main marathon room.
Notice how I didn't say make the bigger room the main marathon room. Using a bigger room would mean more cross-talk problems when the room fills up, and the room will look even emptier during graveyard shifts.
One last thing, the hard cap for rooms is 5 people per room, ask room 5216 why more people per room is a bad idea.
The time frame
I know I said during the AGDQ I would consider doing the marathon next summer, but after thinking it over and talking to a couple of people, I'd rather hold the marathon during the winter around the same time (first week of January) again. There's two reasons why:
1. Plane tickets are cheaper during the winter, which is important for anyone who is coming from out of the country.
2. (this one is more important) The 4-H Center has plenty of spare rooms during the winter, but is mobbed by school groups and summer camps during the summer. Not only would we have to reserve earlier for the summer months, but we wouldn't have a building mostly to ourselves.
Like I said earlier, I am planning to hold the marathon during the first week of January, starting on the 4th, and ending on the 9th.
The length:
We pretty much proved last marathon that our limit is around 5 days, or 120 hours. Then again, we might have been able to go further if people slept more.
BTW, there are going to be at least 4 hours (spread out, not all in one chunk) reserved for setup, because I know there will be a bad estimate somewhere, or something will go wrong with setup.
The actual date:
We are starting Wednesday January 4th, which means our setup day is Tuesday the 3rd. This start date means marathon will end on Monday January 9th.
The question is whether I want the marathon start date to be Tuesday Jan 3 or Wednesday Jan 4. Mind you that there will be a prep day no matter which day is picked. The difference is that starting on Tuesday means that we would end on Sunday (the 8th), but our prep day would be the day after New Year's, Monday, which might be a little too close to New Year's. Starting on Wednesday would mean we end on Monday, but the prep day would be a little farther from New Year's.
If you're wondering why these days, I think any later date would risk cutting into people's school schedules.
I will go over games later, but I will say one thing: unlike last year, I can't give everyone a game.
Anyway, I'd like to establish some details.
The name:
Looks like Awesome Games Done Quick 2, though a couple of people are saying just reuse AGDQ and forgo the two.
The charity:
We're going with Prevent Cancer Foundation again. PCF was great to work with and we know they already have a Paypal account. Also, PCF said they would gladly promote us again.
The Location:
The 4-H Center again. The center worked out great for AGDQ, and it can accommodate hundreds of people, so why change a good thing?
The only two things I can think to change are:
1. Make sure our meeting rooms aren't in the basement. No cell phone service is not fun.
2. Get a room with a window, not a lot of windows (too much glare), but I'd like to be able to tell whether it's light or dark outside. If people don't want a room with some windows, then we should at least put a clock in the main marathon room.
Notice how I didn't say make the bigger room the main marathon room. Using a bigger room would mean more cross-talk problems when the room fills up, and the room will look even emptier during graveyard shifts.
One last thing, the hard cap for rooms is 5 people per room, ask room 5216 why more people per room is a bad idea.
The time frame
I know I said during the AGDQ I would consider doing the marathon next summer, but after thinking it over and talking to a couple of people, I'd rather hold the marathon during the winter around the same time (first week of January) again. There's two reasons why:
1. Plane tickets are cheaper during the winter, which is important for anyone who is coming from out of the country.
2. (this one is more important) The 4-H Center has plenty of spare rooms during the winter, but is mobbed by school groups and summer camps during the summer. Not only would we have to reserve earlier for the summer months, but we wouldn't have a building mostly to ourselves.
Like I said earlier, I am planning to hold the marathon during the first week of January, starting on the 4th, and ending on the 9th.
The length:
We pretty much proved last marathon that our limit is around 5 days, or 120 hours. Then again, we might have been able to go further if people slept more.
BTW, there are going to be at least 4 hours (spread out, not all in one chunk) reserved for setup, because I know there will be a bad estimate somewhere, or something will go wrong with setup.
The actual date:
We are starting Wednesday January 4th, which means our setup day is Tuesday the 3rd. This start date means marathon will end on Monday January 9th.
If you're wondering why these days, I think any later date would risk cutting into people's school schedules.
I will go over games later, but I will say one thing: unlike last year, I can't give everyone a game.
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