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<blockquote data-quote="Voneth" data-source="post: 286722" data-attributes="member: 1016"><p>Quoted from alsih2o's url reply of: <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/show...&threadid=19437" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/show...&threadid=19437</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I bet my five years as a newspaper reporter that local newspapers DON’T find game shops to be human-interest stories. The only reporters interested covering game shops would be those with an agenda pro or con.</p><p></p><p>I was at one newspaper for a year and I could tell by the comments by staff that gamers were seen as one step above the people who dress up at conventions, which is not very flattering mind you. On the other hand, they have a good-natured laugh about the “freak” who paints his body in team colors for the local game. </p><p></p><p>I have, however, managed to help get games press. I am now a PR professional who can occasionally slips a news lead to WotC and others when I see them. While the local papers could care less, the national Associated Press had a news lead on a story on how kids whine to get their way. I managed to get them to come to my local game store on the premise of Pokemon. (they didn’t care about the DND angle)</p><p></p><p>Guess who ran that story, my old local paper that I had left two years ago. Did they did it more as an in-joke about a former employee (they knew my son was bossy and it was regular joke at the office) than anything game related.</p><p></p><p>I can also see getting a reporter to a game store if there was a real human-interest story related to it, like a store manager who’s in a wheel chair. But then again from that angle he could be running a Dollar Store for all that matters. </p><p></p><p>Lesson learned, the only time a game store gets in the news is the same way any local business gets its name in the news - by association with a real story, not as the focus of the story. </p><p></p><p>I also spotted a weird article about fan fiction. I sent it to WotC with the suggestion that Raymond E. Feist and R.A. Salvatore are “fanfiction” writers who are now making a decent living. </p><p></p><p>Alshi20, you had some great suggestions for grass roots efforts for improving the image of gaming. The newspaper suggestion was a little off base, that’s all.</p><p></p><p>On a national level, something else has to be done. Problem is, who’s going to pay for it? </p><p></p><p>The SciFi channel had a great promotion called "I'm SciFi" Which featured Jet Li and Evergreen as scifi fans. The problem was that they only aired the commercials on their channel, sort of like preaching to the choir. If they could have spent some mean dollars, it should have been on Showtime. SF Channels had improved over the years as they have become part of a larger company. And that has happened with WotC, but it still not enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voneth, post: 286722, member: 1016"] Quoted from alsih2o's url reply of: [url]http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/show...&threadid=19437[/url] I bet my five years as a newspaper reporter that local newspapers DON’T find game shops to be human-interest stories. The only reporters interested covering game shops would be those with an agenda pro or con. I was at one newspaper for a year and I could tell by the comments by staff that gamers were seen as one step above the people who dress up at conventions, which is not very flattering mind you. On the other hand, they have a good-natured laugh about the “freak” who paints his body in team colors for the local game. I have, however, managed to help get games press. I am now a PR professional who can occasionally slips a news lead to WotC and others when I see them. While the local papers could care less, the national Associated Press had a news lead on a story on how kids whine to get their way. I managed to get them to come to my local game store on the premise of Pokemon. (they didn’t care about the DND angle) Guess who ran that story, my old local paper that I had left two years ago. Did they did it more as an in-joke about a former employee (they knew my son was bossy and it was regular joke at the office) than anything game related. I can also see getting a reporter to a game store if there was a real human-interest story related to it, like a store manager who’s in a wheel chair. But then again from that angle he could be running a Dollar Store for all that matters. Lesson learned, the only time a game store gets in the news is the same way any local business gets its name in the news - by association with a real story, not as the focus of the story. I also spotted a weird article about fan fiction. I sent it to WotC with the suggestion that Raymond E. Feist and R.A. Salvatore are “fanfiction” writers who are now making a decent living. Alshi20, you had some great suggestions for grass roots efforts for improving the image of gaming. The newspaper suggestion was a little off base, that’s all. On a national level, something else has to be done. Problem is, who’s going to pay for it? The SciFi channel had a great promotion called "I'm SciFi" Which featured Jet Li and Evergreen as scifi fans. The problem was that they only aired the commercials on their channel, sort of like preaching to the choir. If they could have spent some mean dollars, it should have been on Showtime. SF Channels had improved over the years as they have become part of a larger company. And that has happened with WotC, but it still not enough. [/QUOTE]
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