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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1440448" data-attributes="member: 99">About that, let me say this:When we posted our first NC Game Day thread, it was here and only here.&nbsp; I had not given much thought as to how to handle &quot;outsiders&quot;.&nbsp; But of course there were ENWorlders who saw it and told their friends.&nbsp; Some of these friends came to ENWorld and registered and posted in the thread saying, &quot;I'd love to come.&quot;&nbsp; You could look over at their post count and see that it said &quot;1&quot;.Now, is that person an ENWorlder?&nbsp; Of course they are (in my opinion).Some of these folks went on to become regular posters here and some didn't.&nbsp; They tended to hear about the game days when they cropped up and would pop into the appropriate thread to sign up.&nbsp; They still had single digit post counts and you could see that the only posts they made were in the Game Day threads.&nbsp; Additionally, there was another group of people who didn't even post on the boards but who had friends or family here that signed them up.&nbsp; &quot;I'm coming to the game day and so is my wife.&nbsp; Sign her up for the X slot in Y game please!&quot;&nbsp; Those people had never posted even once at ENWorld.Regardless, I have no inclination whatsoever to try and exclude these people from the Game Day.&nbsp; The fact is that they have been, without exception, nice, interesting, fun-to-game-with folks.When I was approached by the folks at Trinocon, I (and a number of others who had attended the previous game days) asked the question, &quot;Should we be broadening our invite to people who are not posters at ENWorld?&quot;&nbsp; Then I asked myself, &quot;What is the difference between them and the others who have never posted but who are friends and family of those who do?&quot;&nbsp; The only answer I could come up with was &quot;Very little.&quot;&nbsp; I made a command decision to open the game day up to the folks affiliated with Trinocon.I stand by that decision.&nbsp; We had a great time at the last game day.&nbsp; The Trinocon folks brought a lot to the table including an area for computer games, board games and a big auction.&nbsp; If any of the ENWorlders there didn't like their involvement, I've yet to hear about it.&nbsp; My intention is to partner with Trinocon whenever our schedules allow it.That said, I wish to make two things clear:1) Nobody elected me &quot;King of the NC Game Days&quot; and I've made it abundantly clear that if others feel that the game days should be going in a different direction, I'm only too happy to abdicate.&nbsp; It doesn't pay as well as you might think.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> 2) Other groups in other areas might have very different ideas about who they want to include and who they don't.&nbsp; We are fortunate to have a very large amount of space available and we've never had to turn anybody away because of that.&nbsp; If we were up against space constraints (such as if we were using a game store or somebody's house), we'd likely have to be more selective.&nbsp; My point here is that I'm not saying my way is the right way.While I don't contend that you should do things the way I have, I do think you should address how you intend to handle this issue.&nbsp; It is bound to crop up sooner or later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1440448, member: 99"] About that, let me say this: When we posted our first NC Game Day thread, it was here and only here. I had not given much thought as to how to handle "outsiders". But of course there were ENWorlders who saw it and told their friends. Some of these friends came to ENWorld and registered and posted in the thread saying, "I'd love to come." You could look over at their post count and see that it said "1". Now, is that person an ENWorlder? Of course they are (in my opinion). Some of these folks went on to become regular posters here and some didn't. They tended to hear about the game days when they cropped up and would pop into the appropriate thread to sign up. They still had single digit post counts and you could see that the only posts they made were in the Game Day threads. Additionally, there was another group of people who didn't even post on the boards but who had friends or family here that signed them up. "I'm coming to the game day and so is my wife. Sign her up for the X slot in Y game please!" Those people had never posted even once at ENWorld. Regardless, I have no inclination whatsoever to try and exclude these people from the Game Day. The fact is that they have been, without exception, nice, interesting, fun-to-game-with folks. When I was approached by the folks at Trinocon, I (and a number of others who had attended the previous game days) asked the question, "Should we be broadening our invite to people who are not posters at ENWorld?" Then I asked myself, "What is the difference between them and the others who have never posted but who are friends and family of those who do?" The only answer I could come up with was "Very little." I made a command decision to open the game day up to the folks affiliated with Trinocon. I stand by that decision. We had a great time at the last game day. The Trinocon folks brought a lot to the table including an area for computer games, board games and a big auction. If any of the ENWorlders there didn't like their involvement, I've yet to hear about it. My intention is to partner with Trinocon whenever our schedules allow it. That said, I wish to make two things clear: 1) Nobody elected me "King of the NC Game Days" and I've made it abundantly clear that if others feel that the game days should be going in a different direction, I'm only too happy to abdicate. It doesn't pay as well as you might think. ;) 2) Other groups in other areas might have very different ideas about who they want to include and who they don't. We are fortunate to have a very large amount of space available and we've never had to turn anybody away because of that. If we were up against space constraints (such as if we were using a game store or somebody's house), we'd likely have to be more selective. My point here is that I'm not saying my way is the right way. While I don't contend that you should do things the way I have, I do think you should address how you intend to handle this issue. It is bound to crop up sooner or later. [/QUOTE]

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