I personally enjoyed the AZB room at the DCC enough that I would like to do it again next year (though there will need to be some minor changes/improvements). If there isn't enough interest here, I will do it myself and invite all my friends (and there are a bunch of new ones from the AZB room this year
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I am hoping we can get 2 tables in the same room. One for play as we did this year; one for drop-ins, pro challenges, tournament warm-up, and "winner stays" low stakes challenge table. There will have to be someone in charge that can deal with the tournament and hotel management; and must be responsible for dispute resolution in the room (I think Timberly would be great - I'll do it if no one else is foolish enough to volunteer). The room WILL be non-smoking (at hotel's insistence).
In speaking with Greg Sullivan and Mark Griffin they would VERY much like us to sponsor a mini-tournament or "special event." It is possible that they may be more liberal in allowing us sponsorship, so financially it may be feasible. We have spoken of sponsoring a Schmidt-Pagulayan 14.1 re-match or a rotation match of Efren vs. a top player (Pat has NO rotation matches in his catalog). I have spoken to Pat Fleming and he is willing to tape the match; Efren is willing to compete for whatever prize money we raise (if we choose the rotation match) - he just likes to play pool. John Schmidt thinks it might take more money than we can raise to get a Schmidt-Pagulayan re-match.
In any case, by doing this; we would be promoting the sport, helping Greg and Mark make the DCC even more of a spectacular event, and in part repaying them for allowing us to be part of the "scene". We could definitely set aside an "all-AZB section" at the television table and all be part of the history of the game, recorded on DVD for posterity. We could have a little post-match mixer with the pro's in the AZB room. We could even help pick Efren's opponent (who can beat him at rotation???).
It MIGHT not cost us much if any extra (we may get a better deal on the tables and the room as a result), and we can raffle off the AZB banner to help defray our costs. I think if we got minimum 70 and maximum 100 members to donate $25 - $50 we could do it. Do we want to promote or just sit back and leech????
Do we want to limit players to 100? We had about 70 players this year for one table.
Do we want to help Greg & Mark by promoting an event?
If I get 50 people to commit now, we will proceed. I will need to know in the next month or two to make sure we get commitments from all the interested parties.
).I am hoping we can get 2 tables in the same room. One for play as we did this year; one for drop-ins, pro challenges, tournament warm-up, and "winner stays" low stakes challenge table. There will have to be someone in charge that can deal with the tournament and hotel management; and must be responsible for dispute resolution in the room (I think Timberly would be great - I'll do it if no one else is foolish enough to volunteer). The room WILL be non-smoking (at hotel's insistence).
In speaking with Greg Sullivan and Mark Griffin they would VERY much like us to sponsor a mini-tournament or "special event." It is possible that they may be more liberal in allowing us sponsorship, so financially it may be feasible. We have spoken of sponsoring a Schmidt-Pagulayan 14.1 re-match or a rotation match of Efren vs. a top player (Pat has NO rotation matches in his catalog). I have spoken to Pat Fleming and he is willing to tape the match; Efren is willing to compete for whatever prize money we raise (if we choose the rotation match) - he just likes to play pool. John Schmidt thinks it might take more money than we can raise to get a Schmidt-Pagulayan re-match.
In any case, by doing this; we would be promoting the sport, helping Greg and Mark make the DCC even more of a spectacular event, and in part repaying them for allowing us to be part of the "scene". We could definitely set aside an "all-AZB section" at the television table and all be part of the history of the game, recorded on DVD for posterity. We could have a little post-match mixer with the pro's in the AZB room. We could even help pick Efren's opponent (who can beat him at rotation???).
It MIGHT not cost us much if any extra (we may get a better deal on the tables and the room as a result), and we can raffle off the AZB banner to help defray our costs. I think if we got minimum 70 and maximum 100 members to donate $25 - $50 we could do it. Do we want to promote or just sit back and leech????
Do we want to limit players to 100? We had about 70 players this year for one table.
Do we want to help Greg & Mark by promoting an event?
If I get 50 people to commit now, we will proceed. I will need to know in the next month or two to make sure we get commitments from all the interested parties.
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