aqualizard Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) What are some ways to get some of the people that come out to tourneys -- like Ko94 IV -- to join the online community? Any and all ideas are welcome in this thread. Ko94 IV is in Toronto, and we have months to prepare. How do we get some live guys to play online? Edited April 19, 2019 by aqualizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualizard Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) Idea 1: The "Info Table" Somewhere prominent at the venue, have a table that says "Play Online". It will be staffed with a vet (like myself!). Better yet, possibly KG or someone with connections to the underworld can get some hot strippers to (wo)man the booth? Anything to get some traffic going. It will have: a bunch of business cards (I already printed) that have a URL: https://nhl94.com/joinus/ a laptop with an internet connection ideally a big LCD The laptop will be used to: 1. actually walk people through joining online, on the forum 2. demo for people how to play with GENs / RA This idea, or some variation has been proposed before, but now we need to flesh it out. Since the event is in Toronto, I am 100% willing to spearhead it. But I want to make sure we take the best approach, t maximize online recruits. Hence, me seeking advice. Thoughts? Edited April 19, 2019 by aqualizard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer_33 Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 - 10-15 minute presentation before tourney play starts to discuss the benefits of playing online, draft leagues, 2v2. - I've thought about this for a while, what about devising a free USB drive with all necessary files that guys could just "plug and play". - What about giving away "bootleg style" DVD copies of the many created roms (with a folder containing links to the NHL94 sites, and files necessary to play online) - Have a laptop handy for guys to sign-up on the site - maybe provide some incentive (free program? cheatsheet?) - Maybe offer a "live draft league" mini-tourney for guys that don't make the bracket play. Just spit-ballin' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceStorm70 Posted April 21, 2019 Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 7:56 PM, jer_33 said: - 10-15 minute presentation before tourney play starts to discuss the benefits of playing online, draft leagues, 2v2. - I've thought about this for a while, what about devising a free USB drive with all necessary files that guys could just "plug and play". - What about giving away "bootleg style" DVD copies of the many created roms (with a folder containing links to the NHL94 sites, and files necessary to play online) - Have a laptop handy for guys to sign-up on the site - maybe provide some incentive (free program? cheatsheet?) - Maybe offer a "live draft league" mini-tourney for guys that don't make the bracket play. Just spit-ballin' Love this idea. Could even have guys who can’t make the tourney like Skip, Tex, Lupz available to play online also. Have discord set up etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinFan1985 Posted April 21, 2019 Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 Maybe if you offered up an incentive for people to sign up.. win a copy of whatever... maybe that's where you have the USB's with all the different ROM's come in. The experience of online play at the venue sounds really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rexer Show Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 I think of you demo you should actually do an online game with someone not at the tourney. Have someone from the discord group be waiting to demo online live. Maybe you could even leave a station open for online gaming where players could practice vs someone online when they are not playing their matches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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