LESHIPPY wrote:
Part of the problem was that the LGS set up the tournies with not really talking with anyone that plays about it. I think in November they are going to change some things around a bit.
I would highly recommend having a talk with the owner of the LGS, or whichever employee sets things up. At both the LGS that I play at, we the players set the schedule and decide what we want to do. At one of the stores, for the most part, it is one guy who always makes the schedule. But this was because that guy went up to the store owner and basically just started chatting, giving some ideas and showing interest in helping organize things. Eventually, the store owner pretty much just let him discuss future events with the rest of us, and then we write it on the calendar. The store owner usually checks it over, but I don't think he's ever had a problem with how we set things up.
Part of it is paying attention to your play group though too. One of the LGS I play at we do strictly DCI type events, with perhaps once a month we do a more special build. However, even when we do special builds (like no factions or something) we still typically play pretty competitively. The other LGS, is MUCH more laid back, and we usually only do one DCI event per month (mostly to help keep the store rated as a DCI venue). The people who regularly play at this other store are much less competitive and usually just want to play around. Half the time I show up at that store we all end up deciding to play something different than we had planned (nobody feels like playing 100, so we play 200 instead....or HaloClix as one guy and I did this past weekend
).
It can be really tricky keeping people interested in the lull between the sets. I know we had some similar problems at the 'fun' LGS leading up to Alliance and Empire. Honestly, probably about 50% of the play group at that store is different from before A&E. It's just how it goes. I think though with the new game, and the TV show next year, plus the new RPG stuff, most places shouldn't have too much trouble drawing in new people.