Cleveland Area Game Show March 21 and 22 - Take 2

[Cleveland Area Game Show March 21 and 22 - Take 2]

I read in the paper this week about a show where the show promoters left in the middle of the event and didn't pay the rent. Prize money was a fraction of what was expected and people were upset. Is that this? Think it was in Mentor.

 

100% absolutely not us! But, we were there... Let me explain.

 

The Gaming Nation (TGN) is a very poor rip-off of MLG. They claimed to have the same

facility booked as our convention for Feb 16th & 17th, we already knew better. Their sad

attempt at running tournaments turned into the giant fiasco you're mentioning here.

 

It was held at the Cold Fusion LAN Center out in Mentor, we work with them and they

contracted our MMTAG Trailer out to help put on the tournaments. TGN was totally

responsible for their operation, which they totally screwed the whole thing up. It was a

total embarassment and quite a few players ended up getting royally screwed while

TGN tries to make themselves look like the victims on their website. Sad, sad affair.

 

CF LAN Center is one of our Sponsors for this event and will be running the tourneys,

they have plenty of experience running quality tournaments and competitions. TGN

literally rented the entire place out, which included our MMTAG Unit as we were there

to back up the LAN Center.

 

NONE of what went down courtesy of TGN will occur at NEOVGCON '08. Any and all

prizes stated will be awarded and all but 1-2 of our tourneys are only the price of

admission! Limited player signup slots of course, but we're talking just $5-$7 to enter

and get the rest of the show too. Not that bad? And the CoD4 pay tourney won't be

more than $50 per 4-man team and it'll all use MLG rules. All that's being updated

based on the TGN mess to ensure nothing like that happens ever again!

 

Dave

LAN2UNOW, LLC

NEOVGCON '08

[Cleveland Area Game Show March 21 and 22 - Take 2]

Once again I went through the entire site and I can see no discernible changes at all. It's possible they are working hard behind the scenes, right?

 

I believe the Halo 3 and Guitar Hero logos have always been there on the Tournament page.

 

..Al

 

Greetings All!

 

Yep, we have been working like mad behind the scenes and the website suffered a bit for it while

we locked contracts and commitments into place. Most of that's done, the NEOVGCON '08 website

is now majorly revamped and updated with more information. We apologize for the confusion and

lack of details up to now.

 

#1 - No NEOVGCON was not the disaster out in Mentor on the Lake. I'll respond to that post

in a little bit.

 

#2 - NEOVGCON '07 is now '08 because of a previous commitment we had with Buffalo Wild

Wings/Miller BC and they pulled some rescheduling on us that conflicted with the original date.

Instead of screwing our clients or putting on a lousy show - we rescheduled. The last weekend

before Xmas was intentional because of the opportunity to get some great last-minute Xmas

presents?

 

Now NEOVGCON '08, well unfortuantely for the venue we're booked into - the largest space

available in the area for what we're doing - Easter Weekend Fri/Sat is all that was available until

late August. Summer sucks for things like this indoors, so we bagged that idea and pushed

forward for March. It's right after the main convention/show season at the IX Center, etc. so

we're finding the response excellent.

 

#3 - Yes, this is large. Yes, it's our first year and we're being very aggressive, but if you

look at the site revamp we've added some major Sponsors like GameStop and the US Army

along with exhibits and entertainment for everyone of all ages. So it's not just a gaming CON,

it's not just tourneys all day long either. It's something a hardcore gamer can come to, even

if his Mom & Dad have to drive him there <Grin>

 

#4 - Tournaments - yes, we're sponsoring the tourneys and competitions but they're being

operated by the 2 largest LAN Centers in the area. Our LAN2UNOW Mobile Video Gaming Unit

is also part of this, the website(s) can provide more details on all that. But the prizes that are

forthcoming are being provided by our Show Sponsors, not just us. There's no national game

leauge behind this event this year, but as you'll see in the other post - that's intentional.

 

We're open to questions! Nothing to hide, just busting ass to make it happen. Classic stuff

is a bit thin, but we had Pitfall Harry contact us, even mention speaking with someone at Atari

Age - then dead silence. So any of you with Classic stuff interested - contact me!

 

Dave Duffner

VP Operations & Logistics

LAN2UNOW, LLC

NEOVGCON '08