Tuomo
Keeper of the Funk
Just wondering what the state of the community is at the local club level.
We can start this again over the winter if you want.Up until a couple of years ago we had a regular meet up at Highlander Games in Dundee, Scotland but it fell off and basically came to a stop so we don't really have anything other than folks getting together directly in their homes now
I resemble those remarksSoCal ASL meets the first four Saturdays at every month at a different game store in the Los Angeles area. We've had from three to 13 players show up each time with an average of eight. These numbers seem similar to last year.
Last year we had two players who got into the game via Starter Kit and now play full ASL and have become somewhat regular attendees. This year, there have been at least five new faces that have attended the events and one of them has been showing up regularly.
It fell away due to problems getting the gaming space, me working away from home and not able to organise and also Pete Phillips who took over sorting it our having too much workload with his University course that and people not being able to meet up on the same days .Up until a couple of years ago we had a regular meet up at Highlander Games in Dundee, Scotland but it fell off and basically came to a stop so we don't really have anything other than folks getting together directly in their homes now
Yep, people did their best to make it work though which was appreciatedIt fell away due to problems getting the gaming space, me working away from home and not able to organise and also Pete Phillips who took over sorting it our having too much workload with his University course that and people not being able to meet up on the same days .
In response to:Guess I'm surprised at the large number of people who voted "What local ASL Club?" Maybe there's different perceptions of what "local" means, but I doubt it.
Maybe I should have invited people to comment: what's keeping your local area from having a club?
In no particular order, clubs need:
#1... meh? One's definition of a "driveable distance" varies with geography and population density. Colorado's Front Range ASL Club draws people from an area that would probably contain 4 clubs on the US east coast, but that's just normal human perception. Outside of Boise, Idaho won't have an ASL Club, but how many Idahos are there. In Europe, are things so close and integrated that the concept of a club really doesn't hold, because everybody can go everywhere?
- Enough players in a "local" area
- An organizer
- A place to play
#2 is important. Bless those people who run things. If they didn't do that work, sometimes nobody does it.
#3.... meh?
This has been our experience over the course of the last decade, although many of our "losses" have proven to be temporary. Apart from the odd player moving out of the area, we have seen a steady increase in the number of local players returning to ASL--sometimes after a shortish hiatus--and players new to the area joining our local ASL mailing list....our local scene seems to keep growing even when we lose a player.
How many American minutes is that?the majority of our regulars live within a 45 minutes drive of each other
I'm guessing roughly 0.75 mmpm (metric miles per minute).How many American minutes is that?
In no particular order, clubs need:
- Enough players in a "local" area
- An organizer
- A place to play