On 2006-05-31 10:33, caerthe wrote:
I can play the [snip] game to.
Well, yes but you aren't terribly good at it I'm afraid. Your inability to sharpen your prose to a point may explain your inability to penetrate the meaning of the written word much beyond a fundamental definition. But we digress...
Grow up and make a point.
Exhibit A.
You know, it appears that I'm going to have to just sit down and try to type out a simple outline that clearly defines my thought process as applied to this thread, so as to avoid any further confusion on your part. But that would be tedious and boring. So instead I think that spinning my earlier Star Trek reference into a tidy analogy would perhaps better clarify my point.
Ahem..
A man drops by the Trekie Central message forum and posts the following:
"Hi! I just saw my first episode of Star Trek and it was great. I want to get more involved in Star Trekery in a very big way. What would you all think would make the perfect Star Trek convention?"
..and then many users came on and offered helpful advice. They even tried to steer him in a safe path so that he would not make a huge financial blunder. One of the big questions that arose was, "Have you attended any Star Trek conventions before?"
"No, but I have promoted lots of other non-Star Trek events."
"Well, that's great that you have done promotional work. Many of us could use that sort of help with our events, and if you showed up you'd learn a lot, as we'd be more than happy to show you the ropes in the process. A fair trade, no?"
"No. I cannot attend any Star Trek conventions. Thanks though. So, what else would you like to see at a perfect Star Trek convention?"
And the long time Trekies kinda scratch their heads at this. "How can he possibly afford to throw a huge convention if he cannot/will not even attend one?"
And still others wonder, "Wow. The guy asks for help and touts his credentials which would be useful to us, but he does not seem to want anything other than to bleed us for what amounts to marketing info. How odd. Oh well."
And then they all generally move along and let it be what it is. They happily return to the shows they love.
Then one day a new thread appears..
"What are you doing to promote Star Trek?"
And it talks about how he promotes the show to non-fans via renting some VHS casettes and hosting home viewings.
And it is that same guy. And now many of them are wondering why hardcore Star Trek fans, who have several websites, books, companies, events (which he has no interest in apparently), and organizations devoted to the subject, should need to be "promoting Star Trek" to the public.
So they ask. And the response they get is essentially as follows:
"You should reread my question."
And now the guy who spent six months of last year trying to get Leonard Nemoy to appear at his local convention calls the guy who organized the entertainment because he is puzzled as to what this new guy is going for here. Especially in light of his last big thread, they wonder if this new thread does not essentially read as, "What have you done for Star Trek lately?"
So one of them mentions the idea of "support" as opposed to "promote" and suggests that many of them have been supporting it all along and for a very long time. Annoyed a bit he asks, "Where were you when we started?" A fair quesion he thinks. After all, when one considers that the forum itself is built by and frequented by heavy supporters, it would seem that the "marketing effort" is doing just fine, or else this guy would never have found them in the first place.
Once again this is met with resistance and misunderstanding.. just like that other older thread...
Eh, I am bored with this now. You know the rest. But to answer your original question so that you might keep us all on track:
"What am I doing to promote tiki?"
Why that's easy. I am drawing attention to this fine thread.
Ahu
