Scipio
New Member
Hear, hear Scipio! You think all my trainers gather 'round because of the 1.00 worth of POP pack
cardboard I give out each week? Nope. 'Prizetime!', means real prizes, nothing to do with POP.
It's more likely the $10-15 worth of actual cool stuff we ship every week. You think it matters?
You bet. Our league are such givers, we have kids asking if they can run prizetime next week and
give away their cards! You think it matters? Yeah. After nine months of a brand new league we
had the biggest prerelease turnout in the state:
40 x 25 = 800 smackeros. POP investment = $20, maybe.
With other product we buy, that's and easy $1000 where there was nothing before....
That is YOUR league. Each league handles stuff differently. My league consists mainly of kids who come in here with pretty much NOTHING to begin with, and just look for a good and fun time - kids who get happy just recieving an old Mew promo because OMGITSMEWIGOTSOMETHINGRARE. I do things with holidays and give out some stuff as well, that is my method. I prefer to keep it all free because of the fact that these kids don't care nearly as much for playing as most experienced players do. Each league has his own approach, I run mine in a loose manner, letting the kids have their fun. Not having to charge anything. Given as how I'm not a prerelease TO (Not a TO at all for that matter), prerelease means next to nothing to me.
Bottom line: Each league works differently. The guy I aimed at was being sore about his league's entrance fee compared to prices so I explained him how the very basic works. If you want to run your league that way, all the power to me. But I will stick to my way, just as how other league leaders do. I'm getting enough attendance in the end, the store is happy with the sales increase they get and the kids are happy with their fun hours after a long school week.