Everett Morrow
Venture-Lieutenant, Colorado—Colorado Springs
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Wow!!! Weird to see my name mentioned in a post like this.
I want to make sure that I clarify that we are not having a major GM problem in Colorado Springs and Enchanted Grounds is not stealing players from Colorado Springs on a regular basis to go up to Denver to play.
With that said, we are growing at a huge rate at several of our locations. I had one week I had to turn away 4 players(they did not sign up in advance)that wanted to play because I did not have a GM to run an extra table. By the next week, I had a volunteer for every week until the end of the month to fix that issue. It seems that I am having one or two new GM's a month who are stepping up to run games either because they see that we need the help or they want to attend our special GM Only night we have once a month.
I have an awesome core of GM's and they are always there for me every month to help out. Sometimes I am telling them not to sign up to GM yet for certain games so that others have a chance to volunteer, which I find amusing.
Although, I do have GM's that travel to Denver to volunteer to GM, they also volunteer at our games here in Colorado Springs on a regular basis. I have also had GM's from Denver come down to help me in a pinch when I needed them recently...Thanks Martin and Ryan who recently helped out.
I also want to say that I have had several players from Denver coming down to Colorado Springs to play at our tables.
This is possible because, I try to make sure I am not over lapping with game days in Denver so that our players have the maximum opportunities to play where they want.
Jeff and I work together to coordinate for special events and we have a good working relationship. I respect Jeff's thoughts and his ideas and he has earned that respect due to his continued success that he has coordinating games at his store. I would be crazy not to seek him out for counsel on things pertaining to coordinating games.
I have to say, I have great store owners here in Colorado Springs who want to see PFS grow at their stores and they are stepping up to GM in some cases and they are inviting new players from other events they are having at their stores. I have not attended a game lately that did not have a new player that attended and has shown interest in continued involvement in our community.
With the recent developments in 4E, we have a rich opportunity to grow the attendance at our events and I am looking forward to the future for PFS. The scenarios are better than ever and our players have more options to play then they ever have. All I see is enthusiasm when I go to game days, there is no need for negativity.