Question to Hosts

Before the new event rules were put into effect I averaged 22 at my bingo games, as soon as the rules were put into effect, I mean day 1, the average players I get are 5. I miss my players, so much more fun with more people. This happen to anybody else?

The last event I held at FunLand NO BODY showed up. My Events there over the eight month time span FunLand was open usually attracted 20 people WITH Linden support. I had always felt that the PG Events I held at FunLand and FunLand itself were different than the usual 'night club events'. Philip Linden even showed up once saying he was showing some VIP a unique place in Second Life.
Alas, FunLand has been torn down now and the land it was on sold. I simply can not afford to pay out Lindens/RL money to host. What I see now in Events for the most part is a glut of Tringo and the normal X rated club stuff.

Hi Eos, I was sorry to see Funland close. I took a lot of flack in these forums for saying what I knew was going to happen to my Bingo games once support was pulled. I'm giving away sponsor prizes and players load the pot. I'll hang in a lil longer to see if it's just in a slouch and will come back. Take care

I don't understand how there is less of a draw for events unless they are tied to how much money you are giving out.

I would like to see more events that aren't money related.

Asha, I love going to events at your place...

I think the problem is with the bingo and tringo is that during any hour you can have 3 or more places offering it. Its hard to choose.

From my newbie perspective, I did notice a lot of events were like 'ok we are here, now
lets everyone go afk until the contest is over, then on to the next event.' After awhile, *ok the first 10 minutes* I get bored. My outlook on the game right now is just being social, having fun and I am totally overwhelmed with all that SL has to offer.

I just started hosting events, but I am lucky enough to be able to combine it with the times I dj at clubs that are willing to turn my station on during the event. I also have a partner that comes with me and keeps room chat going as I am working with 2 computers while I dj. This allows me to do requests that people im me and she is able to keep the crowd talking. This keeps everyone participating and interested.

I think to some its about the money but to others, its just about having fun or learning something.

Well, i don't host events, so i cant speak from that end of it. I also don't/didn't attend events that were designed to draw ppl in simply by paying them to be there (i.e. i don't go clubbing typically).

That said, I havn't noticed a serious drop off in attendance of the events I do regularly go to. In fact, it seems that there are more people going to them since the "pay" isn't as good as it used to be at the clubs. Of course, every event has it good days and bad days attendance-wise.

While my events are still populated, not being able to give out money unless i do it out of pocket has impacted the attendance at my events, I suspect. What used to be a crowd of 30 is more likely to be one of 15. I've been just going with it and letting the event be more casual, capitalizing on the paltryness of the prizes I make and give away through humour (now it is time to give away another Crappy Cherry Suit!!!) hehe. So, it could be that the people who were spurred on to attend more events attend fewer of them because they do not have as much incentive to attend, and it could be that people come out for different reasons.

Cherry Tooks Events are now at the Phoenix Hotsprings Spa and Massage, (though she has permission to continue to host elsewhere if she can make it work out moneywise *cracks whip, but only softly* ). They went from 30 to 15 to 3 to 0 attendees. So, she has done what any good marketer would do and consulted with attendees about what happened for them that made them quit coming. What she heard was mostly some good suggestions for improving communications about events, but also that people are simply very busy trying to make and replace money they gained elsewhere. Clubs are becoming more insistent that their staffs stay put and don't venture outside of the club so that they can compete for the only practical incentive left to them: dwell.

So rather than there being an emptying of the clubs (which I really actually enjoy, aside from the moneyballs) there seems in our view to be more people at the uberclubs (again some of which I enjoy, particularly Lestats) and less people at the funky, artsy events. This is just my perspective, and I could be wrong, but from reading various threads, I would say that it seems like a trend. Anyone else have feedback about events attendance post January 31 (the date that some of the economic impact began to genuinely be felt by those making $L on ratings)?

I think the first part of that post is right. Again with me being new, its was hard for me to start out in the game monetarily. I had to decide how much effort I wanted to put into a game that I was playing to "de-stress" from rl. I figured event hosting was the way to go.

I have worked at a couple different clubs and none of the owners has ever hinted that to continue working there, I had to stay there. The one that did suggest that I dedicate time to their club is no longer on my list of clubs to do events.

I think regardless of what you do, money is going to be a main draw for people, especially newer players. The key is finding the least amount of money to give so you don't go broke in the process along with creative events. And yeah, I am still working on finding that mix myself.

I also found that lack of support dropped my attendance easily by half.

When I made inquries to my 'regulars' I recieved several answers, Top answer?

Surrvey said... 'I don't bother to look in the calendar anymore... unless you like Tringo, sexcapades, or stodgey stale class rooms...nothing to do '

Other answers ranged from... 'you don't host it every night anymore' (can' afford to sorry)... to... 'the dog just tossed cookies on the rug can't make it'

I hoped that the changes would help the smaller, specialist venues - but this doesn't seem to have been the case.

The main change for me is that I can no longer host my own events and have people turn up. The turnout is always greater if there is money involved, and the only way to get prize money is to work for someone.

Rather than running on event support the events sector seems to be running on the dwell bonuses. Dwell bonuses benefit the large clubs and those who put on generic events.

If I were the Lindens I'd get rid of the dwell money and find a way to reward people for creativity - currently it seems to reward people for the opposite.