PLAYER PACK question

[rj29274]

Would you like a Build Your Own Player Pack? first come, first serve, Entry is $60, so you get to make a Player Pack valued at $40. each disc will be 15 or 10 in value to make it easy.

thoughts?

I would have 4 companies to choose from: Prodigy, Innova, DGA and Discraft - like I said, Trilogy tourney packages are lame in comparison to the others. And, being a Prodigy player for 2018, I will definitely support my company

 

[roadtripstuff]

As a pro player, I am used to at least 100$ for entry fees. What do Am's expect? Is 75 too high? This would be a 3-4 disc player pack, a special gift, and top 1/3 payout to each division. Also, top 3 get trophies in divisions with 10 or more.

BG Ams is $90 to play it's an A-tier and you get 9 discs, usually two shirts, and other swag if that gives you a reference. And its three days, 4 rounds, plus a final 9 if you make the cut. You are also provided dinner one night at the player's party.

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

Find a local artist to work with. Someone that can give a one of a kind unique piece of art to the players. Maybe there's a glass worker that make some unique minis, or an artist that can create a really cool stamp that will make the discs desirable, or a wood worker that can make some cool minis.

My event I'm running in a couple weeks will have minis - Yeah every event has minis, and most people probably think they have way too many garbage minis, but this is a unique hand turned piece of art, that I hope people will appreciate and use. Also the artwork is stamped on the discs, and I will be making unique trophies.

 

[rj29274]

Cool. This will be a scaled down version, but it is a good reference. I was thinking 3-4 discs players pack. You get to choose. Rest goes to payout, 45 percent of field gets paid (per tour standards) - trophy to top 1 in each division with 4 or more.

 

[Nova P]

I'm neck-deep in minis, koozies, decals, and polyester tee-shirts. No more please.

A nice collared polo shirt with a simple embroidered tourney logo on the breast or sleeve would be awesome. Cotton towels with a grommet are always good to have. Avoid microfiber, micro-terry, synthetic chamois, or the like.

 

[roadtripstuff]

I'm neck-deep in minis, koozies, decals, and polyester tee-shirts. No more please.

A nice collared polo shirt with a simple embroidered tourney logo on the breast or sleeve would be awesome. Cotton towels with a grommet are always good to have. Avoid microfiber, micro-terry, synthetic chamois, or the like.

I agree there, it got to a point when I was still in Ams that koozies, drifits, key chains, all that was either given away (mostly the shirts) and everything else just went straight to the garbage can. I hate to say it, but if its now a decent product you might as well have given me nothing at all. I mean even discs. If you do the build your own or voucher system great, if you have the selection, but even then I don't want a voucher to pick from a bunch of discs I still won't throw. This event for example, I throw Legacy and I throw Trilogy, there still would be nothing there that I would throw or use. I always hated getting discs in my player's packs. I don't know that I have ever had one disc in my bag that came from a player's pack.

A nice shirt, polo like you said would have been a welcomed change for sure.

 

[Horsman]

Cool. This will be a scaled down version, but it is a good reference. I was thinking 3-4 discs players pack. You get to choose. Rest goes to payout, 45 percent of field gets paid (per tour standards) - trophy to top 1 in each division with 4 or more.

3-4 discs in the players pack sounds like it is going to leave little for payout.

 

[teemkey]

The most used swag I've gotten are pint glasses with tournament-specific etching. Useful, classy, and conversation starters for other DG players.

Stuff the glasses with one or more vouchers from on-line merchants that vend stuff everyone can use (apparel, discs, etc.) and you're done.

 

[DavidSauls]

Would you like a Build Your Own Player Pack? first come, first serve, Entry is $60, so you get to make a Player Pack valued at $40. each disc will be 15 or 10 in value to make it easy.

thoughts?

I would have 4 companies to choose from: Prodigy, Innova, DGA and Discraft - like I said, Trilogy tourney packages are lame in comparison to the others. And, being a Prodigy player for 2018, I will definitely support my company

Build-your-own is the next best thing to vouchers and a big selection.

If people have a choice among discs, or perhaps between custom-stamped discs, a good shirt (with the ability to select size), and other merch, people are more likely to go away with something they like.

I've never complained about a players pack---if the TD went to the trouble and expense, I'm certainly not going to express my disappointment---but I have felt a bit guilty tossing stuff into the trash when I get home.

Build-your-own certainly has logistical issues. But you can close off the build-your-own a week or two early, and later registrants will have to take what's provided. That gives an incentive for early pre-registration.

 

[sjberry2017]

The most used swag I've gotten are pint glasses with tournament-specific etching. Useful, classy, and conversation starters for other DG players.

Stuff the glasses with one or more vouchers from on-line merchants that vend stuff everyone can use (apparel, discs, etc.) and you're done.

This would pretty much be my idea of the perfect player's pack, with a shirt (drifit or tshirt, doesn't matter to me) or disc with a tournament logo on it as my next choice.

One neat thing we got in last year's NCDGC pack was a super nice golf towel with the NCDGC logo embroidered into it. Super classy and really cool

 

[rj29274]

part of the appeal with ordering tourney plastic is the kickbacks you get from the companies. The winner of Adv would receive a new Chainstar basket, that is pretty cool.

 

[JRW III]

part of the appeal with ordering tourney plastic is the kickbacks you get from the companies. The winner of Adv would receive a new Chainstar basket, that is pretty cool.

Can you use the tourney plastic as payout and still get the kickbacks? Then you would only need the $10 minimum player pack (you could let the players pick from one of the tournament stamped discs).