Postby sMASH » December 17th, 2010, 9:42 am
these 'carshows' we have here suffering. the 'organizers' for want of better terminology, try to get the most amount of people to attend so they try to have the most amount of attractions.
i stopped going car shows 3 years now (not counting the wonderful sq comp. at mbc autotronics in novemeber) because i want to spectate at a AUTO SOUND COMPETITION.
there are others who would like that there be 'competition' rather than just a show.
so these persons, and i, would be greatly dis-satisfied when attending a normel show. the majority of spectators like the shows just the way they are. they are merely an opportunity to socialize and say that they went sumwhere. they don't care about developing the auto sound and auto tuning in this country into serious competitions.
the needs of the minority are not being satisfied. even though i am more of an spl kinda dude, i was significantly impressed by the last sq competition by karti's store.
every one there was satisfied and thought it was a great event, even though it was very small. it was held in his store front customer parking area, as opposed to a rented stadium.
examine why every one there was satisfied with the event. every one there had their needs catered for. the participants, from competitor to spectator like me, got what they went there for; the organizer catered for the desires of the patrons.
the problem with the big shows is that there is a minority of us, spectator and competitor, who are not getting what we go there for.
car shows and competitions are synonymous in the foreign. here, the disorganization and mismanagement of some events leads to a degeneration of both show and competition.
i think we need to separate the show from the competition.
i saw it in action at karti's event. i think smaller events aimed at competition should be held. venues would not have to cater for 10,000 crims lansars and b14's and the mindless socialites who go there just because those cars are there. so the venues could be smaller, reducing the initial overhead already.
if a few of the more experienced people could come together and organize limited competition rather than a show. mimic the experience at karti's but with spl, bass boxing, or even install.
i would not attend that competition for crowd pleaser, but i would attend to check out the set up before the lane and then the score board after the lane.
if is just competitions, then u don't need expensive venues, u don't need big pa systems( which i hate any way). all u need is a place to set up meter and for cars to switch.
i would attend a low profile competition as opposed to a mediocre 'show'.
check out how many serious competitors are there compared to fellas like me who have ah lil hard pong and want to see what it go do,
those fellas who do the bird shying competition, i doubt the pay a lot of over heads, but the sport is alive and continuing.
if u thinking about how to get eh competitors aware of the competitions, all the sq guys know when there is sq comps, and events involving them, and the bird shyer know about their events as well, there is also the karting, dexing, drifting, circuit, and time attack. the spl and the other competitors would be made aware as well when they thing coming up.
if ur thinking about growing the sport, don't study that just yet. get sumthing worth growing first. the more satisfied persons attending the shows u have, are the more potential competitors u have. eventually, when the competitors and spectators get accustomed to well organized competitions, then it would naturally increase in patronization. but the key is to have a forum of well organized sporting event, so that who ever going would know is serious business and u aim to be good rather than just show off.
i remember about 10 years ago, in midcenter mall, a car show had the competition running from about 4 pm with the crowd pleaser at the end. i checked out the cars before in the bright of the day and then was standing against the arena's fencing checking out the scores. the competition was interesting me more than the show. when the crowd started to build outside of the arena for the crowd pleaser, i couldn't move or i would loose my spot, and i really wanted to hear what those systems would sound like, after seeing them on the meter. i stood in one spot for over 5 hours.
but the show did not interest me, the competition did.
and monster power's point was to weed out the mediocre attention whores so that the real inventors and competitors could be more outstanding so that the quality would be greater. the paying was just an idea as to how to achieve the overall goal of that.
and up to TONIGHT i was by him...NO LEXUS in sight... 
