1. Plaques: They are super cheap, but can look very cool. Every year I will pay for a new plaque for the winner. This would mean not having one trophy passed along to everybody, but would mean if you win the championship you would get to keep your plaque forever!
A smaller trophy. Pretty generic and not too expensive. The engraving would say something along the lines of "RDHL Champion". I don't think it'd be too customizable beyond that. I would cover the cost.
Engraving at the bottom woudl say "RDHL Champion", but each winner could do to a trophy engraving place and ask them to engrave their team name, year, and record onto the trophy. Would be very similar to actual Stanley Cup.
Obviously Option 3 would be sweet, but it's expensive and big. Would be tough to ship and would have to engrave. Everybody would have to be down for this.
Option 1 would be a sweet backup as we'd get to hold on to that plaque forever!
Post by MIN (Juuso) on Feb 12, 2016 11:45:08 GMT -8
I'll have a look at the 3d printing option some more. I've been busy over the past few weekends with apartment renovations, but I'll try to find some time.
Question regarding #2 and #3 - how would shipping work? Is one person meant to keep it for the whole year then ship it to the next winner or ship it back to an admin after a period of time, similar to the real cup?
Question regarding #2 and #3 - how would shipping work? Is one person meant to keep it for the whole year then ship it to the next winner or ship it back to an admin after a period of time, similar to the real cup?
I was thinking it would stay with or champion for the year and then they send it on to the next champion
Post by NYI (Nick) on Feb 12, 2016 13:06:45 GMT -8
I really like both 1 and 3. I voted one and here is why:
Option 1 is cheaper.
Option 1 is something we get to keep. We could each always have that which would be cool.
Option 3 would be very hard to ship
Not everybody would go get option 3 engraved, so there would be gaps between the teams that do.
With Option 3, if somebody is ready to leave the league but they win it all, they are forced to either, never receive the trophy or stay involved against their will (at least have to be contacted a year later for shipping to the new winner)
Option 3 also presents a liability. If we spend $300+ on a huge cup, and some bag of dicks loses it, fucks it up, ruins it, or just flat out steals it, there isn't really anything we can do.
I think Option 3 is super cool, but I just think it will be to difficult to handle and keep up with. Option 1 is something we earn and keep, so we add more plaques to our Trophy Case.
I really like both 1 and 3. I voted one and here is why:
Option 1 is cheaper.
Option 1 is something we get to keep. We could each always have that which would be cool.
Option 3 would be very hard to ship
Not everybody would go get option 3 engraved, so there would be gaps between the teams that do.
With Option 3, if somebody is ready to leave the league but they win it all, they are forced to either, never receive the trophy or stay involved against their will (at least have to be contacted a year later for shipping to the new winner)
Option 3 also presents a liability. If we spend $300+ on a huge cup, and some bag of dicks loses it, fucks it up, ruins it, or just flat out steals it, there isn't really anything we can do.
I think Option 3 is super cool, but I just think it will be to difficult to handle and keep up with. Option 1 is something we earn and keep, so we add more plaques to our Trophy Case.
Looks of good points. I originally voted option 3 but switched to 1. I was 50/50 on the two options, but you convinced me of option 1.
As cool as option 3 is, it will be hard to pull off.
Option 1 is easy, cheap, and as you said we get to keep the plaque...which I like a lot.
I think it would be kinda cool to do a combination of #1 and #2 where the winner every year gets a small plaque sent to them, but we also have a trophy with all of the winners engraved on it. We wouldn't even really have to send it around if Rob is willing to take care of the engraving each year, people could just come see it if they ever make the pilgrimage out to the LA area. I voted for #1 though
I think it would be kinda cool to do a combination of #1 and #2 where the winner every year gets a small plaque sent to them, but we also have a trophy with all of the winners engraved on it. We wouldn't even really have to send it around if Rob is willing to take care of the engraving each year, people could just come see it if they ever make the pilgrimage out to the LA area. I voted for #1 though
Looks like we are very strongly in favor of the plaques.
What do people think about getting a smaller trophy that stays in LA and I will engrave with the winning teams info on it every year. I can post a picture to the forum!
Looks like we are very strongly in favor of the plaques.
What do people think about getting a smaller trophy that stays in LA and I will engrave with the winning teams info on it every year. I can post a picture to the forum!
I like that idea as a supplement to the plaques for sure, if you are willing to put more money in for that.
Looks like we are very strongly in favor of the plaques.
What do people think about getting a smaller trophy that stays in LA and I will engrave with the winning teams info on it every year. I can post a picture to the forum!
I like that idea as a supplement to the plaques for sure, if you are willing to put more money in for that.
I don't mind. The trophy isn't too expensive and engravings won't be either.
I'd really like to see the trophy shipped out for x period of time and shipped back to Rob to hold on for the season. In this case, Rob would have it engraved and contact the winner to see if they agree to ship it back if he sends it over. If yes, trophy is shipped, winner takes a picture and posts it and ships it back to Rob to hold onto for the season.
This way we eliminate people potentially dropping out of the league and forgetting about it, it getting damaged, getting it engraved, etc. The only risk is the person not shipping it back as promised, but I think with Rob confirming this ahead of time, along with the quick turnaround, we lower that risk as much as possible.