"Escape Reality"

For my big idea, I have come up with this idea of "escape reality". This is very true especially in the comic book world. Many comic book readers tend to read comic books to immerse themselves in that particular superheros lifestyle and universe. This allows them to essentially escape from reality for that little bit that they read their comic book. Whether it is to get away from the struggles of their life or just to live a life long fantasy, comic books seek to explore a universe full of possibilities for the reader to enjoy and immerse themselves in.

I used comic book villains and superheros for my campaign posters and all of them read the same line escape reality at magics guild. This entices the viewer with "escape reality" and by announcing at magic's guild, you are directing the viewer to the store. You can also make these posters really easily and customize them to all types of superheros and villains to suit every individual.

Here are some examples of my work:

 (Joker Campaign Poster)

(King Pin Campaign Poster)

One thing I also tried to do was keep to the original text of comic books by using the why so serious? Joker font from Dark Knight movie and a comic book font for the King Pin poster.

Media Marketing Project Results

Within my group, we worked on a marketing campaign for Wizard's Guild, a comic book store in Athens, OH. After much discussion, we came to the conclusion that we would need to promote the store more through social media means since there are none already promoting the store. We believe this will attract more potential consumers. 

We will do this through implementing the marketing means in social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Facebook- We would create a Facebook page for the store. We would then use the Facebook page to promote store deals, employee profile videos, comic book release dates, events sponsored by the store, etc. Another thing we talked about was connecting with other comic Facebook pages preferably within Athens Ohio. For instance, if there is a comic book club then connect with them and get them to like our page which would promote the store to potential customers. 

Twitter - Much like Facebook  we would tweet about store deals, comic book release dates, fun facts to attract followers, and just get information out to the public about the comic book store.

YouTube - We decided that we would create videos based on the store to promote the store itself. For instance, we talked about making employee profile videos where we interview employees and post them to the Facebook and twitter pages.

Personal Branding

Shortest:
My name is Christopher Page. I am a senior majoring in Digital Media: Special Effects, Games and Animation at Ohio University.

Shorter:
My name is Christopher Page. I am a senior majoring in Digital Media: Special Effects, Games, and Animation at Ohio University. I am actively involved in the club Ultimate Frisbee team at Ohio University committing most of my time to serving as club sports Vice-President or attending practice regularly six times a week. This will be my fourth year with Ohio Ultimate but only my second year on the A-team.

Short:
My name is Christopher Page. I am a senior majoring in Digital Media: Special Effects, Games, and Animation at Ohio University. I am actively involved in the club Ultimate Frisbee team at Ohio University committing most of my time to serving as club sports Vice-President or attending practice regularly six times a week. This will be my fourth year with Ohio Ultimate but only my second year on the A-team. I also commit my summers to Ultimate Frisbee playing on club teams either from Athens (A-Block) or from the Columbus area (Matador). Since I have started playing Ultimate Frisbee I have tried to acquire more and more knowledge on the sport. Seeking information not only from coaches and captains, at tournaments and in games but also from online sites devoted to Ultimate Frisbee. These means have helped make me more of an Ultimate Frisbee expert but there are still things that I have yet to learn which I plan to explore in the future.

Easterns 2013

Like I stated in my previous blog entry, Easterns 2013 is next weekend March 23-24. This tournament has some of the best teams in the nation and a lot of potential National Qualifiers.

Here is a link to the score reporter page on the tournament which will have up-to-date scores of the games. The site is currently not filled in yet because pools have not been finalized yet. It should have the pools and brackets available come closer to the weekend.

Here are the current rankings of all the Ultimate Frisbee teams in the Nation.  We are currently ranked 17th in the Nation and only the top 20 teams acquire a strength bid for their region. Wish us luck!

Rankings (March 13, 2013)

OU Ultimate Twitter

If anyone would like to follow OU Ultimate on twitter here is the link. We have live tweeting from the sidelines with up to date scores of games. On occasion you might receive a "fun" tweet about some of the odd things the team does on road trips or even what the team does off the field. 

Next weekend we will be going to Easterns in Wilmington, NC and this is our biggest tournament which could make or break our second trip to Nationals. 

Ultimate Frisbee Greatest

The top play that any Ultimate Frisbee player could perform is called the "Greatest". During a "greatest", a disc is floating out of bounds. An offensive player jumps from in-bounds and catches the disc and releases the disc before their feet touch the ground. The thrown disc is then caught from another player on the same team for a score.

Here is one performed by Nick Wetzel who was on the OU team that went to Nationals last year in 2012. This was during a game against regional rivals Pitt at Michigan Indoor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Introduction Video

USAU College Nationals 2013

(2012 USAU College Nationals Logo)

Many collegiate ultimate programs strive to reach USAU College Nationals year and year again. However, there are only twenty teams that actually get a chance to compete at nationals. Teams from all over the U.S. compete at tournaments spanning from all over the country to earn a strength bid* for their region*. However, the strength bids are not always won by the teams that earns them. Each team must compete in the championship series. Which entails playing at sectionals against teams that are in your section. There are only a certain number of bids given to each section for teams to attend regionals. It is at regionals that those teams compete for those strength bids that were awarded to the region. The teams that place highly enough at regionals get the chance to attend nationals.

Ohio University just recently qualified and attended nationals in 2012. This was after not attending nationals since 1984, the first year of college nationals. The program was on the verge of breaking nationals years before that; winning the section against their big time rival Ohio State two years prior and placing within the top five at regionals all years prior to qualifying.  It was last year that the team planned their season around tournaments that would get them that second strength bid for their region.

This gets me to my final point. If a team wishes to attend nationals, it must have players with great disc skills to compete at the national level. As well as, compete at high level tournaments and do well at them (place high or beat teams that are ranked higher or lower than you). Even though you win a strength bid for your region, your team still has to place at sectionals and regionals and win that strength bid and the chance to compete at nationals.

Thank you for reading and I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Fun Fact: College Nationals this year will be in Madison, WI.


*strength bids - bids to Nationals given to each region based solely on the final rankings before the Championship series which are determined by how the teams compete throughout their season at sanctioned tournaments 
*regions - the U.S. is split into ten regions which is what teams are associated with in rankings

Social Media Outlets

OU Sibs Weekend 2013

Twitter Account

Linked In Account

Pinterest Account

What Makes an Ultimate Expert?

First of all sorry for the late post. I was out of town at a Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Charlotte, NC and I did not have time to create a post. If you're interested here is a link to the scores from the weekend and I have attached a picture of OU Ultimate from this weekend.

(OU Ultimate at Queen City Tune- Up 2013 in Charlotte, NC)

The main objective of this post is to show What separates or defines me as an Ultimate Frisbee expert?

This will be my fourth year playing for OU Ultimate at the collegiate level. We recently attended College Nationals last year in Boulder, Colorado. I have also played at the Club level with A-block, a team based out of Athens, OH and Matador, a team based out of Columbus, OH. During the summer I occasionally attend pick up games and/or play for a summer league team which are both recreational forms of Ultimate Frisbee.

As with any sport, the more years you play, the more you learn about the sport. This is no different with Ultimate Frisbee. Most of my knowledge stems from playing with Ohio Ultimate where I learned about the game through older college players and from our team coaches, Kent Butler and Todd Grace. However, College Ultimate is limited to the Fall, Winter and Spring seasons. During the summer many players, like myself, play for Club teams which help broaden your knowledge of Ultimate Frisbee and allows you to play with different players which ultimately shows you how to adapt to different players abilities. Todd Grace, one of our coaches for OU Ultimate once said, "You learn more by attending tournaments...". This is very true because you play other teams and learn even more about the sport and how to adapt and play to other team's playing styles.

My experience with College, Club, and recreational Ultimate has allowed me to become more knowledgeable about the sport. One thing that separates me from other players with the same level of experience as myself would be my devotion outside of the sport. I like to stay up to date on a lot of the information within the Ultimate community. There are many sites devoted to Ultimate Frisbee:

1. RSD No Spam (which is forum based)
2. Sky'd Magazine (Articles about the sport, teams, and tips)
3. Score Reporter (Scores of recent tournaments, Team rosters, Team wins/losses)
4. UltiWorld (Articles based around the sport, teams, tips, and tournaments; similar to Sky'd magazine)

(This is only a small list compared to how many sites there actually are)

These sites give me even more knowledge into the sport beyond what you learn on the field and allows me to keep up to date with current events happening in the Ultimate World. The knowledge I acquire off  the field as well as on the field makes me an expert on Ultimate Frisbee compared to someone who only plays the sport and doesn't reach out to acquire new information.

Thank you for reading and have a great week!

Introductions

Hello! My name is Christopher Page. I am currently a senior at Ohio University. I have played Ultimate Frisbee for 4 years now for Ohio University. However, the program is not known very well since it is through club sports and is not a major varsity sport like Basketball, Football or Baseball.

I started this blog to give more insight about Ultimate Frisbee to people who might not know too much about this up and coming sport. Ultimate Frisbee is a fast pace sport that involves quick decision making, endurance and athleticism. It is also referred to as Ultimate rather than Ultimate Frisbee since the word frisbee is trademarked by Wham-O, a company that distributes and sells discs found in many stores Nationwide. I will be doing weekly post on this blog with more information about the team I play for along with other interesting facts about Ultimate Frisbee. If you have any questions about the sport feel free to ask them through the comments on this post and I will do my best to give an answer for them.