I'll be watching from afar and you never know when it'll be time for me to show up .

Glad to see you've got your plans on. Good luck!

Wow, $50k in prizes is no joke.

Derek, you've created a world-class show that has so much demand the ticket servers died twice. Props, to you and your team, man!

Here are a few thoughts from me:

Worrying about fees on $650 of tickets doesn't seem congruent with worrying about an event being accessible to all.

People are used to fees, for other eventbrites, for ticketmaster, for anything. It's a part of life.

I'm not sure what the number of people are that can go from saving those few dollars, who wouldn't have gone otherwise. It doesn't seem to make much sense to harm the entire event, and the experience of everyone, with the rough ticket rollout in service of trying to save each patron those extra dollars.

Surprised as a New Yorker this isn't known to you.

ok, I did a bit of googling, and Donair is something that came about in Canada, even though it's origins are the same.

So, I never even understood the difference between these different things but I've always loved the ones I've had with the sweet sauce, so now I have a better understanding of the donair.

Looking forward to living vicariously through the photos and comments/reviews of the show.

It might make sense to offer the t-shirt designs through one of the "print on demand" stores, for online orders, so people could at least get one if they wanted and no risk of inventory. A "better than nothing" solution.

Great photos. Show looks awesome. Congrats to everyone involved on all the effort and hard work making it a top show and tournament. A great example of what's possible when people decide to make it happen.

Thanks for posting your feedback, Derek. It's interesting to see the results (and your commentary).

Do you share what the attendance numbers were? (out of curiosity but not necessary if it's private)