Quoted from iepinball:

Thanks Greg!

Quoted from Curtis_Playfield:

Also a couple notes about Banning:
1) it's not that far! I thought it had a "halfway to Vegas" thing going on when ya drive from LA....nope! It's much shorter than a trip to SD.
2) it is so windy out there! It sounds dumb but be careful opening your car door, or the wind will rip the damn door out if your hand! I was at in n out and I saw the wind catch a young lady's car door as she opened it, and it crunched right into the car next to hers and a very loud argument ensued. So yes it's silly, but be prepared for that desert wind. We'd all rather be flipping than fighting at a burger joint

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Quoted from practicalsteve:

I mentioned this in the other arcade Expo thread already, but figured I would mention it here too. I will be there early Friday at opening and bringing Pinside Id badges for anyone that wants one so we can meet each other and say hi. They are of course free, nicely laminated and I will have lanyards.
I did this at Pagg and they were gone really fast. So this time I am letting people tell me if they want one ahead of time and I will fill in your name which will basically "reserve" it for you. I will have blank ones too for people that come last minute. I will have the pre filled out ones in a separate box so if you ask be sure to look for them.
The organizers said there will be a table up front I can put them on, once I get to the show and put them out I will update the threads with their location.

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Quoted from practicalsteve:

I will reserve one for you. If your name is already on it no one should take it. I have a bunch but like I said at Pin a Go Go they were gone in a couple of hours. I put your name down on the list to reserve one. They will be there as long as there are some still available.
I also plan on keeping a few in reserve this time in case I run into a pinsider after they are all gone.

Quoted from practicalsteve:Hate to say it, but girlloveswaffles reminded me of the one big disappointment I had. Joust. Only available in the tournament. The number one rare game I was most looking forward to seeing and playing. Even though I asked super nicely twice I was told no. I didn't enter the tournament as I had to leave sunday morning, and paying a 20$ entry fee to play one game seemed silly. Super bummed about that.

Quoted from NimblePin:

and if CosmoKramer or any other Pinsiders want to help out throughout the year, it will be greatly welcomed/appreciated.

Quoted from Curtis_Playfield:

NicoVolta you came to 82 and didn't say hi? My quip about complaints was absolutely not directed at you; I was just cracking a little joke. I am amused by the one liner guys, who reduce an entire such weekend into some random minutiae...a few pop up after every show and it always cracks me up. "Show was ok but someone painted the Galahad legs black." "Well my family wanted to enjoy the show but my wife likes sparkling water and there was none in sight." "We drove all that way AND had to walk 600 feet on top of that....never again." "I'd give the show ZERO stars, totally flaked backglass on Scorpion." Hopefully you get my drift. "I don't know what I was expecting, just....more"." To me there were far too many rad things happening to get hung up but that's just me.
It's always a risk spending $ traveling to first-effort shows, you never know what you're gonna get so it's hard to adjust your expectations. I personally think first time shows are the absolute best! They're the ones with the best energy, people bust their butts harder, and you don't get the "perpetually over it" knowitall crowd. Zapcon is a good example, in 2013 that room they had wasn't huge and didn't have the hundred trillion game thing going on, but the room felt so alive, and everyone was so jazzed up; to me that's when the community is at its best. Supporting each other and having fun. But yes, there is a lot of room for failure, so I just try to keep my expectations low and generally end up pretty pleased.
NimblePin, time for some huge ups to you, RVDV, Steve T, and Rob! Not only did you guys work like crazy getting things in shape, you stepped up and did it when it really mattered! BEFORE THE SHOW! It's great to see everyone on the Banning Bandwagon now, but I think you fellas in particular deserve some special accolades for being in "before it was cool". Dan Cerny, too, very nice job setting up unique crowd-friendly tourneys, you deserve credit! A father and son went up to Dan and said "we'd really like to try a tourney but we're not good"...and guess who won
I'm already 1100 miles deep in Banning mileage and proud of it, and I will go out any time you guys want to meet up. Hell I'll take y'all to dinner to celebrate the community building we have going on in so cal pinball right now, this is one if the few things I've seen us all rally behind in awhile (well that and our friends at ColorDMD).
As long as there are no topless techs or any such garbage I'll be there with bells! See you kids at INDISC.

Quoted from Curtis_Playfield:

Cosmo I'm happy to see everyone helping! Please don't take everything so personally! I'm trying to give props to the guys that went the extra mile here, plain and simple. A bandwagon isn't a bad thing, and it's a bummer that you took it as a negative swipe. No one is accusing you of anything, c'mon lighten up.

Quoted from Aurich:

Who have you tried to talk to? John? Kenny? I haven't seen either in a bit, but next time I do I'll ask what's up, I'm curious myself.