Clearly some discussion needs to happen between carrot & stick. Ivan brings us a great show & it gets better every year and these are some of the growing pains I guess. Hopefully some CONSTRUCTIVE community input is welcomed at that discussion.

Personally I would like to see some incentives to keep the machines on the floor also. I would love to see a preview night type of thing for those who bring machines like other shows do, and/or a giveaway for machines that stay the duration.

I would also like to say that I know Jim and he is a nice guy with a passion for pinball & I know he took some abuse also. These guys are putting in their own time off to make the show go. I'm sure they didn't get to play any pinball either!

I was thinking that prizes would be cheaper than security. With an estimated 3000 people coming to the show, I would want to maximize the time that games are there. Incentives do that. Penalties make you want to not bring your machines.

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