I would bet BangerJay money to ride the bear bareback .

He wasn't kidding, guys.
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That's some funny shit right there!

Lol, I think we're all getting that email. It was the first thing I thought of too.

Those are rookie numbers. Swing by the bourbon thread sometime to see what a decent stockpile looks like.

I love an optimist! Nice.

ain't happening guaranteed

And it's a shame as the work that goes into preparing for these events is huge. Not much you can do....

LMAO!

Ok ok ok...all the shows are back on! Can't argue with these credentials.

Yeah everybody I've ever bought, rented, or stolen from has sent me the same email the past week.

Thanks Avis! I'm actually considering renting a van this weekend and picking up a game, so nice to know you are disinfecting the Caravans.

Hey I found reinforcements up top!!

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I bet it sucks to be a valet or door guy right about now. Or..well a health worker, but they know what they are getting into and will have plenty of work.

Looks like you're also covered if the power goes out or in the unlikely event of a spontaneous Chanukah.

Ah you spotted the Solo cups!!!

Walmart greeter

Even worse when you think of the average greeter's age.

Wonder what Iceman has to say now? He went from raging against anyone who said there might be a problem...to stone-cold quite. A lot of the deniers seem quiet now. But maybe Iceman just got modded-out of the thread?

Dealing with fat stocks on the market.

Lots of schools shutting down now

Reality bites

He drained all of them. Got modded for saying it as well.

Then who is he yelling at and calling stupid all day?

I hope he isn’t taking it out on his clients!

When the escalator is going up, everyone wants on. When the elevator is going straight down, everyone wants out.

One really simple thing that we can do to support Ed, Kim and crew is to NOT ask for a refund on pre- registration tickets. They can keep my money to help defray any TPF cancellation costs incurred.
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Wisconsin Governor just ordered all schools closed until April 5. Not looking promising for MGC at this point.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/03/13/wisconsin-closes-schools-under-state-order-during-coronavirus-spread-covid-19-closing/5041184002/

Takes some balls overruling Hilton!

Hmm. It sounds like he might not have even been consulted?!?

I was afraid of something like that. I hope to governor steps in.

LTG : (

This is a great idea. When the Ottawa show was cancelled two years ago due to a freak hurricane, many ticket holders just let it ride to support the organizers. That, plus a go fund me ( to which there were many donations from pinsiders...thanks!) helped ensure the show happened the next year. Buying some swag too would help.

Anyway, everybody be safe and be kind to others. That’s what will get us through this more than anything else.

Nervous yet?

Taken from FB page

"I have just been informed that the City of Milwaukee has officially canceled the 2020 Midwest Gaming Classic. Thank you for helping to make noise to make this occur. We will have further communication as soon as possible, but we agree (hopefully obviously) that this is the right call.

While we are devastated by the loss of this show for this year, the health and safety of our attendees has remained our largest concern. I understand that a lot of people may have questions, and I ask you to bear with us for a few days. Eventually the entire story will come out. In the meantime, I thank you for your support - it is why we do this - and we are hopeful for what lies ahead in the future."

I was really looking forward to Tom Taylor’s, as usual. Inevitable but still a bummer.

Silver lining!

A positive conclusion as I believe this is the conclusion they sought. Helps them greatly financially to have the city call it.

TPF and MGC have both been postponed/cancelled for 2020. Let's drain this topic, eh?

No, now we talk about Expo! lol

Worry about Pinburgh is more likely.

It's plausible. Viruses and bacteria love carbs...including alcohol sugars.

It's anecdotal, but I went on the Keto diet and a couple months ago everyone I work with caught the flu passing it around to each other - except for me. I'm going back on the diet.

I talked to Tom. As he does not post on ps here is what he wanted me to post as a direct quote

“Open house is also cancelled. Will work with Dan and honor this years forever tix in the future. Any direct donations to the Rescue Mission would still be very much appreciated.”

I say we all re-up next year. It’s a bargain to play Tom’s collection. The rescue mission and all charity budgets will be reeling from Covid-19, probably for years to come.

Maybe sell out 2021 date in advance. Like this month. Forego our 2020 tickets. Fuck free.

Post a sale for 2021 now and let's sell that fucker out. Add a 10 dollar "Covid sucks," premium and let's move forward now

I'd buy even with 0 certainty of my ability to go.

As was noted the 2020 Midwest Gaming Classic was canceled today. (edit - its past 230am... I mean yesterday.)

Without a ton of details, today was the most frustrating day of my life. The correct decision was made.

I am personally hurt that there are still people who find it funny and are allowed to direct attacks on show organizers. Midwest Gaming Classic had a lot of backups in place and we were being forced continually into a corner and were told there was no escape. The action tonight changed this for us just in time. I'm sure some of you will be told the story one day.

This will not be true of all shows. I know of at least four other show organizers - not related to our type of show - who have been personally financially ruined this week alone. They will not be able to grant refunds, and people are attacking them personally because of it. It's a terrible situation.

If you purchased tickets to Tom's, we'll be sending you an extra email. The Milwaukee Rescue Mission does rely on those donations and while I would love to cover them, we may not know if we have any spare money for months. If you're willing to purchase for 2021, that's great and we can work that out although I want to figure out how to help out the MRM next year.

This is a crazy time. More to come as I can. Most information will be communicated through our web site, social media, or our mailing lists. If you have a role in the show and have not heard from me directly yet, please understand this will take time.

Thanks for your support.

just enjoy the silence!!!

Sorry to hear this Dan!! Was looking forward to the show as others were to. Onward for 2021!!

I'm saving my tickets for next year, no refunds here. Need to support my favorite arcade show.

Anyone attacking Dan and his team publicly or especially privately needs to get a fucking life.

I couldn't care less about getting a refund. My only thought was I hoped there weren't so many sunk costs that MGC would be done forever. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

As weird as it is to think of now, thank goodness for snow. We increased our emergency plans to better plan for fiscal emergencies. There are a bunch of sunk costs. Shirts for instance I could stop production on and save like 10 percent on them, but I want to use them for next year... So they're in a holding pattern... But the majority of stuff, so long as what happened finally happened, is going to be able to roll to the future.

We were able to pull forward a lot of other things last year and are at least somewhat covered, and we'll find out more there soon.

It sucks, but I'm more worried about my friends who didn't or couldn't have their shows set up similarly. There are huge potential costs with even small shows if the worst case happens. We might be in a loan for a bit, but we're very lucky to have those options.

Shame on the people pressuring you to call it early. Anyone who couldn't understand that there were legal, contractual and insurance concerns to consider shouldn't be so bold with their public demands.

Dan, we appreciate the communication and let us know what we need to do to help next year happen. If you have to change things or resize we will do what we can to help make it happen.