Absolutely. That will never die. Bring a machine. We'll make it as easy as possible. You will not regret sticking around for the party and staying at the hotel is the way to go.

The party is definitely the highlight of the show.

Sorry I missed this. Yes...bringing the game in Friday night is GREATLY preferred.

Yea...duplicates happen but it isn't too bad. I think last year we had 4 Jurassic Parks there but that was partially on purpose for tournament use. We actually had 2 CSIs a year or two ago and joked that we had half the production run in the same room. But in general there are only a couple doubles and that's really not a problem with a couple hundred machines to choose from!

As much as that would be awesome, it kind of boils down to the fact that it isn't up to us. Trust me, if we had access to all the pins we could want, it would be fun to put together our own line-up. But reality is we are at the mercy of the awesome people who are willing to bring games. And from that standpoint I don't care if it's a well worn old wedgehead or the shiniest brand new Stern. As long as it's in good working order, we are happy and grateful to have it there.

Posted this in the other thread, but wanted to cross post so everyone would see it...

Completely forgot to check CSI audits before the show (like always), but thanks to my fitbit I do have some personal audits, LOL.

Thursday: 9.72 miles
Friday: 14.86 miles
Saturday: 8.24 miles
Sunday: 7.98 miles

Thanks to so many more helping hands this year, set-up and tear down went way easier than usual. Especially tear-down. Usually that's a nightmare but thanks to so many of you guys sticking around and helping others out, it was WAY easier than usual. I actually felt like a slacker last night, but everywhere I looked people were tag-teaming games and didn't need more help. For the first time we were actually on the way home while there was still a little light left in the sky. Way better than the usual 10pm-ish! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you guys who really stepped up to help us out this year!

Thanks,
Chris

Good points here. There are/were good reasons for doing what was done in those areas this year, but we are definitely looking at better utilizing that space next year. It's already been discussed and it "on the list".

Keep the suggestions coming guys. Just because we've already looked at/tried many things doesn't mean we've gotten it all right yet. But I think we keep getting better. Thanks to everyone offering constructive criticism.