Quoted from ChadH:Call me crazy but I >LOVE< the location that MGC is held at.
I love the crowded feel it has!
I love the fact that games are all over the place, in the halls, in the rooms, everywhere!
I love the layout of the hotel, how you go down stairs to all the smaller rooms and explore all the cool things going on in each room.
I love the crowded pinball hall.
I love the loaded vendor hall.
I love that there are some people walking around in costume.
I love that you can play a lot of great pinball games, then go downstairs and go to a retro video arcade with a 1980's theme.
I love that there are area with guys playing board/card games. I don't play these myself but I love seeing them be played in this environment.
I love that there is a room dedicated to electronics hackers modding whatever they brought.
I love that you can hang out in a bar and watch the seminars.
I love that you can walk into a room that has 80's music cranked, the lights are low, and there are a bunch of 8-bit Atari, Commodore, Apple, and TRS-80 computers on display to play with.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MGC. Please don't change it too much!!! It really has a nice intimate feel. It is >by far< my favorite pinball related show. I would be sad if the location moved.
Yup. It's one of the best parts about the events. Stuff in every corner, rooms packed to the gills. It's really great. I think better signage is in order. I didn't make it downstairs until Sunday after 12pm only to find out that there were a row of 80's vids. It was great.
Not sure there is a way to organize things better. My only suggestions would be tp line up the vids in front ove the windows to the pool. You may get another row of pins in the pin room that way. I know this would affect pincades the most
Also I don't think there is room but maybe a room or space for all sale machines. This would keep the pin hall without holes throughout the weekend. I think that's more about trying to move things in and out.
Regardless, Dan it's a fantastic show. If I'm around this year ill be happy to help. Probably bring the Family Guy in its road case. Just need to find a friend with a trailer.
Chris