Don't sweat it, man. You're 8 hours away. Although it's incredibly generous of you to support the show with a game, that's the locals' "duty" for lack of a better word. I've brought games to Expo for 20 years, to MGC occasionally, but wouldn't expect someone traveling that far to bring one just to share. TPF has a strong local game turnout, great collector community, but I would never consider hauling a game down there.

MGC isn't configured to allow those with 8-hour drives pack up early, and that's okay. It all evens out. Bring a game to PATZ this year! Short drive, they'd love to have your game, and I guarantee you can leave whenever you want.

I wouldn't tempt Murphy's Law by leaving home without a display.

Cherry-picking a couple quotes that encapsulate why I unfortunately no longer feel drawn to the show:

I'm not mad, it's no one's fault, successful things grow, etc. It just outgrew its charm for me, is all. I can't enjoy the airplane hangar vibe. And if you think I'm only picking on MGC, Expo ain't much better since its move.

But enough bellyaching! Those who enjoy this sort of thing, enjoy the heck out of it for me. I'll probably return when my son is old enough to be into some form of gaming, all of which MGC represents well.

Whaaat?!? Damn it, I just got new tires a few months ago.

Good to know. I was thinking, it would be cool if shows like this and Expo had one camera in each corner of the big rooms, up high enough that no one can disturb or block it. Just aimed near the center so that if anything majorly sketchy happens, it would be on camera somewhere. Maybe they already do. Probably wouldn't catch any small-scale shoplifting, but a banner going down should be big enough to see.

I hope so too, because I only bought one after playing it somewhere else. They should be delighted about the exposure.

If D82 ran a non-IFPA event they'd be tits up in a week. (shout out to Levi)