Quoted from flynnibus:

Same topic every year...
1 - People having expectations of flawless games need to get over it. People are bringing pins to both play and sell. This is not a concours d'elegance
2 - They are pins, they break. Especially after moving
3 - They are pins, they break after alot of play. Most games at home are not hardened to survive lots of sustained play like a true route warrior. We shouldn't expect only route-ready games at a show
4 - Even hardened pins love to flex and break on the owners. Not always in ways that are readily repairable either
5 - More often then not, a game you see broke now, will be working later.
I'd love every person complaining about game quality to invite 50 people over and see if no one finds anything not perfect in their games, or make it through the evening without opening the game. We should all know that 'everything was working before...' means nothing to it always working.
I was there Thurs and Fri and I never saw anything I would consider a graveyard or games just plopped down. Some had issues, they always do.. but overall they were what I would normally expect.
Most people wouldn't bring a junker just to get free admission... hauling a game isn't worth $40 to anyone with a clue. What people often don't see is that one broken game they see is the 4th or 5th game the owner brought and maybe it's not perfect, but it's good enough to show off and hope someone wants it.
Free play was fine this year - it was actually more full then I was worried it could be due to pandemic year.
My concern was less homebrews seen... and less 1993-Now games then you'd normally see.