This is said very kindly. Not in jest or to "dig" anyone. Just stating how I personally feel.
You know the old political saying...If you don't cast a vote, you don't have the right to complain at the way the government is run or what goes on in Washington? Well, that's my personal take for people who complain about games at a show but don't actually bring or contribute anything themselves for everyone to enjoy.
That said, if we all brought games, shows would be better. You should definitely bring games that you'd like to sell or trade. It all helps to make for a successful show. Sure, there are some old beat up games that are brought to a show, but there's some people that like that and I include myself in that category. They look to score a sweet deal on a pin for a restore amongst those type machines and that's great. I really don't think they are brought to the show to get free admission. Heck, if you're that worried about $17 dollars that you're willing to do all the work it takes to get a pin to a show and then lug it back home too, God love ya because that's an enormous amount of work for $17!
That said, I appreciate all the work that goes into getting a pinball machine to a show. So I thank everyone who brought pins to Allentown last weekend. Especially you guys who brought multiple games. Tons of games equaled tons of fun for me!
So thank you for doing all that work to make Allentown such a great success yet again. After all, the pins are the true stars of the show and the main reason most of us go.