Quoted from goatdan:

You must have got the only available room! The hotel confirmed with me Friday that they had sold out of all rooms! Unless you used our partner hotel, in which case they do have rooms available and are a great deal too!

Quoted from 20eyes:

I remember playing that one last year and the guy next to me was really playing the crap out the machine he was playing and he kept banging his hand into me then I looked closer and noticed that it was Steve Ritchie

Quoted from Haymaker:

There will probably be a ton of copies of little samson there as that game for being "rare" is widely available for purchase at almost any convention. Its because collectors and resellers are hoarding most of the copies and drove the price sky high and now the bottom is falling out of the marketplace. Plenty of other games in this same category, such as Earthbound. But I digress, this is a pinball forum...I might make an appearance this year. I've never been to any of the conventions to meet any of you fine pinsiders or play any crazy games and I really need to pop my cherry soon. I have heard MGC is the one to go to in these parts so we'll see! Sadly I probably won't be bringing anything with me however

Quoted from DanQverymuch:

Jeez, you scared me! I guess you're talking about the repro?
Seeing as how I have one of these:
ebay.com link » Earthbound Super Nintendo Snes Complete Cib With Stickers Big Box Tested