Thanks for all the kind words - it helps keep us going. It is an enormous effort, but it seems like it has really grown into something special. The first years were great, but it has taken on a sophistication beyond what we expected, and I'm thrilled! It was great to get together with people who "share the disease" but now it has become a more public event, and more people are getting involved to do special things. Of course the huge room full of machines is the core of it, but I was really floored by the photograph Kevin Tiell made for the show, and the custom sculpture James Hakola made. It seems the insanity we have for putting on the show has connected with many, many others, and I'm just so happy to be able to facilitate the amazing contributions people make! Speakers who have stepped forward, people who bring games, or take time off work to show up a day early and set up, or even helping clean the dust off of machines to make 'em presentable ... what a great community!