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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1045774" data-attributes="member: 10201">I'm not sure what you mean by &quot;use the PA system more&quot;--you don't *really* want them to announce every single cancelled game that way, do you?&nbsp; There'd probably be half-a-dozen event changes announced every half hour --it'd be insane.&nbsp; And, speaking as a somewhat-long-time attendee of GenCon, essentially *nobody* wants to hear the PA system.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp; Every time there's an announcement, the attendees ignore it, and the vendors roll their eyes.&nbsp; Especially since the vast majority of the announcements are of things in the program book (like celebrity signings)--so those who care are already aware of them, and the rest of us don't care.As for cancelled events: it'd be nice to have people looking after the game events, as at Origins.&nbsp; But, odds are, most of those no-show events, the staff didn't know about them any sooner than you did.&nbsp; It's likely that nobody knew beforehand that the GM wouldn't show.&nbsp; Heck, it's possible the GM didn't know she wasn't going to show until 5min beforehand--sometimes things come up.&nbsp; It's really annoying, i know (though, believe it or not, having a well-prepared scenario and have no players show is probably even more frustrating).&nbsp; But i just don't see how they could possibly know ahead of time for all the games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1045774, member: 10201"] I'm not sure what you mean by "use the PA system more"--you don't *really* want them to announce every single cancelled game that way, do you? There'd probably be half-a-dozen event changes announced every half hour --it'd be insane. And, speaking as a somewhat-long-time attendee of GenCon, essentially *nobody* wants to hear the PA system. Period. Every time there's an announcement, the attendees ignore it, and the vendors roll their eyes. Especially since the vast majority of the announcements are of things in the program book (like celebrity signings)--so those who care are already aware of them, and the rest of us don't care. As for cancelled events: it'd be nice to have people looking after the game events, as at Origins. But, odds are, most of those no-show events, the staff didn't know about them any sooner than you did. It's likely that nobody knew beforehand that the GM wouldn't show. Heck, it's possible the GM didn't know she wasn't going to show until 5min beforehand--sometimes things come up. It's really annoying, i know (though, believe it or not, having a well-prepared scenario and have no players show is probably even more frustrating). But i just don't see how they could possibly know ahead of time for all the games. [/QUOTE]

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