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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1397499" data-attributes="member: 2205">I'm an infrequent Chicago Gamedayer, since I have to drive over from Detroit and that usually means at least one night in a hotel.  But having co-chaired the latest Detroit gameday, I have to say that this is a very frustrating trend.  It's not like this is a big con with hundreds of folks sitting around and dozens of gaming tables.  We had all kinds of headaches from no-shows and people who hinted they might come and then didn't.  There's a reason why you sign up in advance for these things; it becomes extremely difficult to plan in such a way that everyone who comes has a good time if you have to count on people that may who up or may not.  We had one guy who was a real trooper who jumped out of a game and offered to run one because of this, and then nobody showed up for his game.  Since he really wanted to play instead of DM, and had the first slot reserved in the game he wanted to play in, a slot which later was taken, I might add, I felt he really got the shaft.If it were up to me (and it's not, but this is my advice from organizing a similar event) I'd say no to very many (or even any) open games.  It's not hard to sign up in advance, and it makes it phenomenally easier for the organizers.</blockquote>