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Originally Posted by Evil Chris
Robbie let me just jump back in here and say this. And this isn't directed intrinsically at you, but to those who would blatantly show up at an organized event such as Internext, as a non-paying participant.
Try to relate this to what you do for a living. If you run a paysite, you know that the attitude you dislike the most is the one where the potential customer says it's not worth it to join a paysite any longer, that they can get what they want from a tube site. I'm sure you see the parallel lines here. You work hard on your paysites, and certainly don't expect people to take advantage of all that hard work by viewing it on another site for free.
Personally, I would be embarassed to show up at any webmaster event without having paid my entrance fee to the organizers.
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AVN is not embarrassed to stick their head up their own ass and to fix their awards show, so why would anyone from AVN get embarrassed to attend a show without paying for a badge?
* Maybe if the price was not so high (for what you get in return), more people on the fence would come.
* Maybe if you had it at a less expensive venue, maybe more people would come.
* Maybe if it was not a few hundred feet from a BAR, maybe people would not gather at the bar for business instead of going in the show.
* Maybe if there were less parties and more business... nevermind, that one won't work.
* Maybe if the show was worth anything or had a lot of tits and ass running around, like the old days, more people would come.
Bottom line, it is too expensive for many people to attend, get rooms at that hotel, rent cars, fly in, and so on. The economy is not getting better, yet you don't change anything to accommodate for this.
I've been to the shows for many, many years and will not pay for another. I'll be the guy at the bar or hanging out with the fellas. AVN may have a lock on the industry, but not a lock on Vegas. If it was worth anything to go INSIDE the show, maybe I'd pay.
