Dear @zzyzx,

My name is Eamon. I’m not sure if you get thanked enough, but thank you for your incredible statistics. I had all of my shows entered on your old website several years ago before they were integrated by .net. It’s truly a marvel and I sincerely appreciate your work.

Also, thanks for your honesty in your post. I had booked my hotel room last August when the rumors of the festival first started up. I was in the minivan with my wife and four boys when I got the unfortunate call from a good friend that was working the gate. We were only an hour away at that point and we were all completely shocked and bummed out. This was our family vacation this summer. My two older sons had both been to Super Ball IX and three of my kids were at Magnaball, not to mention lots of other shows. We came up with a fifty item photo scavenger hunt for the weekend, had about 300 glow items, found a dog sitter from back home, and were rolling in a packed van full of supplies. We made the best of it, but it was a completely underwhelming consolation prize. When the next festival comes around, we’ll be there, but until then, we are still living in the void.