[Hammer]

Not that I'm trying to start an argument here, I just think it's funny to talk about what you refer to as the runaway success of the year and at the same time say there are too many shows. Even if I agreed that there were too many (which I don't), it wouldn't seem to make much sense to applaud a new one at the same time that you say there are too many. (Yes I realize you're tight with XBiz now so you're hyping them.)

The reason it seems that there are too many is because they are all stacked in the same 6 months of the year. Except for some minor shows, the majors start in January and end at the first of August and we have Phoenix, Cybernet, XBiz and Internext all jammed into less than a 4 month period.

If Alec wasn't so intent on fucking up AVNs summer show, it seems to me it would have made far more sense to put his in October or November in a nice warm place.

4 major shows in 6 months is too much -- even for those that can afford it -- but spreading the 4 popular shows out over an entire year instead of cramming them all into half a year would make it easier for more webmasters to attend them all and then they could all make money.

p.s. Since you make a living attending these shows and taking the photos, does it really matter to you how many there are? Just asking.

Me thinks I'm going to have to make this the topic of discussion on my new radio show.

I hope you don't take my comments personally Julius, I just disagree with your opinion and am stating my own.