XBIZ Summer FORUM VEGAS, The Pictures, from F.U.B.A.R.

[DannyCox]

Originally Posted by connor

My first IA2000 was Orlando, not sure if that's the one you mean, but my experience was exactly what you described. I forget the name of the hotel on I-Drive, the Clarion maybe?, but there was a little bar area in the lobby and we all hung out there most of the time. In the exhibit area, the phone sex guys were looking at us with, "You're the bastards who killed our business!" lol Was that the same year the Fabulous Thunderbirds played?

Yes, it was the Clarion on International Drive. It was the second Orlando show when the Fabulous Thunderbirds played. The first show there really had nothing going on, which is why we all hung out in the lobby bar and really networked. Many of the future "Big Boys" got there start right there at that first show.

That first year, there wasn't a single booth set up on the floor for the Adult Internet, it was all Phone Sex stuff, and pretty boring. I still have a vivid memory of Lensman walking around looking lost most of the time and trying to learn this newfangled Internet thing