[Deptheads] Pre reg numbers ...

[Eric M. Aldrich]

are interesting. I think we're going to beat last year by about 5 percent, if what I here about the numbers from the Grande Tournament are in the ball park. But if you go by the number of Kids badges sold, we could have a huge day tomorrow -- they are the one thing that has remained relatively constant over the cons and we're running really low.

We're past the Gamex numbers. We're not going up by as big a number as last year, but the hit we're taking is not local -- we're up there. Where we're taking the hit is from up north -- all the disaffected Conquest goers aren't coming to us but are heading to Celesticon instead. Rumor has it they're at about 200 pre reg's -- which is downright scary. We're around double that.

The other weird thing is our room count is WAY up -- last year we hit around 320 and we're close to 400. Now, there might be something going on as I've heard nothing about people finding cheaper rooms.

Bizarre. So I have no idea where attendance is going to come in at. I think, if I were to bet (and I'd feel more secure in this knowing the GT numbers), that we're going up again year over year, but not by much. Still got a day left to go, and tomorrow is always the busiest day.

Our event count is up year over year (595 vs 639). The only place we took any hit was historical miniatures.

More info tomorrow.

Eric