Can't wait

Is that purely an issue of convenience? or is it also expense? I recognize that's easily $10+ in gas so would a more conveniently priced LAN entice you ($5-10)?

I think its a unique situation here where FITES is the old fogies of LAN parties. While I enjoy the younger crowd (..as in ladies) it may be hard to get the 30+ yr old crowd to come out.

Surely the age difference can be a bit awkward so I entirely understand that. I just think if we could get a solid older crowd of say 10+ individuals, that wouldn't be an issue anymore.

As for the event posting, we haven't had much luck posting in this forum :'(. I honestly think we made a bad impression in our first few events and some people haven't given us a second chance. Our lack of money originally led us to run 60 people off a SOHO router which was awful and our equipment has drastically changed since.

I don't think it's a question of comfortability in mixing young and old, we're a pretty mixed bunch ourselves. It's just that a lot of our dependable regulars (please, no adult diaper jokes here) have more going on in our lives outside of LANning and we have to squeeze in the time. Five years ago we had LAN's about every 6 weeks almost without fail. But as time has gone by and we try to accommodate the schedules of our staff our "monthlies" have turned into more like "tri-annuals" (3 times a year, excluding our big one). I would have loved to go the GXL last week, but I just couldn't fit it into my schedule. When I was younger and had no responsibilities outside of myself, I even drove to QuakeCon...twice! So again, it's not a factor of lack of desire, it's a factor of life-balance.

Ooo you're a funny one you haha !