AO: We are back from the dead... again! After an 18 day outage, we are finally alive and well. Who knew how complicated updating software/databases from 2008 would be. I still have alot of tweaks to make, but my main goal was getting everything patched and updated to 2026.
Vbulletin 6 has changed alot since 2008 so we will have a ton of new features to dig into.
Getting in real late on Friday night for the scenario (plus I get to play with my new GenIII NVGs Saturday night), so I'll try to stop by when I have a free moment.
Well, I stopped by on Sunday to say hi to Kayle and Melissa (thought Melissa was on the field playing).
I have to say, those of you who were at last years IAO and thought it was lame should have seen it this year. It's a sad event now. I remember when it was the must attend event every year. It was the place that companies released their new products. Every mfg in the industry had a booth and they sold products cheaper than any place else. There were a couple thousand people over the 4-5 day event.
This year...at least on Sunday. There were a few trailers. There was one TINY vendor tent (might have fit 8-10 vendors in it) and there were only two companies still setup (AGD and Gorilla Air). NPS, American Paintball, Tippmann and one other small "General store" type place were the only other vendors still setup.
I don't expect there to be an IAO next year.
On a side note, I have not missed an IAO since 1992 even if it was just to walk around for an hour.
I went back when AGD released the ULT kit, and the even was decent then, couple hundred teams, decent player/vendor party. A lot of new products and top name vendors, and a few mom and pop general store type things.
Sound like it has went downhill fast, Michigan Monster Game is same way - they had 3 vendors in the vendor tent this year, and maybe 5 or 6 trailers
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