Originally Posted by Robert_Nash

Well...you can always wait until the 80th Anniversary and Mr. K might still be around (around 142 y/o depending on when exactly they hold the convention).

Seriously, I do understand the everyone has to make the decisions that's best for them when it comes to how/when/where they spend their money but HPDE's aren't difficult to find - 40th anniversary international conventions celebrating the Z don't come alone very often...that's my $0.02 to consider, anyway.