FSU*Noles: Alright, time to officially shut 'er down, definitely a sad moment. Thanks again everyone for making this such a fun and successful time - we'll see if I get talked into doing it again. The trick will be, how do you make it bigger and better? QIFT and I are kicking around some ideas, things like:
-Definitely at a park, to accomodate the crowd and to allow caching-related activities to take place
-Definitely a longer event, to have more fun!
-The usual potluck, to feed the hungry hordes
-"Keynote" presentations by puzzlers, about their caches or puzzles in general?
-Having a new multi-part nasty puzzle or two hidden at the park, published the morning of the event
-Surprise puzzles in the packet, not listed on the page? (Crimson, anyone?)
-Gotta find a better way to do the door prizes. I like the KB method, but KB might not have. :) Maybe a nice BIG grand prize to give away, or hand the door prizes to random pre-selected "official signup sheet" numbers as people sign in.
-Maybe have a bronze-cast life-sized statue of pfalstad dedicated at the park that day, as the finest puzzler of all time.
Dunno, I'm sure there are plenty of ideas, we'll see what shakes out a year from now. Thanks again, everyone!!