Then I disagree

I don't actually see why people seem to object so much to i39.5 over i40. Most of you have said you can do both, and they will pretty much be the same except on the number of participants and no exibitors or cash/prize competitions (which none of us look at/enter anyway). They're aiming it to focus on the gamers and improving the links between them to make it more social. The pub quiz will still happen. Hell, if they host it where I think they are at Newbury, the bar is in the middle of the hall.

That's all you lose out on though: exibitors, prize competitions and 1500 strangers who you have no interest in meeting/slapping/hooking up with (delete as applicable)