MSX Fair Nijmegen 2018 announced

Hi Manuel,
Both have pros and cons.
As I understand, both have in-house catering in the building (for coffee, tea, soda etc.)?

The one is almost twice the size of the other. Looking at that the smaller one is more expensive than the bigger one, the choice would seem to go for me to the sports hall. Atmosphere is what people make of it as well

For clarity:
- both have an in-house bar where you can buy drinks and small food
- in both options, no Chinese restaurant. But in Beuningen we can arrange a restaurant to come over and do Chinese catering for us, giving the same experience but instead of in a restaurant, we're near the bar, which is near the sports hall all in the same building. In Wijchen, we will have to use the menu of the in-house eatery (small restaurant) "Vrienden", so no Chinese food at all there.

I bet they have sate.

The Zaal Verploegen in Wijchen looks really cozy, my vote would go for this one if there's enough space for everybody

jaaaaaaaah the fair!!!

Lets see if life allows me to come over and meet up with you all again and maybe even demo some cool stuff

Wijchen, cause it has a trainstation

Louthrax, are you planning to visit again as well? Prodatron and I like to stay in a hotel like we did last years as well.
Mercure is always perfect, because the location of the center.. But this time bit far maybe from location? but i see no Hotel near the fair. Anyway we can always share a taxi :-)

Price difference is: 160 euro for 350 square meters (Beuningen) vs. 400 euro for 400 square meters (Wijchen).
But the price is not going to be a deciding factor, I think. The booth holders indicated they find current prices quite low, so going higher is not a problem. Also, sponsoring will definitely help to cut prices the coming few years.

Keep the basketballs away from Latok and my monitors!

sold my THREE hypershots some time ago

Yesterday, there was an MCWF event. MCWF is a regular boothholder at this fair. Their chairman received a mail from Manuel the fair will take place in Wijchen. Also a floormap was already attached. It seems there was a voting system in two rounds amongst the regular boothholders....

Don't quite understand the function of this survey now, but anyways.....

Ah, ok, thanks for clearing that up. I even phoned you yesterday, but got a voicemail from a woman with a different family name than yours, haha.....

I would like to know whether the location in beuningen has free parking or not. It is not really clear from the description. While I usually go by train, there is always the small % chance I come by car.

syn: yes, there's free parking. It's just not directly at the venue, but you can just park in the streets close to it and a few parking lots a minute or 2 walking away. Just keep an eye on the blue zone, where there is a limit of 2 hours parking. The venue is just in the blue zone, so better park outside of it.

I don't know if I can make it or what else I might be doing at the time. I plan to visit Rotterdam soon. If I find something I like there, then I might return not long after that. I might combine that visit with a trip over to this fair. I remember I once had a pen friend in or very near there in a place called Gent. I think it was about 7Km from Gent to Beuningen, but I've just done a search and can't find it! Google Maps even thought I meant Ghent, Belgium! Has nearby Gent been demolished, evacuated or what?

I think an important factor in the choice of venue is what non Chinese food might be available. If we don't know in advance, then it could be quite like the EU Referendum in Britain. Even the voting figures you stated above look similar! In this case, the non Chinese food option might win, but people may not know exactly what food they're getting until after the vote, just like the EU Referendum! You might contact the venue and be told they'll just go and get whatever food is available on the day. If the meal Stoofvlees was available with Frieten or Stoemp, then I'd go for that. This is a speciality of Flanders, in both Belgium and France, but I heard it mentioned on a recent episode of "Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden", so perhaps it's now available in the Netherlands as well.

BTW, I think you should wear a badge with your name on it in case you change your image again, as well as for people who have never seen you before.

Ah, Luppie wanted to make some batches IIRC?

That would be great. Let´s go analogue, I will bring my accordeon and I´m sure we will organize some glasses for Meits!
I´m looking forward meet a lot of interesting freaks and friends.

You can also join Prodatron, Edoz (not sure about Hamlet?) and I for some glasses (of beer) in continuous motion after the restaurant :RNFF:

We do stop motion!
Mi-Chi told me he is going to join tis year too. That´s great news.