An update.
Just got home for the night and my head is full of new and interesting information. Nothing anybody doesn't know and no top secret squirrel stuff but new perspectives on the state of the game and potential futures.
Midi did a great job of presenting terrain building in single syllable words that even I understood. I get the feeling that having the ability to make terrains that work is going to be vitally important to someone if and when HTH comes back.
Great listening to Suds, Pyro, Hitech, and the gang and seeing that they do take this game and the details inherent to continually giving us a quality place to play seriously.
And, of course, I did talk up the greatness that is AVA and didn't hear anything but positive responses so kudos to the staff and the regs.
Check the pic thread in the Convention forum. I took several but they came out too dark. Apdrone did a great job of capturing the vibe there.