Newmexicon felt more formal than Forge Midwest.

Some of that is the mustering. At Forge we have a similar system of pitches to the crowd, but then everyone just shakes out. No priority system. I usually get what I want, but I am large and loud and a regular. And pretty.

Some of that is the private rooms. Forge is in a few small conference rooms, two of which are connected, so everybody’s flailing around together all day. Intimacy!

Some of that is size. Forge is around 50-60, I think, so about 20% smaller?

And much of it is me. I know practically everybody at Forge. I knew relatively few at Newmexicon.