Thank you for coming back! It was a great time.
I actually found the veterans to be very nice and respectful of the shared common space, largely ignoring us and doing their own thing. One of them actually bought a badge and played in a sit down game. Then during Slayer Cake, the Metal LARP, a group of them came over to be in the crowd for the performances! One of them even sheepishly came back to ask “if we were doing anything more like that.” It was so touching and lovely!
Just imagine how many ways it could have gone poorly. I thought it all went very well 🙂