No need to apologise. My gopher comment really should have had a smiley after it, as it was most certainly meant in jest.

As for the panels, you actually made a valid point. Having made comment about such a failing at another event earlier in the year, to do it ourselves was a little embarrassing. It was actually the first time I’d seen the panel set-up at Dragonmeet so was actually as unprepared as the rest of you. Not a good position to be in as one of the organisers.

I already have some thoughts on how we can manage things better, so you can expect improvements for next year.

- Neil.

Anyhow, thanks!

Firstly sorry if I’ve upset you with the gopher comment. I was using it as (I guess lazy) shorthand for “Dragonmeet guy responsible for the panel” because when me and the other Critical Miss guys gophered for Dragonmeet some years ago, I recalled that some of them were responsible for the panels area. And sorry for not remembering it was you, and referring you to name, but I’ve got a terrible memory for putting faces to names to people I’ve met together.

(The second time I met my now very good friend Brian Nisbet, I insisted to him that it was the first time we’d ever met).

I know we did meet and briefly chat later, but I’ve got such a bad memory for faces that I hadn’t mentally joined the dots with also meeting you at the panel.

And as regards the point about panel moderation, I wasn’t actually trying to make a point – or if I was, it certainly wasn’t one that was aimed at you and the Dragonmeet organisers. I was more trying to poke fun at myself for not actually thinking about what I was going to say until I got there.

For the record, I think the Dragonmeet “relaxed” style works fine, and I wouldn’t worry about changing it. If guests (like me) experience a momentary feeling of panic at the start because they haven’t thought about it, I think that’s entirely the guests’ problem.

Anyhow, sorry. It wasn’t my intent to to criticise, and I should have used my language more precisely.

Good to hear you had a great day. Once again, thanks for being a guest.

- Neil.

Hope you sold more copies of Game Night than the one I bought.

LBH