>>77582730>It sounds like the important change was their obsession with being a hit Gamer eventThat was not it. I'll make a big leap here and make an assumption
>you were not around back in 2006I was. I attended to this type of events. The biggest change, starting around that time, was
>they wanted to change the trade fairs from a Madison Avenue "Mad Men" type of primal instincts pandering into an "all inclusive politically correct" environmentThat made the primary lobbyists inside the customer companies
>the "dude bros"that supported paying big money for board and travel and tickets to attend these events to remove their support, and likewise made the primary lobbyists inside the presenting companies
>the sales department "hookers and blow" brosthat supported paying big money for a booth in those events to likewise remove support.
What used to be a "gentlemen's agreement" between tech bros and sales bros to sniff coke on scantly clad booth babes belly buttons and close high profile business arrangements between high profile companies ceased to be, mostly because of the "lack of inclusivity" this environment fostered.
Joke is on them, the whole "sniffing coke on scantly clad babes" didn't stop existing, it just left the high profile events
