I don’t remember if they encouraged IRC handles on name tags or not last year. They might have. It seems this time, I’ll know some more people. I think I knew six people personally. I met several more while there, but haven’t talked to them since.
I’m going.
@Joe_Spanier I never knew i was such an enigma! 
Well, after hearing about free pizza and beer, I just reserved a hotel for this festival. I’ll be driving 4 hours or so from the Cleveland area. Can’t wait to see all the awesome designs you guys have going on. Just finished building a Prusa i3v and have been learning a lot.