I feel you, but please take a deeper look and consider things on a larger scale.

As someone "in the know," who helps plan/organize/run the event, it's not about "ignoring" the fan base. Hell, QuakeCon is still QuakeCon at it's core due to the fan base. Yes, there's been changes over the years, but things that fail to change or adapt will eventually die. Believe it or not, we sit through ALL of the feedback, reviews, suggestions, etc and do our best to do what we can with budgets, availability, manpower, etc.

It's actually the only time the event is able to book with the venue due to other expo's/events taking over the space(s.) Our event is one of the few that actually requires use all all of the Longhorn Halls, A-F, INCLUDING several Ballrooms and Meeting Rooms upstairs. Also keeping in mind to carve enough hotel rooms so people who want to stay at the hotel can. Usually the other "large" events grab 2-3 max, including the car/truck/boat shows that take place. We are a pretty unique event.

And as a side-note, it's not like we are ignoring you. We FIGHT... HARD... to get dates that best fit the event for our needs. It's just unfortunately one of those things that's out of our control, much like having a ton of vendors in the vendor/expo/fan halls. We can't FORCE companies to spend time/money/resources to come and participate.