The events all ran nice and smooth and I had a really great time. it was good to see that this event is growing in the warmachine community with a lot more out of state people showing up to play (probably mostly due to IG).
The order of events was a bit odd, and I think that would be my main recommendation for future improvement. First, IG on Friday seemed a bit off. Friday is usually the hardest day of a con to attend due to people having to take a day off of work. with that being the "big" event this year being the first IG of the season, it seemed bad to have it on Friday.
Also, I really don't like the open masters format. it's a whole ton of rounds to plow through in one day and takes a big part of the con experience out of play. I enjoy cons where there is incentive to play in multiple tournaments because you're hunting for a slot in the masters on the last day. You all have done that in the past years, I'm curious why that changed. it left Sunday with the smaller tournaments but no masters event going on, and most people just left the con instead of playing the final day.