True, participation in events is down. Seems people are not much interested in competing like what we had on the past. When I was working in a hobby shop 30 years ago the November issue of all the magazines was usually the largest. Manufacturers and retail outlets running their Christmas ads. Now all they need to do is update their web page. Magazine ads take 3 months from time of submission to publication ( at least that was the case back then ). Now web updates are instant.