I think people go to these things with two different mindsets. Some go to get as drunk/high as possible and party their asses off. Others go to make as many new connections as possible, cultivate further relationships with existing connections, and increase their business opportunities.

If you go with the intent of doing business, you'll find Phoenix Forum the best show anywhere as far as actually making connections and creating new opportunities. However, it's amazing how thick the BS can be sometimes.

Here's a funny story... AJ just had some guy blowing about how large his company was, how successful his DVD sales were, they were the biggest twink video studio, etc... and we happen to know about the studio in question. It's pretty tiny, and the distributor he was claiming to use is one we do business with, and they don't carry his stuff... so AJ sorta had fun ripping him on all of his BS... because the guy thought that AJ was a model, and didn't know anything and figured he could bullshit him. It was pretty funny by the end, when AJ mentioned that he actually owns the company