If you haven't registered for Austin GDC by now, you must have pretty good excuse.

Here are some of our top guesses on why you have passed the buck on hitting the register button....

1. Who wants to hang out with hundreds of successful game geeks, anyway? You can get that at work.
2. Numbers are hard.
3. You'd learn uncomfortable truths about online games and everyone knows that ignorance is bliss.
4. OMG, two nights of parties?
5. Seeing your competitors on the Expo floor will just make you uncomfortable.
6. One word: Tex-Mex.
7. These guys? Again?
8. Come on, open source is so July.
9. You've already worked for most of the sponsors.
10. No magic pony in the swag bag.