Well, I did all the European GPs last year, this year Rich moved on to doing Pro Tours and the like and I figured that he'd have more chance if he was doing it with Randy Buehler and BDM than if he was doing it with me, so I stepped down. It also sucked up all my holiday days from work, every GP needed 2 or 3 days off, and a PT was more like 4 or 5.
So having not done anything since GP Athens last year I was really lucky to be given the chance to do text coverage of PT Valencia earlier this month. That was really awesome, the Pro Tours are a whole bigger deal than the GPs. And of course, it was the first Pro Tour EVER to have a day cancelled, and I was right on the spot for the venue flooding, for telling the players that it was cancelled, and in the top-level WotC meetings to decide if/how they should proceed with the rest of the Pro Tour. It was fantastic to be able to step behind the curtain and sit alongside the heads of R&D and chat away... really reaffirmed my faith that the game is being run by the right people and in the right way.