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PAX Prime 2011 Suggestions Thread
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I would love to see these bands:
The One-Ups
Anamanaguchi
Paul & Storm
Video Game Orchestra
Metroid Metal
The Protomen
Minibosses
JoCo
This would be the most epic line-up evar. Imagine a live collaboration of the Minibosses, VGO and The One-Ups? Mind blowing!
I would also love to see some of the line management I saw (and LOVED) at PAX East 2011. That was a fantastic job done.
Other than that, I can't wait to see tickets go on sale.
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Also agree 100% about bringing The OneUps back! I have to put in my support for Powerglove too, people loved their show in Jamspace at East, and if anybody follows their Facebook or Twitter you'll see that they really want to come to Prime, and even play main stage.
I grabbed an AT&T SIM while over for Prime 2010. PAYG rates seemed fairly bad (if I remember correctly, data was almost as expensive as roaming data from the UK), but it was brilliant to be able to call US peeps trivially, and texting other UK peeps with me worked well.
Do watch out that you'll need an unlocked phone, and that the SIM will expire (along with your credit) after a few months (exactly how long depends on how much you top it up).
Also, don't mock people in surgical masks. Irrespective of whether the user has got the whole idea backwards, they're primarily effective at stopping the wearer from spreading rather than catching anything.
One of the things that really impressed about PAX East this year was that the convention center more or less managed to provide Internet access to us all. Sure, it was not exactly a smooth experience at times, but with 60,000 geeks trashing their wireless they did a damn good job.
Unfortunately, providing wireless to that many people is not something you can just drop a few base-stations around and do
I think it definitely helped that the 3G coverage was rock solid all weekend (at least for me on AT&T) - probably had fewer people trying to use the WiFi connection; I know I didn't bother. I've heard that Prime has significantly less coverage - I guess I'll find out this summer!
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Additionally, the 4:00pm start time for the line-up was not enforced. The line-up seemed to start as soon as 3:30 or 3:35 on Saturday. Not cool.
You're beating a dead horse dude. You manage to pull such a venue that's close enough, big enough and will deal with how PAX works out of the aether and I'm sure Khoo will be happy to talk with them; he's already exhausted existing options.
By this point, the horse is not just dead, it is horse puree.
Could we have a photography area? Somewhere with bright lighting and neutral backgrounds? Both as a good place to get clear photos, and for cosplayers & photographers to find each other. I'm aware cosplayers like to be stopped while wandering around, and I would not want this to replace such, but it would be nice to have somewhere well suited to photography...
I really like this idea.
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You can see what I'm getting at in this video from Ars Technica, though the 2D video doesn't represent the 3D results well I guess.
You can see what I mean in this video, though the 2D video doesn't quite capture 3D effects.
My suggestions: World of Tanks, UT3 or 2004, Brink (if it isn't pushed back from May), Battlefield 2, and I don't even have to say it but TF2
in the next month or so, a BYOC FAQ post will go up. In there you can discuss with BigRed what byoc tournaments there will be, however, be warned that it's unlike any concrete info about said tournaments will be released until a couple weeks before the event.
That's when you go fucking Terry Tate on their ass. I mean, I don't normally encourage tackling people and celebrating but expecting someone else to step up and right wrongs like line cutting is just asking for more line cutting to take place. Also, that shit would get around.
On point 4.
I work in the office tower attached to the convention center. In a perfect world I'd be charging you two bucks for access to my floor to store stuff.
There's really not any place that isn't already being used up, but may I suggest the patio on the 4th floor (I think?) or the first floor near the short stairs?
Some of those people (heck, probably the majority) are rejoining the line after using the bathroom or any other issue that could pop up in a 2 hour stint.
I was going to say, I'd seen that a lot of cases where people needed to hop out of the line for a bit. I think it's unrealistic for it to be expected for this not to happen, although I'm aware it's unfortunate for anyone without a group to hold a space for them.
I've held space in line for strangers before, and they've held it for me. It's PAX. Just ask, most peeps are cool.
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It's PAX - I've just asked the people around me to hold my space, even though I've never met them before. Never had any issue with that, even if I wasn't in a group.
First, you had to be 18 to get into that preview. They weren't showing it to kids.
Second, ~assuming~ you are talking to the people against booth babes and such, I believe Moe has put that topic to rest, because it's been argued (from both sides) to death. Please adhere to this request, lest the poor forums become an endless battle ground of the same arguments worded differently over and over again.
That was me on more than one occasion and I sure hope no one thought I was jumping the line, I'd feel horrible if they did. I was the one that usually ran to grab food and drinks while we were waiting, shared with those around us on more than one occasion too!
The only time I had a serious problem in line was when the group next to us started closing in on what little personal space I had. I ended up with one of them half in my lap and lets just say he was a bit gassy. I'm a mom, I can handle just about anything thrown at me, but stranger farts in my lap pushed it! That and those darn camera guys knocking over poles in line for the Saturday concert at Prime, so loud! :winky:
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So I suggest some sort of fix to this running issue. I don't care if it is booth specific pre-queues, or enforcers with baseball bats and stun-guns, I just would like a stop to the nerd stampede.
I think this would make it a lot easier on the Enforcers, too: my friends who worked morning Expo last year said they pretty much had to go to Duke Nukem and Portal 2 every morning and prepare to push people into an orderly line, because those booths turned to shit immediately. If people arrive more slowly, it'd be easier to organize people into a line that doesn't clog up walkways etc.