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I know a lot of planning is going on right now for pre-PAX events as well as stuff going on during the convention, and wanted to point a few things out.
1) It's Labor Day Weekend (DURRRR).
2) Bumbershoot overlaps with PAX.
3) The Oakland Raiders will be playing on Friday night at 7pm in Seahawk Stadium, which is not too far away from the WSCTC.
4) We will be sharing the WSCTC with a small convention known as Gender Odyssey. Looks like they're taking the 6th floor.
What does this mean for you guys? If you are making dinner plans, make a reservation NOW. If you need a hotel, get one NOW. If you are going to a hotel party, make sure you're going to one for the right reason. Parking? You're going to get boned. Plan accordingly. If you plan to do any driving, expect delays on I-5.
Seriously you guys. Seattle is going to be FULL. Be Ready.
1) It's Labor Day Weekend (DURRRR).
2) Bumbershoot overlaps with PAX.
3) The Oakland Raiders will be playing on Friday night at 7pm in Seahawk Stadium, which is not too far away from the WSCTC.
4) We will be sharing the WSCTC with a small convention known as Gender Odyssey. Looks like they're taking the 6th floor.
What does this mean for you guys? If you are making dinner plans, make a reservation NOW. If you need a hotel, get one NOW. If you are going to a hotel party, make sure you're going to one for the right reason. Parking? You're going to get boned. Plan accordingly. If you plan to do any driving, expect delays on I-5.
Seriously you guys. Seattle is going to be FULL. Be Ready.
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But yeah, you're right, it is a good idea to get reservations for stuff ASAP just as a rule for big conventions like this.
good call, Liger.
i dont like sharing... i would totally pay like 20-30 more per ticket to not share, where was the 6th floor? if it was the outside place where people smoke have fun! but if not fuck you guys! i dont wanna share this place, last year almost didnt seem big enough as is, and the exhibition hall 2x as big?
i knew about bumbershoot, but usally the good bands are all at the same time, and confusion. ohh and then yu have to listen to lupe fiasco for 2 and a half hours for a little wu-tang clan...no thanks!
Since last month.
At least for me that won't be as awkward as the elevator rides at Quakecon last year with the Mary Kay convention ladies, or MILF fest as it was referred to at Quakecon. A bunch of smelly, crude geeks at the hotel to party and swap porn in the BYOC in an elevator with well dressed middle aged women.
Check out the convention centre's website. Their estimated attendance is 500.. seeing as PAX is roughly 40,000 You probably won't notice it at all.
Yeah, I don't think we used level 6 at all last year (I don't recall any ballrooms above the level with the exhibit hall). It's probably going to be so separate we won't know they're there.
I have no idea what you're talking about, they'll be staring, but only because we're hawt.
(not me, but this thread made me think of this guy)
(protip: never loose a bet at PAX)
Considering the wsctc is booked 1-2 years in advance... the cost per ticket isnt an issue.
The 6th floor entrance is the huge long esclator that was closed off (also the stairs on the opposite end) near where registration was last year.
A big portion of PAX attendees are locals in cars, not to mention the supertrippers.
Luckily the Pre-PAX dinner is on an innocuous Thursday night.
Numquam magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.
There has never been a great spirit without a touch of insanity.
(Seneca Philosophus, De tranquillitate animis)
Oh christ guys! We could join forces and organize a PAX drag show!
oh god someone should walk in there dressed as Birdo
Only if their suit is capable of spitting eggs at people.
Hmm, a face-mounted egg cannon eh...
*rushes off to buy some PVC pipes*
YES! Make it shoot extremely oversized foam balls painted like eggs. I'll wear a Toad costume so that I can complete the reference by picking them up and chucking them at you until you spit a crystal ball out of your mouth. =)
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I think that as a bunch of video game nerds and weirdos, we can be tolerant of people who deviate from the norm in other ways. They'll probably be snickering at the idea of a room full of people waving DSes in the air to game-themed music, the cosplayers, and the flocks of people carrying plastic guitars. They have a lot more cause to worry about us affecting their convention than we have about them.
It was for some UPS exec meeting.
He's talking about the UPS guys.
Numquam magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.
There has never been a great spirit without a touch of insanity.
(Seneca Philosophus, De tranquillitate animis)
And by that I mean parcels being delivered to the rear of your house.
In a truck.
A TRUCK MADE OF RAPE
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Wait- this isn't Fark. Ah well, I've still ridden in the Rape Trucks!
Yeah! Unfortunately, you find out it is mostly packing peanuts inside.
Also, I seem to have successfully derailed this thread.
WHAT NOW, INTERNET
WHAT NOW
Heh, as serious as that article is, I found that wording funny.