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This was my first Con
daninspiredmedia
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I was definitely "Home"
I was skeptical about attending this event. I had no idea what to expect. I came to the convention center with a group of my friends and the first thing i did was stand in the swag line to score some 3X shirts and hoodies before they were all gone.
When i joined them in the Queue room on Friday it was a 3 hour wait to the keynote speech. I put on my PAX East 2010 shirt and my PA hoodie and waited.
When we got seated for the keynote speech I was skeptical about Will Wheaton. I really had no idea who this guy was other than the kid from star trek, and that one episode of Big Bang Theory where he was kind of a douchebag.
He blew my mind with his speech
52 minutes later i felt like i was among 4,000 friends. My people, our people. No matter what race, creed, or religion we all belonged too we are gamers. a culture. we were family.
I was ear to ear grins the entire weekend. I soaked it all in.
This was my first convention and I didn't know where to start. I didn't play a SINGLE game while i was there. Well i did play 3D bioshock 2 and 3D Battlefield bad company 2. But i didn't wait in line for any of the newer titles.
I went to every booth. I stopped by every college booth and talked to their admissions reps. i talked to the MIT guys and gals demoing their games. I went to all the game vendors and demo tables. I stopped by all the rockband stations and mingled with people in the sumo chairs. I met all the musicians that were there. I got my book signed by Gabe & Tycho, Coulton, Wheaton, Paul&Storm, half the members of VGO. I met my internet funny guys Red vs Blue and Mega64. I also got to meet Tom fulp the creator of Newgrounds.com (fellow web developers are AWERSOME).
I just soaked it all in. It was a life changing experience. People like me exist and are not ashamed to admit it and embrace the awesome culture that is us gamers.
I can't wait till next year. It will be even better.
p.s. i had no idea Pokemon was such a big thing among adults.
I was skeptical about attending this event. I had no idea what to expect. I came to the convention center with a group of my friends and the first thing i did was stand in the swag line to score some 3X shirts and hoodies before they were all gone.
When i joined them in the Queue room on Friday it was a 3 hour wait to the keynote speech. I put on my PAX East 2010 shirt and my PA hoodie and waited.
When we got seated for the keynote speech I was skeptical about Will Wheaton. I really had no idea who this guy was other than the kid from star trek, and that one episode of Big Bang Theory where he was kind of a douchebag.
He blew my mind with his speech
52 minutes later i felt like i was among 4,000 friends. My people, our people. No matter what race, creed, or religion we all belonged too we are gamers. a culture. we were family.
I was ear to ear grins the entire weekend. I soaked it all in.
This was my first convention and I didn't know where to start. I didn't play a SINGLE game while i was there. Well i did play 3D bioshock 2 and 3D Battlefield bad company 2. But i didn't wait in line for any of the newer titles.
I went to every booth. I stopped by every college booth and talked to their admissions reps. i talked to the MIT guys and gals demoing their games. I went to all the game vendors and demo tables. I stopped by all the rockband stations and mingled with people in the sumo chairs. I met all the musicians that were there. I got my book signed by Gabe & Tycho, Coulton, Wheaton, Paul&Storm, half the members of VGO. I met my internet funny guys Red vs Blue and Mega64. I also got to meet Tom fulp the creator of Newgrounds.com (fellow web developers are AWERSOME).
I just soaked it all in. It was a life changing experience. People like me exist and are not ashamed to admit it and embrace the awesome culture that is us gamers.
I can't wait till next year. It will be even better.
p.s. i had no idea Pokemon was such a big thing among adults.
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While I didn't make the keynote, I still felt REALLY at home.
I walked through the Expo Hall, but didn't check out much.
I did get to meet Wil, Bill Amend, JoCo, Paul and Storm, MC Frontalot, and Pete, Dave, and Luke from Anamanaguchi. That includes autographs, photos, video ... etc.
I will do my best to be back next year.
-Robert Jordan
Didn't really "meet" many people, but anyone I did happen to chat with, it was like we were old friends. Geekdom really does cross all boundaries.
The keynote really made me want to embrace my geekdom more! And the Red Vs. Blue panel was just hilarious!
My book reviews, twitter, FB.
as you heard Wil say, there are thousands of geek culture (anime, gaming, sci-fi, fantasy) events and conventions out there.
while I cannot say that most local events will hold a candle to PAX and PAX East, I encourage you to seek out and find your local geek culture. you will come to cherish it as much as you do when you are at PAX.
Oh. I know. My gf and me have been geeks, well, for a long time. It was just always something we did and enjoyed but didn't really share much. But after attending Pax East (the first Con for both of us), its almost like we are addicted. We are now looking for more cons to go to.