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SwagPack
water container
good shoes
sharpie
pen and notebook
dress in layers
camera
small meds - bandaids, aspirin, tums, etc
DS and PSP
Usuals (phone/wallet/etc)
Hand sani - no a germophobe, but PAXPlague sounds pretty vile
Chargers for electronics.
Being a member of the Local Scum, I can offer a bit of advice: if you arent arriving at the airport and your hotel has you staying a bit further away than downtown - look for park n ride lots. If you can get to one of those, it is almost certain you can get a bus to the convention center within the hour.
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Fix'd.
I didn't stand in a single demo line last year. I learned just as much about upcoming games standing back and watching other folks play the demos. Some amount of line-sitting is required for PAX, but those lines seemed like the BIGGEST waste of my time.
Why would I want to stand in a line for [x] hours, to play 5 minutes of a demo? I could have spent those [x] hours actually *playing* other things (BYOC, Handheld Lounge, board games, etc etc etc), or at least have a nice hour+ panel to enjoy at the end of the line-sit.
My time at PAX is precious and limited, and I intend to make the best use of it possible
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Bah! Southern California. Up here in the North it's been yet another year in the low 60s with the fog blocking out the sun for weeks at a time. It's actually been colder than usual this year. My shorts are a distant memory that hide in the bottom of my dresser hoping for a rare chance to visit someplace else that has actual summer. Once my favorite season and now a grim, cruel joke.
The community here seems great and friendly! I'm looking forward to running in to you guys during the expo!
Ah, yes, I remember that place from when I lived in Napa. That mythical summery place we called "Sacramento".
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Whoa! Where did you get the Stephen Colbert cardboard cutout? Now I want one really bad!
Not in wrath
The Reaper came today
and Angel visited
this gray path
And took the cube away
i got it when i worked for Borders. it was when his book came out, and we didn't have enough room to put up the cutout with the books. so i took it home!
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I see your Stephen Colbert cutout, and raise you ARTHAS! THE LICH KING!!!!!!! (cutout)
Stephen Colbert is much funnier than Arthas. Just sayin....
Scott Kurtz, The Morning After, Aug 31 - 2010
Yeah, you could say Arthas tends to give people
*puts on sunglasses*
the cold shoulder.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
How to pack for Pacific Northwest end of summer/start of fall weather:
Essentials:
A hoody/something of similar insulation value.
A light rain jacket. You don't have to get too crazy, just something water proof.
You don't need galoshes, but sandals/flip flops are general not a great idea unless you're a local and used to the weather already.
Sudafed
Dayquil
Halls
Ibuprofin
Start popping something like Airborne a few days early
Every year we get a specific brand of crud up here. You won't be horribly sick, you'll just feel shitty if you catch it. That mix of meds will keep you functioning if you get it.
PAX 2013 STATUS - Badges: PURCHASED Hotel: RESERVED Vacation: Awaiting approval Plane Tickets: Waiting on vacation approval.
Wait wrong quote.
Pfffttttt.... meds.
Anyway, if I can pull 3 flu seasons working in a high volume ER and not get sick, PAX doesn't worry me.
Yeah, PAX doesn't bother me at all, but I live in Ketchikan, Alaska and work on a passenger ferry so I'm pretty much immune to the crap that crops up. Seems that people these days have crappy immune systems though, so I figured a med list couldn't hurt.
I didn't earn the nickname Doctor TOGSolid last year for nothing. :lol:
PAX 2013 STATUS - Badges: PURCHASED Hotel: RESERVED Vacation: Awaiting approval Plane Tickets: Waiting on vacation approval.
Unless Colbert could make Arthas laugh to death...Arthas wins.
I'm afraid that cardboard Arthas does not trump cardboard Colbert, unless you're at Blizzcon.
*double checks*
Nope, still not Blizzcon.
For these forums, you need cardboard Dudefella to trump cardboard Colbert.
Scott Kurtz, The Morning After, Aug 31 - 2010
I have two 4 year olds in pre-school, if I can survive the bugs they bring home from their classmates, I'm not too worried.
but, just in case, is sudefed available w/o a prescription in Washington? (note: it requires a script here in oregon. Dern meth labs.)
Beyond that, I think all of PAX is a high traffic area, but none more so than the expo hall.
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Speaking for people like myself at things like E3, considerate people will probably go out of their way to yield to a wheelchair. Standing a couple of feet closer to the TV or whatever you're looking at isn't worth making someone look at the back of your shirt.
Scott Kurtz, The Morning After, Aug 31 - 2010
I just had a question about the Magic tournaments going on. Do any of you know if you can bring your own decks, and if there is a regulation on them? Like a specific number of cards or if you have to have tournament legal decks (like only having the last 3 sets that just recently came out)?
Thanks!
You should really check the WotC schedule referred to by www.paxsite.com
It links up to this list:
http://www.cascadegames.com/events/819
If you have any questions about these events, you'd have to talk to the people at Cascade Games.
Scott Kurtz, The Morning After, Aug 31 - 2010
.How early should I start queueing for panels? and should I get there extra early for the panels in the main theatre?
.Is it ok to be slightly late for panels/leave slightly early?
Can't wait :mrgreen:
AH, sounds like the same as California. I can work with that. Thanks!
All of the tournaments appear to be either Booster Drafts, where they will provide you with the packs for the cards, or Standard tournaments. (The one exception is the Archenemy event -- you'll have to ask Cascade Games what their specific requirements are for that one)
The current Standard format allows for cards from the following sets:
Shard of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn, Magic 2010, Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of Eldrazi, Magic 2011
This will remain the format until October 1. At that point, Shards, Conflux, Alara Reborn and Magic 2010 will no longer be allowed, and Scars of Mirrodin will be added to the available sets. So consider PAX one of the last tournaments you'll have a chance to use cards from the Shards block in Standard tournaments.
Standard deck construction is: Minimum 60 cards, no more than 4 of any one card, and you can have a 15 card Sideboard.
I don't have any questions right now, I just wanted to proclaim my excitedness!
It's been said elsewhere in this thread, but it bears repeating: If Mike (Gabe), Jerry (Tycho), Wil Wheaton, or Scott Kurtz is involved (or any combination thereof), you want to be in line at least an hour before the panel starts (and probably more). Those tend to fill up pretty quickly, and if you're not there early, you probably won't get a seat for the panel. The X-Play panel filled up last year, too, but I don't think you have to wait quite as long for those. The Star Wars panel in the main theatre will probably be well-attended this year, as well.
Outside of those, there will be lines for just about every panel, but most of them don't fill up and you can walk in whenever you like and leave whenever you like.
My advice is, if there's a panel you can't miss, set aside 45-60 minutes so you can get a seat/get in at all.
edit: Bigger panels, PA, main theatre stuff, etc. should be 60-90 minutes.
Proclaim, declaim and quitclaim as you like dear. you are in good company
The halls are full of companies that will be showing their latest and greatest, which is awesome. But will there be vendors selling junk I can load my vehicle up with?
Most of the show floor are game developers/publishers, but there are booths you can buy stuff at, spread around.
Where exactly do I go for registration/obtaining the lanyard, final part for access? I'm sorry, it probably has been asked a billion times but I am trekking alone and I won't have a means of mobile internet (txt only) with me for on site help. I am just trying to be sure as I see a few places listed and there is a few places off site I don't want to be mixed up in by mistaking it for the line for registration.
I am having to take the monorail from the Seattle Center to Westlake Center and I am wondering if I'll be able to find my way quite easily to where I need to go, plus the registration site. I have just about every map I could find printed out to take with me and I've routed my walking plus monorail course, it is just that this stuff is on paper so hopefully I'll be able to notice things that are quite obvious when I get closer to the convention.
Do you have your badge already? If so, you're done with registration. You'll get your lanyard and con book at either of the lines at entry.
Westlake to the con center is a super easy walk. Like 4 blocks. The part of Seattle the con is in is pretty straightforward, you'd have a hard time getting lost.