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PAX PRIME 2012 Information and FAQ (READ THIS FIRST, THEN ASK ALL QUESTIONS HERE)
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
It's called The PAX 10
Last year TimeCruiserMike put the thread up in April. So expect it sometime soon. Click here for last year's thread
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
Not necessarily. They have not in the past for any of the paxen I've been a part of, but that doesn't mean they couldn't do so in the future.
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In the past which one has opened up first? Trying to make sure I have all my ducks in a row so we can book everything.
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
Well for East 2012, Hotels opened before passes. I really don't think it's any indicator of future plans though. I wouldn't be surprised to see passes open before hotels this time, but I have no concrete basis for that.
The reality is you just need to be ready and able to pounce on either whenever they come
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I'm a bonehead - found the answer.
Sorry about that.
I will most definitely have to look into this, I've always wanted to end up in a dance-duel
Your ever-awesome Frog-Backpack Girl.
So I have an idea for a panel and I want to sign up for space to give my talk. It would be on how to get your start in online journalism (which can be applied to game journalism too). Where would I go about doing this? Also, do acquiring slots for panels cost money? And if so, how much would I expect to pay? Thanks!
Matt
http://panels.paxsite.com/
Granted, you may want to wait a bit until it changes for Prime; they will probably make an announcement somewhere when panel submissions are open.
SmallLady,
Because the FAQ has gotten so large I think it would be a HUGE help if an index was placed at the beginning. Especially a clickable index that would take them to the spot on the page that would answer their question, rather than having to scroll through the whole thing wondering if they missed it somewhere.
If you would like to write one up with all the urls and bbcode and PM it to me I'll be happy to add it. That's something I just don't have time for at the moment.
However another great tool is ctrl+f
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Afterparties: I'd count on that.
If there's going to be alcohol, the answer is almost certainly yes, just due to state licensing laws. However there will be tons of fun stuff going on in hotel lobbies, at restaurants, etc, which will be open to all. Chat to people on the forums, look at the afterparties going up, and if you want to organise an under 21s afterparty, then throw a post on the forum and seize the horns by the bull...or something like that.
My first year, I wanted to have a Pre-Pax Fried Food Extravaganza. So, I did. We ended up with a ton of people there, and much fried foods were eaten! Extravaganza-ly.
i convinced my girlfriend to let me go alone, it was only because she knew how excited i was for this and knew that if she came along she would only whine the entire time about being bored...
that being said, every single time PAX comes up she gets mad and just about stabs me in the throat. Gonna be worth it IMO
Sounds like you need a new girlfriend brosefski.
PAX 2013 STATUS - Badges: PURCHASED Hotel: RESERVED Vacation: Awaiting approval Plane Tickets: Waiting on vacation approval.
she's cool, just doesn't like being alone
There's plenty to do at PAX for non-hardcore gamers, if she's interested. Tabletop freeplay, the lighthearted panels, the concerts, and the community events, all of those might be a great way to introduce her to PAX if she does want to go!
Please keep it on topic of real questions.
I'm interested in presenting on Games for Learning in terms of Design as well as curriculum alignment for the classroom. I'm a national advocate in the topic and do regular blogging for Edutopia as well.
Who can I contact on this? Thank you
Andrew Miller
www.andrewkmiller.com
andrew@andrewkmiller
"We know that the moment we slip, it will be taken away... and so it is of the utmost importance to be worthy of it constantly."
PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.
OnPeak, not OnPoint
I'm not 100% sure what you're asking. If you want to know when stuff goes live, keep an eye on these forums, and on the official_pax twitter feed. Then you click and book. If you want to be the absolute first, I guess you need to F5 the forums a lot. There's no real pre-warning about when it goes out. In the past though, it usually hits the forums slightly before going out on twitter.
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Perhaps it's been oversold how fast these things go. They won't go in hours even I'd guess (I got a room at the Grand Hyatt last year I think some 3 weeks after they posted. I remember buying the room some time after I bought the tickets and I bought the tickets about 2 weeks after they went on sale.) I wouldn't stall (like I did last year) but if you don't get around to it until you get home from work I doubt it'll be the end of days.
Yeah it's highly dependent on the hotel. Some hotels may go faster than others, but you won't have a problem getting a close hotel same-day most likely. That doesn't mean that ONE of the hotels won't sell out or something, but there will still be close stuff.
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I just checked last years hotel thread and it seems that for a couple of the hotels Sunday and Thursday nights booked within a few hours (or just had very few rooms) but Friday and Saturday did not. Is this the norm for Prime?
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
The general rule is that PAX will always get more popular than the last PAX. This means that things will likely sell out just as fast, if not faster, this year over last year. That's about as much info as anyone has. There's no real "norm" except for the event becoming more popular.
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Negative. They always need some time off between PAXen to regroup.
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I should have mentioned "if you are an expo hall fan " in my post. Showing up smelly is a good way to find yourself getting maced with febreeze.
Man, these forums are super broken on Android.
PAX 2013 STATUS - Badges: PURCHASED Hotel: RESERVED Vacation: Awaiting approval Plane Tickets: Waiting on vacation approval.