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Grain
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We've got a PAX West and now a PAX East. Question is...can we get a PAX Central?
It needs to be in Austin, TX.
We've got the facilities:
We've got the scenery!
We've got the people who are making them: http://www.gdconline.com/home.html
We've got Leslie:
Tycho and Gabe: I plead with you. BRING PAX TO AUSTIN.
It needs to be in Austin, TX.
We've got the facilities:
We've got the scenery!
We've got the people who are making them: http://www.gdconline.com/home.html
We've got Leslie:
Tycho and Gabe: I plead with you. BRING PAX TO AUSTIN.
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And it pains me to admit that, but it's true.
But that's it....why the hell do you think I'm moving to WA this year
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England would be interesting.
it's Chicagoans
and the Midwest Gaming Classic is held in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. as a Chicagoan, I can tell you that no one who lives in Chicago knows where the fuck Oconomowoc is.
we do have Wizard World Chicago and now C2E2, but neither are really gaming oriented.
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as for pax central in austin, surely that'd be pax south?
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You might be thinking:
* Where do I live
* Am I zoned for commercial events
* What would the HOA think
* How do we keep under 21 attendees away from the abundant liquor
* Do I have chairs for 60,000 people
* This is a dumb idea
And while these are all valid concerns, I would like to remind you how convenient it would be for me to have PAX at my house. I wouldn't have to fly anywhere, and I probably wouldn't have to buy passes because I already live in the house.
I'm glad we could agree on this. See you at PAXMyHouse 2011!
but as said, it'll no doubt be at least a couple of years before we hear about anymore expansions on the con front. but till then, Prime and East have us pretty well convered i think.
I already had PAXMyHouse West 2010 this past weekend, with a 7 hour panel at PAXApartment. But I would be up for a 2011 version because everyone would be able to wear shorts year-round. I would prefer PAXYourHouse however, because then we could scavenge your booze instead.
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I like the idea that you had a "PAXMyHouse West" as it implies you have more than one PAXMyHouse a year.
God, that would be even better! PAXMyHouse Garage would mean one PAX a year when I don't even have to get the living room clean! Much easier to clean the floor, too. Splendid...
Personally I'm fine with the two-con system. Of course, this is easy for me to say, as my fiance's parents live in Boston, so we just crashed with them for the weekend :P
Would make it much more accessible for the more southerly folks to come up only 1/2 the country rather then all the way across. While still staying in the most heavily populated region of the U.S.
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Baltimore, maybe? DC is hella expensive. (I live there now, I know.) It's much harder to get hotels for anything resembling a reasonable price, and convention space is generally pretty tiny. You also have to figure that on any given weekend, you're competing with a half-dozen diplomatic events which usually aren't scheduled more than a few weeks out, so planning any big civilian event on a PAX-like scale is pretty much impossible.
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I say that to point out that I doubt that they would consider opening up a pax central till after they've ironed out this Pax. And more likely they would probably open up a Pax europe before they opened up a third Pax event in the states. Of course this is all pure speculation on my part and I didn't mean to burst anyone's bubble here. Just wanted to point it out.
Sorry, but the lines at PAXMyHouse West 2010 were just too long. And the panel that started the same time that the doors to convention opened were just ill conceived and poorly planned. I will stick with PAX Prime and PAX East from now on.
Also, I can count to "boat".
Actually I think Dallas would be a better location due to the huge conference center being 20 minutes and 5 minutes from DFW and Love Field airports, respectively. Plus, if people were driving/train riding, you would cut 4-6 hours off the journey by not having to venture that deep into the great state.
Austin would be cool though, great city and interesting people.
With that said, after a few years when PAX East is running more smoothly, I think a PAX South should be considered. Texas is a good choice. Would make the PAX locations into a neato triangular shape.
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You guys get QuakeCon. Don't be selfish, Texas :P.
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Clearly, PAX needs more Overlords before it needs to construct additional pylons.
And PAX Central should be in Indianapolis! We already host Gencon, so why not have it in the Crossroads to America? ;P
This pretty much sums up the thread. I mean it seems this time around people are being a little more reasonable about where a third PAX should be held (not like that guy a couple years ago who thought Omaha was a good idea because he lived there). It really comes down to it though that people want PAX to be closer to them.
PAXMyHouse East was at my aunt and uncle's house in Phoenix, which is east of my house in Los Angeles. We even got some con-goers from the retirement community to come over and play Medal of Honor on the Wii.
So now there's 5 PAXen a year, Prime, MyHouse East, East, MyHouse West (same weekend as East) and YourHouse. Having Garage would just be overkill. Let sleeping dogs lie.
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