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Did any one see this happen?
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I wanted to post a link to a shocking article on Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5505341/suspected-game-code-thief-on-the-lam?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
I personaly wouldn't have thought that somone like this would attend our "home" to try and pull a stunt like this.
I personaly wouldn't have thought that somone like this would attend our "home" to try and pull a stunt like this.
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Step One: Go to PAX. Attend panel on Xbox Live security. Ask to have your banned gamertag un-banned in the Q&A session. Why was it banned? Because you downloaded and played Forza 3 on your modded 360 before release date.
Step Two: Go to Atomic Games' booth. Attempt to steal the code for their as-yet unreleased game Breach. Get Caught. Go to jail.
Step Three: Post your $200 bail.
Step Four: Blow off court and play some MW2!
:edit: Oh well, beaten by 2 minutes.
That is a good point. I just hope that this does not tarnish "PAX East" vs "PAX prime"
I dunno, seems like actual good press for PAX East. Dude attempts to steal laptop, gets nowhere fast due to quick response by members of the community.
Bad press for BPD though, the bail was set far too low.
No one should worry about this. In fact, as mentioned in yesterday's Penny Arcade's:
PAX is PAX. Just because it's called East and Prime, doesn't mean anything different between the two. As mentioned between all of the Enforcers, PAX East 2010 felt just like a PAX, and the fact of the matter is, it IS PAX.
For each of these bad stories about people being bad, I can give you 20,000 other stories (including mine) about how PAX was a positive influence and has helped define who I really am.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
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That was at ~4PM.
Saw him standing at the curb, in cuffs, with Boston PD and an enforcer. I assume he was waiting for transport, but didn't wait for a cruiser to show up. I would have waited and nabbed the whole thing with my flipcam if I knew it was the end of such an epic failure. Maybe even tried for an interview!
I'd say it was a successful, awesome, and totally 1337 convention.
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Like on the expo floor, some big black dude totally smoked a skinny little Asian kid, knocked his glasses off and stuff, going for a t-shirt he had gotten one of like 30 seconds before. Instead of apologizing, he told the kid to shut up and stop being a little bitch.
On the other side of the coin, the funk was definitely less pronounced. Trade off I guess?
Lack of common courtesy, can cause issues when you get two people who aren't willing to back down and take it.
DaveRH, while there may have been more asshattery at PAX east vs prime, I can tell you that for an event in Boston, the asshattery was VERY low. I can't speak to prime, because I've never been, but PAX east was as close as you're gonna come to a Boston love-in... outside of Cambridge anyway. Damn hippies over there. :P
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Proper response, stand up for the lil dude and tell big dude to knock it off or you'll find an enforcer who will explain what "Don't be a dick" means.
There's a chance that kid gets bullied everywhere he goes, I hope someone stuck up for him to let him know that PAX was actually one of the places where he didn't have to worry about it.
PAX East Unboxing Parody
Listen, we're all nerds enjoying a nerd convention. No one should be getting bullied during this event. If someone is being a dick, toss their ass out. That is unacceptable.
However, any time you put this many people together, there are bound to be at least a handful of clowns.
I had no issues all weekend. Everyone I dealt with was nice and chill. Enforcers were helpful and nice, I had a blast. Weekend ruled minus the blisters, no sleep, and having some bad food saturday.
First off, the "semi automatic gun" mentioned above was actually an airsoft replica. While it was very realistic -- I had to safely remove the magazine to confirm it wasn't real when I saw it -- the attendee in question definitely wasn't crazy enough to use an actual firearm as a prop.
As for the incident that is the subject of this thread, I had the dubious pleasure of responding to that call-in. I apologize if anyone asked me a question about it during PAX only to get a polite no-comment response. This incident has now been widely reported on, but nevertheless I 'm sure you can understand the reasons for my not wishing to comment, even if it was frustrating at the time.
It sounded cooler before we knew it was just an idiot tool who tried to wear a blackhat. Seriously dude? You tried to steal 17gigs of data...at a show...hard cabled...during someone's bathroom break?! I was imagining some sort of Otacon running thru the convention in a cyborg hacker ninja suit. Now theres some PR, your game is stolen by a cyborg ninja hacker, better get zombie pirate enforcers!
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just sad some of these people are now creeping into geek circles.
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I saw him hauling ass .... didn't see anybody in pursuit/yelling, so I didn't drop him as I figured he was in a hurry for something or another ...
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Not to suggest Prime is perfect, it's just had a bit more time to get things figured out.
But as said before, PAX is PAX. I wish I could have been at East, because it sounded awesome by all accounts.
I remember at the first Pax, someone stole a console from the freeplay/tourney room and the Enforcers had to scramble to set up a bag check system as a response. So hence the current sophisticated freeplay renting system and the tourney rooms requiring you to check your bag.
Also at the first Pax, the doors never closed for the night, so there were people sleeping in the hallways instead of getting a hotel and the banners hanging from the railings got stolen.
That reminded me... at the Zalman draw on the last day, they were throwing out t-shirts and some dude totally scooped a shirt from a girl, to the point where the guy running the booth was like "Wow dude, you just strong-armed a girl for a t-shirt, I hope your proud". You would think that would have guilted the guy into giving up the shirt, but apparently a free t-shirt was worth more than his honor.
There are a lot more enforcers on the floor than convention center staff. The convention center staff were mostly bag check, janitorial and security. They aren't there to run the con, that's up to PA to staff and they do so with Enforcers. When you go to the Hynes they provide you with check-in staff or things like that, they can direct you to temp agencies where you can hire people for that or you can go volunteer.
I understand that, but at PAX Prime, it is the convention center staff that is in charge of checking for badges. They usually stand by the escalators and doors, and don't let people in who dont have a visible pass. I didn't see this happen at East, and even then, there was only a couple of convention staff at the bottom of the escalator.
People in Boston are just inherently more jerky. :P
Being a skinny little Asian guy with glasses myself. That makes me mad. I'd kick that guys ass if I saw that. (even if it means getting my own ass handed to me in the process)
Next year they should host Pax in Dorchester.
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I can attest to this - at East I made a point of holding my badge up for the staff to see when I went up the escalators. The ONE time (out of at least 60 - damn nicotine binges) the lady actually looked at me, she just rolled her eyes.
Notwithstanding there was nobody checking badges at the elevators on ground level, which meant that anybody savvy enough to figure out where they go (hint: to the convention) didn't even need to worry about getting their badge checked.
All things considered, though, I'm glad they didn't pay much attention because I don't recall having a single positive interaction with any of the Hynes dudes/ladies - and they certainly haven't been getting accolades from the other PAX bros posting here.
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