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PAX Prime 2010: On the Road Again
Wingedillidan
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Phew! That was a great PAX gathering... but wait, what's that in the distance? As you look around in the dark room known as PAX VOID you see a small glimpse of a light. Ignoring the fact that you may be fucking dead, you start to walk towards the light... only to realize that PAX Prime 2010 is only 150-sum days away! When you quickly scurry to make plans of attending this magically closer con date you think, "wow 12 months went by fast!" As you think of the real reason why it's so close, you run through your event protocols; your schedule, your money, your traveling methods, and how to cope with those 150 days without the enjoyment of PAX. It is that time again...
This is probably what you're going through right now, this is your life and this is your story of PAX... It's time to go on the road again to PAX: The Penny Arcade Expo Prime 2010! How/when/if you get there is the topic, and PRIME is the game, GO!
Available travel options:
Me first: I'm from the East coast and was thinking about flying to the origin of PAX Train [url/url] (oh wait, no linkage) and training it up, perhaps BYOC as well. (OUTDATED LULZ)
This is probably what you're going through right now, this is your life and this is your story of PAX... It's time to go on the road again to PAX: The Penny Arcade Expo Prime 2010! How/when/if you get there is the topic, and PRIME is the game, GO!
Available travel options:
- Wanna DRIVE to PAX Prime 2010? Take the Cross Country Supertrip (CCST):
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=116066
*Routes cover USA and Mississauga + Dexter in Ontario, Canada.
*Canadian Supertrip can be found here. <Under construction> - Wanna TRAIN to PAX Prime 2010? Take the West Coast Train Trip (WCTT):
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=116185
*Routes ONLY cover California + Washington stations from Los Angeles, CA to Seattle, WA (Amtrak route: Coast Starlight). - Wanna FLY to PAX Prime 2010? Join the Westward Aviation Networking Group (WANG):
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=116073 - Wanna TELEPORT to PAX Prime 2010? Can't help ya there, but let us know when/if you come up with something.
*Note: Fictional
Me first: I'm from the East coast and was thinking about flying to the origin of PAX Train [url/url] (oh wait, no linkage) and training it up, perhaps BYOC as well. (OUTDATED LULZ)
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Last year's train trip originated in LA, but adds an extra $250+ to your travel fare, more if you want round-trip. It may be a stretch, but can be a good idea if you want extra PAX goodness.
I toyed with the idea last year, but it didn't work out... This is the year I want to block off two weeks and actually do this thing.
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Perhaps, but that'll involve me adding +X days to my travel calender while trying to work over the summer to earn cash for PAX Prime/next year's PAX East. I'm also still under aged if that contributes or not (I saw you hit up that liquor store hard).
Just curious, anybody know whether flying to Seattle would be more/less expensive than the train?
It depends on where you're coming from.
If you're coming from Boston... I see a dozen flights for under $350.
Amtrak? $394. And you're going to have to leave on Tuesday in order to get to PAX before it starts.
Urgh, forget it then. Guess I'm flying.
Thanks for the info.
No problem. If there is anybody who's run the numbers on how to get to PAX, it's me.
Personally, if I were coming from the east coast instead of right along the dang track, I'd fly into LA and take the train up then just fly back. It gives a good solid gaming start to the weekend. On the way back everyone's much more tired. And sick, if you count last year...
My plans so far are to fly there and back, grab a hotel with a couple friends, and have the best possible time I can.
Looking forward to September. :]
There were 3 or so D&D Games run during the trip, as well as masses - Masses, I say - Of card, board, DS and xbox games, including Rock Band and Guitar Hero in the basement. Yes, the train has a basement. Crazy, right?
Besides which, it's a Train full of PAXers. PAX on a Train. It kinda sells itself.
That's a fantastic idea.
I might just see if I can swing that.
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Or CCST WITH your kid in 11-13 years (assuming departing age is 18).
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I dunno if anyone's organizing this year, although kudos to those who do each year because it's a lot of work. PAXtrain traditionally is the Coast Starlight, running up the coast from LA to Seattle with various stations between. The trains are numbers 11 and 14 although you don't need to know that as it will say "Coast Starlight" when you go to book tickets.
Traditionally, the northbound (14) train leaves Wed morning of PAX week from LA. That's Sept 1 for this year. It hits SF that evening, Portland the next afternoon and then Seattle about 9PM
The return trip (11) leaves Seattle at like 10AM and has always been the Monday after PAX- this year that would be Sept 6th. It arrives ohmigod early into Sacramento, in the morning to SF and that evening into LA.
There are always card and tabletop games because we're all gamers so we carry them. The guys who organize to an amazing job putting together gaming systems and for the past couple years have taken over the 'game room' (used to be the kiddie lounge) for rock band as well as us sprawling all over the obs deck for tabletop and the lounge car as well if you're in the sleepers.
Prices you can get from Amtrak.com and depend on where you are traveling from, whether you can get student/AAA/military discounts whether you want a sleeper and when you book them. They're really old fashioned so whatever you do don't get those tickets printed a second earlier than you have to- it doesn't matter when you buy, just don't get them printed. They're cash in hand once they're printed: no changes and if you lose them it's like dropping money.
Does that help?
Totally,thanks alot!
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Dramatic pause for epicness
Actually using the CCST to move to Seattle. If only I can find a chase car and some people who know how to drive stick
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Ok, so here's what you do.. get a big rig moving truck and/or large U-Haul.. use 1/4 of it for moving crap, and 3/4 of it for a party bus and load it with gaming shtuff!
Who's gonna know... we're shipping LIVE ANIMALS known as Homo Gamians.
*Edit: This and the previous thread by me are jokes, do not try this at home or on the road
Not planning on going CCST either though
i'm hopefully going to be putting up a thread for that some time soon . . . currently working on the new promo vid
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
Woo Hoo! Thanks, TCM!