I have once again set up a map for us to put our points on and discuss where we are from. It's on Google Maps now because Communitywalk is broken
PAX Prime 2010 Attendees Map
Click Edit in the left column to add your marker.
Use the following icons for your type of travel
Seattle Local -

Cross-Country Supertrip -

West Coast Train Trip -

Canadian Supertrip -

Western Aviation Networking Group -

Greyhound -

Driving by yourself -

Flying alone -

Unknown mode of transport -

I'm from Cleveland, it sucks here. Now it's your turn.
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I, Shaddz, may be moving to Chicago... Yes, I will be leaving the emerald lands of rain and Starbucks for the city of wind and... more Starbucks.
What I wanna know is this: Does anyone in the Chicago area attend PAX? And, if so, what is your method of transportation/cost effectiveness VS. driving, bussing, Amtrak, plane, etc., and what method of lodging do you use/prefer?
I ask because I may be moving over the summer, and, since I have obligations here at PAX I cannot possibly pass up (I owe many people many beers (*cough* Arnonaut-Liger-@DeejayKnight-BigRed-DIMD *cough-COUGH*), and I already have a lot of developer interviews lined up for my site)...
Also, if you were able to, how feasible is it to attend PAX Prime and PAX East?
Lastly, is there anyone in the area who could hook up with me and show me the sites? I used to live in the suburbs (Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights areas) 11+ years ago, and I attended Navy boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Base 2 years ago... So needless to say Im WAY the hell out of the loop.
Thanks Chi-town PAXers!
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Edit: Actually, I don't see an option to add our marker(s). How do we do that again?
It's totally feasible to go to PAX from Chicago! We are from the area (Dekalb), but we are stationed in Missouri now. We drove up there to visit family before PAX East and flew out to Boston from Ohare. We flew American Airlines and tickets were about $175 roundtrip each. For PAX Prime tickets are running about $300ish roundtrip. But there is still plenty of time for tickets to go on sale. Alaska Air flies Seattle to Chicago and they usually have pretty good sales.
You can drive, but it's a long road trip. Boston is about 16 hours, and Seattle is about 36 hours.
I hope this helps!
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After driving from Alaska to Missouri, I think I am soured on being in the car for more than a couple hours!
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Anyway.. I wish the Fruit Fucker icon was more noticeable, it's a little hard to see.
You might want to add in the OP to click the "My icons" link while adding a marker to get the special icons.
Maybe a list of locales in the OP with the people's names under them?
And with the added bonus of making more convenient for everyone else, huzzah!
Added my future location to it.
Twitter.com: @Shaddz
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/y7lesjt
You can find my gaming news-related rants and reviews on:
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You can zoom into the map to focus on specific locales.
Yeah, I know. I suppose you could just zoom waaaaaay in to break it up into individual people. It'd be nicer though if the list was organized somehow though for ease of use. At least maybe alphabetically.
Yeah Ontario airport, still better than Long Beach! XP
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But no I'm not on a boat for anyone wondering
has anyone here travelled from Aus before? if so do you have any ideas/tips/suggestions that might help?
cheers
Somebody get Cuzza in here.
Last year, Cuzza flew from Perth to Seattle, from Seattle to Cleveland, then joined the Cross-Country Supertrip from there back to Seattle.
Then he spent the weekend Enforcing.
Hard-fucking-core.
Twitter.com: @Shaddz
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/y7lesjt
You can find my gaming news-related rants and reviews on:
http://www.GAMINGtruth.com
I wonder how long it took for recovery? Man, I would be wiped out for the month! Props to Cuzza.
I can't wait to see who else from around me is going. I would love to have some new gaming friends.
I haven't been before either, but it's nice to see other people coming from Australia!
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