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A bunch of other stuff too. Settling into the hotel on the first day and realising just how many computer gamers there were around. The demos, the beta invites (not a clue how I'm going to get through all of those), the cosplayers, the panels, the community... err, first time PAXer, can you tell?
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I think they were filming a movie.
You should have come to Unicorn Theatre, where we had it playing ALL WEEKEND...
and now it has a permanent place in the back of my head. Thank you for bringing it back to the forefront...
always, wanna be with you, and make believe with you, and live in harmony harmony...
Well, I think I can actually tell you now. That was the PAX Prank. Instead of pranking single targets, this year the goal was to prank everybody at once.
It worked pretty well from what I observed.
I also came in 1st place at the Bomberman tournament at the Hudson booth, which earned me 8000 MS points, a set of Turtle Beach X31 wireless headphones and a Hudson polo.
Yep, it was the PAX prank. They did it at the Wheaton panel, as well as the second Q&A at the very least.
Working shows sucks. You stand around a lot, you typically have to put on a PR face, you usually have to deal with a ton of media or retailers who either know nothing about your game, don't care about your game, or both, and their questions and comments reflect that. And despite the trip being free, it's rare that booth workers get to walk around and enjoy the show.
In the past few years, PAX has gained a bit of a reputation in the industry for being the best show to work, and now I know why. What an incredible group. I spent my days chatting with the nicest, chillest people I've ever had to deal with when demoing a game. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to be able to just talk with a bunch of gamers, people that are excited to be there and just want to have a good time. Every break that I had, I ended up in at least one random, engaging conversation with someone. As an exhibitor, calling a convention "tolerable" is a compliment, but pretty much everyone from our group agreed that PAX is downright fun.
What a difference a community makes. I really hope to be back next year.
this weekend i'm going to hopefully edit the footage i got from the prank and start putting up videos.
Participating in the prank was definitely the coolest thing i experienced at PAX this year
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
Oh yeah, that happened in 2009, didnt it??
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And my wife and I were in the elevator with you! As we were walking up to the elevator I saw him waiting and thought to myself that he looked familiar. My wife mentioned his Epic Mickey button and when he mention "Don't say anything bad about it, I made the game". It dawned on me. "You're Warren!" I exclaimed. My wife said to him she loved the game and I apologized for missing his keynote cause I really wanted to see it. We got buttons too, they have become my prized possession. Even my wife, who isn't much of a gamer, was a little flabbergasted by the experience. My brother was insanely jealous when I told him we were in the elevator with the guy who made Deus Ex and Supreme Commander.
That and the Sega party Saturday night were the best parts of PAX! (Oh and the Giant Bombcast Live.)
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That said, some cool stuff did happen to me:
-I stayed in a free hotel room (Job perk) that was within walking distance of the airport AND the light rail, which stopped a block from the convention center. That was pretty cool.
-I got to play Castle Ravenloft four times, got six of the convention special "Gray Hag" promo cards and traded three of them for a super rare "Kobold Champion" promo card. Thanks to Chris of WotC (who's last name I don't remember) who was cool enough to let me get away with one of those cards.
-After missing pretty much all the panels I wanted on Friday and Saturday, I made an effort to get to the Saturday concert early, but my other friend and tried finding food first and wound up being a bit late. We got in line only to be stopped like 30 feet short of the getting in.. we settled in for a wait but before we could get comfortable we were ushered into the theatre and me and my friend even got really good seats. (Like tenth row). And the concert was fucking awesome. Super damn awesome!
-Worried that we weren't going to get into the last Gabe and Tycho panel, my other friend and I went in an hour early and wound up getting into the X-play panel right before it. I wasn't really interested in it, but then motherfucking CARMINE from Gears of War came walking down the isles and talking about the Save Carmine campaign. Being a big Gears of War fan, I'm super happy I was able to see it. The Gabe and Tycho panel was pretty good to, only one repeated question. (Seriously, do some research if you want to know why the Gabe and Tycho in the comic look nothing like the Gabe and Tycho in real life. :P)
So, I could have done better at this PAX, but my health was keeping me back. I'm still glad I went, and I'm finally starting to be able to fall asleep without needing Nyquil or something now, so I'm recovered from the panic attacks. I think I'd be up for going again next year.
-Met a couple Seattle locals who took me walking downtown and told me all kinds of cool stuff about the city.
-Got into every panel I wanted to (even when I thought I was going to miss some).
-Met up with a couple of my customers and spent Saturday night gaming with them. They're great people AND they kept telling me how awesome my stuff is.
-I've never randomly run into any of the big names while walking around the con before, but this time I gave Cookie Brigade cookies to Tycho, rode the elevator with Anamanaguchi, saw Wil Wheaton chilling in my hotel lobby Saturday night, and passed by Gabe a couple times.
-Saw Khoo in the main theatre Saturday morning and thought I might be bugging him to ask for his picture, but he was SO happy and nice and insisted on my being int he picture too (I don't normally have pictures of me taken) and squeezed me right up against him even though I was all sweaty and insisted I would ruin his suit. :P
-Played so many new games! I don't normally play tabletop games but I kept walking up to people to ask what they were playing and got invited into their games. For the first time, I played Zombie Dice, Leaping Lemmings, Thunderstone, The Great Dalmati, Ascension, and Castle Ravenloft.
-I got a drawing from the Disney animators!! I couldn't even get one when I took the studio tour at Disney World.
It was such a good time and I met so many awesome people!!!
Dude I met on the MMT who's a big Protomen fan offered to save me a spot at the front on the line, provided I was there within 15 minutes of his arrival in line. Made it there at minute 13, met some other folks I met, and proceeded to the 2nd row on the floor.
This is where my mind was blown all over my face. Holy shit, that was epic. I am now converted, and will be listening to Protomen as much as I can before the next PAX.
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Ha! It's so funny who you run into on the forums.
I had noticed who he was when we were waiting for the elevator, but I had no idea how to bring it up.
Then I saw him again like twenty minutes later on the expo floor. Lol.
You are AWESOME. You just hit so many funny bones with that!
Let me see, I got to be in one of the most awesome groups at PAX, the Unofficial PAX Community DVD crew. I was front row for the Keynote, the first Q&A (though missed Levin's proposal to Erika, which made me a sadsad panda), was front row for the entire Friday night concert, witnessed the awesome Scott Kurtz panels, and even talked a bit with Tycho at the end of the Omegathon Final. Also saw awesome performances in Jam Space by Metroid Metal and our very own Johnny Nero.
Good times.
1. Playing in the TF2 tourney and getting a bye the first round. Then getting trounced in the second round in less that ten minutes.
2. Joining a game of munchkin in the freeplay area with players already at levels 2,3 and 4 respectively and me hitting ten with only a halfling card in front of me.
3. Meeting a cosplayer who dressed as Atrus; pretty much the coolest cosplay I've seen in forever.
Whoa. Were you the short-haired blonde girl? You were a pretty good Portal player
Nope, I have long brown hair
Friday night, you guys who went to the concerts know about the whole technical difficulties/panic attack thing that went down during the anamanaguchi concert. And if you didn't go, you can watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAzjdFAXqdw to bring yourselves up to speed.
Well, the short version is, that tall redheaded girl who gets up on stage to give Pete a hug at about 10:32 into the video... would not have been there if I hadn't talked her into coming and then paid for her pass and airfare.
A second, first-hand epic moment occured on Sunday, while she was layed up in our room with swollen ankles because of how hard she'd danced on Friday and Saturday, I went to bandland to get a souvenir from Anamanaguchi for her. Just as I reached the front of the line, Pete was telling the story about how he'd been panicking over the technical difficulties until this girl came up and hugged him. The timing was perfect for me to interject. "Actually, that was my third evil ex" and explain that she was stuck in the hotel room because she'd crippled herself dancing. The story was apparently awesome enough that, when I came up short for buying a t-shirt for her, the guy next to me in line paid, and Pete made the most elaborate autograph ever.
We both had totally excellent experiences all through PAX, but these two moments take the crown by a long shot.
From an oddly straightforward AH game Thursday night: "More like Arkham slightly afraid"