My SO has been reading Penny Arcade for as long as I can remember. This will be our first year attending PAX (haven't been able to make it to Prime yet) and I know how exciting it will be for both of us. I have created this crazy idea in my head where I will propose on stage at PAX.
Is this actually possible to work out? Who should I contact to make it happen?
Or is this an impossibly silly plan that will never come to fruition?
Please help! I don't know where else to ask.
Also, I'm trying to keep them from finding out... So I'm omitting any and all information regarding us or our location/lives/backstory.
Thanks, guys!
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/hates being a wet blanket.
Sadly, the wet blanket is right. We get a bunch of requests each show, and in the end, it probably wouldn't feel all that special to be the 4th of 5 proposals featured at the event. So we had to make it a rule that we wouldn't do them anymore.
(Granted, that's a rule we quickly broke for PA staffer Erika Greco's current fiance at PAX Prime
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I am in the job market, though I don't think I'm qualified for anything at PA.
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*goes back to watch DVDs*
Ya happened during Freezepop, actually.
So thats an idea, OP.
Also you could do it at like the Pre-Pax Dinner where there's gonna be like 50-100 peeps.
Thank you, because I got distracted by shiny things and didn't even check. I guess you would contact the artists to see if they would let you take up some of their stage time?
I recall someone asking about getting *married* during Pax East, Vegas style. Except there's a waiting period for a marriage license in Boston, so the idea went out the window.
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Edit: Which isn't really my business. I apologize for my abject goosery.
I think he knows his SO best and we shouldn't say things like this.
If the big official stages aren't available what about something smaller like the RB Lounge? HMX might be amenable. Then again, they might not.
There's all kinds of little convention games being put on by fans that include little cards and badges based on what I've been reading on the forums. So, a fair example of a clever proposal might be to get her interested in one of those convention games and have a playing card or badge hidden somewhere or on somebody that represents the proposal. This may not be THE idea for you, but imagine the Pokemon game that some of the forum goers are putting on. Maybe she encounters a well placed gym leader and when she wins, instead of a pokebadge, she's presented with an engagement ring. There you are, all of a sudden, on one knee in the middle of the convention hall, etc.
Again, get creative. This will be my first PAX, so someone else could probably tell you better, but there must be thousands of potential avenues for a clever proposal at an event like this.
My friend and his soon to be fiancé were playing Settlers and he had the ring hidden on his person. In the middle of the game while arguing over a trade of wheat and lumber he broke her stalemate with an offer of the ring instead. It was cute and definitely had the element of surprise.
did she take his wood?
Heyooooo!
With my fiancee I asked her on the end of a long pier and I got my acceptance then. I think that you should rethink your idea.
This is similar to the post a few up. We don't know his SO.
Some girls really really like that stuff. Especially when you're in a relationship where "no" wouldn't be a reply to "Will you marry me?"
I think if OP had doubts of her saying reply then he probably wouldn't do it it in a big crowd or ask at all.
She only said "yes" because she was afraid you'd kick her off with no witnesses and no one would ever find her body. :P
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No but seriously, if there's really no way she'll say no, then I'd say it's ok.
I'd never do that if I wasn't 100% sure she'd say yes.
it definitely adds pressure, but i think most people nowadays don't ask unless they know they're getting a yes. married folks i know usually actually made the decision to get married together, and the proposal was just a formality. don't make assumptions!
Since the original post was made, my SO figured out I was up to something. Ultimately I had to tell him about my plan. He said he'd enjoy planning our engagement together though.
I still think it'd be neat to do something at PAX, but it won't be the grand surprise on the huge stage that I had in mind. I've enjoyed the suggestions I've received so far, and I'd definitely like to hear (see?) any others you may have! I'd love to do something that's significant to us but still romantic.
Thanks again, guys!