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PAX East 2011 BYOC Info/FAQ - SOLD OUT!
BigRed
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MAJOR SUPER AWESOME (lol) LAST MINUTE UPDATE TO THE UNLOAD AREA FOR FRIDAY
Email going out:
Heres a handy dandy map!
Yeah this kinda sucks but we are trying to make this as easy as possible.
Older posts (including old load/unload area for reference, most up to date is above).
If you have any questions about BYOC this is the thread to ask.
Email going out:
A minor change of plans!
The idea of playing frogger with shuttle busses spooked the building people, so now they're asking all byoc people to drop off their gear in front of the North Lobby. This is the entrance under the huge overhang that stretches over Summer Street...believe me, you'll know it when you see it!
Inside we'll have a station set up where we'll hold your computer and monitor (no accessories, please) in a secured zone so you can park your car and come back for your equipment. We'll also have carts at the ready to help you get it from the lobby into the pc room. Just leave the cart with the BYOC Desk as you register your gear into the room, and you're good to go!
This is totally optional, but you should find it much easier than hauling your gear from the parking lots, although be warned that we'll only be running this from 8am to noon on Friday. Beyond that, you're on your own!
Sorry for the late change of plans, and see you soon!
Heres a handy dandy map!
Yeah this kinda sucks but we are trying to make this as easy as possible.
Older posts (including old load/unload area for reference, most up to date is above).
ITS GROUP SEATING TIME! WOO!
So heres the deal. We are doing group seating with groups 6 or more in size.
Choose a group leader to Post here, PM me on the forums, or email me at reasonablylucid@gmail.com with the following:
SEATING CHART:
(warning, xbox hueg pic)
Groups:
Blue = Intel
A 1-8 = #paforums_pax
B 1-8 = #paforums_pax
A 19-24 = Natty Narwhal
B 20-24 = Natty Narwhal
A 25-27 = TwitterMonkeys
B 25-27 = TwitterMonkeys
C 1-9 = FallBrawlers
D 1-10 = FallBrawlers
D 21-24 = Shrine of the Silver Monkey
C 22-24 = Shrine of the Silver Monkey
C 25-27 = Two Sheds of Doom
D 25-27 = Two Sheds of Doom
E 1-14 = TF2 Group
F 1-14 = TF2 Group
Be aware: Group seats will only be held until 2pm Friday of PAX. Make sure your group arrives before then or else I remove the reserved marker so others can sit there.
By that point the room is filling up and multiple seats together are at a premium.
BUT BIGRED I DON’T HAVE A LARGE GROUP AND JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DO WHEN I GET TO PAX!!1!
Whoa… Calm down there turbo… Don’t worry cause this is a BYOC update post NOW WITH 200% MORE INFO!
Check this map out!
DAY OF INFO!
BYOC = 157 ABC
You also see that road that goes right to SE Lobby B2 with the handy load/unload area that’s almost right in front of the BYOC Room? It’s awesome, isn’t it? If you are a local and you are driving to PAX this will make your life a bit easier.
This might change… but right now if you get to PAX before 8am you will have to lineup outside at that SE Lobby B2 entrance. Day of check-in might have to start a bit later this time around, at like 8:30am depending how everything works out.
Where you get your BYOC badge:
Thursday: There WILL be a BYOC station at reg on thursday to pick up your badge if you want to get it out of the way a day before
Friday Before 10am: There will be a badge station close to the BYOC Security desk in front of room 157 ABC, or I might be outside with you guys in line giving them out.
Friday After 10am-Sunday: the BYOC Security desk in front of 157 ABC
NEEDED FOR BADGE:
Just like previously, this is an additional badge that grants you access to the BYOC room only, this does not replace your 3day pass. You still need your red 3day pass to get into PAX itself. The orange BYOC badge does not grant you early access to any part of PAX, just BYOC on Friday so you have a little extra time to setup your stuff.
Thats it for now! I will reply when theres more updates
Also follow @East_BYOC on twitter if you want a heads up to any changes that might be made to this.
3 weeks away!
Old posts:
So heres the deal. We are doing group seating with groups 6 or more in size.
Choose a group leader to Post here, PM me on the forums, or email me at reasonablylucid@gmail.com with the following:
- How many people are in your group
- The handles of everyone in your group
- A group name
- Location where your group wants to be (See chart in the spoiler tag below)
SEATING CHART:
(warning, xbox hueg pic)
Groups:
Blue = Intel
A 1-8 = #paforums_pax
B 1-8 = #paforums_pax
A 19-24 = Natty Narwhal
B 20-24 = Natty Narwhal
A 25-27 = TwitterMonkeys
B 25-27 = TwitterMonkeys
C 1-9 = FallBrawlers
D 1-10 = FallBrawlers
D 21-24 = Shrine of the Silver Monkey
C 22-24 = Shrine of the Silver Monkey
C 25-27 = Two Sheds of Doom
D 25-27 = Two Sheds of Doom
E 1-14 = TF2 Group
F 1-14 = TF2 Group
Be aware: Group seats will only be held until 2pm Friday of PAX. Make sure your group arrives before then or else I remove the reserved marker so others can sit there.
By that point the room is filling up and multiple seats together are at a premium.
BUT BIGRED I DON’T HAVE A LARGE GROUP AND JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DO WHEN I GET TO PAX!!1!
Whoa… Calm down there turbo… Don’t worry cause this is a BYOC update post NOW WITH 200% MORE INFO!
Check this map out!
DAY OF INFO!
BYOC = 157 ABC
You also see that road that goes right to SE Lobby B2 with the handy load/unload area that’s almost right in front of the BYOC Room? It’s awesome, isn’t it? If you are a local and you are driving to PAX this will make your life a bit easier.
This might change… but right now if you get to PAX before 8am you will have to lineup outside at that SE Lobby B2 entrance. Day of check-in might have to start a bit later this time around, at like 8:30am depending how everything works out.
Where you get your BYOC badge:
Thursday: There WILL be a BYOC station at reg on thursday to pick up your badge if you want to get it out of the way a day before
Friday Before 10am: There will be a badge station close to the BYOC Security desk in front of room 157 ABC, or I might be outside with you guys in line giving them out.
Friday After 10am-Sunday: the BYOC Security desk in front of 157 ABC
NEEDED FOR BADGE:
- The printout from LANfest that has a barcode on it (you will get these about a week before PAX). PLEASE PRINT THIS OUT, it will make my life a lot easier and you will get your badge a lot faster.
- You will also need photo ID. Everyone should have government issued photo ID on them (If not then thats bad) or a school photo ID.
Just like previously, this is an additional badge that grants you access to the BYOC room only, this does not replace your 3day pass. You still need your red 3day pass to get into PAX itself. The orange BYOC badge does not grant you early access to any part of PAX, just BYOC on Friday so you have a little extra time to setup your stuff.
Thats it for now! I will reply when theres more updates
Also follow @East_BYOC on twitter if you want a heads up to any changes that might be made to this.
3 weeks away!
Old posts:
BYOC for PAX East 2011 is sold out 
any further announcements will be in here but for now this is now a place for people who are doing BYOC to ask questions and talk with fellow BYOC attendees
(If you didn't get in this year, sorry! Be sure to watch the forums and the @Prime_BYOC and/or @East_BYOC Twitter when its going to go live for next PAX. Please keep discussion To BYOC events and questions/answers.)
any further announcements will be in here but for now this is now a place for people who are doing BYOC to ask questions and talk with fellow BYOC attendees (If you didn't get in this year, sorry! Be sure to watch the forums and the @Prime_BYOC and/or @East_BYOC Twitter when its going to go live for next PAX. Please keep discussion To BYOC events and questions/answers.)
Oh hey, this is the first time this thread has gone up with the reg link in a long time Woohoo!
BYOC Reg is Live!
http://lanfest.intel.com/paxeast2011
Woohoo!BYOC Reg is Live!
http://lanfest.intel.com/paxeast2011
If you have any questions about BYOC this is the thread to ask.
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Q: Can I transfer my BYOC ticket to someone else?
A: Short answer is, NO. You can only get a refund for your ticket via Intel LANfest.
Long answer:
We did this to kill the scalping of tickets which got WAY out of hand a few years ago. You can get a refund for the ticket price via LANfest but ticket transfers are not allowed.
Refund requests must be submitted BEFORE Friday, March 4th if you cannot attend PAX BYOC This year.
Q: How many BYOC Spots will be available?
A: Right now it's looking to be like 220-ish, this may change.
Q: How much does BYOC cost?
A: $30 in addition to your regular 3day PAX pass.
Q: What time do you recommend (or require) people show up for BYOC check-in?
A: Check in will start 2 hours before PAX opening. I aim to have it all complete an hour before PAX opens, to give people an hour to get their stuff hooked up and ready.
Q: What hours does the BYOC run each day?
A: Same hours as PAX. The room will have to be cleared at PAX closing. About 30min before closing there will be an in-room announcement to start wrapping up your games or whatever for the night before everyone gets kicked out at closing.
Q: Do I leave my stuff in the LAN the whole time?
A: Yes. The room is guarded all during PAX and locked up at night. We are the first ones in and the Last ones out. If you must take your stuff up (like a laptop) you need to Check it out at the security desk as you leave and check it back in when you return.
Q: What games are typically played?
A: Whatever is popular this year. TF2, Demigod, COD4/5/6/7/etc, SupCom, Warcraft3, WoW, LoL, Starcraft 2, CS:S, etc. If you want to play a game you can find others that are up for it as well.
Q: If I get a spot for the BYOC, I don't need to commit to being in there the whole time, right? Just when I feel like relaxing and playing some games with people?
A: Correct, you aren't chained to your spot in BYOC. The majority of BYOC attendees are just there in-between the PAX events that they want to go see.
Q: Can I bring my 30+ something inch monitor/TV?
A: The max monitor size is 24" due to power and space constraints.
Q: Can I bring a laptop with my desktop?
A: Yes as long as you stay within your 30" of table space. Although remember you only get one network port per seat.
Q: Can I bring a switch to increase that?
A: NO! No outside networking devices are allowed. Any spotted will be removed.
Q: Do I need to bring a network cable?
A: Yes. You will need a network cable to hook your computer up to the network switch at your table. Bring around a 25ft cable otherwise, depending where you are sitting, the switch may be out of your cables reach.
Q: Can I bring *insert friend/Girlfriend/spouse/random person here* in BYOC with me?
A: No, Sorry. To ensure the security of everyone's personal equipment in a busy area such as PAX, only BYOC attendees are allowed into the BYOC room.
Q: Is there Internet in BYOC?
A: Yes there will be, although it will be locked down to prevent things like torrenting and throttled so not one person can use up all the bandwidth.
Q: But... how am I supposed to get my computer there?
A: Drive it! An alternate option which I have used to attend LANs that are far away, is to ship yourself your computer/monitor to your hotel you are staying at. If you call them and say you have a package coming they will hold it for you until you check-in. Just ship it back to yourself when PAX is over.
Q: Can I bring my xbox/playstation/nintendo console?
A: Sorry, no consoles allowed in here. This is a PC LAN. You cant being a console in addition either, those things use up a lot of power.
All information is subject to change as thats the nature of the convention beast.
Most of the hardware is average. As long as you can play the games then who cares?
i don't remember my pax ticket info oh noessss
Edit: Registered and paid. Why not.
I never finish anyth
It didn't ask for mine, you should be OK
Group seating will go up whenever I get a layout of the room (probably not until after the new year)
Don't sweat it. Bring whatever you can game on.
Last year I brought a MicroATX box I cobbled together for about $50. Pentium D 805 and a GeForce 8600GTS.
If you use a smaller monitor, you can squeeze some performance out of lower end video cards. I brought a 19" 4:3 LCD and was able to run all my Source engine games, and BF:BC2 on low.
I saw a lot of people playing TF2, Starcraft, Heroes Of Newerth, League of Legends on smaller systems and subnotebooks.
If you need to play something that won't run on your system, you can always hop over to the PC Freeplay and play on the rigs Intel / Nvidia bring.
As long as he behaves and doesnt mess with anybody elses stuff then its cool
[X] - Register for Hotel for PAX East 2011....
[X] - Register for BYOC for PAX East 2011....
[X] - All is right with the world now.....
3 Day Pass [X] - BYOC [X] - Accomodations [X] - Travel [ X ] - Time Off [ X ]
I had an amazing time at BYOC last year, and can't wait!
I doubt I'm going to be able to (or want to) carry my CPU on the train with me, so it will probably have to be shipped to the Westin. Is there a thread on optimal ways to pack your tower and/or monitor for shipping? Never done this before. (I don't have the original boxes for my case or my monitor)
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[X] 3-day pass
[X] 3 nights at Westin Waterfront
[X] BYOC Registration Paid
[ ] ETA Ticket Bought
Just get a box a bit larger than your Case, then use a fuckton of bubble wrap.
Make sure all your cards are screwed in good, id also remove your hard drive and carry that with you. Also unless you have a heatsink that uses a backplate mount (if your HSF uses the pushpins to mount), I would remove that as well and just pack it in the box seperatley. cause it will most likely fall off.
when you unpack it reseat all the cards/RAM, reinstall HSF and hard drive, then you should be good.
Sounds like more reasons for me to move my case to a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146065 (keeping the box) and switch from a Xigmatek Dark Knight to a Corsair H50/H70....
Yes, when you register you can select a qty. (although I did not see what the max was). and you will owe $30 per. If you look at the list of attendees (http://lanfest.intel.com/?page=registrations&eventid=1581) you can see people with multiple spots reserved.
-Wack
3 Day Pass [X] - BYOC [X] - Accomodations [X] - Travel [ X ] - Time Off [ X ]
Yeah, but he was asking if you can pay for all of your reserved BYOC tickets at once. I bought 2 - one for me and one for my friend - and I liked that we could each use our own Paypal account to pay. I can see why it would be nice to just do one big transaction though if you were buying a bunch of tickets for a group.
Yeah I looked around on the site and it seems that its just the way it is, oh well it'll just take a few minutes longer I guess, it was more so I didn't get confused and be like "why do i have all these 30 dollar charges?!?!?!?" oh well c'est la vie.
How did you send your paypal payment? If it was via e-check then it takes a few days to clear before you show up. If it was instant transfer (either instant credit card or bank account transfer) then you show up within 5min.
Bank Account, even verified it's already processed through paypal. The site kept screwing up on me, so I'm not terribly surprised, but I've already logged a support ticket around it.
yeah I just paid for myself and a few friends, so far only half of them are registered as paid, but we'll see what happens ::Shrug::
Twitter: sweeneyben
XBL: Disco Ball
Hope that helps
So are you saying I should consider reading other posts? thats an interesting concept, I might try it out.
Thanks
People still care about specs?
There is always that random person/group that does, but other then that its a PAX LAN, everyones just there to have fun!
Twitter: sweeneyben
XBL: Disco Ball
Yeah.... my water-cooled, overclocked SLI setup will remain safely at home. BYOC box will be mainly leftover parts from previous builds - good enough to run TF2/L4D2/SC2 at good settings, but nothing that I will be absolutely crushed about breaking. The monitor is the only thing I'm really worried about.