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Keynote Speaker Speculation Thread
Halfazedninja
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Oh Hai fellow PAX'ers!
Although it's going to be tough to top Wil Wheaton's keynote from last year, does anyone have any thoughts on who might be the keynote speaker this year? I've been wracking my brain and can't possibly think who it would be.
Also, if there's another Q&A after the keynote, I would love to see a sequel to ACTIOOOOOON CAAAAASTLE!
Although it's going to be tough to top Wil Wheaton's keynote from last year, does anyone have any thoughts on who might be the keynote speaker this year? I've been wracking my brain and can't possibly think who it would be.
Also, if there's another Q&A after the keynote, I would love to see a sequel to ACTIOOOOOON CAAAAASTLE!
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Was it confirmed that Will won't be doing it?
For the sake of not derailing the thread... Other great names in Geekdom who love to talk about stuff are Kevin Smith, David Hewlett, Nathan Fillion, Shatner would be awesome, Robert Scoble, after that my mind draws a blank.
If Kevin Smith or Nathan Fillion did it that would be awesome. I think I'd like to see either Cliffy B or Gabe Newell.
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And I'm still sad I missed Action Castle last year.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a developer at this point. We've already had a Geek-Icon speak. Figure it would make sense...
All I know is I'm not missing the keynote this year.
My greatest loss last year.
Even the line for the keynote was fun. I wonder how they're handling the lines this year.
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Regardless of whether he's doing the keynote or not, I do hope Wil is there. This year I'll brave the line to get an autographed copy of Memories of the Future, I swear it!
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
Previous PAXs: PAX Prime 2011, PAX AUS 2013
As much as I would love to hear the kind of speech Wil gave last year in person, I hope they don't repeat. Otherwise it's really less of an annual keynote and more of an annual Wil Wheaton Speech.
I look forward to seeing who they come up with one way or another.
Agreed
I'm going to try to brave the lines to get all of Acquisitions Inc to sign my 4e Player's Handbook
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I was just thinking about doing something along those lines!
My plans for last year's Pax fell through (I managed to have an amazing time none the less), so I reverted to getting everyone's signature in the PA book. I was kind of hoping I would not be doing the Signature hunt again, but we are talking about Gabe, Tycho and Kurtz. Should not be too hard...
Damn now I have to buy yet more stuff before the trip
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Gabe Newell would be awesome.
Peter Molyneux. Just so he can say "This will be the greatest PAX ever" and afterwards claim that, for once, he didn't over-hype it.
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Or Adam Sessler?
Sessler might be ok, don't really care about him either way. I know some people downright hate him.
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I sincerely doubt it will be Khoo, but he could surprise me, and it would not be unwanted. Every time they try to get him to speak at a Q&A session, he storms out
Also, Nathan Fillion would be a good fit. Someone mentioned he has had nothing to do with games, but that's not true. He's voiced in at least 3 games that I can think of, so he is somewhat familiar with the process. Besides, Wil is not a dev or designer and they both have geek cred.
I wonder what Yuji Naka is up to these days...
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Wil sure left some large shoes to fill, in terms of epic speechy-ness. Yet, I'm sure whomever is the next keynote speaker will be able to take the same level of awesomeness in a whole new direction. I think Wil may have begun a keynote legacy
That would be a very good choice both for both gaming and pure geek.
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Yeah, that would be great if it was Felicia Day. I love her!
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
On another note, if are looking for actual celebrity gamers, there's always the guys behind South Park. I think this would bring a mix of strong feelings, both positive and negative with certain people.
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After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
Really close to 3DS launch and synergies would be ginormous in terms of "building buzz"
Other guesses:
Randy Pitchford?
Guillermo del toro?
Souljah boy (see PATV)?
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I hope it happens, just because it will probably be the funniest keynote of all time.
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