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PAX PRIME 2011 Information and FAQ (READ THIS FIRST, THEN ASK ALL QUESTIONS HERE)

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  • ChichenChichen Registered User regular
    Proxima wrote:
    kylechu wrote:
    Proxima wrote:
    So if you have things to add, shoot me an email: [email protected] or reply here!

    It would be nice if the Guidebook schedule had the Omegathon rounds in it. They're not on the schedule, but they're on the schedule grid.

    Will add. Thanks!

    A majority of the people in my group (Those of us with smart phones.) just downloaded your app. It's great. I just set up my schedule. Keep up the good work!

  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2011
    SmallLady wrote:
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    preeeeeetty sure that's not the paramount XD

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    a.k.a. dya
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  • kylechukylechu Registered User regular
    That is indeed a Paramount theater. It just happens to be the one in Oakland California. :P

    I don't blame you for making the mistake though. The two do look similar.

  • SmallLadySmallLady Registered User regular
    damn you googles!! :P

    "we're just doing what smalllady told us to do" - @Heels
  • ProximaProxima Registered User regular
    We've added a bunch of social events as well as the omegathon info to the guide on Guidebook!

  • blAAAm!!!blAAAm!!! Cleveland, OhioRegistered User regular
    I have a question now that the schedule has been released.
    If I want to attend 3 panels in the same theater and they are all in a row do I need to leave the room and go back to the queuing area?

  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator mod
    If there is a gap between those panels, then yes.

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  • Goddess of MadnessGoddess of Madness Registered User regular
    MarySue wrote:
    I have a question about my PAX passes in transit through FedEx. (I don't know where to post this, forgive me) I was checking their status and saw this next to the latest update: "Improper or missing paperwork - Missing Commercial Invoice - Contact customer service". Is this PA's bad, FedEx's bad, or my bad?? Also, is that critical?? I'm worried...

    Contact FedEx directly. It could be a misscan, it could be the tag got ripped off or smeared in transit. Could be something completely different.

    Thank you. Just called FedEx and they told me that it had no Commercial Invoice filled out with it, and that all that was needed to be done was have the sender fill out the invoice. So... Who do I contact about this?


    Greeeeeaaat I just got the same message and a lovely French Canadian lady telling me the package is being held until that info is provided... emailed PAX help, and will now compulsively check my email for an answer ;)

  • kylechukylechu Registered User regular
    I got the two Friday passes I ordered in the mail, but there were no halofest badges in the envelope. Do they only come with 3-day badges, are they coming in a second envelope, or was there some kind of mistake in sending it.

    I have emailed the pax questions email address already, but was wondering if there was something else I should do about it.

  • SmallLadySmallLady Registered User regular
    Ok Guys...

    I'm looking for some feedback on things you'd like to see added to the FAQ. Instead of cluttering up this thread right before PAX, Please PM me any suggestions! I'd love them.


    Also, suggestions for the Boston section of the FAQ would be more than welcome.

    Thanks
    !

    "we're just doing what smalllady told us to do" - @Heels
  • JsunuJsunu Registered User regular
    Will will call for badge pickup be open late on Thursday? I rather pick it up the night before :(

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  • SmallLadySmallLady Registered User regular
    Jsunu wrote:
    Will will call for badge pickup be open late on Thursday? I rather pick it up the night before :(

    In years past, will call would normally be open till around 10pm. :)

    "we're just doing what smalllady told us to do" - @Heels
  • JsunuJsunu Registered User regular
    Awesome thanks! First PAX coming from Vancouver so it awesome info for those who don't have the badges shipped.

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  • Spud387Spud387 Man of Inaction Vancouver, BC, CanadaRegistered User regular
    SmallLady wrote:
    Jsunu wrote:
    Will will call for badge pickup be open late on Thursday? I rather pick it up the night before :(

    In years past, will call would normally be open till around 10pm. :)
    I supposed I might have to pick up my badges then if PA botched their FedEx shippments which is looking like the case...

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  • SmallLadySmallLady Registered User regular
    Hobosogo wrote:
    I'm slightly worried because a couple of my friends who are going to pax (one who lives right across the street from me) have received their badges in the mail and i have yet to get mine.

    I'm not in panic mode yet i'm just kind of worried if they don't show up because i misplaced those printout papers, which was extremely stupid of me, and i'm wondering if i will have any other way of validating that i have bought them without those (if they never come in the mail)

    I have the confirmation e-mail with the registration code, and of course i have I.D. and stuff, will that be enough?

    If you don't receive your badge by the week before PAX, then email [email protected]

    "we're just doing what smalllady told us to do" - @Heels
  • GeekyPrincessGeekyPrincess Registered User regular
    I'm expecting three packs of badges, I got one today. I figure the rest will get here in the next day or two.

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  • pillarofdawnpillarofdawn Registered User regular
    I ordered 6 1 day badges, 1 for each day for me and my brother. But regarding the halo fest badge, will the 1 day people get badges at all, and if so does this mean I will have 3 badges? I am confus

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  • DrakmathusDrakmathus Registered User regular
    I'm actually leaving town Monday and won't be back until after PAX. Kind of combining vacations. What do I do if the badges haven't arrived by then?

  • SingolloSingollo Registered User regular
    Drakmathus wrote:
    I'm actually leaving town Monday and won't be back until after PAX. Kind of combining vacations. What do I do if the badges haven't arrived by then?
    If they don't arrive I would email [email protected]

  • KinoGamiKinoGami Registered User regular
    Just a heads up for international peeps like myself waiting on fedex:
    I called their customer service this morning and i just checked my tracking number again and my badge is no longer being held so hopefully all of us with issues will still receive our badges on time :)

  • SilvertwinnSilvertwinn Going on 40. "Get off my lawn!"Registered User regular
    KinoGami wrote:
    Just a heads up for international peeps like myself waiting on fedex:
    I called their customer service this morning and i just checked my tracking number again and my badge is no longer being held so hopefully all of us with issues will still receive our badges on time :)

    Was your badge being held because of "Missing/Improper Paperwork"?

  • Battery77Battery77 Registered User regular
    KinoGami wrote:
    Just a heads up for international peeps like myself waiting on fedex:
    I called their customer service this morning and i just checked my tracking number again and my badge is no longer being held so hopefully all of us with issues will still receive our badges on time :)

    Was your badge being held because of "Missing/Improper Paperwork"?

    Mine is being held for that reason. Has said so for 2 days now.

  • KinoGamiKinoGami Registered User regular
    KinoGami wrote:
    Just a heads up for international peeps like myself waiting on fedex:
    I called their customer service this morning and i just checked my tracking number again and my badge is no longer being held so hopefully all of us with issues will still receive our badges on time :)

    Was your badge being held because of "Missing/Improper Paperwork"?

    yes it was

  • Battery77Battery77 Registered User regular
    Mine has just updated to:

    Left FedEx origin facility | WALLINGFORD, CT | Next scheduled tracking update: Aug 10, 2011

  • ReparadocsReparadocs Registered User regular
    Someone said that swag bags would be handed out in the que room. What is the que room?

  • KinoGamiKinoGami Registered User regular
    Reparadocs wrote:
    Someone said that swag bags would be handed out in the que room. What is the que room?

    from my understanding it is a room open before the rest of the convention for those who wish to wait to enter the exhibition hall rather than the main theatre for the keynote ect.

  • MrBartokomousMrBartokomous Registered User regular
    KinoGami wrote:
    Reparadocs wrote:
    Someone said that swag bags would be handed out in the que room. What is the que room?

    from my understanding it is a room open before the rest of the convention for those who wish to wait to enter the exhibition hall rather than the main theatre for the keynote ect.

    Both of you guys are correct. The Queue Room is the crazy big room everyone lines up in prior to the Expo Hall opening in the morning. As you enter, they've typically had the swag bags there for you to pick up and peruse while you wait.

  • tokyodovetokyodove Perth, WARegistered User regular
    alot of people are saying they have/have not got their badge yet, if somebody could clarify- badges are still being shipped in waves yeah? there will be badges that havent even been posted yet(?)

    ta

  • nickswarnickswar Registered User regular
    Hi Everyone,

    I just wanted to give an update about my unofficial android app PAX Assistant. I've been getting a lot of emails lately from people asking if I'm going to be doing the app again this year. Zerzhul posted awhile back saying that I was doing it, but the original post doesn't reflect that. I just wanted to add again that I will be updating PAX Assistant. I've been extremely busy this summer so I haven't had a lot of time to work on it. Normally it would have been out by now, but I've been working on a way to automatically update the schedule as soon as it changes. Previously when there was a schedule change I first had to somehow find that out, make a change to a text file, and throw a new version of the app out (which then required every user to update the app to get a new schedule).

    This new system I'm working on periodically scrapes the pax webpage looking for any changes. Every time the app is opened, it will ask my server if there's an update, then make the changes to the local schedule. Last year and during PAX East I realized the schedule can change a lot, and I didn't want to be responsible for someone missing a panel =P. I'm pretty far along with this new system, and once It's finished then I'll release an updated version of the app. Right now I'm aiming for sometime between this coming weekend and the weekend before PAX.

    Anyways, spread the word that an update is coming soon(tm)! Thanks to everyone that's interested in my app.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    tokyodove wrote:
    alot of people are saying they have/have not got their badge yet, if somebody could clarify- badges are still being shipped in waves yeah? there will be badges that havent even been posted yet(?)

    ta

    yes, badges are still likely shipped in waves. Also, there is no way to guarantee (efficiently and inexpensively) that everyone will receive their badges on the same day.

  • tokyodovetokyodove Perth, WARegistered User regular
    cheers zerzhul, it gets a little confusing when people are posting that they got their badge :S

  • KillerMcDeadKillerMcDead Registered User regular
    Quick question. I was checking up on my badges using the FedEx tracking number provided in my email when I noticed there was a shipping exception. Under details it says:

    "Improper or missing paperwork - Missing Commercial Invoice - Contact customer service"

    I'm wondering who I should contact about this? Do the badges fall under the purview of the travel desk? Or is there a paxsite address I should refer to?

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2011
    Quick question. I was checking up on my badges using the FedEx tracking number provided in my email when I noticed there was a shipping exception. Under details it says:

    "Improper or missing paperwork - Missing Commercial Invoice - Contact customer service"

    I'm wondering who I should contact about this? Do the badges fall under the purview of the travel desk? Or is there a paxsite address I should refer to?

    Others have reported the same issue. Email [email protected] with your info and issue.

    zerzhul on
  • KillerMcDeadKillerMcDead Registered User regular
    Will do, thanks alot. Guess I should have read a bit more of the thread :lol:

  • ReparadocsReparadocs Registered User regular
    So if I want a swag bag, do I need to line up really early? Or will being there at 9:30 AM do?

  • whypick1whypick1 PAX [E] Info Booth Manager ~2' from an LCDRegistered User regular
    I wouldn't worry too much about swag bags running out. I seem to recall there were still boxes of them on Sunday sitting in the queue room last year.

    Is it PAX <insert nearest future PAX here> yet?
  • SeatownstrikerSeatownstriker Registered User regular
    I ordered 6 1 day badges, 1 for each day for me and my brother. But regarding the halo fest badge, will the 1 day people get badges at all, and if so does this mean I will have 3 badges? I am confus

    Yeah I just got my badges last night. And on my paperwork it says there should be Halo fest badges with my pax badges. If these are one day badges do I get halo fest badges? If not, that kinda sucks. First year since I've been going, that I wasn't able to get 3 day passes.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    I ordered 6 1 day badges, 1 for each day for me and my brother. But regarding the halo fest badge, will the 1 day people get badges at all, and if so does this mean I will have 3 badges? I am confus

    Yeah I just got my badges last night. And on my paperwork it says there should be Halo fest badges with my pax badges. If these are one day badges do I get halo fest badges? If not, that kinda sucks. First year since I've been going, that I wasn't able to get 3 day passes.

    It appears that the fulfillment company that does the badges is being inconsistent. Email [email protected] with your issue.

  • Goddess of MadnessGoddess of Madness Registered User regular
    I ordered 6 1 day badges, 1 for each day for me and my brother. But regarding the halo fest badge, will the 1 day people get badges at all, and if so does this mean I will have 3 badges? I am confus

    Yeah I just got my badges last night. And on my paperwork it says there should be Halo fest badges with my pax badges. If these are one day badges do I get halo fest badges? If not, that kinda sucks. First year since I've been going, that I wasn't able to get 3 day passes.

    Worst case scenerio? I'm pretty sure there are some people who will get Halo badges and not want them, (like me blasphemer that I am) and you maybe able to snag some

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    zerzhul wrote: »
    For those having FedEx issues, I was told that they have been resolved. If your FedEx tracking still shows a missing paperwork error, maybe wait a day and see if it changes before emailing [email protected] again.

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