[PAX Prime 2011] Love You Guys, Everybody Get Home Safe.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

PAX X: The Tenthening

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Have we really hit number ten?

Yep. While this will be the eighth iteration of PAX Prime, it will officially be the tenth PAX ever held.

What's PAX?

What the fuck, have you been living under a rock for the last seven years?

Yes.

You'll have to tell us about that later.

All you really need to know is that PAX is the best damn convention ever.

What makes it so great?

Take your pick. The community. The expo hall. The panels. The Omegathon. The sheer number of people who come together to make the show work. The number of famous people who are willing to sit around and sign shit all day, while chatting with you about all sorts of asinine bullshit.

I'm still not convinced. Can you show me some of this in a three-minute montage?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB74N3-GN4E

Okay, I'm convinced. How do I sign up for this amazing experience?

Hopefully you have made all of the necessary purchases, because the show is sold out. If not, the only place to get badges now is in the Need A Badge Thread in the PAX forum.

I have a lot of questions!

Then post them here! That's what this thread's for. You could also read this thread, which was written by someone much more experienced than I.

Are there going to be any sort of forum meetups during PAX?

Absolutely! PAX Prime tends to play host to a large amount of forum people during its three day run, and there will definitely be things to do with your fellow SE++ people. Details on meetups will probably start showing up about a month away from PAX, so keep an eye on the thread.

When will badges/schedules go out?

Badges get mailed out about two weeks before the show; if yours doesn't arrive, make sure you show up to PAX with the purchase confirmation that you should have printed when you bought your pass. The show schedule will go up on the main PAX site at about roughly the same time.

So what's there left to do until PAX?

Post.

How do I get from the airport to PAX?

it's called Link Light Rail, you access it from the fourth floor of the airport garage, and it's dirt cheap and runs straight to downtown, like a block from the convention center

http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ground/publictransit.shtml

Fares from airport to downtown will run you under three bucks, which is cheaper then the gas it would take for someone to drive to the airport and back to pick you up

http://www.soundtransit.org/Fares-and-Passes/Link-fares.xml

Link Light Rail is seriously the best option, trains leave every 15 minutes tops, every 7 minutes or so at peak hours

you'll want to get off at the Westlake Station, then walk a couple blocks.

Tox

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Romanian My Escutcheon

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

Forum Meetups

This is where all of the details for our various meetups will go. If you have an event that you would like publicized, feel free to send me the details, and I will put them up here.

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Tonkka's Bar Meetup (Open, contact Tonkka for details, advance notice required).

Tonkka wrote:

Roanoke Park Place PAX 2011 Car Bomb Extravaganza!

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Who:
You, if you're 21 or over.
Seriously, if you are underage and try to get in to my bar, I will destroy you.

What:
This is an awesome bar that is also where I happen to work.
We are going to have a special on Irish Car Bombs ($6-ish) just for you crazy forum people because we love you.

When:
August 25th 2011
The bar opens at 4:00 pm, closes at 2:00 am, so somewhere in that time period.

Where:
Roanoke Park Place
2409 10th Ave E
If you are coming from downtown around the convention center take the 49 to the University district and get off at 10th and Miller.

Why:
PARTY.


Also, if anyone is interested/bored during the day, we have ping pong tables out back for fun times.

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Fancy Dinner (Closed, contact Usagi to get on the waiting list).

Zonugal wrote:

Usagi wrote:

Fancy Dinner table one has been reserved at Purple for 7:30pm on Sat the 27th

@Zonugal will be reserving table 2 at some point today

Looks like it'll be split 10 and 8 people respectively and I will do my best to seat you appropriately but please keep in mind that we are all awesome and you'll have a baller time regardless who you happen to be sitting next to

So update, Table Two has been reserved at the Purple for 8:00pm on Saturday the 27th.

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Captain Cthulu's Karakoe Meetup (Open, contact Captain Cthulu for details, no reservation/advance notice required).

Captain Cthulhu wrote:

Can we put something in the meetups for Wednesday night Karaoke? It's at Fuel at Washington and Occidental, just a little walk through downtown from the convention center. Bar web site is here: http://www.fuelseattle.com/

It's hosted by my friend Danny, they have cheap drinks, a great sound system and an awesome stage to make you feel like a rock star.

undeinPirat

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Romanian My Escutcheon

LOOK WHAT YOU TWO DID.

Bogey

BOOOOO!!

Somebody else should have made the new thread.

Romanian My Escutcheon

@Bogey This OP is adequate!

(Despite formatting errors.)

Didgeridoo

I can't believe this is only two weeks away. I don't know how I'm going to cram in everything I want to do in three days!! GOD I wish I could come on Thursday

Rankenphile

reposting this for sneak, because he is a boss

The Sneak! wrote:

Hi guys!

So, I had kind of a shitty day today - boss called me in the office just after lunch today to inform me they decided to sever my position at work, and come October, I will no longer be working for the company. While I think I may be able to find a different internal position before that time comes, it will more than likely be a fairly big pay cut if I can find something else. Even then, it's up in the air if I will find anything else or not. So I had to be responsible and get my plane tickets and hotel refunded today; I will not be able to make it out to PAX this year. On top of that, the wife and I had to retract the bid on what we considered our dream house, since everything is so uncertain right now. Not the best Wednesday I've ever had.

However, I want to turn this in a positive direction; I want to give away the two three day passes that I have to people that really want to go, but were unable to score passes themselves. Since SE++ has been my home for over eight years now, I wanted to check and see if anyone in here was interested first. If you're interested in them, all I ask is that you:

- Would be going to PAX yourself (and not just trying to score a pass for your brother/friend/cousin/stalker/misc.)
- Would not sell the passes to others, as you would then just be a giant douche
- Are not Wimble. You need to save your money for EVO next year.

So, if you want them, just post in here, I guess, and if I get too many responses, I'll just throw your names in a randomizer, and pick two of you tomorrow. If no one wants em', I'll post this in the PAX thread.

Regarding this, if you will be permanently banned if I catch wind of any of the following:
- You already had a pass, claim this one and sell your old pass
- You didn't have a pass, claim this one and sell it
- You claim this pass but do not attend the show without giving it away to someone else
- You only have a one day or two-day pass, claim this and sell your old pass. If you claim this pass, you are obligated to give your one-day passes away.
- Anything else shady about this occurs. Sneak is being ridiculously generous here. Don't you fucking dare take advantage of his goodwill.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Hope you guys like involuntary formatting errors, because the bottom half of the OP will not change, no matter how I try to reformat it.

Tonkka

A new thread already?

You people are animals.

Captain Cthulhu

Can we put something in the meetups for Wednesday night Karaoke? It's at Fuel at Washington and Occidental, just a little walk through downtown from the convention center. Bar web site is here: http://www.fuelseattle.com/

It's hosted by my friend Danny, they have cheap drinks, a great sound system and an awesome stage to make you feel like a rock star.

Matev

Semi-Drunken Pre-PAX Karaoke!? Oh lord...

Tonkka

Cap, you had me at cheap drinks.

Tonkka

Just so I have this list handy in the new thread:

So this is the list of people who have PMed me or shown enough inerest/talked about showing up enough on Thursday night that I have remembered to make a note of.

Rhylith (+1?)
Zonugal +1
Skettios
Mongoose
Spono
Ten
Naphtali
Sal
Smart Hero (+1)
Sheri
Crwth(+40 Clwnth)
Druhim
Jordyn
Framling
Samir Duran Duran
Ruby Rhod
Mysst
Ilolveslimes
Merehappenstance (+1)
GR0MPLER
Art4217
WEAVER
Geebs
Neville
Usagi
Captain Cthulhu
Rankenphile (maybe)
The Geek
miraclebubbles
Aphostile
Nanaki (+5)
Radius
Anjin-San
Swill

If you said something in the thread or Tinychat and I forgot that you exist please send me a PM with threats of physical harm so that I know you want to be added to the roster. If you don't see your name above, and you want to help out and tell me that you're showing up, awesome, please do so.

This is not some hard RSVP thing I just want to help the bar out with a head count and make sure we have inventory suitable to the event.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Still bummed I am missing this.

Two fucking months.

Rankenphile

I might wander up that way Thursday, depending on how things play out. I got a feeling Thursday is going to be hectic, though.

Sheri

Get older faster, RMED.

Also: I wonder if there are enough people who missed Fancy Dinner sign-ups to justify booking their own table (if there is one to be had)?

Romanian My Escutcheon

Sheri wrote:

Get older faster, RMED.

You keep saying this.

I do not think it means what you think it means.

Sheri

Die sooner, RMED.

Romanian My Escutcheon

Movin' in the wrong, direction here.

A duck!

Damn, only thirteen days to my flight. This month is going by a lot faster than I expected.

Muggins

I'M SO EXCITED

I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT

Muggins

And now I can get rid of that thing in my sig

Druhim

Captain Cthulhu wrote:

Can we put something in the meetups for Wednesday night Karaoke? It's at Fuel at Washington and Occidental, just a little walk through downtown from the convention center. Bar web site is here: http://www.fuelseattle.com/

It's hosted by my friend Danny, they have cheap drinks, a great sound system and an awesome stage to make you feel like a rock star.

This looks much more fun than renting a private karaoke room.

Mysst

see, I like private karaoke because I don't want to wait for strangers to sing

Radius

Yeah, the last time I was at a place doing karaoke i had to sit through someone butchering Crocodile Rock.

I wanted to butcher Crocodile Rock.

Sheri

SO EXCITED

The Geek

I may try to hit up your place on Thursday, Tonkkers.

skettios

e: actually, nm. I have ladies mtg on tues. don't wanna tire myself out before pax begins!

skettios

Didgeridoo wrote:

I can't believe this is only two weeks away. I don't know how I'm going to cram in everything I want to do in three days!!

I'm not sure either, but I'm gonna try my best!!

Mysst

shoehorn

The Geek

skettios wrote:

e: actually, nm. I have ladies mtg on tues. don't wanna tire myself out before pax begins!

Is this a regular thing you do? Once Amy gets a deck or two built, I bet she'd be interested in this.

Muggins

Oh I thought they meant ladies meeting

as in they were meeting a bunch of ladies

ladies

Squall

sneak you are good people, i hope things shape up for you on the job front

Usagi

Good news everyone!

I have managed to pawn my pre-PAX work travel off on some unsuspecting coworker

Mysst

ha, take that sucka!

Squall

did you just like leave them a note on their monitor

"hope you enjoy scenic Biloxi!"

Usagi

More like "enjoy your two-day cross country extravaganza complete with redeye flight, also DC in August HA HA"

Squall

what a charmer

skettios

The Geek wrote:

skettios wrote:

e: actually, nm. I have ladies mtg on tues. don't wanna tire myself out before pax begins!

Is this a regular thing you do? Once Amy gets a deck or two built, I bet she'd be interested in this.

I'm trying to make it a regular thing! The group just started up last month. They meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Card Kingdom. Usually a lesson and hangouts from 5-6 (or 630) then some event of sort. I usually only stay till 8 ish cause I have a bit of a trip home :P