[PRIME] Buttoneering 2012: Events Schedule Updated!

zannah

This question may have been asked earlier in the thread + I missed, so I apologise if it's a dup; is 100 really enough buttons? I feel like I came up short a bit last year, so want to plan accordingly.

In other, related, procrastinate-y news, I've got my bonus button designs figured out, but not my main button.

Infidel

100 you will run out but you'll probably make it until the post-PAX meet (just barely, unless you've been under/overperforming), 150 usually you'll have some left over or be able to run out after a bit of the post-meet.

Tar3820

alldark wrote: »

Food button is back for round two!!!

TACOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Moe Fwacky

Finally just ordered my buttons. I have 100 of these, and I might dig up some classic buttons to mix in as well.

syrae

You know, I STILL have no idea what the heck to do for a button design! Last year I did this button, and I still have extras. I'm not sure what I'll do for this year.

SwordMage

Well, Ghola Duncan and I have ours.

His:

Mine:

Edited because it helps if I can properly add the tags... *sigh*

Enigmas

Main button design almost done!
But I'm hoping there's someone out there who knows GIMP better than I do and can polish the thing up.
I am baking cookies soon...

ramen215

Order has been placed! Excitement level increased!

jonxp

OP updated with meetup info, and a guilt trippier subject line!

We're getting really close to the "responsible" deadline for ordering your buttons. PureButtons is advertising a current processing time of 7-10 *business* days, which is 1.5-2 weeks. Add a conservative five business days for shipping (another week), and assuming you don't want them delivered as you're leaving to travel to Seattle, you should probably get the in by next week at the latest (3.5 weeks before PAX).

Now, of course, YMMV and many people have gotten them far faster than two weeks. Additionally, PureButtons has said they will put a priority on orders with the discount code. So, if you're running late, all hope is not lost. However, you really *should* get them in by next week to be reasonably sure you get them on time.

zannah

One other thing I'll add to that for crafty/DIY Seattle locals or peeps coming in a little early there's a place in Georgetown (just south of Seattle) that rents button machines by the day, if you want to print/draw/whatever your own and put them together. I bought my machine from them a few years ago + they're friendly folk.

alegria

jonxp wrote: »

Drop off your buttons with me at the BYOC desk (there will likely be a bucket in case I'm not there or I'm busy) for the yearly not-so-secret "Button Board" gift for Mike and Jerry. Deadline TBD once the schedule is out.

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I am bringing the bucket and the board. Deadline for dropping off your button in the bucket is midnight Saturday night, as I will take them to my hotel room and pin them up before I go to sleep.

You MUST put your button in the bucket to have it show up on the board. Don't give me an extra one, don't give JonXP an extra one, put it in the bucket. Thank you. (this does not apply to BigRed as his button is bigger than the bucket, I will get an extra from him when I trade my regular buttons with him)

Enigmas

So one most call so maybe a few more people might see it, can anyone help me refine my button? I've got most of the elements in place, I just don't know GIMP well enough to make it look awesome.

Help?

Fenrisfang

Finally loaded the image up on the site...thought I would share here as well. :P

Knight

Enigmas wrote: »

So one most call so maybe a few more people might see it, can anyone help me refine my button? I've got most of the elements in place, I just don't know GIMP well enough to make it look awesome.

Help?

Uh, depends what you're looking for? Though, I dunno if Photoshop can open GIMP files...

Jenny_Spaghetti

I can handle gimp. Drop me a pm if you still need help.

Enigmas wrote: »

So one most call so maybe a few more people might see it, can anyone help me refine my button? I've got most of the elements in place, I just don't know GIMP well enough to make it look awesome.

Help?

Knight

Whelp, finally ordered my buttons. Yay.

LexiconGrrl

alldark wrote: »

Food button is back for round two!!!

Is... Is that a plate of Takoyaki? With an octopus looking on?!?!

Panda Party

I've had my buttons for a while, but I never posted a picture! So here they are. I'm feeling like mine are kind of lame compared to everyone else's, hahaha.

Risia

I think it's adorable.

Enigmas

Knight_ wrote: »

Uh, depends what you're looking for? Though, I dunno if Photoshop can open GIMP files...

Jenny_Spaghetti wrote: »

I can handle gimp. Drop me a pm if you still need help.

Thanks for the offer Knight.
Jenny, you have mail.

zannah

Fenrisfang wrote: »

Finally loaded the image up on the site...thought I would share here as well. :P

I love this one!

Kuka99

I finally got around to designing and ordering my buttons...Nothing like the thrill of waiting until the absolute last minute...

jonxp

Drat, I just noticed people are just editing last years buttons to say they're handing them out this year. It would be far better if you were to upload a new copy of the old button, because otherwise it takes it out of people's collections from previous years. I'm going to take out the ability to edit the event a button is for (for now) until I get a real solution in place (which would be to allow a button to exist in more than one event).

LewieP's Mummy

I've changed my mind about my badges - I've used my avatar before, so I'm now doing something else instead. I've also ordered LewieP's Daddy's badged - they are of his avatar. I'm at LewieP's right now (I'm volunteeribg at the Olympics) and using my phone to post, so pics will have to wait. Suffice to say they are red and shiny and a bit scary!

Infidel

jonxp wrote: »

Drat, I just noticed people are just editing last years buttons to say they're handing them out this year. It would be far better if you were to upload a new copy of the old button, because otherwise it takes it out of people's collections from previous years. I'm going to take out the ability to edit the event a button is for (for now) until I get a real solution in place (which would be to allow a button to exist in more than one event).

The button should just be duped, since otherwise it isn't clear which year I collected (or if I collected it both years?) a repeat. AKA leave it as-is but maybe stop editing/removal of past events' buttons?

beta_angel

I went with a BF3 theme this year. One is a tribute to the King of Sweden and the other is a tribute to all the assholes that like to plant C4 on their jeeps and jihad into tanks.

itchbay

Uggg... I'm working on mine. Since I'm not a regular poster, I guess it's not as important. But I've got a couple of ideas and I'm spending a couple of hours today putting them together. Thankfully, the button folks have a great turn-around time!

CaptainTapole

itchbay wrote: »

Uggg... I'm working on mine. Since I'm not a regular poster, I guess it's not as important. But I've got a couple of ideas and I'm spending a couple of hours today putting them together. Thankfully, the button folks have a great turn-around time!

Everyone's important in their own way!!

contrefait

Finally ordered my buttons today

Sorry for the wtfhuge size of the image.

I'm also going to have my left overs from the past years.

jonxp

Infidel wrote: »

jonxp wrote: »

Drat, I just noticed people are just editing last years buttons to say they're handing them out this year. It would be far better if you were to upload a new copy of the old button, because otherwise it takes it out of people's collections from previous years. I'm going to take out the ability to edit the event a button is for (for now) until I get a real solution in place (which would be to allow a button to exist in more than one event).

The button should just be duped, since otherwise it isn't clear which year I collected (or if I collected it both years?) a repeat. AKA leave it as-is but maybe stop editing/removal of past events' buttons?

Good point. The short term plan already is to remove the ability to change the event a button is for (which is the same as preventing the removal of past event buttons), and I guess the long term plan is to just have an easy way for people to dupe old buttons for a new event.

Jynks

Contre, that button rocks. I must tackle you and steal one. Or, ya know, just ask politely.

"Don't... eat... the gazpacho." :P

Cronus

I recently got a PAX pass! Without much time left I decided to do buttons again this year. After TF2 last year I went with a Mass Effect theme this year.



I ordered 150 and I'll have some of last years with me to give out.

AHowell

So last year at PAX prime, there was this really awesome guy in a really awesome red hat who was buttoneering. He gave me his combustible lemons warning placard button and told me that this year, I needed to find him and tell him what awesome thing I did to earn that button. Well, unfortunately, I will be unable to attend PAX this year as I am currently stationed at Camp Casey, South Korea until next year. However, I was hoping that maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat would be perusing the forums, since its about that time, and was hoping that maybe he'd find out that I've been spreading the word of PAX to many of the locals here and several of them are going to try and go to PAX next year. I've also been teaching a lot of the ROK Army members English so that a lot of them can accomplish some of the stuff they want to do, like go to the US to teach literature and foreign language at the college level.

So anyway, I don't know if that makes me combustible lemon worthy or not, but thats what is currently going on, and with a little bit of luck, maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat will read this... or... maybe someone will see him at PAX Prime and share this with him!

Daksa

Panda Party wrote: »

I've had my buttons for a while, but I never posted a picture! So here they are. I'm feeling like mine are kind of lame compared to everyone else's, hahaha.

All buttons are cool! Including yours.

BigRed

AHowell wrote: »

So last year at PAX prime, there was this really awesome guy in a really awesome red hat who was buttoneering. He gave me his combustible lemons warning placard button and told me that this year, I needed to find him and tell him what awesome thing I did to earn that button. Well, unfortunately, I will be unable to attend PAX this year as I am currently stationed at Camp Casey, South Korea until next year. However, I was hoping that maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat would be perusing the forums, since its about that time, and was hoping that maybe he'd find out that I've been spreading the word of PAX to many of the locals here and several of them are going to try and go to PAX next year. I've also been teaching a lot of the ROK Army members English so that a lot of them can accomplish some of the stuff they want to do, like go to the US to teach literature and foreign language at the college level.

So anyway, I don't know if that makes me combustible lemon worthy or not, but thats what is currently going on, and with a little bit of luck, maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat will read this... or... maybe someone will see him at PAX Prime and share this with him!

Pffft people giving away my buttons?!

zerzhul

BigRed wrote: »

AHowell wrote: »

So last year at PAX prime, there was this really awesome guy in a really awesome red hat who was buttoneering. He gave me his combustible lemons warning placard button and told me that this year, I needed to find him and tell him what awesome thing I did to earn that button. Well, unfortunately, I will be unable to attend PAX this year as I am currently stationed at Camp Casey, South Korea until next year. However, I was hoping that maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat would be perusing the forums, since its about that time, and was hoping that maybe he'd find out that I've been spreading the word of PAX to many of the locals here and several of them are going to try and go to PAX next year. I've also been teaching a lot of the ROK Army members English so that a lot of them can accomplish some of the stuff they want to do, like go to the US to teach literature and foreign language at the college level.

So anyway, I don't know if that makes me combustible lemon worthy or not, but thats what is currently going on, and with a little bit of luck, maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat will read this... or... maybe someone will see him at PAX Prime and share this with him!

Pffft people giving away my buttons?!

I think it was after you came out and said "NO MORE BIGRED BUTTONS"

Little Miss Rachel

Daksa wrote: »

Panda Party wrote: »

I've had my buttons for a while, but I never posted a picture! So here they are. I'm feeling like mine are kind of lame compared to everyone else's, hahaha.

All buttons are cool! Including yours.

I make buttons now. Buttons are cool.

skarsol

I slow, but I make button!

Color swap celebrating my Ravenclaw HoH status this year.

The further adventures of FF. Poor guy is tired! But such good dreams!

psychopez

AHowell wrote: »

So last year at PAX prime, there was this really awesome guy in a really awesome red hat who was buttoneering. He gave me his combustible lemons warning placard button and told me that this year, I needed to find him and tell him what awesome thing I did to earn that button. Well, unfortunately, I will be unable to attend PAX this year as I am currently stationed at Camp Casey, South Korea until next year. However, I was hoping that maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat would be perusing the forums, since its about that time, and was hoping that maybe he'd find out that I've been spreading the word of PAX to many of the locals here and several of them are going to try and go to PAX next year. I've also been teaching a lot of the ROK Army members English so that a lot of them can accomplish some of the stuff they want to do, like go to the US to teach literature and foreign language at the college level.

So anyway, I don't know if that makes me combustible lemon worthy or not, but thats what is currently going on, and with a little bit of luck, maybe the really awesome guy with the red hat will read this... or... maybe someone will see him at PAX Prime and share this with him!

BigRed wrote: »

Pffft people giving away my buttons?!

Let me set the scene for everyone reading this.

AHowell is bouncing around the different folks at the buttoneering meet up last year. I'd made my rounds a few times, when she finally got to me. "Hey, um, what can I trade you for your copy of the combustible lemons button?" I sort of hem and haw, I had gotten mine early, and Red had just come out saying all of his were gone.

I decline at first, because I am a rude like that. A look of despair falls across her face. "Oh, okay, thanks." Time slows down, "Pez" I think to myself, "that was rude."

"I know" I say to myself, "but come on, it is a pretty sweet button."

"True, but to you it's just a large piece of metal you are hoarding to complete a checklist. Can you imagine what it might mean to her?"

"Not really..." I say, doubt creeping into my mental voice like a top 40 hit.

"Have you ever seen anyone else offering to trade other buttons away to get one? Seems like it'd be real important for someone to make such a deal" Myself says to me. I ponder that for a second, only for myself to mentally whap me upside the head.

"Fine, you made your point me." I talk to myself alot like that, look at the nickname, it's all right there.

So I called her back and made the above deal; that earning this button now was a down payment of similar RAoK being done to others. It seemed to be in the spirit of PAX. Also, I love a good RAoK at PAX.



AHowell - that is awesome to hear. Glad to see you're doing well and you're doing good things. I know I shouldn't be surprised by it, that most people are good, but it warms my dark Pezzy heart when people do things like your'e doing. Next year, Pax Prime 2013, then, stories all around. And if you want some buttons this year, I'll try and see what I can get for ya...

Nullzone

I can haz button!



Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to show off all the other people's buttons while there...