I'm going to be approximately 8 months pregnant when PAX rolls around this year.
Would that qualify me for a medical pass? I'm still on the fence about going at all, as I might just be miserable the whole time.
Yes, you would absolutely be able to get a medical pass. Keep in mind the med pass is in addition to your regular badge, so you'd still need to procure a regular badge for entry into pax.
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I see no reason why it wouldn't, since you would certainly require some sort of special consideration when it comes to seating and might not be in the best of condition to endure standing in line for more than an hour.
I'm going to be approximately 8 months pregnant when PAX rolls around this year.
Would that qualify me for a medical pass? I'm still on the fence about going at all, as I might just be miserable the whole time.
Yes, you would absolutely be able to get a medical pass. Keep in mind the med pass is in addition to your regular badge, so you'd still need to procure a regular badge for entry into pax.
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There was so much trouble last year with the ticket vendor's site. I was wondering if the site has updated servers, so they won't have that problem with outdated, possibly buggy XP-running ones? (assuming they even used XP) I believe this should be relevant to the thread discussion. If not, I'm very sorry! I hadn't seen any posts regarding this, so I thought perhaps I could ask and see if anyone knew.
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1. There's a registration thread here
2. We do know what steps they took to improve the registration experience, it's just speculation on our part.
Is it PAX <insert nearest future PAX here> yet?
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Oh. I thought this page was more appropriate, when it's an actual Prime question instead of guessing on when __ will be coming. I don't know too terribly much about the servers involved, but I hoped the people on this thread just might have the official word on if all precautions had been taken involving XP's expiration. There are servers on the net right now still using XP and vulnerable to hacking attempts.
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"S.o.o.n." : "'Severe Obligation to Observe' Neurosis". This Neurosis impels the subject to constantly observe an object, waiting for a change they are certain must come "Soon".
Hotel [x] Pax Badgers Fri [x] Sat [ ] Sun [x] Mon [x] Just need 2 Saturdays, and then our sets will be complete! And then...waiting for Pax.....F5F5F5F5F5F5F5....
Oh. I thought this page was more appropriate, when it's an actual Prime question instead of guessing on when __ will be coming. I don't know too terribly much about the servers involved, but I hoped the people on this thread just might have the official word on if all precautions had been taken involving XP's expiration. There are servers on the net right now still using XP and vulnerable to hacking attempts.
There is no official word to be had yet on whether or not significant improvements have been made since PAX East sales.
If we determine that your are ordering under different names and multiple addresses, all of your orders will be cancelled immediately.
However, one of my roommates and I will be camping the site for the rest of the Summer until we get our tickets. Each of us are going to try to order four four-day passes since our other friends will not have the opportunity since they will be at work or taking summer classes.
Is this a problem, like would all of our tickets be cancelled?
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You should be fine. 20 orders to different addresses from the same IP? Not so much.
This isn't so much about PAX itself, but I just wanted to know if the West Coast Train Trip is still a thing that happens. I'm very much interested in taking part in that, but as the history on the wiki only goes to 2009 I wanted to make sure it didn't just fall apart or anything.
This isn't so much about PAX itself, but I just wanted to know if the West Coast Train Trip is still a thing that happens. I'm very much interested in taking part in that, but as the history on the wiki only goes to 2009 I wanted to make sure it didn't just fall apart or anything.
It is definitely still a thing. Not sure who is organizing this year though.
If one were looking to get more involved in PAX (not Enforcering) who would you contact? I'm specifically thinking of the various freeplays. I bet I'm not the only person who has stuff sitting around they don't use and wouldn't mind seeing PAX benefit from. I haven't seen a recent call for donations and I was thinking that this would be a pretty good time for freeplay to pad out its library. What with a new gen and a lot of games soon to head to long-term storage.
I think for the most part freeplay only really takes donations from enforcers, but that's just what little I remember. For whom to contact, I would guess @Lackey would be a good start for tabletop, and @Brains for console. If they aren't the right people, they might at least know who to hunt down.
I think for the most part freeplay only really takes donations from enforcers, but that's just what little I remember. For whom to contact, I would guess @Lackey would be a good start for tabletop, and @Brains for console. If they aren't the right people, they might at least know who to hunt down.
There was a call for classic freeplay a few years ago. From what I've seen of the Console Freeplay library, I doubt they need much but personally, I'd rather give to PAX instead of never playing it or selling it for pennies on the dollar.
Oh, question about the freeplay rooms! Can you bring your own games/consoles to hook up there, or can you only play what is set up? Was a little confused about this, and the past few posts have me even more confused. X3
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The freeplay rooms have provide the games/consoles. YoungFrey is looking to give his stuff for these rooms, but as zerzhul pointed out, that is not necessary.
The freeplay rooms have provide the games/consoles. YoungFrey is looking to give his stuff for these rooms, but as zerzhul pointed out, that is not necessary.
I'm not sure that's what I pointed out :P but if the answer is, for certain, that they don't take outside donations, that would be good to know.
I see, alright. Shame, would have loved to have set up a Mario Party area. Maybe they'll have some there to play already...
You can definitely show up with a group and play a party game. I think the time is limited to 45min though, so an entire mario party run might not be doable in freeplay. Could definitely play some minigames though.
What some folks do, though, is bring their own consoles to the hotels for longer party games and hang out there after pax closes at midnight.
We do plan to bring our own console(s) with us. Well, as of now the BF is bringing his wii, where we will have access to MP 2, and... some of the GC ones, we are not sure which to get yet, plus another fun GC/Wii MP games. Once our room is set in stone, we'll have to see if anyone here wants to play.
But with that time limit, yeah, MP boards might take a while, unless you limited the turns to 15 or something. Perhaps Mario Kart would be a better MP game. Or one of them there shooters. Does anyone here know off hand what some of the usual games there are?
We do plan to bring our own console(s) with us. Well, as of now the BF is bringing his wii, where we will have access to MP 2, and... some of the GC ones, we are not sure which to get yet, plus another fun GC/Wii MP games. Once our room is set in stone, we'll have to see if anyone here wants to play.
But with that time limit, yeah, MP boards might take a while, unless you limited the turns to 15 or something. Perhaps Mario Kart would be a better MP game. Or one of them there shooters. Does anyone here know off hand what some of the usual games there are?
For free play? They had a list of games that was several pages long. So, a lot.
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I think for the most part freeplay only really takes donations from enforcers, but that's just what little I remember. For whom to contact, I would guess @Lackey would be a good start for tabletop, and @Brains for console. If they aren't the right people, they might at least know who to hunt down.
@brains actually does Console Tourney I believe. I've pinged some people who run the area at Prime with a link to this thread. Hopefully they chime in.
So I believe I have one last question. How much money does everyone think would be a good amount to bring? I was thinking around $800 for food and any purchases I would make?
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So I believe I have one last question. How much money does everyone think would be a good amount to bring? I was thinking around $800 for food and any purchases I would make?
I always bring about $25 per meal but that's usually overkill unless I go to a fancier restaurant. Plus, I always like to tip high, servers there have to deal with so many people because of PAX, lol.
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Would that qualify me for a medical pass? I'm still on the fence about going at all, as I might just be miserable the whole time.
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Yep, that part I assumed. Thanks!
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Things I need to learn: To properly knit, speak Klingon, and speak/read Japanese so I can play Final Fantasy games in their original language.
"S.o.o.n." : "'Severe Obligation to Observe' Neurosis". This Neurosis impels the subject to constantly observe an object, waiting for a change they are certain must come "Soon".
Hotel [x] Pax Badgers Fri [x] Sat [ ] Sun [x] Mon [x] Just need 2 Saturdays, and then our sets will be complete! And then...waiting for Pax.....F5F5F5F5F5F5F5....
2. We do know what steps they took to improve the registration experience, it's just speculation on our part.
Things I need to learn: To properly knit, speak Klingon, and speak/read Japanese so I can play Final Fantasy games in their original language.
"S.o.o.n." : "'Severe Obligation to Observe' Neurosis". This Neurosis impels the subject to constantly observe an object, waiting for a change they are certain must come "Soon".
Hotel [x] Pax Badgers Fri [x] Sat [ ] Sun [x] Mon [x] Just need 2 Saturdays, and then our sets will be complete! And then...waiting for Pax.....F5F5F5F5F5F5F5....
If we determine that your are ordering under different names and multiple addresses, all of your orders will be cancelled immediately.
However, one of my roommates and I will be camping the site for the rest of the Summer until we get our tickets. Each of us are going to try to order four four-day passes since our other friends will not have the opportunity since they will be at work or taking summer classes.
Is this a problem, like would all of our tickets be cancelled?
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Prize winnings are not taxable in Canada. So it means if they elect to take the cash prize instead of the trip, they don't have to pay taxes on it.
There have been many Canadians in the Omegathon over the years.
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Just him. As he is buying the tickets.
There was a call for classic freeplay a few years ago. From what I've seen of the Console Freeplay library, I doubt they need much but personally, I'd rather give to PAX instead of never playing it or selling it for pennies on the dollar.
What some folks do, though, is bring their own consoles to the hotels for longer party games and hang out there after pax closes at midnight.
But with that time limit, yeah, MP boards might take a while, unless you limited the turns to 15 or something. Perhaps Mario Kart would be a better MP game.
For free play? They had a list of games that was several pages long. So, a lot.
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@brains actually does Console Tourney I believe. I've pinged some people who run the area at Prime with a link to this thread. Hopefully they chime in.
I always bring about $25 per meal but that's usually overkill unless I go to a fancier restaurant. Plus, I always like to tip high, servers there have to deal with so many people because of PAX, lol.