The badges have been printed and look like this:
When you pick them up you get a plastic wallet with them, which you then attach to your PAX lanyard or any other one you swipe during PAX.
The current version of the forum badge are shown below
FRONT v. 3
BACK v. 3
To collect a badge you must either be at the Pre-PAX Dinner, the Pre-PAX board game night at the Sheraton hotel or go the
BYOC registration desk from 12pm Friday 29th August through to 4pm Monday 2nd September If you pick up a badge from the BYOC desk you must answer a question, which is listed below. This is in order to prove that you are a member of the forums:
1) Name ONE unofficial PAX East community event:
* Pre-PAX Dinner
* Cookie Brigade
* Pre-PAX Magical Mystery Tour
* Pre-PAX/Post PAX Board Game meetup
* Pokecrawl Drinking Tournament
2) Who made the Forum Badges?
Kropotkin [Pr: KRO-POT-KIN]
3) Do Mike and Jerry read the Penny Arcade forums?
No
4) Name/Handle of a PAX Forum Moderator?
Moe Fwacky or zerzhul
5) What is the theme for the PAX Prime 2014 forum badge?
Pen and paper RPG or RPG character sheet
6) What is the mythical figurine on the PAX Prime 2014 Forum badge?
VR Pink Eye Beholder
7) What is the name of the PAX Community RPG that is the theme of this year's forum badge?
Expo Halls and Enforcers
8) There is a group of PAX attendees that give out crunchy and sweet foodstuffs and takes voluntary donations for the Childsplay charity during PAX. What is this group called?
The Cookie Brigade
9) According to the forums, it is a general rule that PAX is most definitely not, under any circumstances a BLANK service. What is the 'blank'?
Dating
10) What is in the two tone colour of the shield within the PAX community crest?
Red and Blue
The spoiler below is a record of previous versions of the OP.
Greetings one and all! I have now completed the first versions of the PAX Prime Forum badge, and here they be:
Front
Commentary: This is a drastic change from the original as I though considering this is the First Edition of the PAX Community RPG it should bear a striking resemblance to the original D&D box, only in blue as Prime's unofficial colouring is a deep blue.
Back
Commentary: The back has been redesigned to respond to the comments made concerning the lack of space for forum names. The scrolls in this version were actually drawn by hand by me
Let me know what you think.
For more information about the forum badge, its history and how to get your hands on one, go to the PAX Wiki here:
wiki.paxcommunity.net/paxwiki/Forum_Badge
The spoiler below shows how the badge was developed, but offers no current information.
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED FOR THE SELECTION OF THE THEME FOR THE FORUM BADGE
After much deliberation the RPG character sheet was chosen. Over the coming weeks a final version of this forum badge will be worked on with iterations displayed on this thread as it develops. Thank you all for participating in making the forum badge something we as a community have created.
1) RPG Character sheet Prototype:
Front:
Back:
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For more information about the forum badge, its history and how to get your hands on one, go to the PAX Wiki here:
wiki.paxcommunity.net/paxwiki/Forum_Badge
The spoiler below is of the previous version of this post that describes how the badge theme was selected and is left here for historical purposes.
VOTING IS NOW UP FOR THE SELECTION OF THE THEME FOR THE FORUM BADGE
Here they are, the 3
draft versions of the RPG character sheet, the Euro board game and the MMO item themes. Please review and vote by placing them in order of preference. The winner with the highest ranked votes will be the theme adopted for the forum badge.
1) RPG Character sheet:
Front:
Back:
2) Euro board game:
Front:
Back:
3) MMO item:
Front:
Back:
Spoiler below reveals previous announcement of forum badge theme and voting, none of which is now relevant.
I just realised that PAX Prime is a lot closer than I thought thanks to PAX East being so late this year. With this in mind I thought I'd better open this thread up for PAX Prime 2014 forum badge. This time around I really want to get the community involved with its design, as I feel that sometimes I settle on a theme without really going through my thought processes with everyone on the forums. So here I am, attempting to do just that.
So before I do any work on the badge itself I had a selection of ideas of possible themes. They run something like this:
1) Magic the Gathering - the front and rear of the cards are based on an MtG card where only those listed on the back can use it as a card during an MtG game and it's stupidly overpowered.
2) Euro Tabletop game box - Overly complicated Kickstarted Euro board game box with rules that no one could possibly fathom. The people listed would be its 'backers'.
3) Washington State Permit - A very formal looking form that declares all those listed are permitted to play games at the WSCC during PAX Prime without prejudice.
4) RPG Character sheet - Full stats of forum member that will reveal that are the best character ever made in the history of RPGs.
5) MMO item - The forum badge will be classed as a Legendary Item that would be 'bound' to the owner as well as all those listed on the back.
Let me know the top 3 that catch your eye and I'll do mock ups of all three.
Posts
2)RPG Character sheet
3)MMO item
WS permit
MMO item
RPG Character Sheet
MMO Item
MTG Cards
MMO items
2) RPG Character Sheet
3) MMO Item
Permit
Game Box
2) MMO item
3) Euro Tabletop game box
Any day now...
Day 237-
Still waiting for announcement...
2) RPG Char Sheet
3) Kickstarted Eurogame
2) Euro Tabletop game box
3) RPG Sheet
2 - WS Permit
3 - MMO Item
RPG
MMO
MMO
Euro
RPG Character sheet
Washington State Permit
MMO Item
State permit
2. RPG Character Sheet
3. MMO Item
Twitter: ACatlett206
Battletag: Tonks#1448
Steam/Xbox: Nymphodorah
Tumblr: thenerdy-narwhal
RPG
MMO
RPG
MMO
Good to see you again kropotkin!
would love to continue my yearly username inclusion and forum badge collection! Just hope I get a pass this year!
RPG
MMO
2. MMO Item
3. Euro Tabletop
2) RPG Character sheet
3) Magic the Gathering
Magic
MMO
Permit
MTG
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2.MMO
3. RPG
1) Euro Tabletop game box .
2) RPG Character sheet
3) MMO item
Hopefully, I'll actually get my forum Badge this year missed it somehow last year.
2. MtG
3. WS permit
2) Euro Tabletop game box
3) MMO item
MMO Item
WS Permit
Trade me pins, yo: https://www.pinnypals.com/pals/Lazorz
Euro Tabletop
MMO Item
Also great work on the one at East, it fits in nicely with my growing collection.
@Durinthal
RPG Character sheet
Washington State Permit
RPG character sheet
MMO item
2. MTG Card
3. RPG Sheet
Retired [E]
HUFFLEPUFF 2011-18
https://facebook.com/groups/HufflepuffTWDT/
2. RPG Sheet
3. Washington State Permit
2. Euro Tabletop Game Box
3. RPG Sheet
2. MMO item
3. Magic the Gathering
2. RPG Character Sheet
3. Magic the Gathering
Magic the Gathering
Euro Tabletop game box
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PAX Prime 2014 Buttoneering!
Euro
RPG
MMO item
RPG sheet
And thanks as always for the effort you put into this
MMO item
RPG sheet
Those all sound awesome.