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Why are you excited for Pax South?
I know we still have a ways to go till Pax South (as much as we wish we didn't!) So to pass the time I figured we could discuss what we are most excited for for Pax. And not even just Pax itself but all the other activities and sight seeing that can be done while at Pax! I will start it off by saying I'm excited to be able to geek out for three days without being considered weird! That is one downfall of living in a small town. But while at Pax I can let me geek flag fly high! What about you guys?
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Prime: '13
South: '15
@dolarrah: I wonder how different South will be compared to East? Everyone has been saying that South will be pretty big, especially for it's first year but I don't think it will be at East levels. I hope there will be plenty of exhibitors!
@ CyberFey: I have a friend who is going who has been to others cons before but not PAX, he has been telling me I need to get ready for like 0 sleep for those three days! I guess when you are hanging out playing games and making new friends you don't really think about sleep!
The best East was the first year.
Concurrently, I believe the best South will be this first year.
Massive Crystal Cavern!
Anyway, hi. My husband and I are going to be PAX virgins this year so we're pretty excited. We go to a lot of anime and comic cons in Texas, but I imagine this will be one of the the biggest (A-kon up in Dallas reportedly got 26,000 this year and Alamo City Comic Con supposedly got 30,000 last year and were projecting double that this year, but it sure didn't feel like it -- then again, I was stuck behind a vendor booth the whole weekend so I didn't get to see all of the convention floor.) Also, we're going to PAX South to attend and not to vend, which will be a treat for us, and we're going to cosplay for the first time, so it'll be doubly exciting! In general, I'm really looking forward to just meeting people and taking pictures/getting my picture taken and geeking out for 72+ hours straight.
Your cosplaying too? What are you guys going to go as? I am going as a Pokemon breeder from black and white. I have never made a costume before so my husband is helping me with this costume this year then maybe next year we can both dress up! I'm also super excited take pictures and to see other cosplayers, I want to see a master chief or a mass effect cosplay that armor just looks awesome in pictures!
However, it is extremely hard for me to wait--especially with announcements like the Pax South Indie Board Game Showcase, which sounds incredibly awesome. I attended my first Pax after being an avid video-gamer for years. Pax (and also Wil Wheaton's Tabletop) introduced me to board games. Now I spend more of the time I used to spend on Steam or PSN playing tabletop games, though I still love both. Now, I'm going to log out and try to forget about Pax for another week or so.
I have been to PAX prime twice ('09 and '10), and loved both times. Heck, I found my best piece of furniture (an Emissary) at the '10 PAX Prime. Best 3 grand I ever spent!
So. . . YES. I am EXTEMELY excited that PAX South was coming. I grabbed what tickets I could, and was thoroughly disappointed that the 3-day ones were sold out. Oh well.
Here's to meeting new folk in a new convention!
100.5 days as of right now. Soon!
Pins!
Boston was great the first year and grew slowly less tolerable but still a great time. 2014 was a "WTF" PAX. Cards Against Humanity is always a hot swag bag item, and they hid them in the Oatmeal this year, so I guess it could be they really were hungry and wanted oatmeal, but given that the picnic table area flood was covered in oatmeal like a litter box, I doubt it was the oatmeal they were after. I had a friend who made all his hotel and travel expense back and then some on the swag he "liberated" He actually bragged to me about it... he is no longer a friend.
@bradmun: Do Zer0! I loved him in the video game and you can go crazy on which helmet and color scheme you want to do!
I'm all for capitalism and entrepreneurship but geez.
I don't mean to cast aspersions on Boston, because I love both Boston and New England as a whole, but that's the kind of thing I can't imagine happening in the South. I wouldn't wager a hell of a lot of money on the short-term health of somebody who tried to pull that sorry sh*t here.
I'm going with 4 other friends so this is going to be amazing. Also pin trading.
Check out my YouTube Pinny Arcade Videos!
It's Penny Arcade's answer to the Disney pin trading. Here's a link to the official Pinny Arcade site http://penny-arcade.com/pinny-arcade
You can also check out the sub forum Pinny Arcade where all us pin fanatics gather.
Check out my YouTube Pinny Arcade Videos!
Is it January yet?!
And if only it was January!! But luckily we only have 87 days left to wait! it is getting closer!! albeit very very very slowly.....
It is quite so, but the beauty is that trading is very heavily promoted amongst the pin community, and the way to obtain each pin varies. Some are purchased (Like the PAX Core sets, and the pins online), some are given out for demoing games(The Magic the Gathering pins are a great example), and others are given for special occasions/panels/etc. It's what got me much more into the "PAX Community" and now I'm very much addicted.
Check out my YouTube Pinny Arcade Videos!
Don't worry to much about not knowing anyone. Almost everyone at pax is incredibly nice so if you start to feel lonely just start talking casually to the people around you. You can also talk to the enforcers. Despite their positions of authority they are incredibly friendly and also human. Inquires into their nature have proved they do not bite and love talking.
Thanks! The friendly vibe I got from watching clips on PATV was what got me so excited about attending. I'll be there all three days.
This is also generally true of most of the anime conventions that I've attended throughout Texas, so hopefully it'll just mean it's doubly so for PAX South!