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PAX AUS 2015 (Oct 30th to Nov 1st) TICKETS ARE LIVE GO GO GO!
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EDIT: Taking place on 30th Oct to 1st Nov 2015.
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They will luck out again unfortunately. Though I'm sure just attending for a day (say Sunday) wouldn't impact too much?
I'd still prefer to attend a little earlier than October, when Melbourne is colder
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It's been a while since I had to deal with any of that, but I imagine that attending a PAX with that hanging over my head could put a dampener on the fun.
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It's great.
As for those with exams/college/school. I've got a job I need to get time off for, can that be taken into consideration? I'm sure parents would mind if they could fix it around for them too.
You gotta make that choice. Would be great if it worked out for everyone. Unfortunately, it doesn't.
Putting them on sale in December might be a little quick, but it does allow people to use the line "You can always get me PAX tickets for Christmas".
I have a feeling that it might well be booked for Melbourne Cup Week every year, I wouldn't be surprised if the reason that slot is available at the convention centre is that everyone else steers clear.
The concern about those with exams is quite real though. It seems like it is a large proportion of the demographic that make up PAX attendees, and if it was possible to move it outside of exam season would be a good thing.
Comparing a work calendar to a school one isn't the same thing. Work is all year round, but as adults we have the ability to book time off when we choose (to a greater or lesser extent). Those at school are stuck to whatever timetable they are given, and even at college/university there isn't the same autonomy. Shifting Aus to a better time in the school calendar (I have no idea if one week either side would do it) could allow more people to attend. I don't know if they will even have their exam schedules when the tickets go on sale in a few weeks. Maybe they will hold off buying until they know for sure, or have the problem of trying to sell them in September/October when they get their schedules.
Probably nothing can be done for the next five years, they may have already committed to a calendar.
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You can't have your cake and eat it. You want to go to PAX? You go. You have to do exams? You're gonna do exams. Sucks for them, but that's the path they chose.
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Hey, it's the internet. Showing empathy to someone who isn't in your situation is frowned upon, remember?
Forget that there are people missing out on PAX for a second, let's try and come up with an argument for the selfish.
If fewer people attend PAX Aus, it is less successful than it could be. If it isn't as big a draw as the other PAXen, there is less incentive for larger devs to attend from the US. Less money comes in, fewer items in the swag bag, fewer giveaways. Less PAX for you.
People in school are one of the main markets for the exhibitors. Whilst they might not have as much money as the older more mature experienced gamers (25-45) they are (in theory) going to complete degrees and get higher paying jobs in the future, and continue playing games.
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Didn't 3 day passes sell out within 48 hours last year? How many more are being allocated? I heard they allocated less for East this year.
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But I suspect these numbers aren't something they want publicly known anyway. Otherwise Bob Shrew might set up his own highly successful show MAX AUS.
It's a show for guys named Max.
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Only a mere 136 pins to go!
Oh that can't be right.
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