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East 2015 - Boston/Local Regions Q&A
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Between Seattle, San Antonio, Australia, and Boston, you picked the wrong city to get away from snow.
I've done pretty well with PAXEast so far, in 2013 it snowed a bit monday night and was pretty much gone by the afternoon that i could tell. In 2014 i think there was a chance of snow but nothing hit during convention.
Even if there is still a crapton of snow everywhere at least it'll be warmer.
Who knows, maybe we'll be able to reenact the intro battle on Hoth.
EVEN BETTER: Someone needs to dress up like Captain Grimyk and melt the snow mounds. Who doesn't like a Wookie with a flamethrower?
And next Tuesday!
And probably FREAKING ONCE A WEEK UNTIL PAX!
Break out the waterproof clothes and snow equipment, travelers. There is too much of this stuff.
PAX EAST 2015 IS A GO!
Was PAX East ever very snowy in the past? Last year it was almost balmy. I recall walking Boston in a long sleeved T-shirt.
Last year was incredibly mild for March, but this year is shaping up to be pretty nippy. As dorky as it sounds, if you don't want to carry/wear heavy boots all weekend, a pair of grocery bags will do you nicely from your hotel to the center for any outdoor bits. Not the most fashionable thing in the world but works in a pinch.
I'm probably going to bring at least two extra pairs of socks/day in preparation for getting my feet wet somehow.
Sure we get like a few inches here and a few inches there. But in between it'll hit 40F and most of it melts away. Boston's snow removal isn't designed around snow actually accumulating over time, because it rarely ever does. Boston just 'pushes around the snow' instead of actually removing it.
If it snows again during PAX the problem is going to be that the MBTA is probably going to shut down AGAIN because they're run by a bunch of idiots who apparently have never seen snow before. That's going to be a huge problem for a lot of people trying to get in from anything other than the glorified silver 'line' aka "we promised you a rail line but we lied so here's a bus lane"
For the future, I hope they never do PAX east this early again.
To add on to that, there are two systems moving in which have the potential to add on to what we have already. Look, I absolutely love snow and all, but it's starting to get ridiculous.
There is a law that forbids snow from being dumped into the harbor or other bodies of water unless it's an emergency and the last resort. Has something to do with environmental concerns related to the salt and chemicals in the shoveled snow disrupting the ecosystems of the water it's being dumped into. It's actually kind of being debated because some people just want them to dump all the snow into the harbor.
its both an environmental issue (wetlands/marshlands/etc) and a public safety issue (contaminated snow entering the water supply)
Note that even 'dumping it in the ocean' isn't as simple as it sounds since even in this kind of situation you can't just dump it where it's convenient. If the only place you can dump the snow si in the North End, you're basically screwed because getting there on a good day is like gouging your eyes out with rusty spoons covered in salt.
I'd like to personally set the "panic" date to Wednesday, March 4th.
PAX EAST 2015 IS A GO!
Plus, I work in IT so I'm very familiar with what it's like in providing a service: no one ever praises your good work, but they'll make sure to damn you every time something goes wrong.
At this point its probabaly a good idea to have a winter jacket handy cuz its cold... like... cold
Tip: The first coat check you come to while walking indoors clockwise from the entrance of the BCEC to the line queue room is the longest of the lines. In the past, you can go downstairs, still following the crowd to the queue room, and there is another larger coat check there which tends to be shorter of a line. Also, be patient with the coat check personnel; they are people too and are trying their best to move things along while also not losing your things. As per the traditional PAX saying goes: Don't be a dick.
Barrington Coffee on Congress is the go-to for all the people who work in the area. It's a little out of the way, on Congress which is a block over from Summer, but in the same general direction as the BCEC if you're walking from South Station.
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@Le_Goat thanks for the info on Charlie cards! I plan on using the subway at least twice the weekend of PAX. Is it worth it to get a Charlie card or should I stick to individual tickets?
Too bad we could not use our local transit cards (PRESTO card here in Southern Ontario) in other major cities somehow.
Attended: East 14, 15 and West 16
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Just for that, I'll smuggle in some Tim Horton's coffee and drink NOTHING BUT that.
PSN: L00nyEclip
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Twitter: @Loonyeclipse
I guess any extra money will be ready on the card for PAX East 2016. :biggrin: