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PAX Prime 2015 Information, FAQ, and Q&A Thread (Ask Questions Here!)
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That is not a placeholder, that is all they wanted it called.
Excellent. The original!
EDIT: PAX_questions responded!
I cannot speak from experience, but If i am remembering correctly, the reason I have not pre-ordered anything during PAX, is because you have to pay the full amount of the game.
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There are physical programs available that you can use (unfortunately they do tend to be out of date for a few things) if you have no data. But I will say as a fellow Canadian a few years ago I gave in and started paying for an outrageous travel package and I would never go back to being dateless at pax, it’s nice not to have to think about it.
Thanks for this, forgot to check the forecast. It'll be a nice reprieve from the 100's I usually endure.
It just got updated and its just some dumb youtuber bullshit. I was really hoping it was a big secret Fallout 4 thing.
Attendee: Prime '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15... East '10
The Hyatt Olive 8 Hotel is at the corner of Olive and 8th. Tabletop takes over the 3rd floor ballroom and surrounding rooms.
But Tabletop is also in the main convention center on Levels 2 and 3, and there are also tabletop exhibitors in the Expo hall in Levels 4 and 6.
Full details of EVERYTHING happening in Tabletop can be found at:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/199919/pax-prime-2015-tabletop-areas
2016 PAX East Omeganaut
HAIL HATS !!!!!!!
@Jordman12
Strange....
If you have your badge you are good to go, no need to check in.
I've seen people handing out flyers and stuff in the halls before. I even did it myself one time to spread word about my podcast. Be ready though, some people will act like you're trying to hand them a packet of AIDS.
I think Homewood Suites has free wifi, but at crappy speeds - you have to pay for premium service for enough bandwidth to stream stuff
First, can we bring games to play at the console freeplay, or is it restricted to the games that we check out? Additionally, have they released the game list for the console freeplay?
Also, I've heard people say that you should play a card game such as MtG or Fluxx while waiting in lines. My question is how can you play if you have to keep moving forward in line? It seems like I'm missing something here because the idea of frequently picking up and moving the cards doesn't seem practical.
Never mind
The topic about changes to PAX mentioned how the pre-opening queues are split between two points: the main hall and the Annex. Me (and a few buddies) are shooting to show up well in advance to try to get into the Dark Souls line at the start of the day, since it filled up almost immediately on Friday. Because the DS booth is right next to where the Annex comes out into the main convention hall we're thinking of lining up there, in the annex, instead of the main hall where we went Friday morning.
Is that still a viable place to wait in the morning, getting let in at the same time, at 10am? And where do people actually end up when waiting in the line from, say, 8am? It was fine at the main hall waiting outside because there was no rain but the weather is expected to be more wet tomorrow.
Thanks!
Is there really no line? Just a big mob around their doors? Should I show up at 8 AM or something?
At PAX 2011 I spent a hell of a lot of time waiting in lines to get into panels, which I regret now. But on the other hand, there's pretty much no other place I'm going to get to demo a VR headset...
- Much better line management than previous years. This was awesome. Especially in the exhibitors hall. While it was occasionally frustrating to have the lines capped, it paid off in spades in ability to get through the hall.
- No more League of Legends. This was a huge blessing. The past few years I hated going up to the 6th floor for anything due to LoL. It was always too loud and it destroyed all the free play rooms and panels up there. Thanks for not inviting them back this year.
- Standing in Panel lines too early. I understand that you need to condense groups, but even physically fit people have trouble standing in place with almost no room to move to 2 - 3 hours straight. Please let people stand a little spaced apart or let them sit a little longer in the future.
- Dedicated Pin Trading area needed. While an informal spot started to form just to the right of the main merch booth, it would be awesome if you had a formal Pin Trading spot where people could meet up throughout the day to trade as they had time. Have huge signs and everything so that even the casual traders know where to go.
- More cross scheduling of panels needed. It really felt like all the big events were scheduled so that everyone could go to them again. This reminded me a lot of PAX from 4 - 5 years ago. While this sounds great on paper, it results in people having to show up easily 3 - 4 hours early and stalk around in some cases to get even remotely good seating at things like the Concerts and ACQ Inc. 2 years ago PAX did a much better job of cross scheduling big events so people had to choose what to attend and as a result people could spend more time at the con doing stuff instead of just waiting in lines all day.
- More staff pin availability. This is the first year where I saw almost no staff pins anywhere in the convention until Monday. Normally, everyone has them and it can make trading a lot more fun and interesting. If the main staff can't just wander around and trade as much as they did in 2014 and 2013, maybe they can designate some subordinates to do so for them?
That's it for now. As always, love the convention and can't wait for next year.