Khoo once helped me with a problem with passes the opening day of PAX East a few years ago despite it bring, you know, PAX EAST when he is busy as all hell. Ridicuously patient and nice the whole time.
You the best, Khoo.
You should ask @Mysst the story of Khoo getting him a pass for PAX Prime after he left his at home. It is my all time favourite story of Khoo.
He brought me a pass! And then he punched me! It left a pretty good bruise!
I liked how he gave no warning, just a vague question of "Do you have any injuries or health conditions?"
I'm mostly coping decently with this as long as I don't think about the fact that Robert isn't going to present me with my 10 Year plaque at Christmas.
Will there be a direct line to Khoo in the style of a red rotary phone in a glass case labeled "Break in case of emergency" installed in the PA Offices?
I've been visiting this site for far longer than I've been signed up as a member and it seems really, really weird that Robert will be gone. I'm oddly sad about it and I don't like feeling things. I DON'T LIKE FEELING THINGS, ROBERT!
I'd be lying if I said that Robert's time with PA didn't impact me personally - my experiences at PAX are an integral part of my person today, even if it's no longer something I feel I can be a part of. I hope that the company continues to grow and use its strength and size to be a positive force for games and continually challenge the status quo, perhaps even in the face of "gamer culture" itself.
Thanks, Robert. I hope your next adventure is twice as exciting.
I wonder if he'll still come to PAX just to chill and see stuff? Or maybe take a break from it for a while, to give people time to get used to him not being a part of the production side, so that when he does show up, people who haven't been paying attention to this news won't keep pestering him for stuff?
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I'm shocked, but excited for whatever Khoo does next. What Robert has done for PA is simply incredible, there is no question that PA and all the associated parts would not be what it is today without him. I'm sure he will be successful wherever he goes.
But I'm also not scared for PA. I'm sure he is leaving it in a good place.
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It seems like Khoo enjoyed interacting with the people at PAX so much that he would want to go as a civilian anyway. I mean, you KNOW he has to have a lifetime VIP pass...
Proposals? It was awkward enough at the Good Game panel when a question asker person asked for Hex's phone number...
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I never met Khoo in person, but like many he's been an inspiration. Hopefully someday that will change, and I'll break down into a crying mess of a fanboy in front of him.
Proposals? It was awkward enough at the Good Game panel when a question asker person asked for Hex's phone number...
Believe you me, they were awkward as fuck. I know for sure there was one during my first PAX East in 2012, then I think it happened again the year after, and then preapproval of Q&A questions became standard.
Also there were those people who took Q&A time to solicit money for their cat's operation or something and it's just not the time, place, or venue for that kind of thing.
At a PAX East a few years back I saw Khoo standing watching attendees pour into the expo hall. On my way by I asked him if he could bestow upon me a small fraction of his power so I be successful at business and in life.
It seems like Khoo enjoyed interacting with the people at PAX so much that he would want to go as a civilian anyway. I mean, you KNOW he has to have a lifetime VIP pass...
I would imagine that there is going to be an end date some point in the future. He isn't out the door right this second. Do we know when that date is? Will he be at West? Aus? Charity Auction? Will he still be a PA person even if in attendance?
I believe mid July. If Khoo attends PAX it will be as a suave, immaculate civilian.
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I only met Khoo once in passing -- PAX 2015 was my first (I used to live in Oklahoma before I moved up to Seattle last year and couldn't afford the travel), but he is a big part of what made Penny-Arcade what it is today.
I hope Khoo takes some well deserved time off and once he gets bored of chilling, I'll be excited to see what he does next.
The one time I bumped into Khoo in person I went to give him a quick brofist in passing a few PAXes ago, but he insisted on a handshake. Con plague be damned
This place has been like a second home for me for a long time. Most of my friends are here. Some of those friends have helped me too grow up a lot. It's had a huge impact on my life.
So thanks for helping make that happen, Khoo.
We'll miss you.
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one time I was standing at the PA merch booth at pax, years ago, buyin' a tshirt
khoo happened to walk up while the two dudes running the booth were arguing about whether he or Tycho had won at guitar hero II on stage the previous day, so they asked him
and khoo was like "I did," and you could clearly hear "you schmuck" appended to that, but he didn't even need to say it out loud
then one of them started to ask him something else, but khoo put a hand to his ear (I mean, I'm assuming he had an earbud in, but also, who the fuck even knows), and said "I have to go" and left the dude in the middle of a sentence, blazer a-flutter
this happened nearly ten years ago and I can still remember everything about it with extraordinary vividness; it's just such a perfect distillation of everything I know about Khoo
he seems like a man of rare competence and I've little doubt he's gonna do something pretty interesting next
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Ah, like the camping idea of leaving things as you found them.
You did it.
I liked how he gave no warning, just a vague question of "Do you have any injuries or health conditions?"
(Me too, buddy.)
Thanks, Robert. I hope your next adventure is twice as exciting.
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Hang in there, buddy ...
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But I'm also not scared for PA. I'm sure he is leaving it in a good place.
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Probably best for him he won't be there for that, actually.
EDIT: Who's selecting the PAX Q&A questions now? These are the important issues.
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No one, we're going back to the good old days of people asking "who would win pirates or ninjas lololol" or just making a noise.
"Who would win, one horse size duck, or a question framed as to get you to tell the story about shitting your pants again?"
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who would win? pirates or ninjas or zombies or monkeys or babies or raptors or robots or samurai or amazons or goku or superman or the hulk or
kill me now
Proposals? It was awkward enough at the Good Game panel when a question asker person asked for Hex's phone number...
Believe you me, they were awkward as fuck. I know for sure there was one during my first PAX East in 2012, then I think it happened again the year after, and then preapproval of Q&A questions became standard.
Also there were those people who took Q&A time to solicit money for their cat's operation or something and it's just not the time, place, or venue for that kind of thing.
They're hijacking the q&a to propose to their significant other, not mike and jerry haha.
edit wait the wedding may have been another panel
To get us back on track, Khoo describing this on the staff podcast was great.
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He gave me the most disappointed look.
That was clearly the motivation I needed.
I only met Khoo once in passing -- PAX 2015 was my first (I used to live in Oklahoma before I moved up to Seattle last year and couldn't afford the travel), but he is a big part of what made Penny-Arcade what it is today.
I hope Khoo takes some well deserved time off and once he gets bored of chilling, I'll be excited to see what he does next.
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So thanks for helping make that happen, Khoo.
We'll miss you.
khoo happened to walk up while the two dudes running the booth were arguing about whether he or Tycho had won at guitar hero II on stage the previous day, so they asked him
and khoo was like "I did," and you could clearly hear "you schmuck" appended to that, but he didn't even need to say it out loud
then one of them started to ask him something else, but khoo put a hand to his ear (I mean, I'm assuming he had an earbud in, but also, who the fuck even knows), and said "I have to go" and left the dude in the middle of a sentence, blazer a-flutter
this happened nearly ten years ago and I can still remember everything about it with extraordinary vividness; it's just such a perfect distillation of everything I know about Khoo
he seems like a man of rare competence and I've little doubt he's gonna do something pretty interesting next