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For those of us bringing the kids--where the does the need a ticket bar fall? $30 for a 4 year old is kinda steep.

I've been looking for the 'kids under ___ are free' but haven't found. Anybody know?
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Yeah, just know there is no real regulation (to my knowledge) about language in the event. Behavior, that's another thing. I know Enforcers won't deal with riff-raff.
Personally, if your kids are well-behaved and won't detract from the panels, tournaments, and other events which require some amount of silence and good behavior, I don't see any issue with bringing them myself. I personally think kids are cool, and I'm down as long as they are pretty mature.
It has become a lot more "parent friendly" though and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Guest Speaker and am bringing my "Gaming with Children" speech to PAX (Sunday, 3:00, Room C, non-parents more than welcome).
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In case anyone was wondering why I bring my kids, my partner of 14 years is disabled, and cannot take care of them for hours at a time without risking serious injury.
Yeah, keep in mind size-wise, the exhibition hall is geared for adults - even the DS demo machines. And one of the more crowded parts of PAX. So if you're hoping to leave the younguns there while you go to the "The Love/Hate Relationship Between Devs and Pubs" panel that the kids would be totally bored at, think again
DO NOT!
I'm sure YOU'RE an attentive, dependable, loving parent who will be responsible for their child. But there are many many many people who are not and will not. That's when things go bad.
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I think it would be interesting to hear your girlfriends/wives' perspective during the panel. Maybe next year have couples/partners participate.
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Just out of curiosity, did he play as Odorous Urungus, Flattus Maximus, or Balsac the Jaws of Death?
Watching a GWAR tournament sounds like fun, but I'd hate to have to sit in the first row.
Is this because the mass of teenagers there are dickwads with no manners?
This is because there is nothing at PAX aimed towards children. It's an event for adults, albeit often young ones. It's also an overwhelming event at times for the best of us; adding a screaming toddler isn't going to make you very many friends. And it should be noted that male teenagers, which are probably PAX's leading demographic, aren't renown for their patience with little kids.
I'm a bit biased, as I really don't like little kids, and the idea of a shrieking toddler being toted around PAX gives me a headache. If there are kids at PAX, the only way they're not going to be an annoyance is if they're fully engaged/entertained by their guardian, and removed from the event when they get cranky.
I recall hearing somewhere the average age of people at PAX was 26 or so.
I find this heartening, and hope that you're correct. :P
This is my first PAX. I've been to GenCon four times and the kids i've ran into there, in tournaments or at demos, always seem to be better behaved than most kids I see at the mall. Usaully polite and disciplined not to grab at all the cool stuff on the exhibitors tables.
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See, *that* is what I'm afraid of: a panel that basically tells a room full of guys to screw over their wife/partner/family by abdicating their fair share of labor in running a household so they can "find time" to game. Or ,"How to pawn adult responsibilities onto someone else for your own selfish pleasures" with their partners being the ultimate losers. Which sucks for all parties involved.
It's weird b/c I only think like that b/c the panel is full of guys/men/fathers. Anyone with a demanding full time career (after college) and a partner could be on the panel, right?
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"A panel that tells a room full of guys to screw over thier wife/partner/family" is such crap and you know it, or maybe you don't if you haven't actually been to the panel.
maybe this strikes a sore spot with me but if I had a passion for something and my "wife/partner/family" had a cow over me pursuing that, i'd be intolerant of it because they would have known what they were getting into when they stepped on the boat with me. Especially if it's putting a roof over thier heads, food in thier mouths, and enabling them to work less, or not at all.
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Only panel I wish I had seen was the one where the guys from alpha shade essentially called other webcomic creators that are 'trying to break into the business' as lazy, and not doing the necessary work, but still wanting the success, when some voiced complaints that they weren't getting the attention they deserved. Laffo.
I agree with your comments about passion for one's line of work, and the necessity for sacrifice. I would also assume that you understand the bad taste that is left in your mouth when you realize you are witnessing someone bragging to you about how good they are at ignoring their family to do as they please.
yeah im not a fan of argument, but considering this stuff gets video taped and plastered all over the internet I'm not really going to buy that these guys are being serious about putting down the people they chose to spend thier lives with. If anything it's probably false bravado to show off thier epeen on how far they've come in the industry compared to those who let thier home lives overtake thier professional lives.
chances are, if they are giggling while they say something, its called a joke. I'm more than willing to attend the panel this year if we want to see just what kind of content this panel will contain.
I just think it's in poor taste to hold some other panel against those attending this one.
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Secondly, even today women still perform the majority of "housework" within a committed relationship. So are they blowing off family/parent/household responsibilities to game more and leaving them to the wife/gf/partner? If so, is this panel them gloating about it to a large group of young guys? I dunno, and a guy who is on the panel was here - so I expressed my concerns just in case he'd never thought of it.
[Sidebar: Even after your job/career there's still WORK to do at home. You don't get a pass b/c you have a job. Even one you're passionate about!] It's a serious issue with hard, honest, questions and it would be a shame to miss out on an opportunity to teach gamers about real life balance.
Also, the info I read didn't include anyone's credentials - only names. So I didn' t know whether they had an actual bonafide career in the industry or not.
I then expressed concern that the panel would be like the one the other guy witnessed.
Please don't put words/meaning/intention into my mouth. Ask for clarification before you attack.
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Thats sad to me, but oh well, thats the truth of it.
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