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Booth Babe
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Does anybody else think that the booth babe at the Sword of the New World booth looks absolutely disgusted at being here? I mean, she tries to smile, but you can just tell that she would rather be almost anywhere else. I kind of feel sorry for her. There's not even really any other booth babes for her to hang out with afterwards and laugh at us with...
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She was flirting with me.
I felt dirty, because I liked it
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Ain't nothing wrong with that. Unless your significant other is right next to you.
I flirted with one of the booth babes with my significant other there. But then, Shade doesn't mind if I flirt as long as she's cute.
1: She *really* needs the money, but hates the job, nerds, and life.
2: There is something wrong with her face.
Either way, she was totally hot.
EDIT:
Though it was amusing that the one woman was actually chained to that PSP... Sony couldn't put out for a proper kiosk?
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Not those eyes. Jesus, that's the problem.
Anyway, ain't nothin' wrong with a little eye-candy. Man up, son, and enjoy the view.
Did I really just tell someone to man up? Fuck, I'm selling this copy of Madden and canceling my Halo 3 pre-order.
Pretty girls at booths are nice and all, but for some reason it didn't feel appropriate at PAX. At the E3 of old the booth babes were standard: there were far more people and I think a good chunk of those people were in the media so booths probably wanted to get their attention effectively with boobs.
There is obviously more media attention at every PAX, but the ratio of attendees to media people probably favors the attendees.
However I've never been to E3 so...
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This has been an interesting lesson in the game of making assumptions. You all remember what they say about assuming? Here's a short guide to interpreting the uglier looks that cross my face:
1. glassy-eyed strained smiles = everyone- learn how to work your cameras!
2. thinly veiled disgust = our creative pose contest! the number one answer to creative poses... "okay, you point your gun at me. and i'll be scared" (...)
3. pain = spiked gogo boots. nuff said.
Thank you (!!) to everyone who came and had fun with us at our booth- we love it! And more thanks to everyone playing our game- we adore you.
Cheers!
Natasha "the Musketeer"
Well, that all definitely makes a lot of sense. I feel a bit silly now
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Playing the game was fun too. All of your reps were easy to talk to.
Thank you Natasha!
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... holy crap you even have the same hair type
Whoa, wasn't expecting a post from the lass herself!
Assuming you come back to check on the thread: Thanks for being there - you looked great! Those boots could not have been fun. Loved the contest idea - and we're definitely going to check out the game because of it. I'm dying to see who won!
Then clearly it is the game artists that must be blamed!
And thank YOU for helping me regain my balance after almost tipping over during the photo op
Anyone hit the World in Conflict party on Saturday night? Yah, yah, high skirts and low shirts, whatever, I wanna talk to someone who knows some shit about some games, goddamit.
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Dude, you're at fucking PAX. The booth babes are the only ones who wouldn't know much about the games (I know some of them do, but still). If you want to talk specs, talk to the devs. Booth babes are specifically for marketing.
This is why I didn't bother them. I'm sure they're great people but I don't need a 'booth babe' to make me feel more like a man.
What?
I have no problem with happy booth babes. In fact they make me smile.
Natasha, I too got the impression that you didn't want to be there 'cause of the look on your face. As nobody was taking a photo at the time, I'm going to assume it was #3, the painful boots. That sucks that you had to stand around all day in such discomfort.
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Anyway, on topic. I did kind of feel bad for her with the people taking pictures and everything. I remember thinking to myself that those boots couldn't have been too comfortable. Natasha I thought you looked great, and you're a trooper for doing that.
I don't fully understand why people don't like booth babes, though. I mean, they're there to promote and to be eye candy. I think that the only difference between having booth babes and having standees, posters, etc is that they're interactive. They let you take pictures with them, they can be mobile if need be, and it's always kind of cool to see a costume from a game in the real world (with the exception of a lot of cosplay. Some people seriously half-ass it). I think that they're fun! I wouldn't mind seeing more booth babes around. Maybe next year I'll work up the courage to actually ask one to take a picture with me. lol.
Also, the guy I was talking to said that was her third week straight doing that (comicon and some other things), so I think she deserves a lot of slack.
Not at the World in Conflict party. I managed to finally snag the lead designer of the game and talk to him for about 40 minutes (fucking awesome guy, by the way!)
But I had to hunt, and even then I only managed to catch the guy because I was out smoking and he came up and introduced himself. It was clear that there were devs at the party, but it was dark, the music was thumping and was crammed with brainless bimbos who wouldn't know an Athlon from a Vic20
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I don't really care one way or the other about booth babes, but I understand where the people against them are coming from.
Well, Penny-Arcade didn't have the appropriate smiley, so I had to borrow it! Guess from where. ;-)
I wasn't saying that provocatively dressed human beings = inanimate objects, though re-reading what I wrote I can easily see how that could be misinterpreted. I wasn't trying to imply that she's some kind of an object to be treated as such, but I was trying to make the point that a booth babe is just another form of advertisement and promotion. If she's live and in person or is posing in an ad, either way she's going to be having a million photos taken of her while stuffed into a costume. The only difference is the presentation of her. I haven't seen anyone complain yet about the Night Elf statue or the big poster of the girl barely wearing nearly transparent fabric over her breasts, and if anyone tries to argue that it's because they're not live humans, remember that the booth babes (and other models) CHOOSE to put themselves in the public eye in that fashion, and they're getting paid to do it. I can completely understand if sex in advertising in general makes somebody in comfortable, but it doesn't make any sense to me to dislike one medium more than another over it.
edit: Raptor, I'd know that smiley anywhere.
Hey Natasha, good to hear from you.
When I spoke to you, you told me you're not usually a model, so I can totally understand the discomfort from such a long day of posing. Human beings weren't designed to stand still all day, which makes it a tough thing to get used to it.
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/standing.html
"The effects of standing all day can show up almost right away. Prolonged standing and walking causes or makes worse health problems and soft tissue injuries including:
swollen or painful feet or legs;
bunions;
plantar fasciitis (inflamed connective tissue that goes from heel to toe, supporting the arch);
stretched Achilles tendon (tendinitis);
varicose veins;
knee problems;
low back pain;
neck and shoulder stiffness;
poor posture (and its effects);
restricted blood flow;
increased chance of knee or hip arthritis; and
muscle soreness and fatigue."
Not fun. I'm sure this isn't helped by 6 inch heels.
As for Natasha's gaming background, she does seem to have a genuine fondness in games. For instance, being about to remember the name of Barett's old buddy from FF7 when I couldn't.