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Today, I did my laundry.
ctishman
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That's right. Instead of going to PAX, I just stayed home and did my laundry instead, and didn't feel guilty at all. In fact, it felt great. I really just felt lost in how big the expo has become. I watched a few choice panels, the keynote (which kicked ass) and toured the exposition hall, but this year's experience has just compounded what I felt the creeping anticipation of when I attended last year: Either I've outgrown PAX, or it's outgrown me.
This doesn't mean I'm no longer a gamer. By no means. I love playing games, be it alone or with friends, but the parties and drinking and all that just hold nothing for me anymore. I'm not sure where this change is going to leave me with regard to my events, but running those were really the highlight of PAX for me. I love making people happy by helping to get them to PAX, but I no longer love the event itself. I don't know fully what I feel about this change, but it's a really, really interesting realization.
P.S. what the hell is wrong with me?
This doesn't mean I'm no longer a gamer. By no means. I love playing games, be it alone or with friends, but the parties and drinking and all that just hold nothing for me anymore. I'm not sure where this change is going to leave me with regard to my events, but running those were really the highlight of PAX for me. I love making people happy by helping to get them to PAX, but I no longer love the event itself. I don't know fully what I feel about this change, but it's a really, really interesting realization.
P.S. what the hell is wrong with me?
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Rabies.
First question, then. How old are you?
Hitting the upper end of 24 now. Oh, and I moved to Seattle. I should probably fix that.
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You might need new friends :P
i really know how you feel.
i don't know why, but this year, and (somewhat) last year, it just lost... something. haha. i don't know what it is - i wasn't really anticipating it this year, wasn't super pumped to go. i still had a good time, but it FELT like it was nowhere near how i use to feel about it.
what's going on!
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
But I run my own type of event every year and I can relate with that aspect. Every year my event gets a little bigger and a little better. The first couple years had a very amateur charm to them, similar to the first 2 PAXs. However when you have a cool event, more people want to come. Next thing you know you have 30,000 people in a giant convention center.
While I can certainly agree there wasn't quite the personal touch this year that people had described about the first 2 PAXs. I don't think PAX was bad at all. It wasn't overcrowded and there was so much neat stuff there.
Going to the Sam and Max panel and also getting to talk to and thank my favorite game bands personally was a great experience for me.