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Why PAX sucked and will always suck.
SmallKiwi
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Because theres too much to do. I went the entire weekend without ever visiting the handheld lounge or the tabletop gaming floor, both of which I plan to do next year. The trick is, how will I be able to fit that into my already packed schedule?? Between the concerts and tournaments and the excellent exhibition hall and the many many panels that I missed, when will I have a chance to do them? ARGH! PAX Sucks.
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After 3 years, I'm still missing out on stuff I wanted to check out because I just can't do it all. If you would say PAX sucks because of the amount of awesome things you have to pick and choose from-- I'd say that's what makes it so great. I found that the best way to keep time open when you want to take part in something, is to limit the time you spend doing things you already spend plenty of time doing at home.
hahaha. just drive there man. i did.
Seriously though, I feel your pain. I find it best to just go wtih the flow at PAX and do what you're in the mood to do, not what you planned to do. I did have a few tough calls, like "go to concert" vs "go turn into a puddle of semi-conscious goo in a beanbag."
I know one of the reasons it closed at 6pm this year was so people could host "after parties"... but only a portion of the masses can enjoy those. And I know the people working in the exhibition hall are, well working (or volunteering) for their represented companies... so having it open until 1am would suck for them.
But an extra hour or two of exhibition hall time would be magical and give attendees more flexibility in what events & panels they want to attend or skip.
You know that you want to try them all, but unless you're a level 14 Super Drinker with the Frat Guy Feat, you're not getting more than five or maybe six different beers in you before you fail to save vs. gravity, proclaim your love of everything and pass out.
So what do you do to solve this vexing conundrum?
You go back more than once and try a different set of beers each time.
As a former attendee, I can agree that sometimes that hall feels like it couldn't be open long enough.
But as an exhibitor, it's a long haul: a lot of people were in there well before the 10am opening time setting up, or getting pre-game meetings going in full force, and a lot of people were at work until well after as well. I salute those guys and gals who soldiered on through the weekend: for a lot of people, it was 10-12 hour workdays at least.
Yeah, most of the exhibitors were understandably exhausted by Sunday evening - while Sunday night at PAX means the final round of the Omegathon and some time hanging out or meeting up with friends you met that weekend for most people going to PAX, it means packing up what's left of your booth and checking what's left of your feet if you're an exhibitor. It's tough work. Crazy fun, but tough.
I had a blast this year and very few regrets, I think it helps a little to go in knowing you'll probably have to make some difficult choices and possibly miss some stuff you wanted to see. It makes the rest of it that much more awesome!
Its not just that. Last year there was really far too much. Too much omegathon spilling over onto other events. I was frustrated about some of the tournaments but eh. Being grumpy about it doesn't help. If I can help in anyway to "un-double" pax personally I will.
I complain about the HDTS but thats because it clearly takes up too much time from all my other pax activities.
Deal with it, I wish there was an easy answer to all of this but there isn't. I may just suck it up and not do the handheld tournament *shrug* As long as there is a halo 3 tournament next year.
I remember somebody asked G&T about this during the Media Q&A... I wonder if I still have that audio on my recorder....
They should do that, and make staying awake a competition. Last person awake and at PAX who was there at opening (and isn't using non-caffine drugs to stay awake) wins.
No... we still want people to shower... for the love of god!
Next year, I'm so not working. I will go, and have fun! (At least that is what I'm telling myself this year!)
Damn, I forgot about that part. Maybe people can have hour-long breaks to go take a shower or something? Or they could just use wet-naps in the bathroom. That could work.
I know exactly what you mean. I'm torn on if I want to be an enforcer or not, because I'm afraid I'll miss out on too much.
I recall that Tycho and Gabe stated at one of the 06 panels that a week's worth of PAX would be too insane from a logistical standpoint, and a holy-shit-this-is-tiring standpoint. Frankly I would love a week of PAX too but can you imagine the effort necessitated by both the attendees (convention frenzy for a week!) and the organizers?
IMHO one weekend is already Absolutely Goddamn Glorious.
But to think PAX is already starting to creep into a week event on its own accord as the attendants continue to come up with things on their own to do before and after PAX. And I have a feeling as this slow creep establishes itself will simply end up taking over all of Seattle and turning it into Paxtopia.
I want to be a Khlone!
Clones of BigRed.
If that's the case, we'll have to order Bawls WAY in advance to make sure they manufacture enough in time.
not a week how about another day? Just a single day more would make pax a ton less crowded. Open thursday instead of friday. I would support this in every way I could, I would become an enforcer to help that cause and put personal time and effort into this.
Ah, but friend you forget what I said elsewhere: Labor Day weekend. Monday.
Even if they would be competing with DCon.
Dessert menu as a checklist? How did you even afford to go that far? That place is expensive.
The lines this year were totally optional and that is one reason pax kicked so much but this year.
Trust me back in 04 I would have really hated to miss the concert and I know for a fact that the majority of the people at PAX 04 missed the concert because the theater was too small and no other events were playing opposite it.
it's a far grater sin for a con to have blocks of time where there is nothing to do
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