Make your mark at PAX!

tmonkey · July 2005

So, we had some ad space reserved on the bus that was going to go to Microsoft, but they decided we were too good for them, or something. So, there loss is your gain. Weâ€™re offering space on the side of our bus to put (almost) whatever you want.
Since the bus will be driving down public spaces, we cannot allow pornography, or indecent images. Though we might concider some tasteful FF imagery.

Image Requirements:
Size: 8â€x8â€
Resolution: 300 dpi
Format: TIFF
Color: CYMK

Please e-mail sean@gamertransit.com with the image, your full name, and your P-A forum name.

If you wish to donate to the PAX Bus, thatâ€™s great, but itâ€™s not required. But if you do want to donate, we accept PayPal, cash, and beer.

Oh yeah, check out the site too: http://gamertransit.com/

futility · July 2005

i honnestly havent the faintest idea what the hell you're talking about or who you are

tmonkey · July 2005

That's okay, the people who do will understand what I'm talking about.

We (doczero and I) are the crazy fools retrofitting an airport shuttle bus for gaming on the way to PAX via Portland. We've been keeping quiet about the project mainly because we had to make sure we'd actually pull it off.

Knob · July 2005

Big bus full of gamers

All cruisin' down the interstate

All rockin' a lemonparty on the side panels

ctishman · July 2005

Oh, one of the PDX busses? Those are awesome!

futility · July 2005

so you're trying to pull of what the supertrip couldn't but on a smaller scale?

tmonkey · July 2005

We were thinking about doing the full trip, but the size, cost, and time required to do that from Portland just wasn't feasible. This is much more reasonable, but it's still a rather large undertaking.

TypeO · July 2005

Hey, I'm still doin the Mural for the filled in windows right? (shakes fist) My hand is sore from all the damn sketching.

graizur · July 2005

Did some one say "One of The Pax Buses"?

LogicLB · July 2005

Thats really cool of you guys. I'll start working on a PAXsassins logo right away.

tmonkey · July 2005

*bump*

Remember, it's FREE to add a picture to our bus, and we have tons of space.

coolp · July 2005

Would you be okay with an image for a game site? Or would that be too advertise-ey?

tmonkey · July 2005

That's perfectly fine.

coolp · July 2005

tmonkey wrote:

That's perfectly fine.

Fantastic, I'll get you a TIFF in the next day or so... hopefully space doesn't fill up too fast.

graizur · July 2005

I was just thinking I should google something really tacky and puerto rican. Just so every one knew I was there. Really leave MY mark.

Doc · July 2005

How bad is it that upon reading the title of this thread, I thought of Dane Cook's "someone shit on the coats!" stand-up routine?

TrainwreckX · July 2005

Can I still give you an image for a game with a link?

Also, what route will this bus drive, and where will it be during the course of the EXPO? More info please!

ctishman · July 2005

I sent my TIFF in. It's 22Mb unzipped, 1.3 zipped. Anyone understand how that's possible?

tmonkey · July 2005

Doc wrote:

How bad is it that upon reading the title of this thread, I thought of Dane Cook's "someone shit on the coats!" stand-up routine?

If it fits into an 8"x8" square, we'll put it on. The bus will be going from Portland, OR to Bellvue, WA via the Supertrip route. The bus will be outside the Doubletree and possibly the Medenbaur Center for the duration of PAX. We'll try to find some visable places to park it that won't get us towed or ticketed.

TrainwreckX · July 2005

I'll get you an image soon then.

DJDM · July 2005

ctishman wrote:

I sent my TIFF in. It's 22Mb unzipped, 1.3 zipped. Anyone understand how that's possible?

Brilliant. I forgot about that. I've done the same and my resultant file is teeny too. (It's on the way Sean).

As far as why? If you have a lot of the same color it will treat it like a jpeg or other compression tool but without the loss. Basically it identifies colors and assigns them into groups of same. So when it opens the file it simply instructs the rebuild to put the same green or whatever in all of the places that that green belonged. Does that make sense?

As a foot note if your image is fairly detailed or is color intensive the file size after compression should go way up.

TrainwreckX · July 2005

I should have something to you tonight man. I hope you still have space. I'm trying to make it cool.

Nephirij · July 2005

do you think that i might be able to get the logo from my gamer faction that is going to be on our t-shirts this year? it's nothing bad, just an awesome looking logo, and i am sure that it fits in an 8"x8" square.

tmonkey · July 2005

Send it in! Like I said, we'll put pretty much anything on there, FOR FREE, just send it in! There's 48 spaces total on the bus, and so far I've filled 2!

tmonkey · July 2005

http://www.gamertransit.com/gallery/

Updated the gallery with more images of the bus so you can see what you'll be having your image on. Bus will actually be metallic grey, that's just the primer on there.

HellSap · July 2005

Sweet, I think I can get a picture for our gaming club at PSU together for the bus. Would be pretty good advertisement for it since its going to be mostly in the NW.
I'll try to get an image submitted soon.

Nephirij · July 2005

i was just wondering how many spots you have left... so yeah, okay

~Nephirij~

Highfire · July 2005

Nephirij wrote:

i was just wondering how many spots you have left... so yeah, okay

~Nephirij~

Same here.

LogicLB · August 2005

I have a draft ready, thought I might get a critique from some other forumers. Here's a really scaled down .jpg of the image:

Does the layout look good? Is it to busy? Do I need a catch phrase?

Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

doczero · August 2005

Lots of spots open. I mean LOTS! If we run over keep in mind the bus has two billboard areas. If we get some really GREAT stuff I could be persuaded to print both sides.

LogicLB! Looks good. I may want to blow that one up to four slots.
Doczero

TrainwreckX · August 2005

Edit: it isn't working. I'll send it when I get home from work.

TrainwreckX · August 2005

OK guys, I sent it to Sean for real this time. It's a zip file with a tiff inside. Let me know if you need anything else.

twin_snake1 · August 2005

Sorry to be majorly off topic, but dose this bus leave from the two recomended hotels?? :oops:

tmonkey · August 2005

We may be doing some shuttle service with the bus, but it won't be the 'official' service that Khoo has arranged. We're very unofficial and fun.

Looks like the game of choice is going to be FlatOut for the XBox, multiplayer via systemlink ^_^

TrainwreckX · August 2005

Hey guys, did you get my image?

tmonkey · August 2005

Yup, I recieved it. Could use a bit more blood, but we'll take it

TrainwreckX · August 2005

Haha, I hesitated to use the red spray paint 'tool' in MS paint.

Dog · August 2005

tmonkey wrote:

Looks like the game of choice is going to be FlatOut for the XBox, multiplayer via systemlink ^_^

I go to DeVry, and all beta'd that game a few months ago. Is it really that good in release? It sucked some ass last time I saw it.

Did anyone else think of wearing custom shirts/hats/tags with their screenname on them? I wouldn't mind being called Zyph for four days straight.

MtWjake · August 2005

Considering that Jake is my nickname here at home it wouldnt be totally inapporiate. But wearing a t-shirt or hat with my nickname on it would be totally LAME. Although rockin out a Kanamit t-shirt would be awesome.

SmallLady · August 2005

I had three tshirts printed last month with "SmallLady" on them...

Nephirij · August 2005

last year, the clan of pwl made official clan shirts that everyone wore. of course, thats only like 8 people, but we still did it. this year we are making shirts again, and btw, they do have our gamer tag's on them.

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