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So, I've never ever been to a con in my life. I'd like to have a good time.
So, do I introduce myself with my forum name? My real name? Is it cool to walk up to strangers? Is it cool to ask to join any game with an apparently empty seat? Is it cool to tell people they smell and ask them to go shower?
I need answers, and I need them now.
So, do I introduce myself with my forum name? My real name? Is it cool to walk up to strangers? Is it cool to ask to join any game with an apparently empty seat? Is it cool to tell people they smell and ask them to go shower?
I need answers, and I need them now.
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Edit: and deodorant.
Here's what I imagine the "ideal" greeting to be :
"Hey, I'm _real name_."
"Hey, I'm _real name_."
"Do you browse the forums?"
"Yeah"
"What's your forum name?"
"_Forum name_"
"Mine's _forum name_"
but then again I don't delve into the ubernerdiness that is cons too often.
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I wouldn't be too worried about upsetting the delicate sensibilities of people around here.
This is PAX, not the middle school dance.
i am a minority on this one, i think, but i HATE it when people address each other by their internet handles
We're not in the Matrix
Okay, maybe not that last part.
step 2. wear a fucking cape around the whole con
step 3. break your fucking ankle playing DDR
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Rule 2 - if you're alone, don't talk to anybody in a group. they will sense your weakness and rend you limb from limb
Rule 3 - if you see someone wearing a cape, fucking run
Rule 4 - girls like it if you grab their ass when they're not expecting it
Rule 5 - if you see someone wearing a costume, it's a moral imperative to kick their ass
Rule 6 - don't talk to anybody with boobs. they'll talk to you when they want to exploit your masculinity for their own personal gain
Rule 7 - clothes get in the way of normal social interaction. don't wear any
Rule 8 - if you're bigger around than you are tall, go home. nobody wants to talk to you
Rule 9 - don't talk to Borfase. he doesn't like you
Rule 10 - don't talk to Mike or Jerry. only babble incoherently while touching them inappropriately
What about calling you Andy online?
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however, i did not use my mouth, i used my hands to type a sentence
it was not verbally spoken
If someone is playing a game: usually* not okay
If someone is not playing a game: okay
Everyone is usually gawking at something, asking/commenting on gawk-subject is the usual starting point to conversation.
*unless they are spawnkilling, in which case proper manners dictates punching them square in the ear.
Maybe you're backwards, HUH?
"Hey man, can I join in?"
"Yeah, sure, go for it"
As such, enough with the shenanigans, wook.
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Sure. Why not? Isn't that the -point-? Everyone there comes to have fun right? Thousands of like minded individuals. Even if you're shy, it's easier to talk to others when you grasp that, so are a lot of other people here. It definately helps me.
Other cons that have a strong forum community, forumers might make nametags of their handle, and their avatar. Makes it easier to indentify others. Assuming, of course, you want to be.
No, I'm pretty sure when I'm down to 5% life and hiding around a corner with an MP5 in de_dust, I want to be able to hear the footsteps. Not "d00d! Why R U camping? U R teh Sux0rz!"
When the map is over: sure, have a turn.
PC games? Bleh. What's the point of playing those at PAX?
I'm saying you're playing something like Smash Brothers, with 1 or 2 other people, and there's an open slot. Some dude walks up and asks if he can join in.
Or you're playing the old 6 player X-Men arcade game, with 4 people. Someone doesn't want to be rude and just join in without asking, but he does indeed want to join in, so he asks first.
You used your hands to type out an abomination that in certain elementary schools might pass for a sentence, but is missing any punctuation. In addition, it is missing The Love. So tell me, Borfase...
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Begin your preparations now. :P
XBox LIVE: Bogestrom | Destiny
PSN: Bogestrom
Player, please.
The possibility of 32 vs. 32 team matches. Case mods. Game mods. Custom skins. Overclocking tweaks. Script sharing. Advanced movement exploits.
Plus the PC culture tends to be a bit more -- how shall we say -- more all-encompassing than consoles. Granted, some console hackers have done amazing things with their hardware, but PC tweakers are absolutely insane about it. Much of how it is done is, much like hot-rodding, spread by word of mouth.
A double-edged sword, to be sure, as a player with better hardware can sometimes edge out one with more skill, but that's the game within the game in the PC world.
I hope this has been enlightening.
Bogey this is neither the time nor the place for shenanigans
PS - ladies if you're single, call me
if you're single, tall, and caucasian call Bogey, 'cause he'll just steal you from me anyway
PC games are so boring. You've got FPSes, MMOs, and strategy games.
You don't get no Burnout or fighting games or Smash Brothers or Mario Kart on a PC. And PC gaming is so impersonal compared to the split-screen action of consoles. And tweaking is the main reason I prefer consoles over PCs. Every Gamecube is the same, no worrying about having to keep up with the latest graphibulator card to max out your FPSes.
Obviously, my hopes have been dashed.
Shenanigans!
XBox LIVE: Bogestrom | Destiny
PSN: Bogestrom
Im with you man, Ill have my PC there, no neon light or spinners but Ill be gettin my 32 v 32 bf2 on!
why when it seems the two of you have already found eachother
I remember you.
XBox LIVE: Bogestrom | Destiny
PSN: Bogestrom
If last year was any indication, PAX is pretty much the friendliest gathering of nerds, geeks, dorks, and weirdos of all sorts, that I've ever seen. Everyone is pretty social, thus chances are you'll get pulled into a conversation PDQ.
Japanese confections and caffiene help this process along (beware the candied soda though. That shit has enough carbonation to bore a hole straight through your skull while making you disturbingly sticky).
The only rules I can think of are ones already stated.
If someone is engrossed in a game, don't talk to them unless you wish to embrace sweet lady death.
If there's a free seat, ask politely to join.
Don't talk to anyone with breasts.
Don't wear a costume.
If you do wear a costume, make sure it doesn't look like it was cobbled together in 15 minutes.
Most exhibition hall people are ok, but a few are rather rude.
Address Jerry and Mike in the Q&A only.
Outside the Q&A, gaze at them with a hushed awe.
Whenever you see Robert, ask him if he's from Portland, China.
Everytime you hear someone asking Robert that question take a sip of Bawls/Red Bull/hooch.
I'd say it'd just be best to write your forum name on your badge or on it's holder with a permanent marker or something.
That's pretty much what my plan is, except I'm going to print out a picture of my trandoshan(in my avatar) and my name, and then take the PAX badge outta the holder, stick them in there, and just wear it around. Seems like a pretty decent idea to me.
So if you see a Xenocide Geek walkin' around... yeah.
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
Same
Why does everyone keep saying this? I would be total bummed if no one talked to me on account of my having boobs.... hehe
But seriously...
I think you're confused. He means, if you see anyone carrying around a pair of severed, bleeding breasts. Don't talk to 'em.