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Aneurysm
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I was at work today, checkingout the newspaper, and there was an article on PAX in the Business section (it mainly focussed on the Pitch You Game idea panel).
Towards the end of the article, it said that 7800 attended and that it will be moving to Seattle's Washington State Convention and Trade Center next year.
This should be alot more accessable for people in WA, as well as people coming in from out of town (near I-5 and I-90). And while it is fun to shut down parts of Bellevue by overrunning it with gamers, the heart of Seattle should have more food and lodging options.
Towards the end of the article, it said that 7800 attended and that it will be moving to Seattle's Washington State Convention and Trade Center next year.
This should be alot more accessable for people in WA, as well as people coming in from out of town (near I-5 and I-90). And while it is fun to shut down parts of Bellevue by overrunning it with gamers, the heart of Seattle should have more food and lodging options.
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Hotel room rates will probably also rise, unless they subsidize a portion of the rooms.
Gamer Transit Authority
(i talked to the reporter after I pitched my game)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/videogames/238334_software29.html
No hotel fees= winwinwin.
National Guard Armory ftw =/
Dude, don't park at the convention center itself, do as we did and park at the nearby establishments. I parked over at Azteca (a Mexican resturant) a mere two blocks from the Maydenbauer center and had no troubles. I was there for over 12 hours each day of the convention.
There was a lot one block north of Dairy Queen that had 10-24 hours for 8 bucks. That's where I parked every day. Obviously, none of you saw that lot, because my car was always the only one there every night I left.
http://www.wsctc.com/our_space/space_details.aspx
205,705 square feet?
That's a lot of PS2 demos...specially if it's the same three total games they brought this year!
Imagine the Microsoft contingent!
Now, I know geeks tend to be socially inept, and thus deathly afriad of public transportaion, but buses in downtown seattle are free! Go find free parking somewhere, anywhere, in downtown seattle, get a bus route booklet, and ride free to the convention center. Not only this, but keep in mind that most of the people that go to this convention are nice (with the exception of half the assholes talking about their idea of enjoying the concert.) And by the way, if you are someone I met during the convention, speak up, I could let you stay at my place (this especially applies to fellow omeganauts - I trust most of you.)
I thought about it parking in some of the nearby lots, but I didn't want to take the chance of getting my car towed by some pissed off manager or something.
Yeah, I hear ya. That was a concern of mine as well, despite my friend doing the same thing in year's past for different conventions.
However, we had no problems oncesoever, even though we were frequently parked there for 12 hours or more.
Two tips: Park in a large lot, and away from the establishments windiws. The lot we were in was perfect, since it was shared with a hotel. So they didn't know whether we were staying at the hotel or not, even though I doubt anyone was paying attention anyway,
Yup, as long as you're in the downtown area between 6AM and 7PM, the busses are totally free. Once you leave DT, though, the fare is in effect.
I, for one, welcome our new Convention Center overlords.
My employ is right across the street. Gameworks.
It will be fully renovated (we recently had all controlling interests bought out by SEGA) with a bevy of new games and I...I...
Well let's just say that I can 'hook you up' if you know what I mean.
Any Seattleites out there stop by and talk to me. I'm a lead tech there and currently have this ginormous zit to the right of my nose. I think I am trying to grow another eye. I further have no friends to speak of so...yeah.
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Where the hell was I going with this?
Have they changed much yet? Do you still have the flight sim game? Do you have anyone that can run it yet? :P
Last time I was in there, nobody was there to run it. So I didn't get to play it.
I have faith in the planners of pax. Our focus should be on childs play coming up next anyhow(no derailment intended). After that, then we can worry all we want about pax.
-Vis
Got a few new games in...plus a full liquor license.
Come on in. Lot of room for improvement, but I will buy your beer.
We can Mushi King it out!
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I'm honestly excited about the renovation.
Man...fuck that.
That Flight Sim game was the best thing they had there...
I'm going to go cry now. Didn't get to play it one last time...
I hope this 'renovation' is going to kick ass then.
It sucked incredible amounts of ass. Being in the dumb hangglider was not much different than using a controller.
Hangglider? Fuck that.
The ones at Gameworks(they had two...) were fighter jets linked together.
Fucking awesome.
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But still..I understand your hesitation.
I hope, for my job's sake, that things are on the upswing.
If not...I can always pull a Bukowski.
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I NEED FRIENDS
hopefully, things have changed.
Well, now you have one.
Gamer Transit Authority
I wouldn't be suprised. From the faces of the Doubletree staff, they had never seen anything like that.
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Had a room on the super-secret 9th level...that plus being bummed out that I didn't have an RF adapter to hack the freakin non-composite TV in mah room led to much anti-sociality. Had every single Xbox fighting game ever made...was looking forward to alcohol-fueled debauchery, I Hit You In The Face style.
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The irony.
But hey...got a free bottle of champagne out of the deal. Watched a lot of ESPN Classic boxing on the tele rather than hanging with my fellow hobbyists.
But it was my first Con, of any sort, ever.
I PROMISE TO DO BETTER NEXT YEAR
Everyone I talked to kicked major ass.
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