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This is probably a terrible idea
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I just had an idea. Weather permitting..
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It could rain.
Also, you'd have to live pretty close, depending on how in-shape you are..
Bicycles count, if you have one.
People who live in Queen Anne don't count. Because nobody likes you!
I just have this image in my head of a large flock of nerds slowly walking up Madison.
Obviously not all three days, just Friday.
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It could rain.
Also, you'd have to live pretty close, depending on how in-shape you are..
Bicycles count, if you have one.
People who live in Queen Anne don't count. Because nobody likes you!
I just have this image in my head of a large flock of nerds slowly walking up Madison.
Obviously not all three days, just Friday.
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And the course for coming from the south is a terrible idea.
I have a friend, and if he comes to PAX, he might just be crazy enough to do this
:P
I could handle something like this, if I wasn't gonna be close to the center anyways.
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Crazy hippies. Besides I live in Federal Way.
unless of course that overlaps with some other PAX event that might be going on that I don't know about.
I support the idea of a large group of PAX nerds walking out through Seattle. I think it would be cool to see how big of a group you could get at the convention to walk about 2 - 3 miles or so away to a McDonalds or some fastfood resturant and just start coming in. Just to see the look on their faces alone would be worth the walk.
One, it was the first crappy fast food resturant that came to mind.
And two, it would be funny to see the 14-year-olds try to figure out what the hell is going on. I wouldn't eat McDonalds at all. Just go for the experience... I guess.
1) The workers there are used to dealing with tourists
2) Its about 5 blocks from the convention center
3) Its hard to get lost
4) And if you do, there are a lot of people and stores nearby to ask directions from
And from there, I figure the walk down along the waterfront would be nice because:
1) Fresh air. As it, it doesn't get much more fresh than this.
2) The cool downtown sights
3) The side walks are pretty big, so it'd be easier for mass quantities of nerds to get by
And then coming back say, along 3rd or something, because:
1) If people were tired from walking, the buses around downtown (and the convention center) are free on weekdays and go right by the center
2) There aren't as many cool things to look at by this point, but people will probably be mingling, so no biggy
3) There are a lot of corporate buildings around, and I would get a kick of seeing shocked non-nerds staring at us all
Also, I was going to add that maybe we could go as far as the International District? Getting past sketchy Pioneer Square won't be fun, but then we'll have more sights on the walk (like the sports fields, Pink Godzilla, Uwajimaya's, and Union Station).
And also, if this is going to be on Friday morning (or Thursday?) we probably don't want it taking too long, as we'll have, you know, PAX to get to.
just a thought. or five. ^^;
It would be funny if the group comes in look at the menu for a few minutes to freak them out and then ask for directions to Wendy's or some other fast food burger place.
Haha, we just do this to all the fast food places we can find. We can raid them for epic lootz, amirite?
You'll see plenty of this on the CCST, especially at the McDonalds in Glendive, MT.
Also, Pike Place is always unbelievably packed, especially in the summer, so it would probably take a long time to go through and also to find a place for a lot of people to eat. But, you HAVE to stop at the beignet place (they're little donuts) at the east entrance of Pike Place, and there are some really good food stops in Post Alley that only have storefronts (nowhere to sit) but have greek food, hum bao, and Beechers has awesome sandwiches (but the line takes forever)
Now I'm hungry.
edit: When we went down there last year in the morning for food, the restaurant we hit was almost empty.
You guys singlehandedly doubled Glendive's population.
This is kind of what I was thinking of. Maybe even a "Pre-Pax Breakfast Run"? It would be a good way to kick off the first day of PAX and make sure everyone has a decent meal in 'em to last the rest of the weekend.
And don't worry, there are TONS of regular coffee/breakfast places between the Convention Center and Pike Place. Including a McDonald's. So if handmade humbao at 10 in the morning doesn't sound delicious to you, mobbing a Mcd's is still totally possible.
Man screw McDonald's. There is a sit-down crepe cafe just a bit up the hill from the convention center (the crepe stand connected to the convention center is decent, too). There are so many good, cheap food places in the lower Capitol Hill area that the idea of going to McDonald's is just ridiculous.
As you go towards downtown, it gets a little more expensive, but there are plenty of places right by the market that are great (and the Daily Dozen Donut Co kicks the living crap out of Krispy Kreme).
Sorry for being nub but whats CCSW?
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The original topic of the thread :P
I don't really think it has to be a decision. Local peeps can do the CCSW or some such, while those in the hotels, (because they really can't do the CCSW, unless they want to do a round trip sorta thing) can do the, I don't know, Pre-Pax Breakfast Run? Unless someone wants to do the CCSW then the breakfast run. But if there is gonna be a breakfast run (and people are interested in it) it should have its own thread.
And sorry for leading off topic in the thread. I know its NEVER happened before, but still, threads have topics for a reason.
Take that stereotypes.
Seriously though, I'm not walking to the fucking QFC again. You hear me, randomguy. I don't care if all we need to pick up is a stack of dixie cups. We're driving.