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NYC pax thread

rustbucketrustbucket Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in PAX Archive
Anyone from New York City heading to PAX? If so, shout out (especially if you found a good air fare, I'm still looking) and let's try and meet up for drinks, gaming or at least form our own sub-group on one of the many pub crawls getting started.

Cheers, r.

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    CCST, the best fare around!

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    damn straight

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Seconded!

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    wouldn't you be thirding?

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    wouldn't you be thirding?

    Well technically, since you simply agreed, and did not offer up (or second) the idea, I think he can get away with it.

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Goose! wrote: »
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    wouldn't you be thirding?

    Well technically, since you simply agreed, and did not offer up (or second) the idea, I think he can get away with it.

    Goose you are correct. you do any parli pro in school?

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  • HaikufrenzyHaikufrenzy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Wasn't there going to be an east coast PAX this year or the next? Or was I imaging that?

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    no there isn't

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Haikufrenzy wrote: »
    Wasn't there going to be an east coast PAX this year or the next? Or was I imaging that?

    When have I heard that question before? Oh wait...

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  • theansanametheansaname Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I picked up a round trip direct Delta Flight from JFK for $550.

    CCST looks like a lot of fun, but being the "best fare" in this economic stress, you will lose money if you arn't driving a hybrid. And out here in the east coast, hybrids are rare.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    Haha, that's funny. Especially considering that I'll be driving an SUV and only spending $250 round trip.

    And no, it's not a hybrid.

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  • BlamemonkeyBlamemonkey Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    theansaname wrote: »
    I picked up a round trip direct Delta Flight from JFK for $550.

    CCST looks like a lot of fun, but being the "best fare" in this economic stress, you will lose money if you arn't driving a hybrid. And out here in the east coast, hybrids are rare.

    CAR POOL MUCH?

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'll be driving a 1991 Dodge B-350 Van that gets 14 mpg... and I'll be spending $220 round trip.

    (Yes, I know the point was made already, but I just wanted to drive it home.... In the carpool lane.)

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  • theansanametheansaname Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Don't forget to add depreciation to the value of your vehicle, insurance, miles, wear and tear, and time.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    those, with the exception of time, all happen anyway, and 5,000 miles doesn't do as much damage as you imagine it does

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  • Royale Wih CheeseRoyale Wih Cheese Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    It's all highway miles, yo. And the time happens as well . . . being in a car with a bunch of people going to a gaming convention, is a great chance to, well . . .play games! :-D

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    theansaname wrote: »
    Don't forget to add depreciation to the value of your vehicle, insurance, miles, wear and tear, and time.

    Um... it's a van that I bought for $800. How much more depreciation of value can I get?

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    And you have to pay for insurance all the time, not just when you leave town. It doesn't go up when you leave town.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yeah, of all the arguments to make against driving, those aren't the ones.

    The main one is, of course, the sheer time involved. For the folks who do it (I'm not one of them, mind you, I'm flying) it's also about the experience.

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  • PeasantDavePeasantDave Jersey ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Not from NYC, but I am from Monmouth County, NJ.

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  • SpruchySpruchy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    PeasantDave wrote: »
    Not from NYC, but I am from Monmouth County, NJ.

    Wow me too.

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  • PeasantDavePeasantDave Jersey ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Spruchy wrote: »
    PeasantDave wrote: »
    Not from NYC, but I am from Monmouth County, NJ.

    Wow me too.

    Then you missed a wicked video game party a month ago. What flight are you taking?

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  • SpruchySpruchy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    PeasantDave wrote: »
    Spruchy wrote: »
    PeasantDave wrote: »
    Not from NYC, but I am from Monmouth County, NJ.

    Wow me too.

    Then you missed a wicked video game party a month ago. What flight are you taking?

    Doing everything extremely late, buying the plane tickets when I find a room. Hopefully by end of this week and hopefully something out of newark.

    Video game party sounds sweet though ;[

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  • PeasantDavePeasantDave Jersey ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    If anyone else pops up from the area I would totally be down for a pre-PAX meet and greet.

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  • warder808warder808 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Me and the wife are going! We're in Brooklyn NY. I cant remember what the flight info is, we made arraingments 2 or 3 weeks ago. I'm just starting to read the Pax forums now to see what other interesting events are happening.

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  • rustbucketrustbucket Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Nice, I'm taking a way too expensive Jet Blue flight on Wednesday, coming back Monday. Fortunately I'm freelancing at the moment so I can be flexible with my dates. Maybe we should tag along with one of the already organized pub crawls?

    fyi: I'm Park Slope Brooklyn based seeing how we're getting all geographical specific

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  • warder808warder808 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That sounds good. We want to participate in the pub crawl too. All of us in this thread can try to meet there. How will we identify each other?!

    Pins, or is it too late to get those?

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  • PeasantDavePeasantDave Jersey ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I am flying up on Thursday and flying back on Monday. I'll be participating in the button-swapping, pre-pax dinner, and the latter half of the pre=pax pub crawl.

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  • rustbucketrustbucket Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    We could get "I heart New York" t-shirts from Canal street! (kidding, can't do it, not even in hipster irony)

    What are these pins you speak of? This is my first PAX so I have no idea what to expect...

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  • PeasantDavePeasantDave Jersey ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    pins.

    I think it's now too late to pick them up, but it's not too late to register for the pre-pax dinner!

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  • GealachGealach Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Queens here. I'll be flying in on Friday so I'll miss all the pre PAX fun stuff. I won the trip in a contest, so I can't complain too much. ;-)

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  • DhakustDhakust Registered User new member
    edited August 2008
    I'm from Connecticut, but I'll be flying out of NYC after transferring from Hartford. I could have just gotten a direct flight from New York, but I avoid driving to JFK whenever possible. I’m also leaving early on Friday morning because I couldn’t get out of work on Thursday. Stupid employment.

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  • rustbucketrustbucket Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    As this is my first PAX so I'm not really sure how to find anyone... Maybe I'll PM you guys my mobile number and when we all get ourselves settled out there we can text each other and see if we want to meet up?

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  • PeasantDavePeasantDave Jersey ShoreRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I'm flying out Continental 8:00 AM from EWR. I'll also be updating/checking twitter during the convention.

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  • rustbucketrustbucket Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Very smart, I shall do the same then: http://twitter.com/culturedgamer

    ps: I'm in Seattle already!

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