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ALL HAIL THE BALL

SmakianSmakian Registered User regular
edited September 2006 in PAX Archive
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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    :evil:

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2006
    ALL HAIL THE BALL
    WE LOVE THE BALL

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  • CymoroCymoro Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    You know that sumo bag that got thrown off the fourth floor?

    I got hit with it. I was taking a picture and suddenly thought about where it was going to land. Of course, I couldn't move fast enough.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Cymoro wrote:
    You know that sumo bag that got thrown off the fourth floor?

    I got hit with it. I was taking a picture and suddenly thought about where it was going to land. Of course, I couldn't move fast enough.

    You'd think in a room of hundreds of people, I wouldn't have gotten hit in the face more than once by that fucking ball. But nope... three times. My wife got elbowed in the face too, by people jumping to take a swing at it.

    Edit: She tells me she got elbowed in the face twice.

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  • pjarvipjarvi Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    UUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

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  • GodSinGodSin Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    i got the sumo bag thing on video... check my post about youtube 4 the link.... looking for a computer and sd card reader i can use to post the other videos i took... yes even of the ball.... 3rd floor, 3rd floor lol.... may the ball rest in peice

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  • Kato_ArabelKato_Arabel Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    It's for the better....the place is going to be packed like sardines on Saturday, god help us all...and the AC, too.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    ALL HAIL THE BALL

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  • Kato_ArabelKato_Arabel Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    There are other balls. But I would prefer not to see a repeat of the craziness of Friday. But saying that is like inviting Hell's demons to saunter forth from the blistering depths of Satan's lair, only to lay waste to the city. You see, the demons would rather not touch the convention center, for it is the great unholiest of all gaming conventions...if Satan himself were to step inside, he'd seize up, and hurl his heart across the great distance between the 1up booth to the MC Frontalot booth with such...quickness that it could only be construed as some sort of speeding javelin of bloody death. Only to end up seeing some poor soul get scalded by his fiery-hot blood as it impacted upon his forehead like a wet towel, in a devilish parody of some twisted high school joke of waterballooning the underclassmen with some sort of irritant. Ye Gads, would someone please think of the poor balls?!

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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I must repeat:

    ALL HAIL BALL

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Archgarth wrote:
    I must repeat:

    ALL HAIL BALL
    Fuck the ball, and the mob mentality it inspires.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2006
    Ya, I got hit in the head twice by that thing, was still a good way to distract you from the fact the Q&A session started late. I wonder if the dude that "lost" the ball got beat up or anything...man that was a bad hit

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  • GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these days Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    UP UP UP UP AWWWWWWW WOAAHHH UP UUUUP UPPP YEEAAAHHHHHHHHH! AWWWWW!! BOOOOOOOOO! UP UP UPPPPPUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPP YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • leafleaf Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I wonder how they're going to get it down from that ledge on the other side of the hall...or who will anyways.

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  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    leaf wrote:
    I wonder how they're going to get it down from that ledge on the other side of the hall...or who will anyways.

    Theres a maitence hatch on the west wall of that ledge above where registration is. However its locked and the MBC wont be able to unlock it until monday.

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I missed out on the ball :( . I did see it up there and was wondering why a ball was over there... Then I remembered my fear of heights and backed the fuck away from the ledge...

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2006
    The Big Blue Ball - the one experience made BETTER by the extensive overcrowding.

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  • MukaikuboMukaikubo Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I was in the dead center of the bottom floor mob. (Yes, I got it UP! one time, honor was satisfied)

    That was fucking awesome.

    ALL HAIL BALL

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I'd like to officially claim credit for the ball being the sensation it was. I was walking along the second floor when I stopped to look for my PAXsassins target below. I noticed the crowd on 1st was hitting a ball back and forth, but nobody was trying to get it up to the 2nd floor. There were only a couple of people on 2nd looking down anyway. Someone hit it too high, and I reached out to try to hit it but missed. I heard someone down there say "Hit it to him!" Next thing I know, they're trying to knock the ball up to me. After a few tries they got it within reach and I knocked it back down. A cheer went up, and a few more people stopped walking past on 2nd and started looking over the railing. We gradually accreted a nice line of folks along the 2nd floor railing, and the focus of the ball shifted from across to up. I tagged it a few more times, as did the others on the railing, and walked away.

    I thought it was just something that would be forgotten in a few minutes, but you 1st floor people really ran with it! Good on ya.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Watch about 30 people are going to bring beachballs next year and it's going to be retarded.

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  • Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited August 2006
    We actually had the Center staff get Ball for us yesterday, so it's all set for an auction to kick off Child's Play this year. :)

    -Robert

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  • MukaikuboMukaikubo Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    HotSake wrote:
    I'd like to officially claim credit for the ball being the sensation it was. I was walking along the second floor when I stopped to look for my PAXsassins target below. I noticed the crowd on 1st was hitting a ball back and forth, but nobody was trying to get it up to the 2nd floor. There were only a couple of people on 2nd looking down anyway. Someone hit it too high, and I reached out to try to hit it but missed. I heard someone down there say "Hit it to him!" Next thing I know, they're trying to knock the ball up to me. After a few tries they got it within reach and I knocked it back down. A cheer went up, and a few more people stopped walking past on 2nd and started looking over the railing. We gradually accreted a nice line of folks along the 2nd floor railing, and the focus of the ball shifted from across to up. I tagged it a few more times, as did the others on the railing, and walked away.

    I thought it was just something that would be forgotten in a few minutes, but you 1st floor people really ran with it! Good on ya.

    I think I love you.

    Also, HURRAY FOR BALL AUCTION!!!

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2006
    Robert Khoo wrote:
    We actually had the Center staff get Ball for us yesterday, so it's all set for an auction to kick off Child's Play this year. :)

    -Robert

    That is so awesome.

    That thing better go for a small fortune.

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  • TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Robert Khoo wrote:
    We actually had the Center staff get Ball for us yesterday, so it's all set for an auction to kick off Child's Play this year. :)

    -Robert


    All Hail the Khoo!!

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    They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Robert Khoo wrote:
    We actually had the Center staff get Ball for us yesterday, so it's all set for an auction to kick off Child's Play this year. :)

    -Robert

    I'm making a guess right now. Over $1000, under $5000.

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  • SolarianWolfSolarianWolf Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Or probably over $200 and under $500.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    SolarianWolf wrote:
    Or probably over $200 and under $500.

    You underestimate the ability of gamers to spend money on frivolous things.

    How much did that one guy spend to get into the comic, again? How much did last year's auctions sell for?

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  • SolarianWolfSolarianWolf Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Well... I was under the impression that it was just an ordinary ball although its initial value may have risen to quite a bit after being hit by so many people on Friday.

    We can make a fortune just having ten balls bouncing left and right and up and down next year at PAX and then sell them on Ebay or something.

    "Hail The Balls - 5 different colors, limited edition. One ball for $700. Buy a set of 5 for $3,000."

    "Special Hailing Ball - Hit by over 10k people at PAX sells only for $1,500."

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  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
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  • Kato_ArabelKato_Arabel Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Raiden333 wrote:
    SolarianWolf wrote:
    Or probably over $200 and under $500.

    You underestimate the ability of gamers to spend money on frivolous things.

    How much did that one guy spend to get into the comic, again? How much did last year's auctions sell for?


    I've done some digging. It was $20,000. That's some insane cash.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Kato_Arabel wrote:
    Raiden333 wrote:
    SolarianWolf wrote:
    Or probably over $200 and under $500.

    You underestimate the ability of gamers to spend money on frivolous things.

    How much did that one guy spend to get into the comic, again? How much did last year's auctions sell for?


    I've done some digging. It was $20,000. That's some insane cash.

    Thus, $1000 for a material object worshiped by over a thousand people is not unreasonable in any way shape or form.

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  • DewarDewar Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    It would be worth at least a couple hundred to me, and I'm not exactly a man with tons of disposable income.

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  • eclypsedeclypsed Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I have videos of the ball session at: http://www.eclypsed.com/PAX/video

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  • MukaikuboMukaikubo Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    altmann wrote:
    [image]http://static.flickr.com/62/225070870_7c58d0719a.jpg[/img]

    Do you have a larger version of this photo? I'd love you forever for it.

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  • TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    altmann wrote:
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    I am totally in this picture.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    If I were an evil man (and had a lot more disposable income), I'd buy the fucker just to burn it in a fire. Then post pictures.

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  • eclypsedeclypsed Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Trillian wrote:
    altmann wrote:
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    I am totally in this picture.

    I zoomed in and I'm pretty sure I see myself as well!

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  • PlayPlay Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I fully expect to see every other attendee with a blue ball next year.

    My god, what did we start?!?!

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  • eclypsedeclypsed Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Whatever it is. It is good.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2006
    Remember that douchebag that stole the ball and then stood on it so that nobody could play with it any more?

    Yeah, that guy was a total douchebag.

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