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I would be interested in signing on as a staff member or volunteer (obviously too early for either of those to happen). Is there a website up for PAX2010 in Boston yet and has a date been settled on?
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Not yet.
Yes.
It was $25 Last year. No word yet if it will stay the same or change for this year.
BYOC Reg typically goes live around mid June-ish
Also on the pre registration form it says "If you purchase your badge after August 15th, or if you're located outside of the US, your badge will be available for pickup at will-call. " What does this mean? What is will-call?
So PAX pre-registration seems to be up (although they haven't mentioned in on their main site yet which I thought was strange)... seems to be a little more than last year, and also, there doesn't seem to be "early bird pricing". Whether you buy your tickets now, or you buy your tickets right before September 3rd... you still get this price.
What the heck? What happened to early bird pricing? Does anyone know?
I actually commented on this on the pre-reg thread, and Khoo isn't too terribly thrilled with the price increase either. In the end, the at-the-door price is actually just 5 dollars more than last year's at-the-door price, but they're forgoing an early-bird sale process. Eh, I still think it's worth it
If lodging is an issue for you and you don't have anyone to split a room with, you might want to consider stalking this thread. It covers the Green Tortoise Hotel, which is actually more of a hostel. The OP&co are getting a deal in the works, but if you can afford about 30ish dollars/night, then I think you're good to go.
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I don't remember friday being any less crowded than the other days. Seems like most of the attendees are either coming in from out of town, have jobs where taking a friday isn't a big deal, or don't have jobs, because the last two years (the only years I've been) opening day seemed pretty damn crowded.
Consensus is sunday is the slow day, I think. But I haven't touched the show floor on sunday either year I've been so your mileage may vary.
Just trying to get an estimate price together so I can convince some mates to come with me.
Or do I get a barcode to print out and I need to bring that to Will Call for my actual badge?
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If you purchase before August 15th...I think that day...AND you live within the Continental US, then yes; it will be mailed to you. IF you live outside the continental US or purchase after the date, then yes; please print out the confirmation and wait at Will-Call.
We had the will call line moving pretty fast last year. I imagine it will be as quick or quicker for 09.
I always remember there being lines for panels or whatnot, and it's not unusual for the lines to get longer due to higher attendance.
But what irked me (and a lot of fellow PAX-goers it seemed), was how ridiculous the lineup process really was. For example, we were told to go to the fourth floor when we arrived and go to the 'lineup room' to wait to officially 'get in' to PAX. No problem, right? But what happened was we got our bags and lanyards only to discover that we'd been standing in the room for an hour or so waiting to file BACK into the convention building where we could have just been milling the whole time! No one checked our badges at the door or anything....so we may as well have just sat out in the lobby until the party got started. At least it would have been easier on our feet.
I also hope the panels and shows will be better handled as well. My crew was one of the few clusters that managed to get into the Fallout 3 line early enough (it seemed), only to make it to the door and be turned away because the folks who were there for the PREVIOUS show had opted NOT to leave the room. That's crap. At the very least they should have emptied the room first so those of us standing in line for an hour prior could actually get in to what we waited so patiently to see.
All in all, we missed a good portion of the events we had come there for in the first place, simply because we didn't want to show up five hours early to line up for it. I'd rather peruse the rest of the con and the exhibition hall with that time.... not stand around waiting for something I might not even get into.
I know it's hard to control a huge slew of people, and that you can't keep an eye on every a**hole that comes in, but I think it could have been set up better to prevent some of them from taking advantage like that (like you said, in 2007).
About the second day in we just decided to not even bother with the events and their lines unless we REALLY wanted to be there. I remember a couple PAXes back I got in to see at least 3 panels with minimal waiting...and they DID enforce emptying the rooms back then.
And there was NO WAY I was going to attempt lining up for the Omegathon
I'm always afraid that if I do this, it will be the one time they clear out the panel room to make room for the line up outside waiting to get it. If you really want to get into a panel you don't have to show up that early.
Bring a DS and I will battle pokes with you while we wait in line.
I would like to hear an official response on whether it's going to be like last year or if they're going to clear out the auditorium between panels. Last year I missed out on both the Gabe and Tycho panels, and those have always been a highlight of the show to me.
(not to mention there's still not a peep on the '08 DVD, making me wonder if it's going to be the same incident as the '06 one and I won't get to see the panels that way...)
The check in for Will-Call will be much better this year. We have some new toys to play with which will speed up the entire check in process!
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Sorry, my profile/location is misleading. I go to school in the US, but I'm from Canada. I could have my badge mailed to school, but my campus box # will be different next semester, and I don't want some random shmo getting my PAX pass by accident. :x
Are you looking to volunteer for pax or....?
This will be my first time at PAX and will be coming all the way from the UK.
However I am having trouble on the registration page.
It won't let me past without a valid phone number, but the character limit won't let me type in the whole first part in the first box and it leaves me one short in the final box.
How do I get past this?