PAX 2009 Buttoneers: Too late now, hope you got yours!

sum10fishy

Cyberpumpkin wrote: »

EDIT: BTW, it was great seeing you, Some10Fishy!

Ditto!

Serenity I keep stopping by your seat but you're not there I'll keep checking.

I'm in BYOC for about 20 more minutes then at ???serpent theater??? for a few and then IDK.

draklan

i got lots of buttons so far still need sum10fishy and the one with the octopus umm countrefaite? i'll be around but damn i want those buttons

ps quick note i have about 67 buttons now

draklan

ok i've added about 10 or so buttons making the total something like 80 or so I'd love a meet up on sunday to catch anyone i've missed. I love everyones buttons and want MORE DAMMIT

oh and for the record all those pins are getting heavy to wear. I swear my vest weighs 15 lbs.

DJBreslin

I'm at BYOC seat TN-15. I'll leave some buttons out for people to just take. I have 3 buttons and you can just have them... no bonus button requirements.

draklan

DJBreslin wrote: »

I'm at BYOC seat TN-15. I'll leave some buttons out for people to just take. I have 3 buttons and you can just have them... no bonus button requirements.

umm problem with that I'm not a BYOC Pass holder so how can i come take some buttons?

Serenity

draklan wrote: »

DJBreslin wrote: »

I'm at BYOC seat TN-15. I'll leave some buttons out for people to just take. I have 3 buttons and you can just have them... no bonus button requirements.

umm problem with that I'm not a BYOC Pass holder so how can i come take some buttons?

Was great seeing you all in the lineup!
Glad to get hotsake's as well as all you others!

Still lotsa buttons left too. Probably about 90-100.

I'll try and hit up the rest of you in BYOC.
@djbreslin - I'll stop by your seat and leave my buttons for ya!

@sum10fishy I've given up... I'm looking at your laptop right now with one of your badges on it. I so wanna take it. Instead I'll leave a couple at my spot for you to come by and trade...

@draklan - dude if you peek your head in the door I am directly on the left first row. One with the large orange comp... just yell out Serenity.

Cronus

I'm going to be out of BYOC for the night soon, but I'm in GK-2 and I'll be leaving some buttons out for trading. Stop on by.

contrefait

i say we have a meetup sunday after omegathon in front of the convention center.

draklan

i'm good with contrefait's suggestion

PikaPuff

what about CCST meet up area? the trunnel? last year was the sheraton but it got crowded

Serenity

Cronus wrote: »

I'm going to be out of BYOC for the night soon, but I'm in GK-2 and I'll be leaving some buttons out for trading. Stop on by.

Seems Djbreslin has started a trend...

LTAcosta

contrefait wrote: »

i say we have a meetup sunday after omegathon in front of the convention center.

I thought this was always the plan... redhalo spoke of this many many pages back.

So anyways, everyone will still be there right?

Serenity

contrefait wrote: »

i say we have a meetup sunday after omegathon in front of the convention center.

Agreed... but maybe we should go with pikapuff's idea? (quoted below)?

PikaPuff wrote: »

what about CCST meet up area? the trunnel? last year was the sheraton but it got crowded

Yeah although if we do it right after the omegathon final we the tunnel might be crowded as well?
But I can agree on the time...

LTAcosta

Serenity wrote: »

contrefait wrote: »

i say we have a meetup sunday after omegathon in front of the convention center.

Agreed... but maybe we should go with pikapuff's idea? (quoted below)?

PikaPuff wrote: »

what about CCST meet up area? the trunnel? last year was the sheraton but it got crowded

Yeah although if we do it right after the omegathon final we the tunnel might be crowded as well?
But I can agree on the time...

I think it would be stupid to try and change the meetup now... not everyone has access to a computer while at pax

Serenity

LTAcosta wrote: »

Serenity wrote: »

contrefait wrote: »

i say we have a meetup sunday after omegathon in front of the convention center.

Agreed... but maybe we should go with pikapuff's idea? (quoted below)?

PikaPuff wrote: »

what about CCST meet up area? the trunnel? last year was the sheraton but it got crowded

Yeah although if we do it right after the omegathon final we the tunnel might be crowded as well?
But I can agree on the time...

I think it would be stupid to try and change the meetup now... not everyone has access to a computer while at pax

Hrm? there was a meetup planned before PAX started?

LTAcosta

LTAcosta wrote: »

contrefait wrote: »

i say we have a meetup sunday after omegathon in front of the convention center.

I thought this was always the plan... redhalo spoke of this many many pages back.

So anyways, everyone will still be there right?

DaNerd

This sounds good to me. I can do this, then head from here to the post pax dinner party.

Serenity

alright cool
I'll be there!
We might wanna move the location once all of us get there though...
Front entrance is high traffic area...

Serenity

oh yeah... @ the person who left that awsome portal badge on the table for paul and storm... CAN I HAS ONE??????!!!!!!111!!!

sum10fishy

Serenity wrote: »

@sum10fishy I've given up... I'm looking at your laptop right now with one of your badges on it. I so wanna take it. Instead I'll leave a couple at my spot for you to come by and trade...

You totaly should have taken it. But I do want to actually meet you. Try again I'll be around! I'm headed to BYOC @ 9:00 and I'll be there til probably 10:00. After I'll be all ove. I posted my picture on the WTF do you look like thread.

Edit: Nevermind. Evidently I was not in BYOC early yesterday like I swore I was. But I'll still be around. Come find me! I have like 10 left. One of which is for Serenity

chaosisorder

From 1st post:

RedHalo wrote:

Q. I want to make sure I get EVERY SINGLE BUTTON I can, will there be a Buttoneer meetup?
YES. The tentative plan is to meetup right after PAX lets out on Sunday in front of the WTCC. We'll be easy to find, there's gonna be a lot of buttons around. We can finish off our trade lists, and say our goodbyes.

draklan

sum10fishy wrote: »

You totaly should have taken it. But I do want to actually meet you. Try again I'll be around! I'm headed to BYOC @ 9:00 and I'll be there til probably 10:00. After I'll be all ove. I posted my picture on the WTF do you look like thread.

Edit: Nevermind. Evidently I was not in BYOC early yesterday like I swore I was. But I'll still be around. Come find me! I have like 10 left. One of which is for Serenity

hey sum10fishy i still want one of your buttons save one for me please

draklan

for the record had a great time meeting you all sorry to anyone i asked repeatedly about buttons but after awhile it was a blur of faces. good times though glad i joined in on this buttoneer insanity.

I'm on Facebook and would like to keep in touch with anyone willing to friend me there i'm Andrew Cotton my facebook link is:
http://www.facebook.com/Quickling

please send any friend requests with the comment PAX or Buttoneer thanks


PS My wife just counted out my pins and she says 177 pins gained from you guys thanks again that means i have about 120 of my own pins left I'll post a pic of the final vest when i get home

Racemaster7

It's unfortunate I ran out of buttons so quickly, I was hoping to make it rich at the meet-up. I really underestimated how many would be buttoneering this year and didn't order enough, rest assured I wont make that mistake next year!
This was my first year buttoneering, and it was a ton of fun. If anyone is wondering, I was the Waldo giving out Pikachu buttons.

Cyberpumpkin

I ended up with exactly 120 Buttoneer pins!

Homygosh, that was a blast! I had such a great time meeting and trading and Getting Them All!

I can't wait for the next one!

Teh Madd Hatter

If anyone missed my or my brothers badge (mine was madd hatter johnny depp and his was the blue monkey wrench) I would be willing to do mail trades. Still haven't had the opportunity to just sit down and count how many I got

hyrulehero96

i want to do this next year!

Serenity

hyrulehero96 wrote: »

i want to do this next year!

Same here... will post here when I have counted buttons...

Anyone miss my button? I'd be willing to do mail trades as well.
@Redhalo I missed your button! You gotta mail me one!

MrBlarney

Argh, I had to go back to the hotel right after the big buttoners picture at about 7:00pm, since I left about 20 buttons in the room. By the time I returned, I missed the buttons that I didn't have. Ah well, I have some backups for next year then. Picture will come when I get home tomorrow.

DJBreslin

I really enjoyed the button meetup. Got so many that I had missed. You guys completely wiped me out of the 100 "Like Brushing a Unicorn" and 100 "I Aim to Misbehave" buttons... and of course I still have tons of leftovers of the 250 "my boring face" buttons (but I can use them again next year).

Someone suggested that we have a meetup at the beginning of PAX (perhaps middle of Friday or something like that). That might be nice so we can meet less franticly and say hi to each other during the rest of PAX. Then again, it might take away some of that "hunting" for buttons fun feeling.

Anyway, I had a great time doing this!

Cyberpumpkin

I kinda enjoyed the "Gotta Catch 'Em All" aspect, although it was kinda weird going up to people who weren't Buttoneers but who had lots of buttons.

I was saying earlier in this thead, maybe we could have a Buttoneer Badge, like a bright orange one that you wear conspicuously for Buttoneers to ID each other.

Heck, I'd be willing to design that and just leave them at Registration (or somewhere) for people to pick up.

Infidel

I didn't get a Wil button. /sadface

I think the post PAX trading makes the most sense, since the fun of it is the hunting during the con. After the event isn't ruining that, if it means people get to share more buttons instead of taking them home then :^: of course, but it would suck to run out of your 100 buttons before PAX even opens...

Thanks to all who traded with me, and especially thanks to those who gave me buttons after I ran out. I had two left by the time I hit up the buttoneer meetup! I spent quite a lot of time hunting, and it was nice to know people were looking for it. A few people even told me about how they were introduced to Sinfest by this button and that I now owed them for all the time I made them spend reading the archives.

I traded off my 2008 avatar button to people that had multiple buttons to trade typically, had a dozen or so of those still leftover, and my count looks to be 154 traded.

Serenity

I'm pretty sure I didn't get quite a few buttons this year... Also missed a lot of people at the button meetup. I came late from dropping off my computer at the hotel
But glad to have done it! It was great fun and I'm looking forward to doing it next year!

Maybe just a suggestion though... could we have something to easily identify ourselves?
The last day was easy because by then we were all covered in buttons. First day was a little harder...
Maybe a special hat or patch or something?

leiapico

i would like to do it next year too... perhaps a special sticker to put on your badge?

cyberpumpkin - i was one of the non-buttoneers that you gave buttons to. i just had a lot of buttons.... thanks

beta_angel

I, unfortunately, did not end up so well. I think I walked away with around 30 buttons? I have tons left over, which will get re-used next year, i'm sure along with the new ones I make.

Vander

I was able to give Tycho and Gabe my buttons during the QnA. That made my weekend.

CaptainTapole

Brought back 62 of my primary buttons and 14 of Part Two Bonus Buttons. Well, I will have to do less next year now! Wahoo for saving future money!

Anywho! I KNOW there were some buttons I didn't get but I REALLY wanted; but c'est la vie.

Yay for a good Second Year!

EvilBadman

I think I got around 30 buttons myself, but handed out a lot more than that (Wil Wheaton!). The left overs will be vintage 2009 editions, a new 2010 "DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN" button will surface (with less pencil in nose).

Good on ya Buttoneers!

Teh Madd Hatter

Serenity wrote: »

hyrulehero96 wrote: »

i want to do this next year!

Same here... will post here when I have counted buttons...

Anyone miss my button? I'd be willing to do mail trades as well.
@Redhalo I missed your button! You gotta mail me one!

I missed yours and would definitely be willing do a trade.

Also, Fun Fact: I ended up with three copies of Pikapuff's button as well as two of Access'

FINAL COUNT ON BUTTONS AS OF Sept. 7th, 2009: 143 including bonus buttons and multiple avatars (such as the luke and john buttons) but excluding repeats

One thing I was kinda miffed at myself was that I'm pretty sure that I saw a bunch of other buttoneers but never went up and asked. For instance I'm pretty sure that I saw chaosisorder on Sunday but I wasn't sure if it was her and didn't ask, I did however take a picture which adds to the shame of the situation. To conclude, curse my lack of asking things of people.

redhalo

Serenity wrote: »

Maybe just a suggestion though... could we have something to easily identify ourselves? The last day was easy because by then we were all covered in buttons. First day was a little harder...
Maybe a special hat or patch or something?

So just wear a bunch of your buttons on the first day to let people know you're playing. If we did hats then we'd evolve into hatoneers. Plus, I don't like to wear hats.