So I bought some badges through the forum. Is there any registration I need to fill out beforehand? Since I did not buy them first hand and all.
You need the physical badge.
The seller has to either MAIL it to you or find some way of getting it to you (meetup in person or somesuch)
Yup got the badges in hand. Met up yesterday. Just wondering about the registration packets that I read were mailed to people. But if it is just the physical badge needed then I should be good to go. They are exactly like the photos above.
I went to print off my tickets today, using the link provided in the email, and when the page to print loaded up, 'SCANNED' was written in huge letters across the ticket.
Am I the only one with this issue or did this happen to everyone? I've tried contacting pax_questions@paxsite.com but have yet to hear back and I am kind of freaking out.
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I went to print off my tickets today, using the link provided in the email, and when the page to print loaded up, 'SCANNED' was written in huge letters across the ticket.
Am I the only one with this issue or did this happen to everyone? I've tried contacting pax_questions@paxsite.com but have yet to hear back and I am kind of freaking out.
I'm in the exact same boat, tensely waiting a reply from pax_questions.
I'm not worried so much that someone has stolen them or something, seeing as Will Call doesn't open until Thursday, but I am worried that Will Call wont accept a ticket with SCANNED written across the top.
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That's my thinking, the SCANNED text obscures the bar codes, so I assume these won't be accepted. Between this and paying $16 for shipping when the badges haven't materialized, I'm worried.
Just spoke to everyone in my group (14 People total, including myself), and everyone's ticket says 'SCANNED' across it. My girlfriend luckily seems to have saved copies of our tickets before the 'SCANNED' appeared, so I hope those are still usable.
I didn't even have an option for shipping, as I'm up in Canada, and to cheap to pay to FEDEX (or was it UPS?) for 5 badges...
I wonder why this appeared though? Is there some switch that flips in the remaining last few days?
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At this point I think with the sheer amount of people who this is happening to (including the ENTIRETY of my group) makes me believe that the passes are in no danger, but I am slightly concerned for those who don't have their tickets already printed...
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edited August 2010
So these papers you print out are your confirmation pages, not your actual tickets. Your pass will be given to you at will call. Question, though: does the "SCANNED" text show up over the bar code?
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So these papers you print out are your confirmation pages, not your actual tickets. Your pass will be given to you at will call. Question, though: does the "SCANNED" text show up over the bar code?
Partially. I'm afraid though that if I try to give them a confirmation that says 'SCANNED', that I'll have an argument on my hands (It turns out I have all but one of the 5 saved to my PC, and it needs to be printed).
So far everyone I have spoken to has had this happen if they went to try to print their confirmation again.
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So these papers you print out are your confirmation pages, not your actual tickets. Your pass will be given to you at will call. Question, though: does the "SCANNED" text show up over the bar code?
Partially. I'm afraid though that if I try to give them a confirmation that says 'SCANNED', that I'll have an argument on my hands (It turns out I have all but one of the 5 saved to my PC, and it needs to be printed).
So far everyone I have spoken to has had this happen if they went to try to print their confirmation again.
I just went back to check mine, on the Saturday badges that I have already revived in the mail it has the SCANNED wording, but on the Friday & Sunday tickets that I am still waiting on, they don't.
I wonder if the SCANNED wording appears once they physically mail the badges.
So these papers you print out are your confirmation pages, not your actual tickets. Your pass will be given to you at will call. Question, though: does the "SCANNED" text show up over the bar code?
Partially. I'm afraid though that if I try to give them a confirmation that says 'SCANNED', that I'll have an argument on my hands (It turns out I have all but one of the 5 saved to my PC, and it needs to be printed).
So far everyone I have spoken to has had this happen if they went to try to print their confirmation again.
I just went back to check mine, on the Saturday badges that I have already revived in the mail it has the SCANNED wording, but on the Friday & Sunday tickets that I am still waiting on, they don't.
I wonder if the SCANNED wording appears once they physically mail the badges.
That's the issue for me though. I'm not having my badges shipped, I'm just getting them at Will Call
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Do not worry! This is alright and you will still be able to pick up
your tickets on site
I am happy now
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My friend can't make it anymore but I need to pick up his badge at will-call for someone else who will be coming instead. Is there a way I can get it transferred to my name to do the pickup in case they ask for ID? I'll have my ID + Credit card for my ticket, but not his.
My friend can't make it anymore but I need to pick up his badge at will-call for someone else who will be coming instead. Is there a way I can get it transferred to my name to do the pickup in case they ask for ID? I'll have my ID + Credit card for my ticket, but not his.
We're doing will-call as we're from Canada.
I don't think YOU can get it transferred. HE has to get it transferred to you. Not sure who you have to contact exactly. I'm sure Moe will post that as soon as he sees this.
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My friend can't make it anymore but I need to pick up his badge at will-call for someone else who will be coming instead. Is there a way I can get it transferred to my name to do the pickup in case they ask for ID? I'll have my ID + Credit card for my ticket, but not his.
We're doing will-call as we're from Canada.
I don't think YOU can get it transferred. HE has to get it transferred to you. Not sure who you have to contact exactly. I'm sure Moe will post that as soon as he sees this.
My friend can't make it anymore but I need to pick up his badge at will-call for someone else who will be coming instead. Is there a way I can get it transferred to my name to do the pickup in case they ask for ID? I'll have my ID + Credit card for my ticket, but not his.
We're doing will-call as we're from Canada.
I don't think YOU can get it transferred. HE has to get it transferred to you. Not sure who you have to contact exactly. I'm sure Moe will post that as soon as he sees this.
First time goign to PAX...been wanting to go for a while now....
I plan on taking my son who is two because he is crazy about anything video game related...
if i bring a stroller is there a place to put it where u cant use it or if it folds can i just put it on my back and be fine?
i bought friday/sunday badge from here but bought a 3 day pass on craigslist so my gf can come with...how do i know if its fake....is there something i can see if i went and found a blacklight and put it next to it? haha
sorry just paranoid about craigslist tickets..
am i fine that when i bought the 3 day pass all i got was the badge? or did i need the printed out ticket thing liek i got when i ordered my badge from here
thanks for the taking the time to read this!!1 sorry my phone wont let me use the search button and google didnt have the answer
if i bring a stroller is there a place to put it where u cant use it or if it folds can i just put it on my back and be fine?
i bought friday/sunday badge from here but bought a 3 day pass on craigslist so my gf can come with...how do i know if its fake....is there something i can see if i went and found a blacklight and put it next to it? haha
sorry just paranoid about craigslist tickets..
am i fine that when i bought the 3 day pass all i got was the badge? or did i need the printed out ticket thing liek i got when i ordered my badge from here
There is no coat check, but as long as it doesn't protrude out too much, strapping it to your back should be fine.
PAX badges are printed on plastic and look like so:
I know if your willing to park south west a few blocks parking is much cheaper ($6 for sat or sun) but the garages close at 11pm.
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edited August 2010
Thursday Will-Call is opening at 10am. Officially it will run until the frequency of people picking up badges slows to the point where they want to stop. This could happen as early as 8pm but it might go until as late as 10pm.
Will-Call probably will have lanyards, but they might not. The Swag Bag pickup locations (Benaroya Line and Queue Room) will have lanyards.
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PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.
If you're willing to hoof it a ways, there are reasonable prices in lots a few blocks North of the conference center. They don't close at midnight like some of the garages close to the con.
Across the street on I think it's 8th and Pine, there's another garage that is jointly shared with a hotel and Hertz that's a few dollars cheaper, not sure when that one closes, but that's generally where I park when I have to drive downtown.
Beneroya Hall also has reasonable parking rates. My coworkers all park there (next-door to our office) rather than in our office tower's parking because of the price. They have an early-bird special in by 9am out by 6pm.
They're limited, but there are a lot more of them. They have little fliers and what not from a bunch of companies, and usually a few cool thing. At east there were mini Magic decks, so there was a lot of in line Magic playing.
What's all this about swag bags? Are they bags to put swag in, or do they already come swag-ified? Are they limited like the wristbands?
PAX staff will be handing out bags to everyone as they arrive that will include a program, ads for various games and the corresponding booth to visit, probably buttons for the DTS game, maybe a shirt, and god knows what else. They're kind of a starter pack for the swag you'll be accumulating over the rest of the weekend. They're probably limited but the limit is probably very high so I wouldn't worry about it.
What's all this about swag bags? Are they bags to put swag in, or do they already come swag-ified? Are they limited like the wristbands?
They'll be handed out with some stuff in it, like a map and a PAX program, etc. In the past there has been a little bit of free stuff in it as well, like a d20 or something like that. It really is up to the companies at the show to put stuff in there. There should be enough for everybody.
You'll find many different bags on the expo floor which are big enough for putting expo floor swag in. The swag bag given when you walk in is usually pretty small.
Sorry for posting if this has already been addressed, but how do we get the lanyards for our passes? Are they in the swag bag or do we need to get them at the Sheraton? I have a 3 day pass so don't want to go to the Sheraton if there is no need. I used search, but couldn't find a clear answer.
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Sorry for posting if this has already been addressed, but how do we get the lanyards for our passes? Are they in the swag bag or do we need to get them at the Sheraton? I have a 3 day pass so don't want to go to the Sheraton if there is no need. I used search, but couldn't find a clear answer.
You'll get them at the same place as the swag bags.
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jaberwockynmtPAX Info Booth ManagerRenton, WARegistered Userregular
edited August 2010
The program book and lanyard will be available at the same location you get the bag, but they won't be in the bag already.
The bags contain some really cool stuff this year (the Enforcers stuffed all >20,000 bags this past Sunday, so we know what's in them). I can't divulge the details of the contents; you'll find out on Friday when you get your bag.
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"We know that the moment we slip, it will be taken away... and so it is of the utmost importance to be worthy of it constantly."
PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.
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You need the physical badge.
The seller has to either MAIL it to you or find some way of getting it to you (meetup in person or somesuch)
Yup got the badges in hand. Met up yesterday. Just wondering about the registration packets that I read were mailed to people. But if it is just the physical badge needed then I should be good to go. They are exactly like the photos above.
I went to print off my tickets today, using the link provided in the email, and when the page to print loaded up, 'SCANNED' was written in huge letters across the ticket.
Am I the only one with this issue or did this happen to everyone? I've tried contacting pax_questions@paxsite.com but have yet to hear back and I am kind of freaking out.
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
-I'll take Boxed Games over Digital Downloads any day-
I'm in the exact same boat, tensely waiting a reply from pax_questions.
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
-I'll take Boxed Games over Digital Downloads any day-
I didn't even have an option for shipping, as I'm up in Canada, and to cheap to pay to FEDEX (or was it UPS?) for 5 badges...
I wonder why this appeared though? Is there some switch that flips in the remaining last few days?
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
-I'll take Boxed Games over Digital Downloads any day-
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
-I'll take Boxed Games over Digital Downloads any day-
Partially. I'm afraid though that if I try to give them a confirmation that says 'SCANNED', that I'll have an argument on my hands (It turns out I have all but one of the 5 saved to my PC, and it needs to be printed).
So far everyone I have spoken to has had this happen if they went to try to print their confirmation again.
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
-I'll take Boxed Games over Digital Downloads any day-
I just went back to check mine, on the Saturday badges that I have already revived in the mail it has the SCANNED wording, but on the Friday & Sunday tickets that I am still waiting on, they don't.
I wonder if the SCANNED wording appears once they physically mail the badges.
That's the issue for me though. I'm not having my badges shipped, I'm just getting them at Will Call
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
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im in the same boat as you, ill be hoping to pick up my badge on thursday with a piece of paper that already says scanned on it.
Do not worry! This is alright and you will still be able to pick up
your tickets on site
I am happy now
Survivor of PAX-POX
Organizer of a Roadtrip for my friends here in Edmonton to PAX since 2007
-I'll take Boxed Games over Digital Downloads any day-
We're doing will-call as we're from Canada.
I don't think YOU can get it transferred. HE has to get it transferred to you. Not sure who you have to contact exactly. I'm sure Moe will post that as soon as he sees this.
pax_questions@paxsite.com
See?
Though I could've just guessed at that email address, it's not too complicated lol.
I plan on taking my son who is two because he is crazy about anything video game related...
if i bring a stroller is there a place to put it where u cant use it or if it folds can i just put it on my back and be fine?
i bought friday/sunday badge from here but bought a 3 day pass on craigslist so my gf can come with...how do i know if its fake....is there something i can see if i went and found a blacklight and put it next to it? haha
sorry just paranoid about craigslist tickets..
am i fine that when i bought the 3 day pass all i got was the badge? or did i need the printed out ticket thing liek i got when i ordered my badge from here
thanks for the taking the time to read this!!1 sorry my phone wont let me use the search button and google didnt have the answer
Will early badge pick up be open Thursday night or will I have to pick it up Friday morning?
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There is no coat check, but as long as it doesn't protrude out too much, strapping it to your back should be fine.
PAX badges are printed on plastic and look like so:
All you need is the badge itself. The barcode is for will call purposes only.
Thursday from 10AM to 8PM and Friday from 8AM on, according to the e-mail I got.
Will-Call probably will have lanyards, but they might not. The Swag Bag pickup locations (Benaroya Line and Queue Room) will have lanyards.
"We know that the moment we slip, it will be taken away... and so it is of the utmost importance to be worthy of it constantly."
PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.
Across the street on I think it's 8th and Pine, there's another garage that is jointly shared with a hotel and Hertz that's a few dollars cheaper, not sure when that one closes, but that's generally where I park when I have to drive downtown.
Beneroya Hall also has reasonable parking rates. My coworkers all park there (next-door to our office) rather than in our office tower's parking because of the price. They have an early-bird special in by 9am out by 6pm.
PAX staff will be handing out bags to everyone as they arrive that will include a program, ads for various games and the corresponding booth to visit, probably buttons for the DTS game, maybe a shirt, and god knows what else. They're kind of a starter pack for the swag you'll be accumulating over the rest of the weekend. They're probably limited but the limit is probably very high so I wouldn't worry about it.
They'll be handed out with some stuff in it, like a map and a PAX program, etc. In the past there has been a little bit of free stuff in it as well, like a d20 or something like that. It really is up to the companies at the show to put stuff in there. There should be enough for everybody.
You'll find many different bags on the expo floor which are big enough for putting expo floor swag in. The swag bag given when you walk in is usually pretty small.
edit: beaten so hard
You'll get them at the same place as the swag bags.
The bags contain some really cool stuff this year (the Enforcers stuffed all >20,000 bags this past Sunday, so we know what's in them). I can't divulge the details of the contents; you'll find out on Friday when you get your bag.
"We know that the moment we slip, it will be taken away... and so it is of the utmost importance to be worthy of it constantly."
PAX will always be held on the best weekend for PAX. Sometimes that will be a bad weekend for you; I'm sorry.