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PAX Survival Guide: What to bring
leaf
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My necessities:
-A couple extra pants/shirts.
-A box of bowl-noodle ramen + kettle. My only source of solid food.
-Sleeping bag
-Nintendo GBA/DS with all my games (plus accessories - link cable, gba/gc cable, etc.)
-Magic, Pirates of the Spanish Main, D&D playing cards (three dragon ante), Dragons Gold, and Warmachine/Warhammer. (I'll be skipping the WM tourney, and just play for fun rather)
-Possibly my computer. It's all pretty, so I just may. Plus my flight goggles and a scarf for Battlefield2 when I'm flying a jet/chopper yelling GET TO ZE CHOPPA!
Um..yes. I'm debating on other things as well, but that seems to be it for now.
-A couple extra pants/shirts.
-A box of bowl-noodle ramen + kettle. My only source of solid food.
-Sleeping bag
-Nintendo GBA/DS with all my games (plus accessories - link cable, gba/gc cable, etc.)
-Magic, Pirates of the Spanish Main, D&D playing cards (three dragon ante), Dragons Gold, and Warmachine/Warhammer. (I'll be skipping the WM tourney, and just play for fun rather)
-Possibly my computer. It's all pretty, so I just may. Plus my flight goggles and a scarf for Battlefield2 when I'm flying a jet/chopper yelling GET TO ZE CHOPPA!
Um..yes. I'm debating on other things as well, but that seems to be it for now.
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This ain't exactly a campout.
An eagerness to make new friends.
As many clean sets of undewear as days you will be staying, more if you plan on getting wet.
Sun tan lotion.
Sunglasses, you will be outside.
Condoms (Stranger things HAVE happened)
A strong liver.
A digital camera with video and with motion protection.
A fashionable light bookbag as well as your luggage bags.(for bringing home stuff you get at the convention)
A sharpie for getting autographs of your favorite peeps.
A plan on how to get from the airport to the convention area. Public buses work even with some luggage but if you have a lot of luggage like a PC for BYOC then you should have a better plan then just jumping on the bus.
The coolest and/or most favorite clothes you own. Even though this is a gamer convention people will still judge you, unfortunatey. Plus you want to feel confortable.
At least one shirt with a witty game related thing on it.
Your DS and your PSP and the power cords for each. If you don't have a DS buy one. You will regret not having one, especially if you are awkward socially.
The DS game most likely for every to have at the time. (Subject to change. Call ahead or ask around)
A laptop if you have one. Trust me you are going to want to take advantage of the wifi eventually.
CONFORTABLE shoes.
Rain gear, it is seatle, after all. Though we have had two great weather years in a row.
Your favorite console game. Console probably not neccesary.
A list of things you want to do in seatle if you have any extra time so you don't forget.
A mask and cape if you have them.
A shirt with your forum avatar and forum name if you are suitably famous/infamous.
A nerf weapon of your choice.
SPENDING MONEY!
A SARS mask with a mouth drawn on it.(see link http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/04/23 )
If you don't want to wear a mask bring plenty of this in your pocket and already in your system.
We should all just open it up before a Panel starts and start playing with it at high volumes. Or even just put it on Lumiloop and let the ambience flow.
It'd be awesome.
Photo ID.
Reservations at the official PAX hotel and the paper work. Along with the credit card that you made the reservations in. If you don't have the ability to carry that credit card with you make sure you have the print out from the email that the hotel sent you when you made reservations along with the reservation # and photo ID.
A rainbow flag to carry around if you are a homosexual to promote tolerance among the gamer community.
Tracks from your respective religion or if you are a budest those little books that those guys sell at airports. Also to promote tolerance in the gamer community.
A decent haircut.
A love for video games and a hate for G4.
A list of all the people from the forums you have a grudge against, their screen name, real life name and a photo of them.
A small friendly gift, like an anime doll or a box of chocolates, for each of those persons.
1 unattached human female of voting age.
A towel.
Your personal Mantra. If you do not have a personal Mantra attend an Anthony Robbins Awakening The Giant Within seminar betwean now and the day the convention opens.
DEODORANT
therre, now it cannot be missed.
Probably would like to bring some Deodorant as well.
Never know what kind of fun/betting/strip card games might come up. Although something like strip mario kart DD 16 player is better for such an event.
Team in 8th lose clothing.
Deodorant
Food if you're too broke to afford any (my friend lived the entire weekend off pocket-wiches he brought with him)
Digital camera
Clean clothes
Promise of accomodation
Nintendo DS if you've got one
Animal Crossing if you have the above
Laptop if you've got no other source of available internets.
Photo ID/Passport (you need those at the border now)
Sociability
Something to record all the MSN/AIM/e-Mail addressed you collect
Things NOT to bring
Red Machine D
An ego the size of Jesus
the need to hit on everything remotely female
Your significant other if you feel the need to do the above
The thought that you will sleep at all during the weekend
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
Yeah, stay away from flatrabbit.
Fix'd
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
maybe this year I'll carry around some normal airfreshener
or maybe throw potpourri at people
:?
so i hear you're gonna set me up with a lady this year
It is however, way cheaper. $10CAD for food for the entire weekend, or one meal at a fast food place for $12USD while I am down there. Plus using my inferior currency from Canadia, I hope you can see how even a 20% knockoff from any money I bring is still a big hit to my spending money.
Ninja Edit: Yes, aside from ramen, I drank bawls. That was it. Well aside from that party one night where the guys brought in tortilla chips =D
more like $5
unless you are morbidly obese
you're morbidly obese, aren't you
Aww HAIL Naww
EDIT: Leaf: Aztecka has free tortilla chips for all. Me and Andy took advantage of this on the night you left.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
So?
No chair for you! :P
That'd be me.
Rachel Wray and her "$40 a Day" travel book are full of shit. I'm gonna write a "$2 a Day" combination travel/diet book. It'll fly off the shelves.
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
Dude...I'd rather live off what I ate:
Subway on day 1, California Pizza Kitchen on day 2, Free corn chips on day 3
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
Heh...Might have to change that up this year...
Subway is demolished.
California Pizza Kitchen SUCKS.
Free corn chips, however...:^:
CPK Sucks? The one here is fucking awesome, granted, this is California... So, it better kick ass here... Their BBQ Chicken Pizza is godly...
As for Subway, I noticed on the last day that there was another Subway not far from the Meydenbauer, my bus back to the airport drove past it... So, at least I still know where to get Subs...
it wasn't horrible. SPAM with cheese in a can . . . that was fucking awsome.
{Fondly remembers the PAXTrain}
It's horribly overpriced and is just...bleh. I dunno. I just find it ridiculous.
And, yeah, there's a Subway down a few blocks the other way. But this one was just one block away.
Bring a larger suitcase than you need for swag, even if you don't plan to buy anything there. If you want to go short on sleep the whole weekend, start weening yourself off of caffeine now. Brig ziploc bags for shampoo (if you won't be staying in the hotel, or need a special kind), soap (ditto), wet clothes, and aything else that may get wet or leak. Pack for a couple more days than you plan to stay, in case of emergencies (if you get stranded, or need a sudden change, or whatever). Even if you plan to use a card or traveller's checks, brig plety of cash, but don't carry it all with you. Be sure to bring quartersand singles for vending machines. Singles and fives are also good for tips (restaurants and hotel maids mostly). Cameras are good. Make sure to get film at home, since you won't want to take the time to go to a real store, or spend what convenience stores and con booths tend to charge. Bring plenty of extra batteries for any electronics for the same reason. Ditto for any medications you use on ay kind of regular basis.
Yeah, definitely don't want to forget the medications. I forgot my cortisone cream one day, and that was a BIG mistake x_X You'll also DEFINITELY need a suitcase for swag. BAWLS had nifty little sacks to give out last year, and that was the only thing that saved me from wearing my free t-shirts home. If you're crossing the border don't bring any meat or oranges, and be sure to declare every article of food you're carrying with you. You'll get in BIG trouble if you don't. US Customs can be a bitch, and you definitely don't want to get turned away for PAX. If you're any colour other than ghost-white, make sure you bring your passport, drivers license, photo ID, birth certificate, and fully disclose EVERYTHING in your suitcase. Racial profiling is ridiculous at the border, and you don't want to get held up and searched. If you're taking a bus, they will X-Ray your bags at the border, and will make you unpack it if there's anything metallic-looking in it. Plus, they'll make you put your computer/camera/Nintendo DS through, so make sure they'll be ok.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
I thought the food was good, but yeah it is expensive. Still, I didn't want to eat anything from the vendors at the convention center. It's all pre-packed so the bread is stale and the ingrediants are only edible thanks to copious amounts of preservative. In a nutshell, the food sucks (and it's expensive as well).
I assume the Dairy Queen is still there, they had some kind of kitchen fire last year that pretty much shut them down for the length of the convention. A shame since their food is reasonably cheap and far more edible than Subway (I hate Subway).
I must make a scouting venture of the surrounding area of Meydenbauer for decent places to eat that won't rape wallets.
Three words for CPK
JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN!!
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
What exactly is Jerk Chicken anyways?
deliciously spiced caribbean style chicken.
http://www.cooksrecipes.com/poultry/jamaican-jerk-chicken-recipe.html
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
That actually sounds pretty damned good...
It sure shows you sitting a lot in the 05dvd
I didnt sit much mostly becuase everyone else kept stealing my chair/computer.