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Geek Wedding at PAX East 2014
Hey all,
So, my fiance and I met in person for the first time at PAX East 2011. We originally "met" via our mutual connection to a blog and podcast called "A Casual Stroll to Mordor" (since renamed to "A Casual Stroll through MMOs" to account for the fact that they no longer focus just on Lord of the Rings Online) where we were both writers and occasional guests on the Podcast.
After meeting in person at PAX we then shortly moved in together (the ultimate test of whether two people can stand to be with each other) and things were, are, and continue to be wonderful. We share in our love of gaming which spans across virtually all types and genres of gaming. The only real arguments we get into involve things like who has the pointiest ears (which apparently decides who goes first in one of our tabletop games - I forget which at the moment).
I was proposed to at the end of one of CSTM's podcasts (which, as it turned out, was the whole reason I was on that episode to begin with, though they did well at making believe it was something else entirely). That episode, if you're interested is here: http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2012/06/episode147/
Since everything about us and our relationship has been very Geek (and no doubt will continue to be) and PAX East was a big step in the whole process, we want to make PAX East 2014 even more special. We intend to get married there. In all likelihood it'll just be a small gathering in a random corridor amidst the glorious chaos that is PAX, but any of our 50,000+ geek friends that we haven't met yet that will be there would be welcome to come watch, take part and revel in the glory of geek love (also if you've got any neat ideas, we'd love to hear them).
It seems that this will be fairly unique, google hasn't revealed much if anything about things like this happening before which surprises me.... I really would have thought that one of the cons by now would've taken a page out of "The Simpsons'" book and had a regular event called "My Big Phat Geek Wedding".
So, my fiance and I met in person for the first time at PAX East 2011. We originally "met" via our mutual connection to a blog and podcast called "A Casual Stroll to Mordor" (since renamed to "A Casual Stroll through MMOs" to account for the fact that they no longer focus just on Lord of the Rings Online) where we were both writers and occasional guests on the Podcast.
After meeting in person at PAX we then shortly moved in together (the ultimate test of whether two people can stand to be with each other) and things were, are, and continue to be wonderful. We share in our love of gaming which spans across virtually all types and genres of gaming. The only real arguments we get into involve things like who has the pointiest ears (which apparently decides who goes first in one of our tabletop games - I forget which at the moment).
I was proposed to at the end of one of CSTM's podcasts (which, as it turned out, was the whole reason I was on that episode to begin with, though they did well at making believe it was something else entirely). That episode, if you're interested is here: http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2012/06/episode147/
Since everything about us and our relationship has been very Geek (and no doubt will continue to be) and PAX East was a big step in the whole process, we want to make PAX East 2014 even more special. We intend to get married there. In all likelihood it'll just be a small gathering in a random corridor amidst the glorious chaos that is PAX, but any of our 50,000+ geek friends that we haven't met yet that will be there would be welcome to come watch, take part and revel in the glory of geek love (also if you've got any neat ideas, we'd love to hear them).
It seems that this will be fairly unique, google hasn't revealed much if anything about things like this happening before which surprises me.... I really would have thought that one of the cons by now would've taken a page out of "The Simpsons'" book and had a regular event called "My Big Phat Geek Wedding".
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Hope you find a way to make your wedding super special!
- Thanks, from everyone who actually has a question.
Do not do this. Do not propose to your girlfriend in a way that makes it difficult and extremely uncomfortable for her to say no.
I don't want to come off as too harsh, but asking the most important question ever in front of a huge crowd of people for maximum squirm factor? Make sure she doesn't have a miniature guitar handy to hit you with.
You should ask for a panel, though. They always say if you want to see something you should ask. That'd be way cool and you'd get a huge response I'm sure.
I'd go to that panel.
I'll echo the others - please don't do this. I wish you all the best... but none of us know you or your fiancé - and are there for Mike & Jerry. Also, that can be pretty awkward for your fiancé, as others said.