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How did you meet your PAX buddies?
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Just curious of how most of you guys met your PAX group. Most of the people I know are not into video games, and the only friend that was thinking of going was sent to N Korea by the military.
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PAX East Attendee - 2015, 2016
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1. A local MD pre-pax game meetup that was meeting regularly for a year and change or so. Still in touch with some, not with others.
2. Community events at PAX, the Magical Mystery Tour, game night, etc.
3. Enforcing. Truth be told, my first go at it was a bit rough, but I stuck with it and at subsequent PAXen, I have met SO MANY amazing people through Enforcing, you would not believe.
4. Plugging PAX to my non-PAX friends incessantly enough that one of them finally caved and went to PAX east.... then two the next year.. then eight... and now I've got a couple doing Prime and South as well, and still snowballing.
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My first Prime was 2012, and I went solo and found a room share here on the forums. I met a few people I still room with/hang/talk with, I just wish I could see them more than at PAX.
Then Pinny Arcade started... and now I know like 100 people who all collect, shit's great and I've made a ton of friends through it. Them's good peoples.
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I've gone to PAX solo a couple times, and I also don't I travel around with my whole group all the time I'm at PAX. The truth is basically most people at PAX can be your friends. Just gotta talk to people in lines and whenever else you find yourself near somebody else who seems to be interested in the same thing as you. Be social! Make new PAX Pals! That's how you learn where all the cool stuff is happening!
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2. League of Legends- I support and top.
3. Prank - I think I have done five now?
4. IRC
5. Black Milk Clothing- Sharkies are great for meeting!
6. Cosplay- I have around 7,000 followers all together and have met up with fans/followers at each PAX.
7. Enforcers. - I was friends with them before becoming an E and have remained friends with them!
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I used to not know them very well, passed them in the hall every day and honestly thought they were weird. Then one day I started sitting with them at lunch and I found out they had alot of the same interests I do. They played alot of the same games as me, watched anime, like comic books, etc. Now, a couple years later, they're my best friends. I haven't spoken to or seen any other "friends" I had back in those days, but I hope I always get to be friends with these guys.
I plan to try to go to Pax with them for years to come. One day I hope to make more friends that would be interested in going, and maybe even meet some lifelong friends at Pax! That would be awesome!
It's easy to become friends with everyone when everyone is equally obliterated and having a ton of fun
In 2014, we were walking around the Tabletop area when we hear someone yell my daughter's name. It's Ken from the year before! He asks if we remember him, I do - daughter does not, but they trade pins again. Ken and I trade email addresses.
2015 - Prior to PAX, Ken and I start emailing back and forth. He's working a booth this year so we make a point to stop in and game with him. We had a great time.
2016 - Ken and I stay in somewhat constant contact through the year. He's purely an attendee this year. We get to spend quite a bit of time hanging out and going to panels together and again, we have a great time.
THIS is what PAX means to me. Three jam packed days of friends, games, and fun.
The next PAX I chilled with my brother and cosplayed. While cosplaying, I met somebody dressed as the same character as me, so we hung out the rest of the day. Also started hanging out with my brother's friends more.
I now meet up with the cosplayer at West, making plans in advance as to what we'll do together.
When going to South (and hopefully, starting next year, East) my travel group is my brother and his friend.
As a note, my brother is a good many years older than I - our friends never overlapped growing up. And he already lived in another state by the time I was an adult. So these are people I likely would not have talked to without PAX. I even started attending a game night with one of his friends I hadn't seen for probably 15 years.
Then there's people that I meet at a PAX and then run into at later PAXes and that's just awesome.
(Even though we go together, my group generally breaks up during the day. Meeting back up, then breaking again. Which also leaves ample room to talk to all the other friends I've not met yet all around me! I wish I did a better job keeping in contact throughout the year...)