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PAX East 2015 Discussion Thread
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Still down. In CT now en route. ETA is 6PM at this moment since there's no ice on the roads as we'd thought . I'm gonna leave my number in a quote to reveal in case anyone wants to hit me up since 4G/3 chugs battery. Plan is still to go to BCEC after I make touchdown to get my badge/shirt but I'll be free afterwards.
It was snowing a good amount in NYC but it stopped at 2.
Omegasquash
Member
Aaaahaha. We got spared this time.
A few questions from a PAX rookie to those with more experience:
-Are you guys planning to wear winter gear to get to the show (and wait to get in) and have it with you at the show all day? I imagine that the interior of the show will be somewhat hot and sweaty. Related to this, does anyone have experience using the coat check?
-What time are you guys planning to head to the show on Saturday morning? I typically line up very early before NYCC (like 3 hours before the doors open), but the official site seems to indicate that they heavily discourage this.
-Are you guys planning to wear winter gear to get to the show (and wait to get in) and have it with you at the show all day? I imagine that the interior of the show will be somewhat hot and sweaty. Related to this, does anyone have experience using the coat check?
-What time are you guys planning to head to the show on Saturday morning? I typically line up very early before NYCC (like 3 hours before the doors open), but the official site seems to indicate that they heavily discourage this.
I've never used the coat check. Never wore a coat on the floor because it's hot as balls. Coat check lines look like shit, this year it'll probably be worse.
If you wake too early, you're stuck outside. The only benefit to being there super early is waiting in a line. If use show up at the time of, you are just in a fast moving line. Depending on the debauchery I find myself in the night prior, I just stroll in 30mins late.
GreyOcelot
Member
are you saying you stroll in at 10:30 or at 8:30 when the doors are open?
ActStriker
Member
I'll have a light jacket but I can easily fold it up and carry. I haven't used the coat check before so I can't tell you that. I think I saw the PAX twitter say they'll check in boots too, but all that's run by the BCEC.
10:30-11 probably depending on how Friday night goes. The show/expo hall doesn't open until 10, so getting there earlier means you just wait in a giant line to get into the expo hall, or a line to get into one of the early panels.
10:30
1030
Depends on the type of person you are. If there is a panel, something you want to do ASAP, overwhelmed feelings of what to do, then get there early.
If you are just looking to stroll around, heck out a few panels. Get some coffee and stroll in at that time.
From the map in the PAX East app, it appears that they have increased the size of the main show floor, and have eliminated the food truck area in the back of the Queue room on the first floor. In fact, the queue room is now a lot smaller, and there is a tabletop gaming area behind it.
IGN are taking over Harpoon on Sunday, from 5pm I think. Who knows how crowded that might get.
It's actually Boston being an asshole on purpose. Give us a shit ton of snow which we then have to deal with, hit ~1.5 inches of the record snowfall, then not snow anymore just so that we don't actually break the record and have something worth talking about.
ActStriker
Member
If you're in Chinatown and don't have anything particular in mind yet, I can recommend Penang. It serves a bunch of Malaysian/Cantonese cuisine, and is probably the most authentic Malaysian place in MA.
No hugs for you then!
Omegasquash
Member
See this is why I get envious of people without kids.
That freedom.
That freedom.
Are you bringing your kids?
ActStriker
Member
It's like one of the only Malaysian places in the area, lol. I've only been there once but it can be a possibility.
Blackstarhat
Member
I want kids i love children.
Sign me up if you're headed there lol
(I've been to virtually every Malaysian place so I'm not making that claim about authenticity out my ass)
Omegasquash
Member
Fuck no. They're too young for this.
It's my love for my kids that tethers me to the impossibility of going out tonight. Fucking paternal instincts.
They're great. That one weekend a year where a dude could use a little flex time tho.
battousai11
Member
I'm interested in a meetup tonight, but I have to pick up my bro's ticket around that time.
Typical Bostonian. Always resorting to violence over something as innocent as a hug.
Well you can take your best shot good sir! You wouldn't have a chance! XD
Well at least you're doing the right thing.
ActStriker
Member
Unfortunately no
Even worse!
Omegasquash
Member
How did this happen? I'm no LoL guy but that huge Riot booth always had an insane crowd
How can you say such things!?
I'm feeling out the meet tonight. I kind of want to see the new Short Circuit movie, was debating doing that. Were you guys doing drinks afterwards?
Is it wrong that I like the greasy American Chinese food though?
Not at all!
Omegasquash
Member
Son it's delicious.
ActStriker
Member
No guarantee we're doing Chinese; it's just that the hostel we're meeting at is in Chinatown.
Also yes for drinks.
battousai11
Member
Since you're at the hostel, you should just check out Rock Bottom down the street. Good food and great beer selection.
Omegasquash
Member
Hysterical
Member
Sadly,no i dont think so. In the past years, the queue for the Giant Bomb panel fills up very quickly about 2 hours before it starts.
Omegasquash
Member
That's where my wife and I are staying
No. Giant Bomb will fill up.