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GhastlyGaseous
Member
I wasn't able to get any, so... did any kind GAFer purchase extra that they are selling?
SpacedCadette
Member
Know what you mean, dude. I'm glad you got yours. Saw you in there stuck in that queue with the handful of us that waited forever. I lucked out and got mine.
MisterNugNug
Member
Totally missed the sale. But if y'all are doing a get together after the show, I will be there.
freenudemacusers
Member
haha gone already. Wow. Well, at least I can hang out at the afterparties right?
luckyboyceo
Member
There's definitely a meet going on. We were thinking Saturday night, but that might be the Giant Bomb panel so it might be moved to a different night. I think me, Gill and krae_man are trying to put something together so I'll keep ya'll posted.
Glad to hear some of you made it through queue hell. Sorry to those of you that didn't.
Glad to hear some of you made it through queue hell. Sorry to those of you that didn't.
Yeah man I was definitely going insane. Glad it's all over.
Drinky Crow
Banned
pax is never worth it. it smells something fierce, and the waits to play games are only tolerable if you are under 21 and/or tolerant of nintendo mouthbreathers.
TheFightingFish
Member
The time that I went to PAX my friend who I went with really wanted to see the Portal 2 demo. So we waited in line for like 2 hours. At the top of the line they ended up pulling me on stage to do the stage demo. After the demo the Valve rep asked for my e-mail address and sent me a special TF2 item in the mail, which I promptly forgot about (didn't play TF2). A few years later I logged on to TF2 and found out that item was crazy rare, and I sold it for a new graphics card and enough enough cash to pay for a couple of years of Steam games. So yeah, sometimes the wait can be worth it.
But yeah, I semi-agree on the show itself. The most fun bits for me were just playing boardgames and the old consoles in the free play area with friends. So might as well just spend the ticket money on beer and have a board game night / LAN party at a friend's house.
I found out about the tickets after 2:00, but I was fortunate enough to grab a monday ticket. A coworker got 4 monday tickets as well. I will atempt to get an earlier date if i can get a good price as the date approaches, but I likely won't be buying any until the tickets are sent.
Darth Pinche
Member
This will be my first year at PAX! Lucked out on getting a ticket thanks to gaf. I would have missed out if I had not checked the boards
distantmantra
Member
I've never had an interest in going to PAX. I'd rather spend Labor Day Weekend at a cabin somewhere with friends.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. My friends and I wanted to attend Pax for the first time this year and now I find out the tickets are sold out. What are the resale value on these things? We were only planning to go for one day. Will they go on sale again or do I have to buy it secondhand? If anybody here is selling it let me know! I need 3 tickets.
lastflowers
Banned
I was pumped to go last year...then I got there and went "hrm". No way am I sitting a line for 2 hours to play a demo. The indie booth was fun, and The Walking Dead panel was great though.
patrickthehedgehog
Member
PAX is great, but the things that make it fun for me have never been the lines for AAA games or whatever. Highlights are always meeting people, parties, panels and the indie games section. Avoid waiting in line for stuff because there's so much else to do.
TV, Computer and Internet Survey – For Seattle residents
Not sure specifically how it will be used but I took it anyway. It's kind of long though.
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Not sure specifically how it will be used but I took it anyway. It's kind of long though.
e* Survey info
they won't go on sale again. make some noise on this thread closer to game time and surely someone will've had something come up.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
http://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-d...t-the-neighborhood-farmers-markets-april-2013
Oooh, Ezell's new food truck is going to be making the rounds at the Fremont farmers market starting in May, and Renee Erickson's seafood truck at the Queen Anne one.
Oooh, Ezell's new food truck is going to be making the rounds at the Fremont farmers market starting in May, and Renee Erickson's seafood truck at the Queen Anne one.
which Ezell's? the real Ezell has nothing to do with the Ezells restaurant now
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Presumably new/current Ezell's, but tbh, I haven't had decent fried chicken in about 100 years, so I DONT EVEN CARE
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
shit, I was just near there the other day and had lunch on my mind.
No, that's the beauty. It's a real and in some ways life-affirming wonderful story. So you use the story to make a connection, the money is a mere aspect of it and then BAM pregnant waitress.
luckyboyceo
Member
Those of you that didn't get PAX tickets should definitely still come out to the meetup. You don't need PAX tickets to enjoy the weekend.
Regarding ticket resale for whoever asked, you can definitely find them online but the prices are outrageous (300% mark up outrageous). Your best bet is to check out the PAX thread and see if anyone has extras to sell. I know people bought extras with the intent on selling them to gaffers who missed out.
Looking forward to hanging out again this year, man!
Regarding ticket resale for whoever asked, you can definitely find them online but the prices are outrageous (300% mark up outrageous). Your best bet is to check out the PAX thread and see if anyone has extras to sell. I know people bought extras with the intent on selling them to gaffers who missed out.
Pretty much this. Waiting hours for AAA games seems like a waste of time, unless of course you've been there for 4 days and seen just about everything already.
Looking forward to hanging out again this year, man!
distantmantra
Member
Frank's Oyster House and Champagne Bar has killer fried chicken.
this will be my first time and i will consider it a success as long as i get to touch ryan davis' fat sweaty ass.
also saw last night a thread on PAX passes over on Gaming side.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=542106&highlight=pax
distantmantra
Member
Go to dinner at Quinn's up on Capitol Hill and then wander around afterwards. Scarface is at the Egyptian at midnight this weekend.
Fucking truth. Went to the Lincoln Square theatre the other day the seats are basically leather office rolling chairs bolted to the ground.
Not everything is a fucking office, Bellevue,
Noisy Ninj4
Member
Everything is an office in Bellevue.
Yup. Can't wait to get out of this shithole.
So Seattle-GAF, if you had a choice, would you live in Kirkland, Redmond, or north Seattle? I'm moving soon and I don't really care where I end up living as long as it's not Bellevue.
platypotamus
Member
I live in North Seattle and work in Kirkland. I would not ever want to live in Kirkland. North Seattle for sure.
distantmantra
Member
North Seattle. It's not even a contest.
Ditto. There's a lot of North Seattle though. It includes awesome neighborhoods like Ballard, Wallingford, Fremont, Greenlake, even Ravenna. But it also includes unincorporated Methburg and Cracknolia.
distantmantra
Member
The Frelardingfordgreenlakewoodvennaleaf district rules.
North Seattle is my least favorite part of the city and Kirkland is my favorite east-side burb, and still, it's not even a contest, not even the same league, north Seattle all the way.
I would generally try to be a south as I can in north Seattle though.
luckyboyceo
Member
Okay, I can decipher Cracknolia (Magnolia), but Methburg? I can't figure that one out.
kickpuncher
Member
Airways (Kent) cans as does 7 Seas (Gig Harbor). They're both good, but Fremont Fremont Fremont. Love Fremont.
Oh yeah, Hilliard's Saison is also fantastic.
Hilliard's is pretty great. The bar is pretty fun too and they have the "chrome satan" which is pretty darn good, but it isn't canned.
God. North Seattle, all the way. I think the Eastside is more for people who are older, want to start a family and don't mind the absence of nothing to do.
If I end up staying in Seattle longer than two more years (which I'd doubt I will), I'd want to move to Issaquah/Redmond for this exact reason. No joke.
If you're young, live in North Seattle. There's not really a discussion to even be had.
Chrome Satan is fantastic. I've had the Saison, but not really into the style.
You guys are gonna have to teach me about beer at the next meet up. I usually just ask for a Guinness, and if they don't have that I'll just drink whatever the person I'm with orders.
I have no idea what you're talking about in about 75% of the beer-related posts.
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