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| 01:28:21 [gadgetgrl] | holy cow, pax is out of three day badges! |
| 01:28:24 [gadgetgrl] | !pointer |
| 01:28:24 [Sacchi] | http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2012-05-03.html#T1-28-24 |
| 01:34:17 [nathanbp] | Really? wow |
| 01:34:21 [gadgetgrl] | yeah :/ |
| 01:34:26 [nathanbp] | Guess I'm not convincing my wow friends to go then |
| 01:34:29 [nathanbp] | did you miss out? |
| 01:34:41 [gadgetgrl] | yeah...asking andrew now...they still have one day badges |
| 01:34:55 [gadgetgrl] | i might just miss a day, or it's $40 for 3-day equivalent |
| 01:34:58 [gadgetgrl] | er... |
| 01:35:00 [gadgetgrl] | $40 more |
| 01:35:07 [nathanbp] | ouch |
| 01:35:08 [Puyopuyo] | Wait, what? |
| 01:35:15 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 01:35:27 [gadgetgrl] | how much was blizzcon? |
| 01:35:38 [gadgetgrl] | i'm wondering how many of the tickets were just bought by people who want to resell |
| 01:35:47 [Puyopuyo] | They just went up though! |
| 01:36:17 [gadgetgrl] | apparently not enough |
| 01:36:32 [Puyopuyo] | Probably a bunch |
| 01:36:58 [Puyopuyo] | Sheesh. |
| 01:37:02 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 01:37:05 [nathanbp] | Blizzcon was $150? $175? something like that |
| 01:37:06 [nathanbp] | last year |
| 01:37:11 [nathanbp] | there's no blizzcon this year |
| 01:37:15 [gadgetgrl] | right |
| 01:37:26 [gadgetgrl] | but even with three one-day passes, you're not to the same price |
| 01:38:00 [nathanbp] | Blizzcon you're kinda paying for the goody bag though |
| 01:38:15 [gadgetgrl] | eh, true |
| 01:38:23 [gadgetgrl] | pax is now $105 for three days |
| 01:38:36 [gadgetgrl] | compared to 65 for 3 day pass |
| 01:39:32 [nathanbp] | The statue from Blizzcon is apparently worth $30 on ebay |
| 01:40:18 [gadgetgrl] | i wonder if bilzzcon did effect the sales of pax... at least minimally |
| 01:40:26 [gadgetgrl] | since it's on the same coast and all |
| 01:40:31 [gadgetgrl] | and relative time |
| 01:41:09 [gadgetgrl] | (be back...getting a game of lol in before returnign to thesis land) |
| 01:41:58 [Puyopuyo] | Jenn plays League of Legends now? |
| 01:43:24 [nathanbp] | I didn't think this was news? |
| 01:43:46 [nathanbp] | Jenn you should play Mahjong instead... |
| 01:44:08 [Puyopuyo] | I didn't know that. |
| 01:44:38 [gadgetgrl] | but mahjong has zero hiring potential |
| 01:44:47 [gadgetgrl] | i got into it after gdc |
| 01:45:03 [gadgetgrl] | and realizing what an awesome company it was, even fi it's located in CA |
| 01:45:34 [Puyopuyo] | So if you manage to get a badge from Andrew, you're definitely going Jenn? |
| 01:47:58 [Puyopuyo] | (Gotta figure out if it's even worth considering getting planet tickets and friggen 105 dollar badges now) |
| 01:48:14 [nathanbp] | how quickly did badges sell out? |
| 01:48:26 [Puyopuyo] | *plane |
| 01:49:06 [Puyopuyo] | They went up today, if I understand correctly. |
| 01:49:19 [nathanbp] | wow |
| 01:50:08 [nathanbp] | discard a red dragon, draw 2 more! |
| 01:50:39 [Puyopuyo] | Awesome. |
| 01:51:28 [gadgetgrl] | i'll let you know when i do |
| 01:51:50 [gadgetgrl] | faster than normal, just an hour to go or so |
| 01:52:07 [gadgetgrl] | i think usually it lasted until at least june |
| 01:52:33 [nathanbp] | oh look a haneman with me as dealer |
| 01:54:53 [Puyopuyo] | Just an hour to go? |
| 01:57:39 [Pipian] | maybe "hour or so"? |
| 02:10:39 [Puyopuyo] | Whelp, reboot time. |
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| 03:00:49 [Puyopuyo] | Blargh. Emily is not up for Prime. I guess I may consider it if I can afford the plane ticket. I'll take a stab at enforcing. |
| 04:14:47 [gadgetgrl] | okay |
| 04:20:12 [Puyopuyo] | So here's hoping you get a vendor badge! |
| 04:21:40 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 04:21:46 [gadgetgrl] | enforcer is a good idea too |
| 04:22:08 [Puyopuyo] | Working PAX is supposed to be quite the experience. It's a lot of running around, working, and so on, but them's generally good people. |
| 04:22:18 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 04:22:24 [Puyopuyo] | And after what one of the Enforcers did for us at PAX East this year, I wouldn't mind giving back. |
| 04:22:53 [gadgetgrl] | ? |
| 04:25:08 [Puyopuyo] | Parker had an absolutely miserable PAX. She runs into us and expresses how miserable it is, and the Enforcer is completely understanding and cool with letting us stay in the room, even though the tournament was over. No questions, nothing but "You guys can stay here until she feels better. I hope a small right can make up for what sounds like a much bigger wrong." |
| 04:25:43 [Puyopuyo] | And we've got the Jaegers, my roomates...a party of about 7 in a tournament room that he's trying to clean up. It was REALLY cool of him. |
| 04:27:20 [Puyopuyo] | (...I'm kind of neglecting on details for how miserable she was, but let's go with her crying and being frustrated.) |
| 04:27:59 [Puyopuyo] | (...probably also prefer if this doesn't get back to Andrew, as it's her complaints to tell, not mine.) |
| 04:28:09 [gadgetgrl] | was it b/c she was working at Andrew's booth? :p |
| 04:28:28 [gadgetgrl] | b/c if it was, i can understand her frustration |
| 04:28:33 [Puyopuyo] | It's what happened while she was working at Andrew's booth. |
| 04:28:34 [gadgetgrl] | but her's was probably different than mine |
| 04:28:39 [gadgetgrl] | ah |
| 04:28:51 [Puyopuyo] | Let's go with people really missing the "Don't harass people" and "Don't touch people" rules. |
| 04:28:54 [gadgetgrl] | i was at teh tables so i didn't see/hear much about actual booth running |
| 04:29:00 [gadgetgrl] | ah |
| 04:29:04 [gadgetgrl] | that's unfortunate |
| 04:29:28 [Puyopuyo] | Very much so. I don't know what her future plans are, but I think she does not wish to work another PAX ever again. |
| 04:29:35 [gadgetgrl] | heh |
| 04:29:37 [Puyopuyo] | But that's her business and not mine. |
| 04:29:45 [gadgetgrl] | yeah, totally worth to buy a badge if you can manage |
| 04:30:01 [Puyopuyo] | How was working Andrew's tables, by the way? |
| 04:30:06 [gadgetgrl] | okay |
| 04:30:11 [gadgetgrl] | it just got long some times |
| 04:30:17 [Puyopuyo] | I saw that you got to play with the fun "ONLY THIS OUTLET IS CONNECTED TO THE SWITCH" bit of the room. |
| 04:30:21 [gadgetgrl] | and by sunday, some of his other volunteers were getting on my nerves |
| 04:30:24 [Puyopuyo] | But otherwise I did not see you the entire expo. |
| 04:30:36 [Puyopuyo] | Did you at least get to have fun during the downtime? |
| 04:30:41 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 04:30:44 [Puyopuyo] | See concerts, any cool panels, etc? |
| 04:30:53 [gadgetgrl] | i dont' do concerts at pax east :p |
| 04:31:03 [gadgetgrl] | i've seen some at pax, and it's not worth the fight/time, imho |
| 04:31:06 [Puyopuyo] | Because it sounded to me like you would've been having a better time as an attendee, but this is all second-hand. |
| 04:31:09 [Puyopuyo] | Heh, fair enough. |
| 04:31:12 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 04:31:16 [gadgetgrl] | played a lot of games |
| 04:31:24 [Puyopuyo] | That's always good. |
| 04:31:27 [gadgetgrl] | if they hadn't f'd up our hotel, my experience might have been better |
| 04:31:37 [gadgetgrl] | which reminds me, i need to follow up to that email |
| 04:31:52 [gadgetgrl] | at least we got a free overpriced breaffast for it i guess |
| 04:32:02 [gadgetgrl] | and glad we only had 3 in the end instead of the original four |
| 04:32:05 [Puyopuyo] | What happened with the hotel? |
| 04:32:10 [Puyopuyo] | They ended up giving you a king size? |
| 04:32:11 [gadgetgrl] | they only had king beds |
| 04:32:16 [gadgetgrl] | they would not transfer |
| 04:32:20 [gadgetgrl] | and they didn't have any cots |
| 04:32:28 [Puyopuyo] | Yeah. Woo for THEM RUNNING OUT WHEN I REGISTERED AND ONLY GETTING A KING SIZE. |
| 04:32:30 [gadgetgrl] | almost everyone checking in after 3 got this offer |
| 04:32:43 [gadgetgrl] | yeah...and it didn't even say "preferred" on my reservation |
| 04:32:46 [Puyopuyo] | Free breakfast as a trade for being shoved into a king size bed? |
| 04:32:47 [gadgetgrl] | i CONFIRMED it was 2 beds |
| 04:32:48 [gadgetgrl] | oh well |
| 04:32:50 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 04:33:05 [Puyopuyo] | Fun with them NOT expecting what PAX East has become. |
| 04:33:10 [gadgetgrl] | needless to say, it made it in my pax feedback |
| 04:33:14 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 04:33:17 [gadgetgrl] | or their hotel system sucking |
| 04:33:20 [Puyopuyo] | I brought two inflatable mattresses, so my group was good to go. |
| 04:33:34 [Puyopuyo] | We brought my SNES and played patched Japanese roms on it. |
| 04:33:38 [Puyopuyo] | Good times! |
| 04:33:57 [gadgetgrl] | i wish, but mine was in nyc with a friend and we didn't have any..i mean, really, only king and no help? |
| 04:34:11 [gadgetgrl] | i saw jennie...she didn't see me waving wildly at her :/ |
| 04:34:13 [Puyopuyo] | They didn't even have any extra pillows. |
| 04:34:17 [gadgetgrl] | nope |
| 04:34:39 [Puyopuyo] | >_> And yet I didn't see you at all. Clearly you are ninja. |
| 04:35:55 [gadgetgrl] | clearly :) |
| 04:37:51 [Puyopuyo] | But yeah...I'm hoping for Team [E] if I do Prime this year, as it'll probably be pretty awesome. |
| 04:37:59 [gadgetgrl] | oh yeah, since you didn't see me...totally pulled of tanuki ears/tail on saturday |
| 04:38:02 [Puyopuyo] | I mean, I was Chief of Ops for Genericon. I can run ANYTHING! |
| 04:38:07 [Puyopuyo] | Really? AWESOME! |
| 04:38:09 [gadgetgrl] | lol |
| 04:38:11 [Puyopuyo] | Man, I wish I had seen that. |
| 04:38:14 [gadgetgrl] | yeah :) |
| 04:38:22 [gadgetgrl] | it was sad when people thought generic furry |
| 04:38:28 [gadgetgrl] | but great when they id'd it |
| 04:38:47 [Puyopuyo] | Well, lets you know who the real gamers are! |
| 04:38:54 [gadgetgrl] | yeah :) |
| 05:19:15 [nathanbp] | My brother managed to get a 3 day Pax Prime pass |
| 05:20:42 [Puyopuyo] | How upset would you be if he went "missing" for 3 days? |
| 05:21:00 [nathanbp] | I dunno that anyone would really notice? |
| 05:21:32 [gadgetgrl] | i don't blame him after last year :) |
| 05:21:43 [Puyopuyo] | What happened last year? |
| 05:22:03 [nathanbp] | He says that the window last year was 22 days for 3 day passes |
| 05:22:12 [nathanbp] | Are these all getting scalped or something? |
| 05:23:06 [gadgetgrl] | not typically |
| 05:23:15 [gadgetgrl] | a handful do, but it's not all that common |
| 05:24:14 [nathanbp] | They're going to have to build a bigger convention center for next year. |
| 05:24:32 [gadgetgrl] | there are larger convention centers |
| 05:24:36 [gadgetgrl] | or raise the prices :p |
| 05:24:43 [nathanbp] | In the Seattle area there are? |
| 05:24:47 [gadgetgrl] | no, but in general |
| 05:24:55 [gadgetgrl] | the seattle one takes quite a number of people |
| 05:25:04 [gadgetgrl] | i don't know that they're actually at capacity |
| 05:25:20 [nathanbp] | Sam: Last year my brother worked for Andrew and so didn't get as much time to do stuff at the con as he would have liked. |
| 05:26:34 [nathanbp] | I don't think he really minded that much since otherwise he wouldn't have gotten to go at all |
| 05:28:07 [gadgetgrl] | right, that's what i meant |
| 05:28:23 [gadgetgrl] | it just takes a lot of your weekend that you'd rather be spending enjoying it |
| 05:28:27 [Puyopuyo] | Ah |
| 05:28:44 [Puyopuyo] | I am liking how they're selling for 200 bucks on ebay right now. |
| 05:29:02 [Puyopuyo] | And the window went from 22 days to about 8ish hours? |
| 05:29:10 [Puyopuyo] | Counting the initial uptime and then the second uptime. |
| 05:29:42 [Puyopuyo] | And I think they're at capacity as far as the convention center will allow. |
| 05:30:05 [Puyopuyo] | Oh, fun fact: After the May 1st riots, that area of Seattle needs to get all of the glass panes fixed and the vandalism removed. What the crap. |
| 05:35:08 [gadgetgrl] | yeah, seattle and riots don't mix well for some reason |
| 05:35:14 [gadgetgrl] | see wto 2000 |
| 05:35:40 [Puyopuyo] | Ugh |
| 05:35:43 [gadgetgrl] | which is why i don't necessarily see the evil in police being around when there are crowds |
| 05:35:54 [gadgetgrl] | b.c there are a number of just aholes around |
| 05:35:58 [Puyopuyo] | I'm surprised at the sheer damage that Seattle had inflicted upon it. |
| 05:36:09 [Puyopuyo] | I mean, what the fuck people. These are supposed to be peaceful protests, not riots. |
| 05:36:18 [gadgetgrl] | yeah... |
| 05:36:24 [gadgetgrl] | seattle's weird like that |
| 05:36:32 [gadgetgrl] | and they call nyc'ers agressive |
| 05:36:32 [Puyopuyo] | At least NYC sufferred minimal damage and minimal arrests. |
| 05:36:38 [Puyopuyo] | I know, right? |
| 05:36:40 [gadgetgrl] | passive-agressive is apparently a lot scarier |
| 05:36:50 [Puyopuyo] | Especially when they outright ditch the passive part. |
| 05:36:54 [gadgetgrl] | yeah |
| 05:37:07 [gadgetgrl] | downtown seattle isn't the nicest of areas, in all honesty |
| 05:37:11 [gadgetgrl] | it's gotten better |
| 05:37:15 [gadgetgrl] | but there are still some really crappy areas |
| 05:37:20 [Puyopuyo] | I'd believe it, but what's with the anarchy symbols? |
| 05:37:32 [gadgetgrl] | free people! yay! |
| 05:37:42 [gadgetgrl] | misinformed people? |
| 05:38:06 [gadgetgrl] | there's not a whole lot of diversity in seattle either |
| 05:38:09 [gadgetgrl] | that's what i like about nyc |
| 05:38:14 [gadgetgrl] | everyone is different...and they just kind of let it be |
| 05:38:24 [gadgetgrl] | i liek the "deal with it" approach :p |
| 05:39:45 [Puyopuyo] | * Puyopuyo pictures Jenn putting on sunglasses as she says that. |
| 05:39:50 [Puyopuyo] | Wearing them at night, I see. |
| 05:39:58 [gadgetgrl] | lol |
| 05:57:58 [Puyopuyo] | Well, I'm going to get some sleep. Avengers tomorrow! |
| 05:58:46 [gadgetgrl] | cool, have fun! |
| 05:59:18 [Puyopuyo] | Thanks. Good luck with your thesis! *gotta work on final project more! >_<* |
| 06:01:43 [gadgetgrl] | thanks ^^; |
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