People in the eastern half of the US: please attend PAX South instead of PAX East if it is closer for you. If you attend both, you are a dirtbag. It's getting hard enough to get tickets to PAX East, and I'd love it if PAX South actually took some of the load off of East, instead of everybody just going to both and this solving no issues at all.
@redhatdrew: No word, but I doubt it. They probably have enough PAX in their life already.
On the other hand, there were plans to send Jeff and Ryan to PAX Australia, until Ryan passed away. Though I was unclear on whether CBSi was actually treating it as a work trip, or if Jeff and Ryan were basically just deciding to go there personally (thus the reduced presence). PAX South is a lot closer than that.
What the hell? I randomly came into this thread an hour later and there are still passes available for every day. I've been curious what the reception would be to PAX South, and I think I have my answer.
I wouldn't worry about how fast it sold out. The fact that it sold out of 3 day passes at all should say enough, it shouldn't also have to be in the first 15 minutes. First 2 hours is just as good.
I managed to get two 3-day passes before they sold out. Hopefully GB or at least part of GB does something there, but I won't be too upset if they don't.
I still think it was a stupid, stupid choice to pick San Antonio. Austin would've been far better.
What the hell? I randomly came into this thread an hour later and there are still passes available for every day. I've been curious what the reception would be to PAX South, and I think I have my answer.
This being the first PAX South probably has someting to do with it. Try again next year and the difficulty will ramp up from Easy to Hard, if not Insane.
I'm glad I was able to get enough for me and my friends. I hope PAX South is amazing (ie, Giant Bomb shows up)!
About time we got a big video game convention like this. QuakeCon seems mainly PC-focused, ScrewAttack is super low key...and then there's that RoosterTeeth thing.
I got my tickets already for Friday and Saturday. I've always wanted to go to PAX but getting a flight out to Seattle or Boston was a little much for me. Props to the people who can afford flying from overseas to those things. San Antonio is only about a 3 hour drive from my hometown, so that is more feasible. It would be awesome if GB showed up for it, but I wouldn't hold it against them if they didn't. Here's to hoping for an awesome time.
People in the eastern half of the US: please attend PAX South instead of PAX East if it is closer for you. If you attend both, you are a dirtbag. It's getting hard enough to get tickets to PAX East, and I'd love it if PAX South actually took some of the load off of East, instead of everybody just going to both and this solving no issues at all.
Guess I'm a dirtbag then.
I bought a 3-day pass before they sold out. Not totally sure I'll go. I can cancel the hotel prior to 72 hours, so I'm gonna wait and see what publishers and (hopefully) what panel type people are going.
People in the eastern half of the US: please attend PAX South instead of PAX East if it is closer for you. If you attend both, you are a dirtbag. It's getting hard enough to get tickets to PAX East, and I'd love it if PAX South actually took some of the load off of East, instead of everybody just going to both and this solving no issues at all.
Guess I'm a dirtbag then.
I bought a 3-day pass before they sold out. Not totally sure I'll go. I can cancel the hotel prior to 72 hours, so I'm gonna wait and see what publishers and (hopefully) what panel type people are going.
People in the eastern half of the US: please attend PAX South instead of PAX East if it is closer for you. If you attend both, you are a dirtbag. It's getting hard enough to get tickets to PAX East, and I'd love it if PAX South actually took some of the load off of East, instead of everybody just going to both and this solving no issues at all.
Guess I'm a dirtbag then.
I bought a 3-day pass before they sold out. Not totally sure I'll go. I can cancel the hotel prior to 72 hours, so I'm gonna wait and see what publishers and (hopefully) what panel type people are going.
You monster.
I hate to break it to you, but the demand for East/Prime tickets exceeds the supply to such a crazy degree that no amount of people opting to just go to PAX South is going to make it noticeably easier to get in.
In fact, there's the distinct possibility that the opposite might actually happen. South will probably be the first PAX for a lot of people in that vicinity, and they might catch PAX fever and want to attend East/Prime as well.
It's still a ways away, so plans for the Bomb guys to be there are slim, especially since it'll be in the lull after the holidays (maybe not with all those delayed titles). But I'll have fun regardless. I'll be there Sat/Sun. I was recently in San Antonio for another conference, and I have no idea why they went there instead of Orlando, Atlanta or even New Orleans.
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