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    The inaugural Penny Arcade Expo East took place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26-28, 2010.

    Okay, so who's going?

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    #1  Edited By Marino  Staff

    Went to PAX Prime the last twoyears.  Pretty interested to see how the east coast version goes, even with the limited amount of info we have on what's going on at this point.

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    #2  Edited By Whisperkill

    next year. I live on Long Island and am going to college in upstate New York so I'll probably go with a few friends. It was too much work to go this year for me.

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    #3  Edited By Mmmslash

    I live in Connecticut, about an hour outside of Boston.
     
    I'll see you guys there.

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    #4  Edited By chrisovc

    Live only about  25 min from Boston, already bought my 3 day pass along with some friends. Will be taking some video and pictures and posting them. Here's hoping the Giantbomb crew will be there!

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    #5  Edited By Karmum

    Most likely heading up to Boston from South Jersey. I think I'm going only Saturday and Sunday. Still don't know if it's a lock, though.
     
    Excited if it is, can't wait.

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    #6  Edited By gaaaabe

    I'm going.

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    #7  Edited By roofy

    lol i cant help but read the responses in this thread with the accents that apply to the locations.

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    #8  Edited By Snail

    I wish I could go. :(

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    #9  Edited By deathfury

    Hell yeah I'm going!

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    #10  Edited By natetodamax

    I wish I was.

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    #11  Edited By Dalai

    I was really close to actually committing to going, but it comes down to time and money. Since I live 6 hours away, I'd have to go for the all-out 3 day pass or nothing and I ended up choosing nothing. 
     
    Maybe next year if they do it again.

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    Holy shit...Don't think I can go this year. Hope they have one next year. Only $50 for three days. That shit is insane.

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    #13  Edited By Marino  Staff
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    #14  Edited By RiddleBrother

    I live in boston, so i'll probably make it out. stoked!

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    #15  Edited By rjayb89

    I'd expect Vinny to go as well since, you know, he's Italian.

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    #16  Edited By ascholzk

    im going, its going to be amazing!  
    a great panel lineup too

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    #17  Edited By Qdor

    I'm going! I'm from Jersey so was never able to make it to PAX Prime; I couldn't be more excited for PAX East!

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    #18  Edited By AgentJ

    Nope, I've got the real thing in my back yard.

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    #19  Edited By breadfan

    Still debating whether or not to go. I only live a few minutes from Boston, so commuting would be no problem. Though I'm really the only one in my group of friends who is into games enough to go to something like this.

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    #20  Edited By pause422

    I could go easily but I kind of don't have the slightest interest. I'll go one day to the real thing, not some ripoff offshoot.

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    #21  Edited By Marino  Staff
    @AgentJ:  
      @pause422:  

    So PAX East is fake?  I don't doubt it will be different, but I'm looking forward to it.  And I'll likely be heading to Seattle for the third time for PAX Prime later this year.
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    #22  Edited By erinfizz

    I'm going. I am still very hazy on what exactly I will be doing while I'm there, but I'm looking forward to it! If all else fails, there's always boardgaming.

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    #23  Edited By Brunchies

    I'm not going this year but I'm more likely to go next year.

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    #24  Edited By Marino  Staff

    Shit just got real, son. 

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    #25  Edited By mracoon
    @Marino: You're making me jealous. Quick question, what's the the [RED] under the three day pass mean?
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    #26  Edited By neoepoch

    So Mike and Jerry are putting a lot of time and effort, bringing sponsors and musicians to a "lame ripoff" and selling out tickets for "a lame ripoff"...idiots.
     
    Anyway I go to school in Boston, and PAX East are during the last 3 days of my spring break. I'm definitely going, just waiting for my badge to get here.@Marino said:

    " Shit just got real, son. 

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    ARGH! Where is mine?!
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    #27  Edited By CoolDrMoney
    @AgentJ said:
    " Why would I go to some lame ripoff of the real thing? :P "
    @AgentJ said:
    " Nope, I've got the real thing in my back yard. "
    We get it, we get it
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    #28  Edited By Marino  Staff
    @mracoon said:
    " @Marino: You're making me jealous. Quick question, what's the the [RED] under the three day pass mean? "
    The different types of badges (3-Day, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Media, VIP, etc) are all different colors.  I guess they put the color in text as a counterfeiting measure.  Or maybe for colorblind?  Hell, I don't know.
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    #29  Edited By AgentJ
    @CoolDrMoney: You must have posted this just before or just after I deleted the first one. When i posted the second time I didn't realize I had already hit this thread up. My bad.
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    #30  Edited By Metiphis

    Totally got my tickets today hellz yeah, see yah there GB.

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    #31  Edited By InuFaye

    Sounds like Jeff and Ryan will be there. 

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    #32  Edited By ErgoDemise

    i'm going but i also hope to see at least one member of the giant bomb crew there....

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    #33  Edited By Demyx

    I'll be in NY around that time, doubt I'll drive up there though.

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    #34  Edited By kahi

    Taking a 7 day vacation for it :)

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    #35  Edited By jakob187

    I'm waiting for PAX South to happen one day... 
     
    ...so we can all sit around and get wasted on Ziegenbock and Shiner, then shoot guns in the air and yell curse words at the top of our lungs every three seconds. 
     
    I think Gabe and Tycho would appreciate that.  = D

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    #36  Edited By Rayfield

    It must really suck for all you Americans to choose what awesome video game conventions to go to every 2-3 months.
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    #37  Edited By rentfn

    I'm going. I can't wait. Could never afford to go out to Seattle. I live 30 minutes from Boston. Very much excited for this. Wish there was a Giant Bomb panel but there is some good stuff.

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    #38  Edited By HombreGato

    Actually, all of the passes are colored red but half of them say [BLUE] in text.  There's a theory going around that all people with [RED] passes will receive access to Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Mankey, Primeape, Arcanine, Scyther, and Electabuzz.

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    #39  Edited By Karmum

    Still going. Can't wait, one more week. Will be there Saturday and Sunday, not Friday. Won't complain though, coming from South Jersey to Boston.

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    #40  Edited By DeBurgo
     I'm going! looking forward to it.     
     
    @AgentJ
     said: 

    " Nope, I've got the real thing in my back yard. "

      @pause422 said: 

    " I could go easily but I kind of don't have the slightest interest. I'll go one day to the real thing, not some ripoff offshoot. "


    this is the real thing, you guys, it's just on the other coast :( 
      
    maybe not the original, sure, but it's not like PAX East is just a giant Potemkin village for gamers, with cardboard cutouts for booths in the exhibit halls, fake game kiosks, and impostor panelists.
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    #41  Edited By nathos

    Hey duders, 
     
    Just wanted to let you know that rufo and I just launched a PAX East edition of our ExpoJunkie mobile app. Check it out at http://pax.expojunkie.com.
     
    If you're not familiar, ExpoJunkie PAX East edition is a free web app that gives iPhone & Android users a complete event schedule & maps for PAX. iPhone & Android 2.0 users even get full offline support, so you don't have to worry about lousy data connections at the show. 
     
    We hope you like it, and maybe we'll see you at PAX East!

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    I will indeed be there. Thinking about doing something crazy with my beard for it. Suggestions?

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    #43  Edited By diddy02129

    I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out ! Anyone going have extra passes for sale? I'm looking for a Sat & Sun ticket, and I am from Boston. I would really like to attend, so please e-mail me so we can talk $$. TownieDesign {at} gmail {dot} com

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    #44  Edited By HombreGato

    Went to the Jeff Green panel (will never forget his "dump truck full of dead mice with a twenty dollar bill at the bottom" line from Computer Gaming World.
     
    Got up to leave and who is sitting behind me??  BIG JEFFY Gerstmann ! ! !
     
    That's right.
     
    Meant to say thanks for entertaining me for a decade plus but I got starstruck and choked.  
     
    I mean seriously deer in headlights choked.  Choked worse than Sasha Grey.  Welcome to PAX, featuring CHOKE by Chuck Palahniuk.

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