StreetPAX Prime 2012

Starting with PAX Prime 2011, StreetPassing has been a pretty big deal. That first PAX with 3DS, I accumulated about 350 Mii's in my plaza. Then, at PAX East 2012, I added over 500 more. At PAX Prime 2012, I didn't get quite that many. I mostly ignored my 3DS on the third day, but still ended up with over 450 StreetPasses over the course of the four days I was in Seattle. I really wish they would up the maximum number of StreetPasses you can get at once from ten. After a while, it just becomes too tedious to clear them out during the show especially when another ten get collected WHILE you're clearing out the previous ten. It's a never ending loop of Miis. Gross.

At the end of the weekend, I once again had all of the available puzzle pieces. And, I'm on what appears to be my second to last run in terms of filling in all the spots in the Find Mii dungeon. That shit takes forever when you're just throwing army after army of level one Miis at those enemies.

Break It Down

What population of PAX attendees are female? Well, if StreetPass is to be believed, then it's about one in about every six.

If you're not familiar with StreetPass, one of the things you can display in your profile is whether you prefer dogs or cats. So, are most PAX goers dog people or cat people? Well, as you can see, it kind of depends on their gender. Not too surprising I guess.

Male - Dogs vs Cats	All of PAX - Dogs vs Cats	Female - Dogs vs Cats

Locations

Unsurprisingly, the state of Washington is by far the most represented region at PAX Prime. But, I also ran into several international folks as well as many Canadians. And to that one person living in the Northwest Territories, damn. As a side note, the only state (including DC and Puerto Rico) that I haven't met someone from is Wyoming. I guess that makes sense, but I guess I need to book a layover in Cheyenne next year or something.

The percentages below are based on the entire population of StreetPasses, not just America and/or International.

United States of America

Canada / International

Totals

• Americans - 378 (83.08%)
• Canadians - 69 (15.16%)
• International - 8 (1.76%)

Based on these totals, it can be said that you are more likely to meet Canadian and other International 3DS owners in Seattle than you are in Boston (9.8% and 0.96% respectively).

Most Popular Games & Apps

For those who don't own a 3DS, when you StreetPass someone, it tells you the last thing that they played. Whether it was a game or an app, their Mii is holding a little sign with the logo on it. So, based on this information, here are the top 10 most popular games and apps during PAX Prime 2012.

The Raw Data

If you see your name on here somewhere, let me know. Also, the average number of Miis in any given person's plaza is 382. One guy had close to 3000. That's crazy. I'm around 1500 or so after three PAX's.

jesus christ Marino. this is totally bonkers and also pretty awesome. i would have thought that a gathering of people from people on the internet would have preferred cats over dogs

Yes I have a question. How does the lack of street passing with me effect your PAX experience?

Fuck sakes man, you love data.

@Matt: Well, as you can see, I found two other people from the UK to fill the void.

@Marino: You heartless bastard!

Come to MAGFest, I can get you that Nova Scotia tag :)

@Corvak said:

Come to MAGFest, I can get you that Nova Scotia tag :)

I actually got two of them at PAX East 2012. ;)

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/marino/by-the-numbers-streetpaxin-east-2012/30-92598/

The only parts of Canada I don't have are Yukon, Nunavut, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

You are a sociopath.

Theatrhythm well represented o.O

@FinalDasa: I'm still playing it. Hopefully it'll be easier to get specific shards now that I'm full up on darknotes from StreetPasses.

once again we did not street pass owell pax 2013 it is

Oh man. I'm sorta sad I didn't StreetPass ya.

I have a Japanese 3DS, and I for one didn't know you could select cats or dogs as your favorite. I just made semi-random selections until it worked. But I can see Marino didn't streetpass with me (and I did over 800 so that tells you something that we didn't intersect), so I still don't know what pet and home region I have selected.

Also, I recognize a number of those Miis. SwordMage and JimDrkMajk specifically.

Dustin

WI

Mario Kart 7

Cats

M

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There I am!! I was happy that I was able to beat Find Mii during the Saturday Night Concert. Got to the end credits, then reset it again so I could keep earning hats. I was also able to complete 8 Puzzle Swap panels. I wish I lived in an area where I could do this more often. I ended up getting about 248 total StreetPasses during my whole trip to PAX. Oh and I thought it was really cool that I ended up getting three tags from places that don't have maps - Ireland, Haiti, and Montserrat.