PAX East 2013: Giant Bomb Panel - Part 02

@legion_:

Yeah it's weird when people use words to describe things!

its pretty frustrating that during the e sports question, a lot of the criticisms about the organization and coverage of competitive gaming are things that (in my opinion, of course) that the Fighting Games scene is doing right, but is never recognized for. the Road To Evo tournament series provides a pretty clear "season" style narrative for a casual fans to follow, without having to be watching streams every day. I also dont think the MOBA or RTS scenes really showcase the "emotional arc" and "character stories" half as good as the FGC. there's stuff like the Mike Ross documentary, I Got Next, Fight For Youth, Three Green Bars, King Of Chinatown, and much more that focuses almost solely on the human element. its just a shame that because a few people in the community do some bad things that the rest of the scene gets a poor reputation.

Ask your question, and then let them answer. I hate how many people turn their "question" into an attempt to act chummy with the guys, resulting in them rambling for way too fucking long, and then either asking a bad question, or essentially going "Eh? EH? I'm just like you guys! You wanna go get dinner together after this is over?! I'm like the friend you guys never had!"

Also, your ability to reference Giant Bomb memes doesn't impress them.

so many great moments in this like the simcity references

How did no one ask about the Jeff's raid :(

Yeah it's..........really disconcerting

THE SPECIMEN

Skipped around to the good stuff and have to say that the last question was hands down the best one. Good note to end Q&A on.

You guys need to understand, snark is not the kind of thing you can just turn off.

The user from Toronto is wearing a Canadiens shirt. LIES! Alternatively TURNCOAT!

It's really weird when guys call girls females. Like, really weird.

this pretty much

Keeping with that "let people on the internet know you like stuff" thing, awesome panel bombcrew. I thought Alex was fine and don't think he should feel bad at all. Seeing all six of them together is always a treat. They killed it, especially Ryan. Could have used more Brad but that's fairly normal. No use crying over swallowed milk.

Oh, and super pumped about the Eve Online Fan Fest content later!

I LOVE VIDEO JAMES AND I LOVE THIS STUPID WEBSITE

The whole time whenever the camera cuts to Ryan, you can see the introspective despair in his eyes.

"Why did I drink a stranger's breastmilk?"

@kittyvondoom: Well done.

Scoops and Drew going to EVE Fanfest 2013! Spill some drinks with Mittens on the Top of the World.

"I reviewed a soccer game once..."

"I reviewed a Monster Hunter game..."

Not as bad as it could have been....I only cringed twice.

Haven't pressed play yet, is this as cringe worthy as previous Q&A panel sections?

Bleh. I swear I'm usually not the type of guy to hate on staff, but Alex was way too... what's the word... intense.

A little too much. Yeah, I understand some of the question are not great but no need to insult the person and make them feel bad. Look at how Jeff handled the guy who asked about the one more day to live question. I like Alex but was off put by this is all.

Patrick should definitely play Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. It's a dungeon crawler but it's way less hardcore and grindy.

Wow....Alex is really snarky, eh?

In the future, I'll be checking the ingredients on any chocolate I buy for breast milk.

also that panel was great

if you're gonna ask a question then don't have the worst nerd voice and nerd intonation as if you're delivering a terrible nerd joke. it's really hard to watch

@victorycheezin: I think he is just a blunt person.

There were some genuinely awesome questions here, especially the last 2 but the bad questions make this really hard to watch only to be saved by Jeff and Patrick. It's just cringe inducing to reference in-jokes from the site or something that happened not an hour ago. You have a room full of people that are fans of GB, why not just ask them their opinion on your question while sitting down or in line before you make an ass of yourself?

Do not fear the mic, guys. It ain't gonna bite. I think.

So awesome that Drew and Patrick are coming to Iceland, looking forward to having a cold one with them!

Lang should have gone over to that guy and just standpunched him.

I wish there was some sort of screening of the questions. Still enjoyed the responses to the terrible ones, but the good ones provided actual infobits

Get in line.

Are you guys looking for another fulltime cameraman or editor? I would love to apply and send my resume and/or video reel.

Great panel; there were even some good questions. Where do you go from drinking breast milk though?

I'm pretty sure I could make a joke about Dave Lang here but I don't even know the guy really.

Later questions were excellent. Well done, folks. Super-glad this thing was as long as it was now. First Q&A at an event that wasn't totally embarrassing.

I hope GB adopts a "start at the back of the line" policy to avoid the cringe-worthy questions that start things off, from people who run to the mics to only get attention as soon as possible.

@patman99: Yeah, I gotta agree with you on that one. It didn't get too out of hand, but I kinda felt bad a few times. I doubt Ryan or anyone else was trying to hurt anyone's feelings and I doubt anyone went home and cried about it, but yeah, some of their responses did kinda just make me wince a bit.

I really liked that whole esports question/discussion. I think Alex and Patrick brought up an extremely good point too. I follow the DotA2 proscene. Following the DotA2 proscene is a fucking nightmare. I enjoy it obviously, but like they said, there's a million different casters and leagues and stuff (I would imagine it's even worse to follow LoL or SC2) that there's no way to casually get into it. You have to be really dedicated just as a fan to even have the slightest clue of what's going on.

I think the whole esports discussion deserves a longer, more in-depth discussion outside of a panel, but I'm glad someone brought it up.

I really loved this panel. Who wants to pay for me to go to PAX?

THIS WAS SO GOOD! Fuck cable, I pay for Giant Bomb!

Every time Jeff suggests new consoles are suddenly going to solve all these problems with larger budget games, I wonder if he's trying to convince himself that things are going to be okay.

Alex is such a higher caliber of dick than anyone else on the panel.

Alex is really trying too hard in this. I cringed a few times for him. haha

Love you Alex!

Am I the only one that really liked Alex during this whole thing?

45 minutes in and this Q&A is actually pretty good.

EDIT: Yup, it's all awesome!

Seriously, think your questions through before asking them!

It's the panel equivalent of the second half of From Dusk Til Dawn.