Welp, my PAX is over. It was over like six hours ago really. Quick thoughts;
1. Hopy shit that was way too much fun. 2. Driving downtown sucks. Next year, get hotel. 3. Leaving early really fucking sucks. Next year, stay the extra night. 4. I really wanna try enforcing. 5. Those of you I met at PAX: you are awesome. Those of you I did not meet, I continue to assume are all just cats behind keyboards. 6. Hopy shit, so much fun.
When I get home proper, I'll draw up some comics of my PAX experience, as I promised.
STUFF I PLAYED I HAD NEVER PLAYED BEFORE
Jungle Speed : Really hard to play on the floor when your legs won't sit crosswise without tendons snapping. Oodles of fun regardless. Cards against Humanity AKA Liberal Guilt - The Game : I played three rounds and feel like I've seen everything that game has to offer, but it was a fun three games! Carcassonne : It is just sad I'd never played this before the panel. I played one game there that was just for lulz, not really trying to win and just watching everyone else stumble through. Then, at like 11 that night, I played for real. I still lost, but I felt I was playing fairly well. Need to buy so bad.
STUFF I STILL HAVEN'T PLAYED GODDAMNIT
Freemarket!!! ARRRRGH Puerto Rico : I couldn't find a game at any point. I'm going to order it the moment I get home and make people play.
STUFF I'VE ALREADY PLAYED BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN YOU GUYS
The Order of the Stick Boardgame : It was so glorious you guys. Advance Wars : I managed to find two guys this morning who had Dual Strike and we played like four games. I remain all-conquering. Infinite Mech Spam wooo. Settlers : I played my first game of Settlers in like two years. I forgot how to play. It was sad.
OTHER RANDOM HIGHLIGHTS
Watching a part of the pony stream with forumites. Playing Super Mario Brothers on an ancient TV. Approaching the Bioware booth with my Iphone blaring "How do I live" from Con Air in order to deliever my mod to their waiting hands. Getting shit autographed by the Protomen and thanking their lead singer in person for the inspiration they've provided me artistically. Wearing a fucking plith helmet in public. Cutting my fucking finger open on a stair and bleeding everywhere wait that's not a highlight.
I also played some SC2 Desert Strike with a whole gaggle of people, tried out CS:GO, saw the Protomen live (!!!!!), went to the keynote and first Q&A (Rym and Scott are magnificent bastards), met up with a bunch of Homestuck fans, and basically did not eat or sleep all weekend.
I would say it was the best time I've ever had while still wearing pants, but I was not wearing pants on Friday.
The Order of the Stick Boardgame : It was so glorious you guys.
So in my grand tradition of fucking up games I buy and then instantly play at conventions, we screwed that game up royally. I've got it all sorted out mentally, though, so next time it'll work just fine.
Looks like Penny Arcade pulled a prank on Paul Christoforo. Gabe says he'll post a post explaining the whole thing this week, but you can see what happened on Gabe's Twitter:
Awesome year as the usual. I knew we where in for a good PAX when within hours of the con playing Small World, I dropped "I have a' six guyz" and the stranger we where playing with immediately turned to me and said "You listen to Fast Karate?". Also my steak of completely randomly meeting up with Chase Gordon at least once at PAX remains unbroken. The only downside I can think of is there was no Tigris and Euphrates at the gaming library, so I couldn't bust that game out with my friends.
The cards against humanity game was definitely the best part for me. Japanese pro wrestling explained was fun, too. Hope to see at least some of you before ConnectiCon. Am starting a discussion so we can plan a Massachusetts-area FRC-ers get together.
The cards against humanity game was definitely the best part for me. Japanese pro wrestling explained was fun, too. Hope to see at least some of you before ConnectiCon. Am starting a discussion so we can plan a Massachusetts-area FRC-ers get together.
Ugh, the chapstick helped stop my lips from drying out, but the backs of my hands are like leather. I've put lotion on them 4 times now and it's only slightly better.
Ugh, the chapstick helped stop my lips from drying out, but the backs of my hands are like leather. I've put lotion on them 4 times now and it's only slightly better.
My friend may have also been one of the Patient Zeroes for the PAX Pox too. It was so sad, she was looking forward to her first PAX for the past 6 months, but then she missed the whole thing because by Friday afternoon, she was so sick that she was literally bedridden, and barely could make it up and out of bed for one panel on Saturday before having to go home early on Saturday night.
And I think Emily was a little afraid of me when I mentioned how sick my friend was; she clearly didn't want any chance of getting infected. :P
Ugh, the chapstick helped stop my lips from drying out, but the backs of my hands are like leather. I've put lotion on them 4 times now and it's only slightly better.
Yep. Sean. I didn't start feeling it until I got off the airplane, so it is probably just travel sick.
Looks like Penny Arcade pulled a prank on Paul Christoforo. Gabe says he'll post a post explaining the whole thing this week, but you can see what happened on Gabe's Twitter:
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1. Hopy shit that was way too much fun.
2. Driving downtown sucks. Next year, get hotel.
3. Leaving early really fucking sucks. Next year, stay the extra night.
4. I really wanna try enforcing.
5. Those of you I met at PAX: you are awesome. Those of you I did not meet, I continue to assume are all just cats behind keyboards.
6. Hopy shit, so much fun.
When I get home proper, I'll draw up some comics of my PAX experience, as I promised.
STUFF I PLAYED I HAD NEVER PLAYED BEFORE
Jungle Speed : Really hard to play on the floor when your legs won't sit crosswise without tendons snapping. Oodles of fun regardless.
Cards against Humanity AKA Liberal Guilt - The Game : I played three rounds and feel like I've seen everything that game has to offer, but it was a fun three games!
Carcassonne : It is just sad I'd never played this before the panel. I played one game there that was just for lulz, not really trying to win and just watching everyone else stumble through. Then, at like 11 that night, I played for real. I still lost, but I felt I was playing fairly well. Need to buy so bad.
STUFF I STILL HAVEN'T PLAYED GODDAMNIT
Freemarket!!! ARRRRGH
Puerto Rico : I couldn't find a game at any point. I'm going to order it the moment I get home and make people play.
STUFF I'VE ALREADY PLAYED BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN YOU GUYS
The Order of the Stick Boardgame : It was so glorious you guys.
Advance Wars : I managed to find two guys this morning who had Dual Strike and we played like four games. I remain all-conquering. Infinite Mech Spam wooo.
Settlers : I played my first game of Settlers in like two years. I forgot how to play. It was sad.
OTHER RANDOM HIGHLIGHTS
Watching a part of the pony stream with forumites.
Playing Super Mario Brothers on an ancient TV.
Approaching the Bioware booth with my Iphone blaring "How do I live" from Con Air in order to deliever my mod to their waiting hands.
Getting shit autographed by the Protomen and thanking their lead singer in person for the inspiration they've provided me artistically.
Wearing a fucking plith helmet in public.
Cutting my fucking finger open on a stair and bleeding everywhere wait that's not a highlight.
I also played some SC2 Desert Strike with a whole gaggle of people, tried out CS:GO, saw the Protomen live (!!!!!), went to the keynote and first Q&A (Rym and Scott are magnificent bastards), met up with a bunch of Homestuck fans, and basically did not eat or sleep all weekend.
I would say it was the best time I've ever had while still wearing pants, but I was not wearing pants on Friday.
It was fucking sweet.
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PAX was awesome, although waking up before 8 AM and then going to sleep after 2 did not do wonders for my sleep schedule.
Also, Enforcing is totally sweet, but it prevented me from having time to play German board games, which was sad.
sorry for Rubin who got the PAX Pox.
I had the best time and it was the best PAX East. More to come later.
Now we wait to see how many of us get taken down. I hear Andrew is the first casualty.
Ugh, the chapstick helped stop my lips from drying out, but the backs of my hands are like leather. I've put lotion on them 4 times now and it's only slightly better.
And I think Emily was a little afraid of me when I mentioned how sick my friend was; she clearly didn't want any chance of getting infected. :P
I wish I'd gotten more time to hang out with you guys, but such are the whims of enforcing and needing to fit in panels.