PAX Event Schedule Online & Compendium Meetup(s)

[Lord J Esq]

The three-day passes have sold out. Anyone who doesn't have their PAX passes ordered yet will need to buy one-day passes, and I'd recommend soon.

[ZaichikArky]

Wow, I didn't know it'd be so popular. I guess I'll go do that for Saturday then. I hope Saturday isn't sold out >_>;.   I never pre reg when I go to cons.

[V_Translanka]

The Compendium's Washington-based populous should have tipped you off to the high dork factor of the state. We are sort of a technological center (you can have more than one, right?) of the US, I guess...? Also a fairly large portion of Asian immigrants, though idk how much that effects things...*shrugs*

[Lakonthegreat]

I plan to go next year. I'm taking a huge vacation next year following graduation from school, which will have me renting a car and driving from Tennessee to California, then all the way up the coastal highway into Washington, then to PAX for that weekend. I then plan to fly home. So not this year, but next year you can plan to see Bruce White, CRT (Certified Respiratory Therapist) there!

[Radical_Dreamer]

Crap, my laziness has led to me missing Saturday passes. They've now sold out. I've picked up Friday passes though. I'll need to talk to the girlfriend; it may be possible for us to meet up with people outside of PAX itself on Saturday.

Bah, I feel foolish now. I'll post again when I have more information.

[ZaichikArky]

^ Whoa really? This is craaazy. i guess they want to limit the people or something? I live in Silicon Valley which *should* be nerd central, and they never sell out for the big con up in San Jose (Fanime). I'm glad I ordered my Saturday pass and made my friend order one too. Yeah, we can arrange something with you so you can meet us wherever on Saturday (seems to be a consensus for at least one meeting time).

[Lord J Esq]

It's a matter of the convention center running out of space. This year they're renting the whole thing--all six floors and all annexes--and they're still expecting the crowds to fill it up. Last year there were something like 60,000 registered attendees. This year will be even more!

[ZaichikArky]

Ah. The attendance for fanime is just under 15,000. I can't believe PAX is so big. I thought it was a small con XD;.

[Radical_Dreamer]

How do people feel about meeting up at Gelatiamo sometime Saturday afternoon?

http://www.gelatiamo.com/

[ZaichikArky]

Sure, I'm sure I'll be in the mood for coffee and some kind of pastry/gelato they offer there : ). Most of the panels I'm thinking of attending are happening at night anyway.

[Lord J Esq]

The have the best gelato in the whole city! But expect the place to be packed. I will probably be up for that, but I haven't finalized my PAX schedule yet. I'm being pulled in several directions at once.

[Radical_Dreamer]

I'm finding myself needing to plan that Saturday. Does 1pm at Gelatiamo work for everyone, or would another time/location be better?

[KebreI]

Saturday at 1:00, The schedule looks like most of the events are missable for an few hours at that time. Location Gelatiamo?

[ZaichikArky]

Sure, works for me : ). I have no idea where this place is and how to get there, so is it possible to meet at the con and go there together or do you all just want to meet there independently?

Also, I have decided not to cosplay because I heard that this con doesn't have much cosplay and I'd look silly cosplaying something that has little, if anything to do with video games anyway. My friend would have a cosplay that'd work, since she cosplayed VG characters twice, but she doesn't want to cosplay this time either. So instead I'll just wear one of my mario shirts on the day of the con XD. And probably a different Mario shirt on Sunday.

[Radical_Dreamer]

It's really simple to get to. It's at 3rd and Union, only a few blocks away from the Convention Center itself:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=800+Convention+Pl,+Seattle,+WA+98101+(Washington+State+Convention+%26+Trade+Center)&daddr=1400+3rd+Ave,+Seattle,+WA+98101-2106+(Gelatiamo)&hl=en&geocode=FZN91gIdoV61-CHQSekgGWoQGw%3BFV501gIdzUm1-CF-ATYeePZV4Q&gl=us&mra=cc&dirflg=w&sll=47.609418,-122.333107&sspn=0.007465,0.016952&ie=UTF8&ll=47.610243,-122.333214&spn=0.007465,0.016952&t=h&z=16