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  • PAX coming to the East Coast in 2010

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.

 #126105  by Blotus
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:56 am
I'm there! Maybe we can finally organize the Shrine meet-up after over a decade. We've got two years to plan it.

 #126107  by Julius Seeker
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:07 pm
I'll be there for certain. Boston is close to where I live.

 #126109  by Zeus
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:53 pm
It's about 10 hrs for me, but I'll try to make it

 #126111  by Shellie
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:32 pm
15 hours for us :(

 #126119  by Tessian
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:08 pm
I could probably take a train up there in about 8-10 hours I think. Driving in Massachusetts/Boston sounds about as fun as getting my arm amputated off with a dull spoon

 #126123  by Lox
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:23 pm
Boston is about 6 hours from me. Not too bad. It's a pretty easy drive.

 #126127  by SineSwiper
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:49 pm
I have heard bad things about the traffic in Boston. Worse than Chicago and LA, which is really damn hard to beat.

 #126128  by Zeus
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:55 pm
SineSwiper wrote:I have heard bad things about the traffic in Boston. Worse than Chicago and LA, which is really damn hard to beat.
I'm going in a couple of weeks, I'll let you guys know

People said horrid things about the traffic in New York but it wasn't much worse than Toronto. If anything, it was actually better since they have a public transportation system that they can be proud of. We were going into Manhattan on a Friday afternoon at around 5:30pm and it wasn't too bad

 #126133  by Kupek
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:21 pm
Try crossing the George Washington Bridge just about anytime. It's a goddman free-for-all. I go 20 miles out of my way now to use a bridge further North.

 #126140  by Chris
 Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:02 pm
boooooooo.

 #126154  by Zeus
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:01 am
Kupek wrote:Try crossing the George Washington Bridge just about anytime. It's a goddman free-for-all. I go 20 miles out of my way now to use a bridge further North.
I'll make a point of avoiding it

 #126165  by Shellie
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:55 pm
Its only a plane ride away ;)

 #126166  by RentCavalier
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:57 pm
Seraphina wrote:Its only a plane ride away ;)
Ha, an expensive plane ride. I make minimum wage...if I'm flying somewhere, it'll be somewhere a tad more worthwhile. I left the Massachusetts area for a reason.

 #126167  by Blotus
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:07 pm
It's in two years, Rent. If you saved every dollar you're going to spend on cigarettes in that time you could fly anywhere in the world. Twice.

 #126168  by Shellie
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:09 pm
Sounds like a 2 for 1 plan to me! Stop smoking AND save money for the ticket!

 #126186  by Tessian
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:24 pm
Black Lotus wrote:It's in two years, Rent. If you saved every dollar you're going to spend on cigarettes in that time you could fly anywhere in the world. Twice.
Fuck, after 2 years he'd have enough money saved to get US all to PAX too, with floor tickets prepaid!

 #126188  by Zeus
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:25 pm
Black Lotus wrote:It's in two years, Rent. If you saved every dollar you're going to spend on cigarettes in that time you could fly anywhere in the world. Twice.
I tried this with a bud of mine. "Stop smoking and if you take that money and save it, you can retire x years earlier" or "stop smoking and you can get yourself a wide-screen TV in less than a year paid for". It don't work.

 #126198  by bovine
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:20 pm
the tickets for PAX aren't bad if you purchase them in advance (something like $45 for the whole three days when I went last year). Have any of you guys gone? I'd never been to anything like it.... being from Regina, Saskatchewan and all... and I had a great time.

 #126205  by Kupek
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:11 pm
Zeus wrote:I'll make a point of avoiding it
When are you in NY next?

 #126213  by Shellie
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:40 pm
bovine wrote:the tickets for PAX aren't bad if you purchase them in advance (something like $45 for the whole three days when I went last year). Have any of you guys gone? I'd never been to anything like it.... being from Regina, Saskatchewan and all... and I had a great time.
I've never been to anything like it, and would LOVE to go. It's just the distance that would stop me and Sine from going.

 #126216  by Zeus
 Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:46 pm
Kupek wrote:
Zeus wrote:I'll make a point of avoiding it
When are you in NY next?
I'm hoping next winter to do a pure sports trip for 4 or 5 days. My kids will be about a year old so the wife should let me out of the cage by then :-)

With the Jets, Giants, Nets, Knicks, Devils, Islanders, and Rangers all right beside each other, it's not inconceivable to actually go to about 4 or 5 sports games in a 4 day span. That would be fun as fuck