The Gamer's Quarter

ApM · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject:

Google sez nearly 4 hours. Which is not all that far!

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Six · . Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 313 Location: montreal

I just received my PAX passes, all... eight of them?
I'm going with three friends, but I received two identical envelopes of four passes each. The credit card wasn't double-charged or anything, so these are, er, "freebies". I guess the Right Thing To Do would be to e-mail them about it and let them know. On the other hand, the passes aren't numbered or registered or anything, so they're legit and it doesn't mean four other hapless persons didn't get theirs.
xvs07 and Squidlarkin (or anyone else who wants to come but didn't pre-reg or can't afford it), would you want them? I didn't pay for them, so I can't really ask for anything in return. (Though if someone happens to have a surfeit of money they'd like to donate to help defray the costs of getting to Bellevue, it'd be nice!)

xvs07 · . Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 160

ApM · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject:

I will pretty much look like this at PAX:

So you should be able to spot me.

xvs07 · . Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 160

ApM · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

Schedule!
Thursday: Work (9ish to 5ish), Insert Credit Meetup: Seattle - 8 or 9ish
Friday: Work (9ish to 5ish), dinner (5ish to 6ish?), PAX (6ish til whenever)
Saturday: PAX! I've got a meeting at 2pm, and I know I want to check out the "Make a Game For Under 10 Grand" panel at 5:30. Other than that, no plans.
Sunday: PAX! Until 6:30 or so, I guess.

I totally think we should have a time and a place to meet up at PAX, mostly because I don't have any friends here who are going and being at a geek convention alone is like the ultimate sadness.

Six, if you've still got an extra ticket kicking about, would you be willing to donate one to my wife? She probably wouldn't hang out all that much (even the Game On exhibit kind of overstimulated her), but she's interested in seeing what's going down there. If not, that's cool.

xvs07 · . Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 160

Well, I don't see anybody else talking, so I'll talk: Maybe early dinner Thursday night, 'round five or six? Exact place and time dependent upon where everyone has to be and when? Chime in y'all. Also, suggestions of venue would be appreciated.

Six · . Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 313 Location: montreal

xvs07 · . Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 160

Six: If it's convenient for y'all, I think our place would be the obvious choice to drop stuff. You've got my address, so Googlemap me and lemme know if it is.

Also, playing into that potentiality, ApM and I have tentatively decided that dinner is on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Rice and Spice, a Thai restaurant of exceptional quality and modest prices, located at 101 John St, 98109. It's literally a stone's throw from my apartment, so Six and company could easily swing by to grab stuff once feeding time has concluded. If the time or place need adjustment for some reason or other, please do post, as this is all quite open to negotiation now and won't be in about 36 hours.

All who plan to attend need to either post here or pop me a PM so's I can make the appropriate reservations. You thank!

Six · . Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 313 Location: montreal

xvs07: I think we'll be taking you up on that offer - I'll drop you a PM. Thanks!

The restaurant arrangements sound jus' fine. Hooray for eats 'n meets!

Also, I got the camera from my brother last night. I will probably look like a less composed version of this:

: O

I can say with certainty that that is the most awesome picture of me on the Internet, by which I mean that it is the only picture of me on the Internet.

xvs07 · . Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 160

Okie doke... So, to count up for Thursday's dinner, we've got Six, his three friends, ApM, Squidlarkin, his girlfriend, and myself. Anyone else who wants to come, now's the time to say so.

friedchicken · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Port Land, OR

I'll resurrect this old thread rather than start a new one to do some ridiculous self-promotion.

Hey! Local Portland (and outlying area) TGQ folks, my wife and I will have a table at the Stumptown Comics Fest today and tomorrow, showing off some of our some of our comics projects. So if you're in the neighborhood or are by some random chance already comic to the show, stop by and say hi. We're in the program as Chris Harback / Robot Guy. I'll probably have my DS with me, maybe we could even get in a quick round of Tetris or something!

FortNinety · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:

As a native Pacific Northwestern-er, and a comic person, I really wish I could make it to Stumptown. A ton of my friends are going to be at the show.... Good luck!

friedchicken · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Port Land, OR

Thanks a lot! Yeah, I met a tons of people there, and saw an absolute shitload of DS's everywhere. But I was too busy to issue a Tetris challenge.

Weird, but I got hit with a major dose of social anxiety for some reason on day two. Fortunately my wife talked to every single person at the show to pimp our wares. Even though it was fun I was left feeling kindof let down by Stumptown. I guess I'm just spoiled from having had so much fun at SPX the last two years.

FortNinety · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject:

.... Were you at SPX this year?

friedchicken · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Location: Port Land, OR