Pax was EPIC. Seriously, it was one of the best trips I've ever taken. It was great to meet all you destructoiders and I look forward to it again and again. You guys are all freaking awesome, fun, amazing, etc. in every way I imagined ya'll to be. To all you who didn't make it out, hopefully you learn from the mistake of not going.
As usual, all photos were taking on my cellphone so expect some grainy crap.
Lodging I just wanted to hilite how awesome taumpytears lodgings was.
view from taumpytears window another view from taumptyears window room i shared with hamza, guitaratomik, and dr. tactix. not as bad ass, but free atleast
Exploring Seattle There were moments before and after the conferance spent exploring Seattle abit.
monorail station monorail station on the monorail sci fi museum sci fi museum gameworks outside convention center seattle library at the pier market
Gatherings (Lunches, Dinners, and Drinking)
PAX 08 the convention center registration suffocat powerglove nintendoll and on other dtoider (I can't tell in the picture to blurry =P) on Rockband 2 fallout 3 trailer late night outside convention center convention center park pavilion Dtoid Panel 330 Degree Showroom Floor Center Tactix, Suffocat, Dexter, and Lib on Rockband 2
Concerts one ups Jonathan Coulton and Felicia Day freezepops Minibosses FUCK YEAH!
Stills
chad's adopted dolphin booth babes really are hot rick rolled by jonathan coulton the one ups! jonathan coulton! it actually spewed gatorade fuck yeah! the asian crew + itemforty FUCK YEAH MINIBOSSES! Michael Phelps of Dungeon runners Cheers Destructoid
Swag Fruit Fucker Print, Street Fighter Tribute (1/3 fucking awesome 2/3s crap), SF Comic with Requested Drawing on Back (Morrigan Fuck yeah!) One Ups V 1 and 2 signed, Minibosses Signed, Anamanaguchi Signed Maken X, PSO DC, Threads of Fate, Saga Frontier, Phantasy Star Portable JP, Phantasy Star 2, 3, and 4, Sins of a Solar Empire Pacman Shotglasses, The cork from the Champagne celebration with Dtoid, Vault Dweller's Guide, Aion Bracelet, Stardock usb thingy, skull bracelet won at gameworks (rio, guitar, suffocat, and chad have matching ones), kick ass pigeon smoking a cigarette wallet Minibosses Shirt Signed, Jonathan Coulton Shirt Signed, Anamanaguchi Shirt, Dawn of War Shirt, The Code Shirt Orange Knight, Signed The best swag of it all, DS Signed by Niero. If I only got to keep one piece of swag, this would be it.
if anyone would like any higher res's just let me know
[i]Random Quotes:
-...hmmmm...taco meat...
-damnit rio jacked my box again
-apply ointment daily. don't worry, it happens to a lot of people
-one man's treasure, another woman's pleasure
-taking a dump gets my heart rate to 140 bpm
-you might have to sell a kidney. I can help you with that, I have medical training.
-souplantation is AMAZING!
-this may be heaving, but probably not cause I'm not going there.[/i]
ALSO! Cblog Recaps. I discussed the future of this with Conrad at PAX. Basically, this going to be taken over by Conrad managing a bunch of community members doing it from now on. I'm going to finish setting up the account in the next day or 2 and hand over the keys to Conrad. It's been great providing the service to DToid, and I feel really great hearing that I managed to do it long enough that people want it to stay around. But in all honesty, my time nowadays is occupied by many art projects (several of which are dtoid-centric), and it's better if I hand the recap reins over to Conrad so that I may better focus on these projects.
shoutouts pt.1 I have so many shoutouts. but it's time for bed so that will come later.
-Niero, thanks for making this all possible. I probably would never have met so many great people and made so many friends in the last year if it wasn't for DTOID.
Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk!!!! ;-; I miss you. I just got done posting my pics as well. Your panoramics turned out so freaking awesome! <3 <3 <3 We're Niero signed DS buddies now too :D
First of all, fucking gorgeous pictures.
Second, thank you so, so SO fucking much for working on the cblog recaps for so long. I really love them at the end of the day to organize all of our drunken ramblings here on Dtoid. You're a class act, man.
Fuckin awesome; great set of pictures, and so much wicked cool stuff! Im gonna have to get myself to one of these pax things at some point. It may take some effort, coming from nz, but itll be worth it i have no doubt.
Dude, we have to start training so that we can beat actually Rio next year in Mario Kart. It was great to meet you man, you are one funny motherfucker :D
My most prominent memory of you at PAX is your explanation of how the brim on your hat stops people from cock slapping you and getting cock juice in your eyes.
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What can I saw I'm a pimp or some shit. Awesome pics are awesome.
Felicia Day was on stage with Jonathan Coulton? *double swoon*
Also, great pics <3! Way to join me in the late night PAX post :D
Missing you guys already!
Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk!!!! ;-; I miss you. I just got done posting my pics as well. Your panoramics turned out so freaking awesome! <3 <3 <3 We're Niero signed DS buddies now too :D
First of all, fucking gorgeous pictures.
Second, thank you so, so SO fucking much for working on the cblog recaps for so long. I really love them at the end of the day to organize all of our drunken ramblings here on Dtoid. You're a class act, man.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark
It was great to finally meet you, hopefully I'll see you soon in one of the dtoid LA parties.
I have to go next year. Holy shit.
That all looks awesome, if only I didn't hate flying so much (I guess I could make the next one if I started out by boat now).
Niero has quite the aesthetically pleasing signature!
Fuckin awesome; great set of pictures, and so much wicked cool stuff! Im gonna have to get myself to one of these pax things at some point. It may take some effort, coming from nz, but itll be worth it i have no doubt.
I must say, your pictures are way better than your Mario Kart skills...but then again pretty much anything is better than that :P
<3 ya Ark
Also, in regards to the Rock Band picture with Me, Nintendoll, and Power-Glove...the other person is Asian Joe/The Incredible Edible Egg
Great pictures, and yes I feel like a tool now for not going thanks a lot! :p
Now I must make plans to go next year.
Goddamn! I love your panorama's. Thanks Ceark for making me feel sad I live in The Netherlands.
The Master of Recaps makes the best PAX recap. That's no coincidence!
Ceark.. amazing recap man. It was awesome to meet you. Feel free to come down to Houston anytime.
....and "shhhhh" about Necros
I got a surprise in store!
Hey meng, it was nice to finally meet you. Best line of PAX?
"Out of all the dtoiders I've met, you're the first to look like what I pictured."
I lol'd.
Ceark, awesome recap and amazing pictures, but should we have expected less from you? :) It was awesome to meet you.
Those pictures are just awesome.
That must have been a wonderful weekend.
I love those panoramics. You are an awesome dude by the way. Great to finally meet you.
Ceark makes amazing pictures happen. Also, I loved meeting you...multiple times, as you kept reintroducing yourself. :)
Ohhhh those pictures are disgustingly sick dude
The memories!!
@necros
I was afraid of being lynched so I had to keep reintroducing myself in a postive manner to you. Lol. you're awesome.
Dude, we have to start training so that we can beat actually Rio next year in Mario Kart. It was great to meet you man, you are one funny motherfucker :D
My most prominent memory of you at PAX is your explanation of how the brim on your hat stops people from cock slapping you and getting cock juice in your eyes.
You're a legend.
Also, panoramic photos FTW.
The other D-Toider in that pic is The Incredible Edible Egg aka Asian Joe.
It was an absolute blast hanging out with you.
You have successfully made me feel as terrible as humanly possible for missing out.
Great recap, hope to make it next year.
Taumpytears... WHAT THE FUCK? Can I marry you or kill you and assume your identity, or something? O_O
HOLY SHIT, dude...you took those panoramas with your phone?! DAYUM. Your photo-taking skills are as amazing as your art-making skills.
Anyway, it was awesome to meet you and all the other LA Dtoiders. I had such a great time...man, I can't even put it into words.
I rabu rabu asians ;)
This post is awesome. I love your panoramas.
AMAZING POST IS AMAZING
I miss you guys so much