WARNING: This blog is definitely graphic heavy. :D
Alright, so like a lot of you I just had the best weekend of my entire life. It was the first time I'd gotten to meet so many of you fellow Dtoiders that I've been wanting to meet for so long now. Everyone was so amazing and I can't get over how much I love you guys and didn't want it to end. Though thankfully it's the internet so we'll see each other around. :P
First I'll get the obligatory swag posting over with:
My Haul:
Pink Godzilla Goodies
El Rio Madre's Haul (a.k.a. My mom :P )
She's a rockin' Pac-Man fan, what can I say?
I have tons more pictures in the gallery here as well, so feel free to take a look.
Thankfully I got to get quite a few pictures with people, but unfortunately forgot to nab some with a couple of you.. *cough* Chad *cough* Dyson *cough* so I think I might have to magically come find you again sometime. And Dyson, I'm totally renting you out so you can give me another amazing hug to realign my spine.
I got the chance to give out quite a few presents at the event as well and I'm so glad everyone liked them. I wish I could have done one for everyone but I'm only one person you know. ;P
Everyone seemed to really enjoy their hats and I totally got a kick out of seeing you guys running around in them. It was so amazing!
Spot what's awesome about this picture! :D
My favorite cosplay of the show @.@ (Other than Fruit Fucker of course :D )
Man all of you were just so freaking fantastic and some I got to spend more time with than others and I apologize if I didn't get to talk to you too much but with so many people I easily get sidetracked.
To my main crew: Ceark, Suff0cat, Taumpy, Frobose (who better have a Dtoid name by now!) you guys are the best. I loved every minute of hanging out with you guys and wouldn't give it up for the world. I so seriously wanted to sneak into someone's suitcase and go back with them so the fun didn't have to end. I mean seriously, Mega Man 2 until 6:30 am. Fucking amazing!!!
I was so glad we got to chill at the concerts and hang out. It was a blast!
Me, Ceark and Taumpytears with The One Ups
Me and Ceark with Jonathan Coulton
Now for the pictures I got with the rest of you amazing people! :D
Samit and I
.tiff and I (I <3 YOU GIIIIIIIIIRL!)
SuperFlossy and I <3<3<3
The Almighty Shark Himself! Who I apologize for crying on :P You're too good to me.
Ceark and I are ready to RAWK!
Husky and I!!!!!! <3<3<3<3
Dale, Nick, Ceark and I. Now that's a good lookin' group right there!
Pictures with our almighty Robot-in-Chief.
My favorite picture evar!
After our tear-fest <3
Random Pictures
Matching hairstyles with Wardrox and Yoshi!
Tactix models the Cutman hat <3
Uh-oh.. Suff0cat's caught in the act!
And now you shall die...
Doodling on Suff0cat's laptop
Suff0cat, Ceark and Tazar
The picture that started my tear-fest
Azn group photo!
and the most epic picture of all?
All of us! :D
So thanks again to everyone who helped me have the best weekend of my life. I love you guys so much it's ridiculous and it's amazing to have a place to be myself.
Niero: words cannot express how thankful I am for everything you've done for us and it was the best pleasure of my life to finally get to meet you. Thanks to you I finally have friends that I can do everything from just sitting and chatting or run around a massive convention with or even play video games with. It's the one thing I'd never really had in my life until Destructoid and I'll never be able to thank you enough.
<3's everyone! See you next year!
-Rio
P.S. I ALMOST FORGOT! Me, Suff0cat and Taumpytears went in together for a gift for Chad's birthday (even though it's early) and I got some video of him opening. Best day ever!
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RRIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! <3
Miss you already too!
Also, just looking at that photo of niero with that twinkle in his eye makes me tear up.
I am so glad itemforty is in the azn group photo
I know, right?! I keep almost bringing myself to tears again just looking at it.
I second what Ceark said! And had I not been sick on Friday, I would have totally spent even MORE time with you guys (I just saw that Felicia Day sang with Jonathon Coulton and I MISSED IT!!)
But yeah...miss you Rio! Check out our pics on my Picasa! (Tooo cute!) See you on teh internets :D
I have video of them singing together, Tactix. :) I'll get it up on Youtube as soon as I get the files switched over. Your pictures were AWESOME!
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiio
Amazing finally meeting you, sorry about the not snapple, also OMG DALE ISN'T FLIPPING OFF IN ONE OF THE PICTURES!!!
I am so envious... One day, one day, I'll be there too.
Great pictures!
awesome hanging out again rio! :D
and your mom is badass... she is totally invited to hang out all the time. hurry up and hit 21 though so we can add another layer of awesome to stuff (if you drink, that is)
I have to go next year.
And the hats are awesome.
And Niero is too.
glad too see everyone had a kick arse time
awwww rio, you make me want to cry!!! i'm so glad i got to meet you and i wish we could PAX every single day!
Rio, you suck. I absolutely hated every second I was around you during the last 3 days. I hope I never have to see you IRL again. Also, that Curry Man drawing you gave me
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WAS FUCKING AWESOME! :D
You know I love ya, it was great being able to hang out with you again and it can't happen again soon enough.
Total <3
japanese chrono trigger... I miss mine. fucking hate my family >_<
BTW, nice amount of swag.
Good times Rio... it was a pleasure meeting you and your kickass mom.
DO I spy a Vincent plushie?
Dante cosplay was kinda yummy too :p
I cried at PAX too because I wasn't there. Uh-oh, here comes more tears!
Wow, looks like you all had a blast. Wish I could go to some of these events.... /sobs
Keep Countingconflict away from your mom!! For heavens sake. Great to see you had such a nice time with the rest of the Dtoiders. Great to see Wardrox as well. That means it's possible even for me to go there once.
Was awesome to see you again, Rio! I have to say that Niero's Samba de Amigo hat is the best one you've ever done.
greatest weekend ever? but I wasn't even there! how could that be possible?
Also Captain Falcon FTW.
Oh man, all of these PAX recap cblogs are amazing. I'm making sure I catch it next year. All of the swag you got is so cool!!!
Aw you guys had an AZN group photo without me?!
It was fantastic meeting everyone!
Those are some awesome pictures Rio. Looks like you all had a blast. :-)
<3's from both Amber and myself. Great to see you again, Rio. We must get together soon and play games on your Super Famicom.
Good to see you again Rio! Sorry I didn't get to say goodbye but I had to leave pretty early. Your hats were awesome btw.
nice pics! that samba hat is epic!
It was great to meet you, and you have a surprisingly cool mom!
fuck i want you so hard.
Thank you for the hat Rio! :3 It's very cute and warm~ :3 I didn't get to take pics with you :( but it was so nice to meet you~
Rio is was so amazing to see you again. I hate it that we did not hang out more. It was just so crazy and there were so many people there. It was an amazing weekend for sure. Drew and I will have to come up and see you in St. Joe and play some games to make up for the time we did not get to hang out at PAX. Dude, you brought home a lot of shit...how did you fit it all in your bags? :)
Rio! It was good meeting you girl you have some rockin hats that I hope one day I will be able to earn one.
Rio you are so full of awesomeness I'm sorry we didn't really get to chat as much as I would have liked, next time I'm in the states I'll make sure to treat you to more of my sexy Brtish accent.
Also I want one of your hats moar than evar!
Aweh!!!!! I twas soooooooo great to meet you <3 You're just as awesome in person as I figured you would be... and thank you so much for the awesome hat <3 <3 <3 !
I'm going to start training with Ceark so that next time we meet we WILL crush you in Mario Kart. Mark my words Rio: your reign of terror over our sense of manliness is at an end.
Also, much, much, much love :D
I'm sorry that we did not have the chance to talk more but it was a pleasure meet you.
again i don't think we got to hang out as much as we should have. but it was awesome just being able to see you again. see you next year?! i better :)
I <3 Rio's Mom! She's so much more awesome for Pac-Man love.
Rio, your hats are ridonculous as usual. C'mon, you let an old man beat you at Mario Kart. Good to see you again.
..grumblegrumble...I need to go to pax.
Aw, Rio...watching the Chad unboxing video was awesome. It was fantastic to see you again -- the three months between the Cinci Mega-NARP and PAX were too long. Also, your mom is amazing! I <3 you and everyone else I met in Seattle.
Rio, did I tell you that you pretty much rule everything? Because you do. It was awesome to meet you. Your hats (and you) are epic.
I <3 you, Rio. Seriously. So great meeting you. :)
It was really awesome to finally get to see you Rio even though we hardly ever talked at all. I love your hats and your cosplay, I can't wait to see you again. <3
It was so great to meet you. Stay awesome!
first of all, awesome blog! :D
secondly, i've been a long time dtoid reader, but never really committed to actually making an account and joining the community (mainly cause i go here at work, but i'm not supposed to...oops?).
But reading this blog actually pushed me to finally get off my lazy ass and make an account, mainly cause it showed me how FREAKIN AWESOME some of you dtoiders can be.
Long story short, kudos to you for finally pushing me to make my own account. :P
<3 Rio! Miss you already!
SO MUCH AWESOME!
Rio: <3's one bajillion and xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo's 4-Life!
Awww ;-; You guys make me teary! I miss you all so much! <3
Dyson, I'm soooooo gonna need another sandwich between you and Chad. Like soon. I miss you both so dearly! Can I be married to both of you? :D
Nice pics, Rio! I wish I'd known about the big cardboard... um... card, that's double awesome! I wish I'd gotten to meet more of Destructoid, but I underestimated the drain on my time bringing friends along with me would be. Next year!
Lol @ Captain Falcon crossing the street :P