OC ReMix @ PAX East!

[Liontamer]

Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/

Not everyone can go to Seattle, that's understandable. But PAX kicks so much ass, they had to bring it to the east coast to let us Easterners who can't sit on a plane for 5 hours check it out. :-)

OCR joins the inaugural PAX East (http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/) in Boston for our 2nd PAX panel!

PANEL!
OverClocked ReMix: Video Game Music Community
309 - Jamspace
Sunday, March 28th, 10:30am
Join djpretzel & the staff of OverClocked ReMix as they cover the ins and outs of http://ocremix.org, a website dedicated to remixing your favorite video game music! There'll be trivia, prizes, stories about the development of the soundtrack to Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, news about current and upcoming album projects (Donkey Kong Country 2!), and information on how you can get involved and start remixing video game music yourself!

Panelists Include: djpretzel, Liontamer, Palpable, zircon

Representing OC ReMix:
djpretzel ("Warp me to Halifax!")
Bahamut
diotrans
DragonAvenger
José the Bronx Rican
Liontamer ("My van's in pieces")
Palpable
Vigilante
zircon ("Watch me eat four-hundred fifty ******* hard-boiled eggs")


SCHEDULE! (http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/schedule.php)

http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/img/hdr.png

[Bahamut]

I am tempted - still thinking about it.

[PassivePretentiousness]

I'll probably be there.

[Cyril the Wolf]

The temptation is strong, but my pocket book weak.

[JH Sounds]

*strokes chin inquisitively*

[binary1230]

Reposting in correct thread

If you're thinking about going to Boston for PAX East, know this: A good chunk of the Magfest crew will be representin', and in fact...

We will be running JAMSPACE at PAX. That's right, we are doing a full on, legit Jamspace in our own room at the convention center. It's going to be awesome.

I put a bunch of details up here:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=107382

-Dom

[The Pezman]

While I'm not the biggest fan of being hijacked, I'll go ahead and repost my info here:

Welp, I just bought and printed my 3-day pass, so I'm pretty much guaranteed to be there. I had also submitted a panel, but unfortunately it was not accepted for this year. But this does mean I know that panels have been chosen. Is OCR among them, and if not, is the group still planning on going? For how many days?

In terms of transportation, Boston is the hub of many bus and train stops. I will probably take Boltbus, which is good for those in the New York, Philly, or DC areas, or anyone who can get there a day or so ahead. Amtrak is good for those coming from a more southerly East Coast location. Otherwise, flight will get you there. But book tickets soon - there will likely be a mass easterly migration for this thing.

They have also talked about hotels (which I won't be staying in - I have friends in the area) so you can check those out.

I have not been to a PAX before - only MAGFest and Otakon. Which would you say it's closer to? Who's already thinking about a Friday's run?

It's over 2 months away, but if Blind and Jade can plan a meetup for August now, we can certainly start this. Hope to see you there!

[Bahamut]

I vote for something nicer than Friday's - I'm getting kinda tired of it :-( .

I'm sure Jill knows of some nice restaurants in Boston - give us a hand here!

So I will buy my badge likely tonight or tomorrow - I decided since the iPad sounds so tempting, I'll spend the $ on PAX East instead so I don't go impulse buying it. I'm also going to look into booking a flight in the next month or so. Does anyone know anything about hotel arrangements for this, or hotels in the area? Also, is there a possibility of someone picking me up from the airport and/or easy way to get to the place where everything is happening from the airport?

[Lordnosfer]

There is public transportation to/from the event that can get you pretty close to the convention center and several hotels right in the area around it. I'm not sure quite how long it would take, but if it is too long or prohibitive with your luggage shoot me a pm. I live in the area and get out of class that Thursday night at 645 pm, after that I can help out folks with some rides from/to the airport.

[Jillian Aversa]

I read on the website that discounts are possible for groups of 10 or more people, so I got in contact with Robert Khoo. He said we would get 10% off, making registration $45 instead of $50. (The offer is only for 3-day badges.) I also asked if people from our group who have already pre-registered could get a $5 refund - affirmative, as long as we have their confirmation numbers and email addresses.

So, my advice would be to go ahead and register for now, just to be safe, and I will turn in a master list with the names later on, so more people can get in on it. Dave, Larry, Andy, and myself probably won't count towards that 10-or-more list since panelists get in for free, so we've still gotta find more recruits! ;-)

Make sure to post in this thread if/when you've registered, so we can keep track!

We will be running JAMSPACE at PAX. That's right, we are doing a full on, legit Jamspace in our own room at the convention center. It's going to be awesome.

I put a bunch of details up here:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=107382

-Dom

Yay!

[Sindra]

Like I said in the other thread, there isn't a Friday's anywhere near the convention center.

Regardless, I shall be there.

[PassivePretentiousness]

We're going to be in Boston. Why is Friday's the first thing come to mind? Hynes is reasonable walking distance of both Newbury Street and the Prudential Center, and a short subway trip to Quincy Market, the Waterfront, Fenway, and Allston. I'll happily lead the way if anyone is looking to go to a bar or restaurant.... assuming I end up going, which I do think I will.

[The Pezman]

We're going to be in Boston. Why is Friday's the first thing come to mind?
Heh, Friday's comes from a tradition started at MAG 6, when 40+ of us went to the local Fridays and took up a whole wing of the restaurant.
I read on the website that discounts are possible for groups of 10 or more people, so I got in contact with Robert Khoo. He said we would get 10% off, making registration $45 instead of $50. (The offer is only for 3-day badges.) I also asked if people from our group who have already pre-registered could get a $5 refund - affirmative, as long as we have their confirmation numbers and email addresses.
Do you need me to PM my confirmation # to you?

[Dyne]

I would love to attend PAX East. But in all seriousness, I don't think I'll have the money. At least, not for the hotel. If I knew which day the OCR panel would be, I'd just take a train up to Boston for that one day, just to get a taste of PAX.

We'll see.

[Bahamut]

Heh, Friday's comes from a tradition started at MAG 6, when 40+ of us went to the local Fridays and took up a whole wing of the restaurant.

Actually, there were only like 33 of us that day I seem to remember - still a lot.

[Sindra]

We're going to be in Boston. Why is Friday's the first thing come to mind? Hynes is reasonable walking distance of both Newbury Street and the Prudential Center, and a short subway trip to Quincy Market, the Waterfront, Fenway, and Allston. I'll happily lead the way if anyone is looking to go to a bar or restaurant.... assuming I end up going, which I do think I will.

The Cactus Club is right down the street from the Pru if we're looking for easy-going atmosphere. Allston's a bit out of the way, but I frequent the White Horse Tavern often and its certainly big enough to house a large group. There's also Big City. Newbury Street's kinda pricey from what I've seen since moving here.

[Bahamut]

Ok, the hotel affiliates link is really crappy - site won't load for me :-? .

Any particular hotel anyone wants to recommend? I'm thinking of getting there Thursday night.

[José the Bronx Rican]

My arm's been twisted long enough. I'm in. Already preregged and will try for time off from work. Nice to see zirkie back on the panel!

[Jillian Aversa]

My arm's been twisted long enough. I'm in.
Yay!

Nice to see zirkie back on the panel!
Hey, what about meeee? :puppyeyes:

[The Pezman]

My arm's been twisted long enough. I'm in. Already preregged and will try for time off from work.
W0rd. Let me know if you'll be able to make it up on Thurs the 25th. We can take Boltbus together.

Pix, still need to know about the confirmation #.

[Jillian Aversa]

Oh sure, you can PM them any time (and your email addresses, and your friend's name).

[José the Bronx Rican]

Hey, what about meeee? :puppyeyes:

What you think I meant by "zirkie"?
Short for "zirkietricks".

[Jillian Aversa]

...Oh. :3

[Moguta]

All the way up in Boston?

...ah, what the hell. Registered. Why not see what this PAX craze is all about. :P

[GizmoKSX]

Awesome! I'm planning on attending, as long as my college work doesn't get in the way.

[q-pa]

I must admit I'm really torn on going...

Like Pezman, I've only ever been to MAGFest and Otakon. I love the former for its community and the latter for... I guess it's spectacle and vastness. But MAGFest is and probably will be my number-1 <3.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but PAX was originally conceived as a response to E3 after they closed it to the public. See, I don't really have an interest in watching the video game companies throw their weight around. Announcements, footage, even the demos (if there aren't long lines, but there will be lines... right?). I'll also kindly pass on the tabletop gaming and can only stare at a screen for so long...

I'm also torn because I had my heart set on ROFLCon (http://www.roflcon.org), which is also in Boston in late April/early May. Being the child of pop culture that I am (if you're heard my MAGFest DJ (home.comcast.net/~digamejh/dj/MAGFestVISet.mp3) sets (home.comcast.net/~digamejh/dj/MAGFestVIISet.mp3), you know what I'm talking about :wink:), that seems like it would be a mecca for me. But if any of you went to the last one, how was it? And will OCR be there again?

I'll probably have to choose between this, ROFLCon and Otakon. I had to skip Otakon last year due to an annual commitment. This year that commitment is July 22-25, and Otakon dates haven't been posted yet, right? But it's good to know that both PAX East and Otakon have JamSpaces now (thanks, Dom!) :-D

OK, sorry for the long rant, but that's my situation.

[Bahamut]

Otakon is July 30 - August 1 this year.

[Jillian Aversa]

I'm not really interested in tabletop gaming and watching tons of previews either, to be honest. But I'm sure we can find other ways to pass our time! I just wanna hang out with everyone. :>

[Maco70]

My Brother is going on my behalf.

If money turns out to be more plentiful, I might see you there.

[Bahamut]

For those borderline - supposedly there's less than 600 passes left.

[Kidd Cabbage]

Oh motherfuck. They sold out of 3-day passes and this is like a block away from my school.

[Bahamut]

One day passes are still available, but they're more expensive

[Sindra]

Yeah, I had to convince friends that Friday/Saturday passes were still worth the +$10 extra than the 3-day passes had been, since you're still seeing a bulk of the stuff there, since they missed the boat too. Thankfully they got them, though I hear Saturday passes are just about gone too.

[justinj212]

Sweet! The whole crew from 8BitX.com will be there, so maybe we'll see some of you.

[Sindra]

We getting a list of everyone who's going, ala: MAGfest?

[Escariot]

JamSpace will be there =D

[Bahamut]

Just bought my planet tickets - I'll be there!

[Bahamut]

PAX East schedule up: http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/schedule.php

[JTD121]

Crap!! I obviously don't visit the OCR forum as much anymore, and this time I lucked out....

Maybe next year. Need an official OCR photographer? :-)

-Josh

[Palpable]

diotrans and I will be going too. Woop woop!

[The Pezman]

Oh sure, you can PM them any time (and your email addresses, and your friend's name).
Do we have enough people to get this discount yet? If not, does this mean my friends (who aren't forumgoers) can participate as well, so we get our numbers up?

[Jillian Aversa]

Do we have enough people to get this discount yet? If not, does this mean my friends (who aren't forumgoers) can participate as well, so we get our numbers up?

These are the only people I know of who actually got their 3-day passes in time (outside of people on the panel, since we don't count):

Bahamut
José the Bronx Rican
Moguta
binary1230 (Dom)
Pezman
Sindra

That's only 6. Anybody else confirmed for 3-day? Now's the time: PM me your info so I can put you on the list!

If we don't reach 10, I guess we can add your friends.

[Level 99]

Noticed a typo on their schedule. Says y'all are up for an 11:30 pm Sunday panel. Miiiight want to contact someone to fix that, since that puts it technically 7 hours past the closing ceremony. :nicework:

[JH Sounds]

On a related note: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/MAGFest-Podcast

[Kidd Cabbage]

I'm there all weekend chilling with the MM crew.

[Equinox]

i am at pax too i saw one guy in the line with an ocremix sweater that's about it.

[SleazyC]

Holy crap, it's been way too long since I lasted visited the site. I was at PAX East and attended the OCremix panel, got to meet Bahamut and zircon there and I also took some pictures the night before of people at the Jamspace.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4471994764_af470b3d1d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4471220295_a57dac8daa_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2702/4471222491_a9032072f2_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4471222585_8388a926bc_b.jpg

Was a treat meeting Bahamut and zircon in person, hopefully I can make it down to Magfest this coming year and meet some more people.

[Bahamut]

Twas some good fun, although I actually wasn't huge on the convention itself - it was more of an excuse to hang out with everyone. It was great meeting some new faces, and some ones I've wanted to meet like Kidd Cabbage (IBBIAZ), Sleazy, Vig, Stemage, UE and others. Great seeing old faces as well, and of course various other people who I always get to see from here.

I just wish I had more time to hang out with more people - there's a bunch of people I wanted to hang out with but didn't get the chance to do so with :-( .

[Kidd Cabbage]

Agreed with everything in that post.

[The Pezman]

I had to split my time between the OCR/regular convention crowd and my friends from high school and college. On Saturday, the latter group and I did "Enter Sandman" in the Rock Band room. My friend posted a video to his profile, but it's not visible to non-friends. I could put it on youtube if people wanted, because it is fucking badass.

[Vig]

I have never been to a video game convention before. I had a blast, and I met a lot of great people from both the OCR and magfest crowds, whose internet names I pretty much don't remember at all. So if any of you guys (and girls) that I met would be so kind, drop me a PM or facebook me; I'd love to keep in touch.

[Bahamut]

Don't forget to do the Skyblazer!

[zircon]

Simply awesome. It was great meeting everyone that I had never met before, especially Jesse since I've known him online for... 7 years now? :P It's true that we missed most if not all of the actual con, but I'd say between hallway Street Fighter, impromptu games of Magic, HIT THE CLAM, Free Willy net, Dr. Wily stage 1 and everything else, we made up for it.

[DragonAvenger]

I can't hit the clam until I trap the fish! Stupid fish.

I'll say this again, I had a complete blast. I am super tired today at work, but it was easily worth it.

Later this week I should have pictures up on my facebook, as well as a video or two possibly.

[diotrans]

This was an amazing time. Even though, as Andy said, we missed a lot of the con, it was just great to hang out with old friends and new. Yay for our panel of course, jamspace, random games of magic, and old snes/n64 games. Good times! :smile:

[José the Bronx Rican]

Don't forget to do the Skyblazer!

http://bronxrican.com/misc/skyblaz3.gif
Inside meme!

Missed ya Jill! I told Andy you really are soulmates, because it was your turn to get sick and miss a meetup.

[Jillian Aversa]

Hahaha, Andy told me a bunch of funny stories from the meetup... Free Willy net and crotch-slidage, the Skyblazer dance, squeezing seven people into DA's car and trying to get past the ticket booth without laughing, etc. We were up giggling into the wee hours of the morning. :D

So sorry I missed it, but I got to watch the panel, which was great. And thanks for the shoutout/wave - it made me smile.

[bimmatic]

i cant believe i didnt raise my hand fast enough for the Final Fantasy IX song at the end. the video game music trivia was very fun, i wish it had been longer!

[DragonAvenger]

PAX East photos here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58133&id=1277193921&ref=mf

[Lordnosfer]

Thank you guys for coming up to PAX! I didn't really get a chance to meet anyone, but definitely enjoyed the panel and chiptunes.

[Bahamut]

Thank you guys for coming up to PAX! I didn't really get a chance to meet anyone, but definitely enjoyed the panel and chiptunes.

Aw, you should've came up to us after the panel! We'd have been more than glad to talk to you and have you tag along with us for lunch!


I'll post my pictures (what little I have sometime this week when I feel suitably less stressed). I have to say though, PAX has gotten me quite more energetic!

[diotrans]

Oh by the way, after jamming on bass in Jamspace, I've decided I'm going to pick up a bass and learn to play it properly. Something I've been meaning to do for years, but after PAX I feel really motivated to do it now.

[Bahamut]

Ok, I lied, here's a few pics! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2243290&id=8105472&l=faf6f47d7e

It's weird, but I think I'm missing some pics that I know I took...

[UnforgivingEdges]

PAX East photos here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58133&id=1277193921&ref=mf

Hey, I'm in some of these. Mind if I tag myself? (I'm Justin from Machinima). Should probably change my forum name here back to UnforgivingEdges.

Was great meeting you all (and continued much love to Palpable for my hijacking of his Marble Madness remix for my radio show way back when).

[DragonAvenger]

Vigilante is pretty awesome at SkyBlazer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0vigg08HNo)

[Lordnosfer]

Aw man I missed Skyblazer!? I used to rent that from Blockbuster all the time, that and Actraiser were my standbys when there wasn't anything else there for the weekend.