Originally Posted by blueshinra The schedule's up! - http://prime.paxsite.com/schedule

Nice, thanks!

How do these work? You line up beforehand or something? Can everyone attend the "MAIN" ones or are they limited too?

Also, how do the tournaments work. I'm sure my son would love to play in the Halo Reach tourney - how do you get a spot? And I saw a Katamari tourney on there - maybe I could give that one a shot .

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Hm, nothing all that exciting for me on the schedule. I'll have to take a closer look at the panels, but nothing's really jumping out at me as a must-go.

Originally Posted by io How do these work? You line up beforehand or something? Can everyone attend the "MAIN" ones or are they limited too?

Yeah, and if it's something popular line up wayyy beforehand.

Originally Posted by pete5883 I'll have to take a closer look at the panels, but nothing's really jumping out at me as a must-go.

You must attend every round of the Omegathon that you can get to. You will have to line up quite a bit ahead of time just to get in, but its worth it. I couldn't believe how excited everyone could get over seeing some of those games played competitively, but the energy in the crowd was incredible. Last year one of the rounds was Lumines, and the entire audience was almost screaming with excitement. One of the contestants got a standing ovation when he had a particularly impressive performance.

So what is everyone hoping to see and play? Last of Us, AC3, Dishonored, Borderlands 2, etc? I need some ideas on what I should be pumped about seeing.

Schedule update: There's now panels featuring Wil Wheaton and Hideo Kojima (yep). Check the official site for further info.

Originally Posted by kube00 So what is everyone hoping to see and play? Last of Us, AC3, Dishonored, Borderlands 2, etc? I need some ideas on what I should be pumped about seeing.

Can't think of much for me aside from Platinum's WiiU game and getting hands-on time with the 3DS XL. Maybe AC3...

Still thinking about which panels and such I want to go to as well; haven't even printed out the schedule yet.

I'd love to see Kojima (or the WiiU) but then I start thinking how long the lines are going to be for that and I dunno.

I did a preliminary run through the schedule but it looks like they've been adding things secretly, so I'll have to go back. Is there anywhere that calls out the new stuff specifically? The PAX Twitter hasn't been doing a great job.

Holy hell. Just found out that there's a panel with NASA. Yes, that NASA. Was this always on the schedule or did I just overlook it?

I'm gonna have to at least try to get to the Kojima one. Might just get in line as early as possible. Saturday's the busiest day, so it's not like I'd want to be on the convention floor anyway.

Also in case anyone didn't see earlier, there's some Final Fantasy 25th anniversary event from 1-9pm on Friday. At 7:30 they're probably going to announce FFXIII-3, synced with the Japanese announcement at some even they're holding.

Originally Posted by blueshinra Holy hell. Just found out that there's a panel with NASA. Yes, that NASA. Was this always on the schedule or did I just overlook it?

Pretty sure that's new.

So, it is really easy to take a train or shuttle or something from the airport to downtown? I was going to rent a car 1-way (both ways) and go without in the middle since the Valet parking fees are so ridiculous. But I was just checking out 1-day, 1-way car rentals and they are ridiculously expensive (like $140 each way). Plus, it appears the car rental terminal in downtown Seattle is closed the day I would have to pick up my car to return (since it is Labor Day).

On the other hand, flights, even this short notice, are surprisingly cheap (about $200). It would still cost a bit more (as me and my son are going), especially factoring in how much a shuttle/train costs. But I just wanted to see if it was an easy thing to do before committing to the flight. I liked the flexibility of driving but may have to pass.

Yeah, there's good public transit from the airport. Here's the info.

Yea io take the light rail if you can.

Alright, just bought tickets since it is 2 weeks advance at this point and it looks like they go up a bit when less than that.

The NASA panel could be cool. ** And the Guidebook App is now updated for PAX **

Someone must have wanted me to go this year. For some reason, 12 days before PAX on a whim I decided I wanted to go this year.

I was able to find a reasonable priced 3 day pass that was too jacked up in price. The bus fare, roundtrip is only $45 since I live in Portland, OR and I was able to find a room share for $150 for the entire weekend.

I am happy everything seemed to come together.

Originally Posted by Cephiros Someone must have wanted me to go this year. For some reason, 12 days before PAX on a whim I decided I wanted to go this year. I was able to find a reasonable priced 3 day pass that was too jacked up in price. The bus fare, roundtrip is only $45 since I live in Portland, OR and I was able to find a room share for $150 for the entire weekend. I am happy everything seemed to come together.

Doh, I never considered bus fare. I'm coming from roughly the same place and got plane tickets (x 2) for $200 each. Oh wells... And I'm paying way, way more for a hotel .

Originally Posted by io Doh, I never considered bus fare. I'm coming from roughly the same place and got plane tickets (x 2) for $200 each. Oh wells... And I'm paying way, way more for a hotel .

Yeah, Bolt Bus is a joint operation between Greyhound/Peter Pan bus lines but the NW part is operated by Greyhound. Much cheaper and no stops to Seattle.

Yes, you might be paying way more for a hotel but I'm going to be sharing with 5 strangers and probably sleep on the floor some of the time. However, a chance to make friends.

Ughgghgh I gotta finalize my schedule. Saturday is pretty open for me so I might try for the Kojima panel if anyone wants to hang out in line.

I'll have the usual Mario Kart, Tetris DS, Monster Hunter, etc. as a backup.

Updated the OP with meetup info. RSVP in this thread (if you haven't already)!

As for panels, did my first pass of the schedule this past weekend. My one absolute must-see right now is Insider Insight: Awesome Video Game Data II. "Part I" was the best panel I attended at last year's show.

Not 100% sure yet what games I'm bringing, though I'm currently playing Kirby Mass Attack, so there's that. Funnily enough, I had first tried that out at the previous PAX Prime!

I will most likely be able to make it. I'll be with my son so we'll see how he handles that .

Geez, didn't know so many people from Portland were going, I could have offered a ride. I get off of work at 6 and plan to drive up Thursday.