Can somebody get my azz into e3?

[Anthony1]

Basically, I need somebody to hook me up. I have the ability to get to LA, but I don't have credentials to get in. I would really like to see the XBOX 360 up close and in person.


I haven't been to a e3 show since May 2000 when the PS2 was first introduced to the U.S.. So it's been a long time for me. I've been to a total of 4 e3 shows, and they have all been spectacular in their own ways. But I haven't gone to one in quite some time, primarily, because all the big systems were released and there wasn't anything earth shattering at the last couple of e3 shows.

But I think this e3 show would be one to go to. You have the introduction of the XBOX 360, in addition to the first unveiling of the PS3 and Nintendo Revolution.


Anyways, I was just wondering if somebody could some how hook me and one other person up. We would both be flying in from Sacramento.

Hit me up with a PM if you could somehow assist me in my time of need. It would really suck to have the ability to get to the show, but not actually be able to get inside the joint.

[Jibbajaba]

I dont understand, man. You told me that it was hella easy to just fake some creds and go on in? :hmm: Not so easy as you thought?

Chris

[THATinkjar]

This is a funny thread. If you can't get in, you don't deserve to be there. God this made me laugh. And I'm not supposed to have a good time at work. Grr.

[yok-dfa]

You could always claim that you are contributing editor to a video-game related web-site (Digital Press) :D

[InsaneDavid]

If you can't get in, you don't deserve to be there.

That's right. :sob:

The only times I've been were in 1999, 2000, and 2001 and that was because I was part of a small time online tech radio program out of San Jose. Anyway, there were WAY too many people in there (especially in 2001) that really shouldn't have been which is why I've not yet attempted to return again. Maybe they're cracking down on it now?

In 2003 I knew a way to get you in. If you slept with the manager of a local game store she said she'd take you with her. :snuggle: ...no one agreed. ROFL

Anyway, I've had a more interesting time at the GDC the past few years anyway and it's closer to me. (still have to save up and go to CGE sometime - damn San Jose Grand Prix this year = my vacation spending) However if they're starting to enforce the "this is a TRADE SHOW damnit!" base then I might just have to return in 2006. :)

[InsaneDavid]

Anyways, I was just wondering if somebody could some how hook me and one other person up. We would both be flying in from Sacramento.

Whoa, wait a minute there, I missed that part. Two passes? You want TWO passes?! @_@ That's a little greedy to be asking right out the box don't you think? Just my opinion. :)

As Willy Wonka said, "Everybody has had one, and one is enough for anybody."

[digitalpress]

You could always claim that you are contributing editor to a video-game related web-site (Digital Press) :D

No you couldn't.

[FurinkanianFrood]

THATinkjar said:
If you can't get in, you don't deserve to be there.


That's right. Sob Story


Yeah right, most people get in because they are tools who work for the mainstream gaming press, or other obnoxious entities who conspired to destroy Sega, aid Sony, and thus bring about the end of gamplay.

I'm surprised the folks from real game companies can survive the stench.



PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:04 am Post subject:
yok-dfa said:
You could always claim that you are contributing editor to a video-game related web-site (Digital Press) Big Smile


No you couldn't.


True, but wasn't that a joke? I hope....

I am kind scared of Cali anyhow... I belong to the mysterious third America that thinks the other two are a bunch of morons.... I'm safe in this cubicle... no, wait..... arggggggggh... (castle thereof? Thus were the lastest words of the FurFrood. Their power has gone out of the universe. This inscription is all that remains of their religion. Perhaps this whole post was dictated?)

[dendawg]

Basically, I need somebody to hook me up. I have the ability to get to LA, but I don't have credentials to get in. I would really like to see the XBOX 360 up close and in person.

Wow, you really don't know how to take a hint, do you? :roll: Two threads about the same subject, one already locked, and just a matter of time before this one is locked. So you can't get in....SO WHAT?? You and millions of other people are in the same boat, so deal! :angry:

[slip81]

Why don't you deserve to be there just because you're not "lucky" enough to be part of a publication/radio/tv broadcast?

I think E3 should be open to the public for a fee like most other events of this nature are. The San Diego Comic Con is one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) comic cons in existence. All of the who's who of comics are there, all the new stuff in the field is unveild there like upcomicg comics, toys and movies/shows. And if I remember corretly the big game event in Japan, the Tokyo Game Show is also open to the public.

I think its incredibly stupid that E3 alienates more than half of the people that buy the shit that they showcase at the shows. Gamers should be allowed to attend and get all the lateset info and hands on time with all the new toys.

And just so no one thinks I'm ranting because I can't go I'm not. I write for the A&E section of a newspaper so I could go if I wanted, but I live in R.I and going out to California for a weekend is way out of my budget.

[Cmosfm]

Uh oh! I hear it coming....the roar....so loud.......coming down the way.....

http://jakee.shackspace.com/waaahmbulance.jpg

AWWW SNAP! IT'S THE WAAAHMBULANCE!

[digitalpress]

I think its incredibly stupid that E3 alienates more than half of the people that buy the shit that they showcase at the shows. Gamers should be allowed to attend and get all the lateset info and hands on time with all the new toys.

I disagree.

You've been there before so you must know it's a MOB SCENE, and that's only with "members of the industry". And they ARE hitting their target group - retailers and media people who are gamers. Why does every gamer on the planet need to be there? At some point the people working the booths won't get to talk to the decision-makers. That's what E3 is for: get the information to the people who make the most impact on their upcoming product sales.

For the record, E3 tried to do an "open to the public" day during the exhibit, at least twice that I can recall in the last ten years. It was a disaster from both the exhibitor and attendee perspective. As huge as the floorspace is, there are just too many people to be able to get anything done. Exhibitors were frantically trying to monitor their stations, and attendees had to wait in long lines to get anywhere near their games. Who wins in this scenario?

There are efforts to bring this kind of event to the public outside of this industry event, but they've faltered (most recent that comes to mind was set for 2004, boasting 100,000 attendees but strangely vanished months before the event itself). E3 is not the place for a massive public event, but it is on the shoulders of those who do attend to bring the information to the public. I think for the most part, that does happen.

[Big Papa Husker]

Uh oh! I hear it coming....the roar....so loud.......coming down the way.....

http://jakee.shackspace.com/waaahmbulance.jpg

AWWW SNAP! IT'S THE WAAAHMBULANCE!

OMG... i have never laughed this hard because of a DP post... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. I fell out of my damn chair!

[Arcade Antics]

Basically, I need somebody to hook me up. I have the ability to get to LA, but I don't have credentials to get in. I would really like to see the XBOX 360 up close and in person.

Wah.

No cred, no go, simple as that. You wanna go, get yourself a job in the industry some time before next year. And begging for TWO passes?

Low.

[AlanD]

You could have someone carry you and your friend to the grocery store packed in a box and media mail yourself to E3 Attn: Nintendo. Should get you in the door.

[pacmanhat]

I found this particularly improper:


Hit me up with a PM if you could somehow assist me in my time of need.

Man, I want to go to E3 as much as you do. But there are more important things...actual needs. I feel your pain, but I can also live with being able to sit at my computer and go to IGN and get all the info in real time that way. No tickets needed, no nothin'.

[InsaneDavid]

I am kind scared of Cali anyhow... I belong to the mysterious third America that thinks the other two are a bunch of morons....

:roll: Let me make this clear for the zillionth time since it seems nearly everyone that lives outside of California seems to think the same of this state...

Los Angeles is NOT a represntation of the state of California, honestly I wish all of LA county would get swallowed up by the Earth - freaking scumpot that it is. (my opinion again) Nothing irritates me more than when someone out of state bundles us all in with that sesspool. :angry: Especially when so much of the population lives in the truly internation cities up here in the Bay Area not to mention the rural center of the state. It's damn diverse, probably the most diverse state in the US. But getting back to E3...


You've been there before so you must know it's a MOB SCENE, and that's only with "members of the industry". And they ARE hitting their target group - retailers and media people who are gamers. Why does every gamer on the planet need to be there? At some point the people working the booths won't get to talk to the decision-makers. That's what E3 is for: get the information to the people who make the most impact on their upcoming product sales.

For the record, E3 tried to do an "open to the public" day during the exhibit, at least twice that I can recall in the last ten years. It was a disaster from both the exhibitor and attendee perspective. As huge as the floorspace is, there are just too many people to be able to get anything done. Exhibitors were frantically trying to monitor their stations, and attendees had to wait in long lines to get anywhere near their games. Who wins in this scenario?

There are efforts to bring this kind of event to the public outside of this industry event, but they've faltered (most recent that comes to mind was set for 2004, boasting 100,000 attendees but strangely vanished months before the event itself). E3 is not the place for a massive public event, but it is on the shoulders of those who do attend to bring the information to the public. I think for the most part, that does happen.

The master comes through again and explains it all clearly to everyone. :hail:

[TheHammerGod]

I write for the A&E section of a newspaper so I could go if I wanted, but I live in R.I and going out to California for a weekend is way out of my budget.

Hey a fellow RI'er (yay for the number two!) What paper do you write for? ProJo? The Times?

[icarwngs55]

To be honest with you, I don't believe much of the internet "media" needs to be there or every freakin Tom, Dick, and Harry from Gamestop and EBgames. I know many people who are going and honestly, though they are friends and co-workers...in true respect they are nobodies. I mean everyone can view it from the internet, read about it as it happens, buy the DVD of the event....I mean come on, besides saying BOO YA I WENT!! Alot of internet junkies with a Video Game Website Need Not Attend. And I hate to say it DO NOT FLIP ON ME but in fact many people on this website who are going this year and have been in the past should not have gone or been allowed.

As for everyone flipping on this guy. Shut the fuck up. I have no idea who this guy is BUT he is just desperate for some E3 action as many people are. And it all goes back to IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK. If you guys say no FINE. But do not degrade him fo it...that is just asshole. It is like offerring a dollar for somthing at a fleamarket you know is worth $4, they may say no they may say yes BUT it never hurts to ask. So everyone calm down and take your almighty asses off the pedestal for one day PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

Thanks guys,
Mike

[TheRedEye]

I think E3 should be open to the public for a fee like most other events of this nature are. The San Diego Comic Con is one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) comic cons in existence. All of the who's who of comics are there, all the new stuff in the field is unveild there like upcomicg comics, toys and movies/shows. And if I remember corretly the big game event in Japan, the Tokyo Game Show is also open to the public.

That's because San Diego Comic Con is a show for consumers. It's a big swap meet made for the fans. E3 is an industry event, and it's so crowded as it is that I have a hard time doing my goddam job while I'm there. It's not easy to talk to developers about their upcoming products when they're busy showing off to Joe Gamer who got a pass because his best bud is a manager at Gamestop. It's so bad that the only coverage you're going to see of any product is by the major media, because they have enough sway to set up private appointments. I don't have that luxury, and neither do many other talented reporters that I know, so we're forced to waste our time waiting for the kids to play before we can get a word in. And believe me, we want to tell you everything the big guys aren't, but it's so crowded that we just don't have much of a chance.

My god, I'm becoming the whiny pseudo-journalist I swore I'd never be.

[TheHammerGod]

Wait a second.

We can use the F-bomb here?

I always figured that it would be filtered out or something.

Good to know, good to know.

But seriously, can you really defend someone if they substitute the letter "S" with "Z"? Lord knows, I can't LOL

[squirrelnut]

Wait a second.

We can use the F-bomb here?



Word of wisdom: Just cause you can, doesn't mean you should.

[SoulBlazer]

Hey, I'm from RI also, and I know a couple of other posters on here as well. :)

But yeah, I wish more companies would do what Nintendo did in 1990 with their World Championships. I so loved that and it's the best way to get the public excited about new stuff.

[TheHammerGod]

Wait a second.

We can use the F-bomb here?



Word of wisdom: Just cause you can, doesn't mean you should.

Well of course not silly, I did not even use it in the reply, lol.

I was just shocked to see it, not something I come across much on the DP boards - most DPers seem to be more mature then that. Most - I said most LOL

[TheRedEye]

I was just shocked to see it, not something I come across much on the DP boards - most DPers seem to be more mature then that. Most - I said most LOL

My post history would likely debunk your theory.

[TheHammerGod]

My post history would likely debunk your theory.

So, you would be part of the "most" category? I guess I haven't been reading your threads, I am off to do some reading! :P

[Arcade Antics]

I have no idea who this guy is
Problem #1


BUT he is just desperate for some E3 action as many people are. And it all goes back to IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK.
Asking is one thing. Begging at the eleventh hour on a public forum where many industry people show up and are offended by this kind of thing is something else.


But do not degrade him fo it...that is just asshole.
Actually, it's much less "asshole" than begging to go to a show that's not for Peter Public in the first place, especially in the above stated manner.


It is like offerring a dollar for somthing at a fleamarket you know is worth $4, they may say no they may say yes BUT it never hurts to ask.
Not even remotely analagous.

It's more like walking into the local fire station and asking the firemen if you can have a nice new fireman's outfit - for free - AND one for your buddy. Without saying please.

[icarwngs55]

I have no idea who this guy is
Problem #1


BUT he is just desperate for some E3 action as many people are. And it all goes back to IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK.
Asking is one thing. Begging at the eleventh hour on a public forum where many industry people show up and are offended by this kind of thing is something else.


But do not degrade him fo it...that is just asshole.
Actually, it's much less "asshole" than begging to go to a show that's not for Peter Public in the first place, especially in the above stated manner.


It is like offerring a dollar for somthing at a fleamarket you know is worth $4, they may say no they may say yes BUT it never hurts to ask.
Not even remotely analagous.

It's more like walking into the local fire station and asking the firemen if you can have a nice new fireman's outfit - for free - AND one for your buddy. Without saying please.

I think it is quite analagous. Also you seem to forget my main point that MOST...Let me say it again...MOST...of the people who attend E3 do not need to be there. So essentially it is for as you so very very simply minded put it ...It is for every "Peter Public" mainly do anyone who tries hard enough getting in.

And just because I don't know the guy doesn't mean I can't defend him when you are all bashing him. Civil Rights are a dead thing too I guess.

Thanks,
Mike

PS-I did not mean for my comment to turn in to an arguement

[Arcade Antics]

I think it is quite analagous.
Well, to each his own. It's not, but I guess that's beside the point.


Also you seem to forget my main point that MOST...Let me say it again...MOST...of the people who attend E3 do not need to be there.
What makes you say that? :hmm:


So essentially it is for as you so very very simply minded put it ...It is for every "Peter Public" mainly do anyone who tries hard enough getting in.
Easy with the insults here, I don't recall any name calling...


And just because I don't know the guy doesn't mean I can't defend him when you are all bashing him. Civil Rights are a dead thing too I guess.
The hell? I didn't say you couldn't defend him. I'm merely pointing out that you don't have the whole picture, yet you come in here lecturing everyone on how we should behave. Not to mention, what in the heck does civil rights have to do with some dude begging online for E3 passes? :)


PS-I did not mean for my comment to turn in to an arguement
It's not an argument, it's a conversation. Someone get this man some chilax! Stat! :)

[Sniderman]

PS-I did not mean for my comment to turn in to an arguementAnd yet you posted again to argue the very valid points that were raised. Nicely done.

[Kid Ice]

Civil Rights are a dead thing too I guess.

Although I agree that Anthony1 got unnecessarily piled on here, he's not exactly Martin Luther King.

[petewhitley]

In 2003 I knew a way to get you in. If you slept with the manager of a local game store she said she'd take you with her. :snuggle: ...no one agreed.

Lemme get this straight: this gal was willing to f' you and give you a free ride (pun intended) to E3? And nobody took her up on the offer? She must have been some Bremalo ... :/

[SoulBlazer]

That's exactly what I was wondering, I just did'nt have the guts to say it. :P

She must have been like 300 pounds or something..... :)

[SuperNES]

I am kind scared of Cali anyhow... I belong to the mysterious third America that thinks the other two are a bunch of morons.... I'm safe in this cubicle... no, wait..... arggggggggh... (castle thereof? Thus were the lastest words of the FurFrood. Their power has gone out of the universe. This inscription is all that remains of their religion. Perhaps this whole post was dictated?)

what the hell are you talking about? O_O

[InsaneDavid]

Alot of internet junkies with a Video Game Website Need Not Attend. And I hate to say it DO NOT FLIP ON ME but in fact many people on this website who are going this year and have been in the past should not have gone or been allowed.

Hmmm.. and when did you become the head of the ESA? LOL


Also you seem to forget my main point that MOST...Let me say it again...MOST...of the people who attend E3 do not need to be there. So essentially it is for as you so very very simply minded put it ...It is for every "Peter Public" mainly do anyone who tries hard enough getting in.

Uh, that's exactly what it isn't, it's a TRADE SHOW, not a public gaming expo. (that would be more along the lines of the San Diego ComicCon as was mentioned in another post) There are also comic and animation industry TRADE SHOWS that aren't open to the public. Thankfully there are industry events that are public gaming expos such as CGE which are more along the lines of comic conventions.

This seems to come up every year around this time and the conversation is always the same. Even more flack comes up when it is learned that I've been three times. However for those who have been to E3 they realize that your whole time there is two things: overload and work. Yeah, it's fun. Hell yes it's cool. Yet keeping track of all the information and things seen and learned there throughout the three days is WORK, especially when you have to sit down and write reports or radio scripts from your notes the week after.

As for the comment I also read in this thread about the Tokyo Game Show you have to remember, that's Japan and really the Tokyo Game Show is less of a trade show and more of, again, a public gaming expo.



In 2003 I knew a way to get you in. If you slept with the manager of a local game store she said she'd take you with her. :snuggle: ...no one agreed.

Lemme get this straight: this gal was willing to f' you and give you a free ride (pun intended) to E3? And nobody took her up on the offer? She must have been some Bremalo ... :/

You have no idea man.


That's exactly what I was wondering, I just did'nt have the guts to say it. :P

She must have been like 300 pounds or something..... :)

Naaaa, but she was one of those "yeah, and we'll get married, and have six kids, and you'll be mine.. FOREVER :angry: " Sorry, no thanks, I've (and most people) delt with one of those messes once already and not even going to E3 is worth that mental strain. LOL

[GaijinPunch]

Hosted sites at Gamespy get 1 free pass. Maybe I should go just to spite some people here. :)

[portnoyd]

Isn't the registration period over anyway? This thread sucks, btw.

[Anthony1]

You could have someone carry you and your friend to the grocery store packed in a box and media mail yourself to E3 Attn: Nintendo. Should get you in the door.



Now that my friend is some funny shit!!!!


Good one on that one!

[Anthony1]

I dont understand, man. You told me that it was hella easy to just fake some creds and go on in? :hmm: Not so easy as you thought?

Chris



It used to be real easy. I went to the e3 in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000. All you needed back then was a freaking fake business card and some other bull crap. And then I think once I got in the first e3, they would send me a thing that I just needed to fill out to get into the next one, and I didn't even have to go through a long process.


But since 2000 or so, they changed things pretty dramatically, in terms of how you get it. You need an actual business license and tax id and all kinds of stuff like that. So you can't just go the fake business card route anymore.

[Anthony1]

This is just a general reply to everybody that talked a bunch of smack about this post. :


Ok, I'm not technically "in the industry" right now. I'm working on some ventures that are in the planning stages, and I will have all the necessary documents next year, but I was hoping that I could get lucky and that somebody would simply hook me up this year.

Was it very bold of me, and asshole of me to simply ask somebody to hook me up? Yes, it was. But who cares? If nobody wants to help me out, then nobody wants to help me out. Tough luck for me if nobody wants to help me out.

Basically, I was just trying to get lucky, and I was hoping that somebody here who happens to be going could add me and one other dude to his list, so that we could get in to the exhibition part of the deal. The reason that I asked for 2 passes, is because me and this one dude went to those 4 other e3 shows, and I know that he would be pissed if I went without him. Also, who the hell wants to travel all the way there by themselves? You need to take a road dog with you. If somebody can get me in, then they probably could get one other person in too.


Anyways, the bottom line is that I was justing wishing upon a star and hoping that somebody out there would be extra cool and hook me and my partner up.

Chances are that nobody will, but you never know.


Since going retro in mid 2003, I really haven't had any desire to go to any e3 shows, because I really didn't care much for modern games, but with the arrival of the XBOX 360, and the new generation of super consoles, I'm excited again, and would just like to check things out again.

Also, going to e3 isn't the greatest thing in the world. There are a helluva lotta negatives that go along with it. You have to spend money to get there, and then you have to spend money while you are there, and then you have to spend money to get your ass back. Plus when you are there, you are totally bombarded with music just blaring out your eardrums, stuff is spread out all over the place, the food sucks, and it can be a huge headache.

So if nobody can hook me up, I won't be totally devastated, but if somebody could, then that would be great.

[FurinkanianFrood]

I don't blame you for wanting to go to E3 man. My intention was actually to talk shmack to the shmack talkers. Sometimes I think (read: know) I waste too much time on here doing that smacking the smackers thing though.

[dreams]

Either way, as Port said, free registration is closed, and has been I believe before this post was even started. Even if someone was able to help you out, it's too late anyways.

Sorry.

[TheHammerGod]

April 15th was the last day for free legit registration - even if someone could "hire you" to get you a pass it is way to late for that. The only other way would be someone who registered and is not going to give you theirs but since they require a state issued photo ID or passport to pick up the pass it would require some illegal activity on everyones part - not really the thing to ask for in the DP forums.

You could always just go and wait around the exits - they have these bins that departing people drop their passes into if they are not coming back - by mid-afternoon the second day there was a pile on the bin. Good luck with that though.