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I've always wanted to go, but I am not in the industry. Is there any way for the general public to get in?
How can you get into E3?
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Remembering from E3 '98 here (things mat have changed). I believe on the first day ONLY press can get in, and then on the rest of the days anyone should be allowed in that is above the age of 18 (thank god for that, but that only filters 50% of the dumbasses). Or maybe it was 21, I can't really remember.
None the less, it should not be at all hard to go to this event as long as you're old enough.
None the less, it should not be at all hard to go to this event as long as you're old enough.
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That would be great if it were true, I'd love to go to E3.
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OK, press only is a bunch of horse shit. Industry only is pushing it.
Anyone can get into E3, I've gone every year since 1998, 2004 will be my 7th show and I work in the computer industry. The first year I paid the $150 convention only pass, every year after that I got in free on option 5.
If you work in the computer industry you can go, just head over to http://www.e3expo.com and fill out the form and fax it into them (should be online before January.)
If you don't work in the industry you could A) create a fake company, B) simply pay the fee (though, it is a lot more than $150 now I think) or C) get in touch with someone who regularly goes... they sometimes can get you added to the list (I did this for a friend of mine who was having trouble getting in for free... I called up and asked why my employee was having a hard time getting in... they quickly signed him up
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Anyway... my computer is acting up... hehe, so I can't type much more, but no it is not press only, and it is hardly even computer industry only.
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Anyone can get into E3, I've gone every year since 1998, 2004 will be my 7th show and I work in the computer industry. The first year I paid the $150 convention only pass, every year after that I got in free on option 5.
If you work in the computer industry you can go, just head over to http://www.e3expo.com and fill out the form and fax it into them (should be online before January.)
If you don't work in the industry you could A) create a fake company, B) simply pay the fee (though, it is a lot more than $150 now I think) or C) get in touch with someone who regularly goes... they sometimes can get you added to the list (I did this for a friend of mine who was having trouble getting in for free... I called up and asked why my employee was having a hard time getting in... they quickly signed him up
)Anyway... my computer is acting up... hehe, so I can't type much more, but no it is not press only, and it is hardly even computer industry only.
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You should also be able to get in if you are a celebrity.
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Bear in mind "working in the industry" involves you working in a job that has anything REMOTELY related to games. Such as:
a) You run a website dedicated to games, some people even get in with a press pass on this one, allowing them into the show an hour before everyone else.
b) You work at a retail chain that sells videogames. CompUSA, BestBuy, EB, Virgin, etc.
c) You get in good with somebody who works at/runs a gamestore, the committee requires little to no actual proof of your employment. I doubt they even bother verifying it.
a) You run a website dedicated to games, some people even get in with a press pass on this one, allowing them into the show an hour before everyone else.
b) You work at a retail chain that sells videogames. CompUSA, BestBuy, EB, Virgin, etc.
c) You get in good with somebody who works at/runs a gamestore, the committee requires little to no actual proof of your employment. I doubt they even bother verifying it.
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Buro Destruct said:
Very true, and I've gotten in with IBM and Symantec... which neither have diddly to do with games. It is just there to "limit" admittance... like I said, anyone working on anything remotly software/hardware related or internet even for that matter shouldn't have a problem getting in... this is not a gaming only event... hell look at Katina Hall!
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nruva said:
I think you meant Kentia Hall, but yeah, this past E3 was my first time to go, and Kentia was definitely a bizarre pit (literally, its a floor below the rest of the convention center) of crazy PC peripheral companies and smaller Asian developers.
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Buro Destruct said:
So what is E3 like anyway? My main hope is the get a picture taken with Miyamoto, maybe even get one of my games signed.
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Buro Destruct said:
My memory is about as good as spent tonight
Thanks for that... But, that is my point, I walk around down there with my Symantec badge and I am a fucking star. People trying to give me samples, etc... hehe... So, it is not only gaming.-Nick
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genjiglove said:
Not what E3 is like... Not at all. What you have is sensory overload of every game coming in the next year, being shown by dev and qa. In the maze of games you have performers and other attention seekers. Big wigs make an appearance now and then, but there isn't really a time when I could say I've seen someone like Miyamoto walking around and signing stuff (probably why he doesn't, he would get raped there by the fan boys). Its a big dork fest, in past years (1999, 2000, etc) I'd spend all three days there, but now I can barely last one... and last year I spent almost all my time at SNK.
You'll get to see and play a lot of games, see the most random celebrity sitings (Spike Lee, Tony Hawk, Elijah Wood), and lots of booth babes... it's fun, but not really the end all be all.
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Shit man you mean I don't have to put on the war paint, infiltrate the building through the sewer system, or zip line from an adjacent building... snap the necks of the security gaurds, yank out his eye balls, scan the "retinal scanner" with his eyes... quickly zoom across the room like Joe Musashi... knock out a high ranking employee from Nintendo, clean up, procure his clothes, and then mingle in with the crowd. All the while carrying a "rider" in a Simstim deck jacked into my sensorium that overlays to the Internet where all the "Booth Babes" are viewed by my XRAY glasses as nekkid?
Damn, simply paying a fee or knowing someone kind of takes all the fun out of it.
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MegaDrive 20XX said:
Shit man you mean I don't have to put on the war paint, infiltrate the building through the sewer system, or zip line from an adjacent building... snap the necks of the security gaurds, yank out his eye balls, scan the "retinal scanner" with his eyes... quickly zoom across the room like Joe Musashi... knock out a high ranking employee from Nintendo, clean up, procure his clothes, and then mingle in with the crowd. All the while carrying a "rider" in a Simstim deck jacked into my sensorium that overlays to the Internet where all the "Booth Babes" are viewed by my XRAY glasses as nekkid?
Damn, simply paying a fee or knowing someone kind of takes all the fun out of it.
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No no no... do that... please... I'll leave the back door open for you to start the onslaught!
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nruva said:
Damn, that sucks. Oh well, it would still be a blast to go to it, at least once.
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Oh and dates...
Convention starts the week of May 10th.
Expo is May 12-14.
Yes, I'll be there May 12th, probably the only day I am going this year unless it is amazing... anyone who wants to meet up I suggest we start a thread in a few months and do a SNK meet at... um... SNK...
-Nick
Convention starts the week of May 10th.
Expo is May 12-14.
Yes, I'll be there May 12th, probably the only day I am going this year unless it is amazing... anyone who wants to meet up I suggest we start a thread in a few months and do a SNK meet at... um... SNK...
-Nick
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nruva said:Oh and dates...
Convention starts the week of May 10th.
Expo is May 12-14.
Yes, I'll be there May 12th, probably the only day I am going this year unless it is amazing... anyone who wants to meet up I suggest we start a thread in a few months and do a SNK meet at... um... SNK...
-Nick
If I can get there, I'd be willing to meet at the SNK booth. Me and a friend are thinking of starting a website to review games, and using that to get in. Plus, it would probably be pretty fun.
I hear Capcom will be showing RE4 at next years E3, and if that's true, I plan on spending lots of time at that booth.
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nruva said:
I'd compare E3 to Las Vegas, except the showgirls aren't topless, the slot machines are videogames, and the $10 all-you-can-eat buffet costs neither $10 (more like 50) nor is all-you-can-eat.
That being said, I spent the better part of the 3 days at Konami's booth playing Gradius V with Ray (Kid Aphex).
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Buro Destruct said:
LOL, man is that ever the truth
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MegaDrive 20XX said:
Shit man you mean I don't have to put on the war paint, infiltrate the building through the sewer system, or zip line from an adjacent building... snap the necks of the security gaurds, yank out his eye balls, scan the "retinal scanner" with his eyes... quickly zoom across the room like Joe Musashi... knock out a high ranking employee from Nintendo, clean up, procure his clothes, and then mingle in with the crowd. All the while carrying a "rider" in a Simstim deck jacked into my sensorium that overlays to the Internet where all the "Booth Babes" are viewed by my XRAY glasses as nekkid?
Damn, simply paying a fee or knowing someone kind of takes all the fun out of it.
MD20XX
Actually you'd probably be mistaken for that group of Army people who did stunts back in 2001
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Bobak said:
Yeah, I know... I was just joking anyhow. *Actually I've always wanted to go to an E3 event. But it's prolly not worth the time or the money spent. 'Sides, the only times I'd want to be there is when Kojima is showcasing a new METAL GEAR game or something equally cool in the realm of "Video Gaming".
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gatsu25 said:
Supposedly at one point you did. This year I guess I missed out on some great treats at the Nintendo booth, but I snagged those SNK posters and some nice Konami promotional material.
Its all rotting (except the poster, which I framed) in my closet in a giant white Xbox bag. Eh.