E3 Convention

[bruinbball]

Anyone else here going to the E3 convention in LA this week? They are going to be giving away all kinds of free stuff and Sony should have Playstation 2's to play around with. I went last year and it was great! Some of the companies even bring their spokesmodels. Rebecca Romaine and Patricia Ford were there last year.

[hapoo]

exactly where is it and how do i get tickets?

I really shouldn't go though cause its finals week

[tadow]

hmm, i might go. u got the time/place/price?

[Dux]

Yep im going. How/where do I get free stuff? I know about the models already, I cant wait

[Talk2raffi]

I am pretty sure they sell tickets at the door...i think they are about $25.


its Wednesday, thursday, friday, right??

[ProMinx]

i'm pretty sure that the price is way way above 25 dollars at the door. I believe the cheapest at the door price is 200 dollars, but you could check their website, www.e3expo.com to see if you can find the price.
ProMinx
ps - you have to be industry/trade though (i work in a computer store, so i count)

[hols4]

Actually, the E3 is for only people that work in the interactive industry. Companies get special passes for their employees.

Last year, it was at the LA Convention Center and it was truly unbelievable.

This year the should have the PS2 with most of the fall releases. It takes 2 days to check out everything and even if your not a gamer...I'd suggest anyone that gets a chance to weasel a pass go. For one, the girls that work at the booth are all FINE ( I don't know where they come from or how much they pay them) and they all wear their best THONG, THONG, THONGS.

Also, they have great deals on everything there.

[hapoo]

i'm an independant consultant, does that count?

[bruinbball]

On the pass I have it says its worth $200 but its good for all 3 days. But if you know anyone in the industry you can probably get one free from them. Thats how I got mine. All of the companies get tons of free passes. You might be able to just go and try to see if anyone in line has an extra one. But the lines to register are LONG.

[bruinbball]

By the way, its from the 11th-13th. 10-6 on Thu; 9-6 Fri; 9-4 Sat.

I just saw someone selling tickets on ebay, but dont pay too much for them. Remember most of these passes were given out for free.

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[hapoo]

well if anyone has an extra ticket and lives in southern california I'ld be happy to take it off your hands

[Pdizog]

Ditto.

[ProMinx]

no one can get free tickets anymore. industry people could get free ticketts from their web site before april 7th, but from then on they had to pay the full price too.
ProMinx

[Hrudey]

ya..anyone in So. Cal need to get rid of your tickets? Ill give u a fair price..if u do..email me.. [email protected] thanks in advance.

[Talk2raffi]

Yeah...i get to go thanks to Winamp...hehehe...

I work for them, as does one of my best friends(he got me the job).

but unfortunately i dont think i can ditch school..

[Panda_Demon]

I'm going to E3! for free!! My friend got 2 extra free tickets for my other friend and me. Last year he got 4 additional tickets for us. This year, with college, only two of are are going to make it. But tickets are 250 dollars. If you had ordered before April 15, it woulda been 200 dollars. Last year was awesome! Playboy models, and etc. It was cool and all the cool video games and free stuff. I grabbed a lot of free shirts from Eidos, Playstation, and Capcom. And they actually had the PSX2 there last year, but it was a laptop attached to this pyramid thingy. . . I think you can buy tickets at the door. You have to be 18 and up though. . . But I saw a couple of kids in there last year though. My suggestion for those going, go the last day! that's when they just start to give stuff out, paintings, cards, etc.

[MadCool]

If only the show was in NEW yoRK! dang!

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[Hrudey]

RAFFI - need someone to those tickets off your hands?

[MasherS]

It's a good thing I got my pass a while ago. Some friends of mine and I are going on Thursday and Saturday but we still need to find rides.

[speedracer120]

How is it that you have E3 tixs but no ride?!

[bruinbball]

Did anyone go today? I'm heading there tomorrow and wanted to see if there were any big attractions tomorrow. I heard Brett Favre is going to be there on Saturday.

[hapoo]

nope, no ticket

[ProMinx]

steve, you're still a dick. you could've told me about the tix earlier, like 4 days earlier, an i would've been able to get the free tickets. Wanker.
ProMinx
ps - i hope your day sucked a nut, j/k. how was the blizzard booth? were the new Diablo 2 screen shots good?
pss - haha, i have access to cars but no tix, and you have tix with no cars.

[ProMinx]

haha, MasherS just told me he saw Gary Coleman playing Dreamcast. he got to play Warcraft 3, Red Alert 2, and C&C: Renegade too! I hate him. Tomorrow in Physics (if i don't sleep in too late [the class is at 1 PM]), i'll have to punch him a few times.
ProMinx

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[Apex]

Hey, I'm there too. Would be cool to meet up.

[tupacboy]

damn... hopefully i can get more tickets... my friend has mad hookups... i'll do it ebay style but on gotapex only.... will keep u guys posted....

[ProMinx]

tupac, if you do get more tickets, i want in. I really want a ticket for Saturday, but i have a friend coming down for the day. if I can get to go to E3 with my friends instead...screw her; she can wait by my door until i get back. Do you have any spare tickets? It would be sweet to meet up with apex too. I wish i could've heard about the free tix earlier! Waaaa...
ProMinx

[Apex]

Email me as soon as you can if you decide to go, I'll email you back with my cell phone number so we can meet up.

[vinnyracer]

I posted a topic on how to get in E3 for free.
http://anandforums.gisystech.com/mes...hreadid=166177

[Megaman369]

Did he just link to anandtech? Don't we burn those links?