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The first public E3 looks like absolute INSANITY

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Figboy79

Aftershock LA
That's fucking nuts.

I work in the industry, but I'm not attending this year (mainly due to some registration shenanigans that didn't get ironed out on time). I think it's probably best I didn't go! I'm not adverse to crowds, but it just looks insanely packed. E3 is already annoying trying to traverse the show floor when it was industry only.

In all the years I've gone, I don't ever recall it being that fucking packed. I feel bad for my co-workers, because it's their first ever E3. lol.
 
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jonjonaug

Member
Alucrid said:
why would you ever want to go to that?
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I mean...Anime Expo is held in the same location and is even worse than this every year and I've gone a couple times and am going again this year. It's nice to hang out with friends and look at lots of cool stuff, even if lines are murder.
 
Dundar

Dundar

Member
Yup, this is Gamescom allright. This year I'm skipping GC and I've just been reminded why. It's utterly unbearable, unless you're interested in chillin out in other areas (es. cosplay) there's basically no point in visiting, you're giving something like 4+ hours of your life to play a 5-10 minutes demo of a game.
During gamescom you basically get the one chance in the morning, when the gates open up. Later, it's madness.
 
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SeanC

Member
I haven't been in a few years but holy shit am I glad I didn't go this year. It was already packed, that's grotesque.
 
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Thatonemoor

Member
Wasn't E3 like this back in the mid 2000s when it was open to the public? I remember one year was so bad that they closed it from the public and had it in a shitty hotel the next year lol.
 
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Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
I don't like the idea of E3 being open to the public. Getting a badge and access is something you have to earn, either through hard work or nepotism. This new accessibility messes with the natural order! :mad:
 
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DrForester

Kills Photobucket
Thatonemoor said:
Wasn't E3 like this back in the mid 2000s when it was open to the public? I remember one year was so bad that they closed it from the public and had it in a shitty hotel the next year lol.
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I don't remember it being open to the public from 2001-2006 when I went. \

It was however easy as hell to get press credentials, so it might as well have been.
 
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ArjanN

Member
There never seemed to be much point in going to these cons anyway outside of the sheer novelty of being there.

In terms of actually seeing games you see way more by just staying at home and watching the conferences and a bunch of streams online.

Also I assumed anyone who was actually anyone would just make appointments to see shit.
 
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daegan

Member
It sounds far more like the problem is rooted in everyone (ESA, exhibitors, press) planning for the same as ever levels of people on the floor.

No way should press be finding out at the door that they don't have their own line.
No way should the floor layout be the same as standard (which it looks like it was on the map.)
No way should they not have had one or two press days.
Basically every exhibitor with a booth should get a free meeting room to actually conduct business as well but fat chance of that happening.
 
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Quadraphonic

Member
daegan said:
It sounds far more like the problem is rooted in everyone (ESA, exhibitors, press) planning for the same as ever levels of people on the floor.

No way should press be finding out at the door that they don't have their own line.
No way should the floor layout be the same as standard (which it looks like it was on the map.)
No way should they not have had one or two press days.
Basically every exhibitor with a booth should get a free meeting room to actually conduct business as well but fat chance of that happening.
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How can they have planned for it when the ESA announced it after the fact? It was revealed in February they were doing this.
 
ranmafan

ranmafan

Member
bigjig said:
Yep, should have done it like TGS. What a fuck up
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Yeah TGS has two business days and two public days. If e3 did it that way too then maybe things would better for everyone but who knows. I know people still complain about even TGS's setup as well.
 
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Deleted member 10571

Unconfirmed Member
This... looks relatively harmless compared to weekend Gamescom, to be honest. I don't know what else everyone expected with a public E3.
 
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Thorgal

Member
currently taking a peek at that same nintendo booth on the live stream and it looks much more manageable today . still busy but it's hardly the Day Z of the first puplic day .
 
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SapientWolf

Trucker Sexologist
The MS booth seems too small to handle the crowds. They basically capped the lines at a few dozen people and tried to move the rest out of the booth. Come on MS, I need my Crackdown 3.
 
NinjaBoiX

NinjaBoiX

Member
As if people can be arsed with that line. Or going to E3 full stop. I don't even see the point of staying up to watch it online, a load of pointless guff in between the little snippets of actual footage, I don't get it.

I want to see the new games, wait until the next day and spend an hour watching the trailers.

Done.
 
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Defect

Member
Yeah I'm here and while it is cool, I don't think it should be open to the public anymore... Or at least not open to 15,000 guests.
 
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b0bbyJ03

Member
What's really ironic is that the people in lines are so impatient that that can't wait until the game releases yet they're patient enough to stand on a line for hours. Lol
 
NinjaBoiX

NinjaBoiX

Member
b0bbyJ03 said:
What's really ironic is that the people in lines are so impatient that that can't wait until the game releases yet they're patient enough to stand on a line for hours. Lol
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lol

I went to the Eurogamer Expo in London once, never again. A big echoey hall filled with sweaty nerds, over priced t-shirts of questionable quality and screens playing trailers I couldn't hear but could quite easily watch at my leisure in the comfort of my own home.

I literally thought to myself walking around, "what am I doing here?"
 
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DangerMouse

Member
ranmafan said:
Yeah TGS has two business days and two public days. If e3 did it that way too then maybe things would better for everyone but who knows. I know people still complain about even TGS's setup as well.
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Yeah, that would probably make the most sense.

b0bbyJ03 said:
What's really ironic is that the people in lines are so impatient that that can't wait until the game releases yet they're patient enough to stand on a line for hours. Lol
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LOL yeah.
Not that there aren't probably a bunch of things playable that getting a taste of this early wouldn't be cool for, but the lines must be crazy for the short demos on top of what's playable and what's not.
 
SuitedforGaming

SuitedforGaming

Member
Sucks for the legit journalists but I don't really care for the youtubers whining that the public has free reign of e3 now....they quickly forget who they were before they became youtube personalities. I think TotalBiscuit has the right idea with his snarkathon series; watch it from the comfort of your own house and leave the interviews t o the people who cared enough to book a meeting with the interviewees.
 
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darkinstinct

...lacks reading comprehension.
Must be fun to wait six hours at booths to play three game demos which you have already seen multiple times on Youtube. I went to Gamescom once, simply not worth it. Streams/Youtube are the way to experience E3 best.
 
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PaperFlame

Member
Cant even imagine waiting to play a game with this type of crowd. You'd be waiting 3-4 hours just to play one game for 5-10 minutes.

If they're going to do this next year they should def add a volunteering section like how comic-con does it. This just looks like a nightmare to be in.
 
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Taliban Stan

Member
Alebrije said:
You while waiting on line to play a game and the dude behind you forgot his Old Spice daily dosis...

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I like the talkative person whose breath straight up smells like feces, and they look you in the eye when they speak to you so the fumes shoot directly into your nose.
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
Another reason why E3 from home is much better.

You have more time analyzing video instead of waiting hours in line to play the same demo we already saw everywhere on every stream before the floor opens
 
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Mass_Pincup

Banned
Dundar said:
Yup, this is Gamescom allright. This year I'm skipping GC and I've just been reminded why. It's utterly unbearable, unless you're interested in chillin out in other areas (es. cosplay) there's basically no point in visiting, you're giving something like 4+ hours of your life to play a 5-10 minutes demo of a game.
During gamescom you basically get the one chance in the morning, when the gates open up. Later, it's madness.
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Try Paris Games Week.

It's the same amount of people as GC but with half the space.
 
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TyMiles2012

Member
Kagari said:
This is why they need press-only days.
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So Saturday and Sunday? Joking aside, I'm sure not even more niche press groups can get in on the conference days.

I planned to go next year, but now I'm not sure. After seeing this year, they would either have to find more space, have more press only days, or just cut off public tickets. I've wanted to attend E3 since I was very young and I thought this would be my once in a lifetime chance next year. Not sure if I really want to now, but at the same time I feel like I have a need to go there in person just once just so I can say that I did.
 
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Dark Ninja

Member
They need to have public days or be more stingy about people's credentials to get in. Jesus its so packed. Thankfully my company gives us access to the press area where they keep food, water and drinks.
 
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