E3 Power Outtage

[bapenguin]

Apparantly the lights are out at E3 (http://ds.ign.com/articles/615/615907p1.html). According to IGN it may take up to 6 hours to restore power to most of the Convention Center. Ooops!

I guess that happens when you concentrate that many electronics in that small of an area!

[Savok]

Six hours? Jesus American power sucks.

[Evil Avatar]

Ouch. Kind of hard to show off your new games with no power.

[[HATE]MyLife]

Guess that'll just show off the handheld titles that much better?

[A-Team]

Looks like Game Boy Micro just won E3 2005.

[Mondopest]

Bah! Today's math quiz has sullied my plans and also saved them as I wouldnt want to walk around in the dark all day. Now I will go on Friday! YAY!

[Thumper]

Sounds like it's the beginning of the California Blackout Season!

That's gotta blow if you're going/showing there. Uuuugly.

[Chandler]

dear god was this an apprentice season 4 finale task and somebody screwed up?! :( haha

[ezzkmo]

hahaha. that is hilarious. tragic, but hilarious :)
hope the security cameras are still on, otherwise i'll be looking for ps3/rev/360 prototypes on ebay tomorrow ;)

on the bright side, people can watch the zelda trailer over and over and over and over again on their DS's.

[Racknahm]

Oh god, I bet it'd turn into a boiler room that place real quickly without AC. In the middle of LA with hundreds of people crowded together.

[[HATE]MyLife]

Oh god, I bet it'd turn into a boiler room that place real quickly without AC. In the middle of LA with hundreds of people crowded together.

I didn't even think about the heat. Doing setup without AC is bad enough... Once people are on the show floor? Forget it.

[Cubfan]

orgy time?

[Varsity]

It's mostly back on now.

[Gorilla800lbs]

Teh terrorists have w0n!

[Undertakr]

I was feeling bummed I couldn't go today because projects had slipped, but now I don't feel so bad. :) I'll be there tomorrow and Friday. Hopefully everything will be sorted out by then.

[EmoryM]

Someone must've breached the final seal, awakened CELL's 8th core and unleashed the evil wtihin.

[snubber]

Crap. I'm going tomorrow. This better not mean it'll be super crowded now

[Deadend]

for future reference, I would like to know the cheapest way for my (then 20) year old self to get in.

[Liquidize105]

for future reference, I would like to know the cheapest way for my (then 20) year old self to get in.
300 bucks, or industry-related. Black and white, no butz.

Yup, it's a business trade show for peddling games to retailers and media outlets.

I know your pain very well, believe me.

[G-Man]

Six hours? Jesus American power sucks.

Jesus American? I thought His last name was Christ... :D

*wah waaaah*

[GrinR]

"Six hours? Jesus American power sucks."

It's a troll, I know. Still, last I checked it's still the best in the world (as usual).

[Borys]

Looks like Game Boy Micro just won E3 2005.

Now that was funny :)

[Vandenh]

It must be all those uberpower PS3 demos running at the Sony stand. Err... Oooh wait!

[Jukey]

Glad I opted to attend on Thursday.

[funtownarcade]

for future reference, I would like to know the cheapest way for my (then 20) year old self to get in.
Get a job at blockbuster/gamestop/EB long enough to get a paycheck stub and a W2 form from them. Apply at e3expo.com for the lowest registration (exhibit only) its free.

[Racknahm]

Get a job at blockbuster/gamestop/EB long enough to get a paycheck stub and a W2 form from them. Apply at e3expo.com for the lowest registration (exhibit only) its free.

Either that or study game art and design for 3 years, then get a job in the videogame industry.

[Zanzibar]

Either that or study game art and design for 3 years, then get a job in the videogame industry.

You could also intern at a games company. Check your local listings. Gamasutra.com has some good lists of local developers.

[TrackZero]

orgy time?

Yeah....I don't know about you, but that's not the type of crowd I'd want to be involved in an orgy with. One boothbabe for every 50 geeks....

[Rommel]

Yeah, I saw that movie too.

[riposte101]

I was at the convention center at 11am this morning I didn't see any power outage.

[EGO]

I didn't notice a thing, either...

of course, I wasn't at the show. :p

Wish I could go, though.... :mad:

[Savok]

"Six hours? Jesus American power sucks."

It's a troll, I know. Still, last I checked it's still the best in the world (as usual).

Actually, it's not, mainly due to the 120 volts where the rest of the world is 220 or 240. In Australia there's no such thing as a brown out (unless you're in the middle of nowhere with your own power supply), blackouts occur at most once a year, and they're from fires at a substation or a powerlines going down in a storm (though weather has been extra crazy past couple of years, so sometimes it's a little more frequent).

This from a RWDB, so I'm pro-America.