I'd go if it wasn't the same weekend as PAX.

I'm with Gosha. For me PAX > Kumoricon.

Then again, I'm in my late 20's, so an anime convention just doesn't have the same impact it did when I was younger.

I'm pretty sure there was a DDR tourney there last year, it was called Dance Dance Cloudy (or something like that). Sadly I didn't have the time or money to go last year, but I'm planning on attending the con this year and hopefully there will be some sort of DDR or ITG event.

QTF is PAX?

Penny Arcade Expo. Massive video game convention.

w..will there be ITG dedicabs with dragonforce...?
Or at least any other pleasing rhythm games? I'm not talking about DDR, by the way.

Not sure about the dedicabs, but there's a PAX hosted on the East and West coast. Apparently the one in Seattle is way bigger :]

Yeah didn't it have like 66k attendees ? That's sick huge.

Do they usually have an arcade set up or ?

Oh. So you're one of those people.
I didn't see one last year, but IIRC they do have the nation's largest LAN party. An arcade would be a great idea @ PAX though.

Scott I remember Dan mentioning that you guys might try to get your Machine there this year? I don't know it was an idea he had, I don't think anything formed from it.

If he or I said it, I don't think we were being too serious. In all honesty, if they had an arcade room and a staff (like Sakuracon), I'd love to let them use it, assuming they'd compensate us for moving costs, etc.

I remember at PAX 2004 in the Bellevue Convention Center, they had two DDR cabinets in the main foyer. But from what I saw last year, they didn't have an arcade room.

PAX 2007 had two DDR SN1 machines but none in 2008 & 2009
Meanwhile PAX East got a classic arcade room ;A;

I'm sure if you posted about an arcade in the forums, you could get some interest going.  Pink Gorilla has some of its arcade cabs at Sakuracon, so they might bring some stuff for PAX at their expo hall booth.

If you are into Harmonix or Guitar Hero games, they have a lot of set ups for that.  Same with other music games.  If Konami shows up, they might have something, but other than that... no ITG or BEMANI.

I believe the Pump Pro 2 team is looking into getting some space for a machine, but dont quote me on that.

PAX 2009 mini tour

If they do have any kind of dancing game setup at PAX 2010, I think we should all schedule a time to meet there and own it up for a good hour or so.

Waiting in line to try RB2 at PAX 2008 is how I ran into an old friend from Delaware.. on the entire opposite side of the country.

My only problem with playing a dance game at PAX any convention is sweating it up and then having to be stuck in a crowd of people, or go out of my way to return to my hotel room and shower.  For the sake of those around me, I just opt to not play.

Yeah I'm one of those people, the kind who like challenge and stuff. <3

PAX seems way cooler that kumoricon, I dunno if I'd be able to make that though. If I did and there was a place for arcade/music games I'd be down to meet up. I just moved over here and havent met anyone into the community yet =/

That vid was tempting as fuck though btw.

The thing that sucks the most is waiting in line and then paying a shitload of money to play and not being able to play very long D:

Well, at PAX you mainly go to meet people, play demos, get swag, go to panels, and go to the concerts.  Unless you are in a tournement, or just playing in the freeplay rooms, you don't actually get to game very much.

MC FRONTALOT

For all the money you'd pay to get into K-Con you could play so many more games at 2 different locations with fewer annoying people and at a cheaper cost. Don't think a con is conducive to good play either, so the choice is very obvious. Your time and money is better spent trying to plan a get together or just playing at Malibu / Tilt or at a friend's.

I'm going to the one with more DDR and/or fighting games tournaments. And less furries.

Wow what a shithead!

Tilt is such a rip.

I know, I'm such an asshole :S

Honestly, I'll probably end up going to Kcon unless a few people feel like going up with me to PAX. It's just my experience thus far with Kcon has been "play in DDR tournament on CFs with wooden bars while jerks I've never met insult my clever minimalist Ice Climbers costume."

But honestly, if Charlie, Julia, Bryant and Josh S. are all going to Kcon again that's reason enough! a tournament would be nice too though