Poll of the Day > I'll be going to E3 this year, any advice are welcome

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I'm not from USA, so I already have the flight, the hotel, the tickets, the credit card and many many dollars.
Any advice to go there? I read somewhere to bring some power bars to eat there, because the food is really expensive.
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Make sure you have something to do while you wait in line.
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look for kanye. he was there the last few times
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I'd suggest bringing bottled water, energy bars, hand sanitizer, and to be aware of where your phone and other personal items are.

Brace yourself for people with poor hygiene.

funkyfritter posted...

Make sure you have something to do while you wait in line.

I hope to be enough tweeting and 3DS...
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thecolorgreen posted...

look for kanye. he was there the last few times

Kanye West?
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I am also going. Kinda nervous as I don't know what to expect. As long as I can play a couple games and get a bit of swag I'll be happy
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WastelandCowboy posted...

I'd suggest bringing bottled water, energy bars, hand sanitizer, and to be aware of where your phone and other personal items are.

Brace yourself for people with poor hygiene.

I hope they allow me to introduce bottled water, and some snacks; thank you!
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Zacek posted...

thecolorgreen posted...

look for kanye. he was there the last few times

Kanye West?

what other kanye is there??
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Thank you for all the recommendations guys, hope to enjoy the show.
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Mead posted...

I am also going. Kinda nervous as I don't know what to expect. As long as I can play a couple games and get a bit of swag I'll be happy

Relax, and remember, we're going to enjoy the show!
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Nose plugs.
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Be prepared to stand in long lines for a few minutes of gameplay. I assume next E3 will be better to go to after they have hashed out all the things that didn't work at this year's first public showing. There was a guy on the Xbox One board. few months back that wasn't aware his ticket didn't get him in to see the conferences, we had to explain to him what the dates he bought the tickets for.

That being said bring your own food or eat out of the convention center because A. The food at the center is expensive and B. it apparently isn't very good and cam fuck with your stomach. Also like others have said bring loads of water as it will probably be very warm standing in line with 100s of others.
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If your not going with anyone, try and find someone to meet up with. Going to this things alone can be pretty dull, with lots of waiting. You can bring a book/hand held games etc, but having friends there is a much better solution. Sounds like a few people from the board is going this year, maybe you all can meet up.

Sadly I don't live nearby anymore so I won't be there.

Scope the area around the convention for good places to eat or even just kick back and chat etc, especially if you don't like crowds as it can get pretty intense/crowded and having somewhere to go and relax a bit is great (closer then your hotel). I generally always find good places to eat before traveling, it's pretty easy now to do that with the internet (so plan out what you want to eat or at least have a few choices). I believe there is a Brazilian Steak house fairly close, which is delicious if expensive.

Along with the above, bring plenty of stuff to do while waiting, books are great, a handheld game will help a ton as well etc. If you do end up going alone, this is especially important. The few times I have gone alone though, even having books etc, made the trip not nearly as much fun.

If you like anime they at least have had a bunch of anime movies set up in the past for people to kick back and watch which is pretty cool as well. Do your research before going and get an idea what events you want to see in advance (timing is everything).

Have fun!!!
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Shower
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Don't
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wolfy42 posted...

If your not going with anyone, try and find someone to meet up with. Going to this things alone can be pretty dull, with lots of waiting. You can bring a book/hand held games etc, but having friends there is a much better solution. Sounds like a few people from the board is going this year, maybe you all can meet up.

Sadly I don't live nearby anymore so I won't be there.

Scope the area around the convention for good places to eat or even just kick back and chat etc, especially if you don't like crowds as it can get pretty intense/crowded and having somewhere to go and relax a bit is great (closer then your hotel). I generally always find good places to eat before traveling, it's pretty easy now to do that with the internet (so plan out what you want to eat or at least have a few choices). I believe there is a Brazilian Steak house fairly close, which is delicious if expensive.

Along with the above, bring plenty of stuff to do while waiting, books are great, a handheld game will help a ton as well etc. If you do end up going alone, this is especially important. The few times I have gone alone though, even having books etc, made the trip not nearly as much fun.

If you like anime they at least have had a bunch of anime movies set up in the past for people to kick back and watch which is pretty cool as well. Do your research before going and get an idea what events you want to see in advance (timing is everything).

Have fun!!!

Thank your very much! This is the best advice I could get! By the way, which places around the convention center do you recommend to go, like reading or relaxing after the show?
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Fogo De cholo or something like that is a brazillian steak house about 4 blocks away form the convention center.

If I remember right it's around $30-40 for lunch (same meats for lunch as dinner) it's all you can eat, and their beef rib meat is by far the best (in my opinion) far better then the fillet mignion or ribeyes. Soooo tasty.

Pretty much right next to it (4 blocks away still) is pizza next door, it's about 2x better then Live Basil Pizza (which is closer) so go the extra 2 blocks for the better pie, if you want pizza.

There are tons of other places nearby, but I didn't ever see a good chineese place (you'll need to drive for that I believe or at least I have not seen one).

Plenty of mexican places for tacos as well, but don't remember any names.
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I hope you have fun.
I've been a few times before and I had a terrible time lol.

knivesX2004 posted...

I hope you have fun.
I've been a few times before and I had a terrible time lol.

Terrible time? You're scaring me...
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