Turbine Pax East Fan Appreciation Party! Friday March 22, 2013

[Sapience]

Important updates for our event.

We are sold out. In fact, we're more than sold out. So make sure you get there on time or you'll miss out on the swag and possibly have to wait until others leave before we can let you in. Fortunately there are other floors and bars you can hang out in while the crowd thins out a bit.


If you do not bring your ticket, either a printed copy or a digital copy via your smart phone or eventbrite app, you will not be allowed in. Period. Space is limited and only those with tickets will be allowed to enter.

If you were lucky enough to snag a VIP ticket (slightly less than 1 in 4 tickets are VIP), here are a couple of pointers.

• It has nothing to do with your account status.
• Your ticket will say VIP instead of GUEST.
• It lets you skip the general line, but you may end up in the VIP line (it will be MUCH shorter).
• You get 2 drink tickets instead of 1, but if they're gone they're gone. So get there early!

Also, Jeromy Adams of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and Kerry Demone of Boston Children's Hospital will be joining us. Extra Life 2013 is kicking off and they wanted to thank the folks that drove us to an incredible total lat year. I'll also have a little kitty set up to kick off my efforts, so if you have a couple of bucks to drop in the til, we'll add it all up and add it to the total here as "PAX Player Donations" or something similar.


Looking forward to a great time!

[Shukar]

Thanks for the update. Is there parking in the area, or should we plan to take the T?

[Rohan1240]

damn just got back from vacation and realized I had to RSVP, guess I'm to late :/. have fun.

[Narrel]

Was great getting to meet and chat with some of you. Thanks to Sapience for running the show for us as always. For those that couldn't make it and those I didn't get a chance to speak with, I hope to catch you next time! Enjoy the rest of PAX!

~Nar

[Sapience]

Thanks to everyone who turned out for our event. We all had a blast. We also raised $232 for Extra Life, and I'm rounding that up to an even $250. Thanks to everyone who pitched in!

I'm also super proud to pass along something the staff at Jillian's mentioned to me at the endof the night. The staff volunteers for our party (Same staff 3 years running now!) because we have the "most polite and enjoyable guests."

[lilfroggy2488]

I had such a blast on Friday night meeting everyone! This is by far the highlight event of PAX East for me and I am already counting down the days until next year.

[Raesharra]

Thank you for the wonderful time. It was very nice to meet you folks in real life. You are a great crew and bring us a wonderful game. Thank you for taking the time to celebrate it, and PAX, with us.

The best bit, in my thoughts, was Sapience's comment about the IRL RNG being broken during the raffle :-D And I thought it was really, really funny to see [Swag Lootbox] contained... a banner (among other things). All we needed was a battered ring.... I actually plan to hang my banner in my cube at work as soon as I clear off a big enough space.

Great party guys and I sincerely hope to see you folks at next year's PAX East!

[karakedi]

It was, as always, great to talk with the devs and meet some of my fellow players. It was a special pleasure to see how players and Turbine staff share enthusiasm for LotRO and our Middle-earth. Thanks not only for the party but for all you do to create something extraordinary for us all, the Turbine gang and the players alike.

[Ransroth]

Was great getting to meet and chat with some of you. Thanks to Sapience for running the show for us as always. For those that couldn't make it and those I didn't get a chance to speak with, I hope to catch you next time! Enjoy the rest of PAX!

~Nar

Same here! I had a great time chatting with folks. Hope I can come again next year .

[Delaney]

Returning to reality, such as it is, after an awesome PAX East weekend is taking some time here. But even if it's a tad late, I, too would like to thank those at Turbine for hosting us at Friday's party. I thought that being able to meet the producers, devs, and engineers behind the game would be interesting. What I didn't expect was that I would be able to have such great conversations with them. Special thanks go to Amlug, Ransroth, and most especially Rowan. I still hope I didn't take up too much of your time, but I greatly enjoyed all of the conversation. Please be nice to burglars.

Thank you for arranging things, Sapience, and for the coffee, still. Speaking of drinks, any chance I could get the recipe for the Watcher in the Water?

Cheers!