Are you going to PAX?

If you’re wondering what PAX is, then it can be fairly easily described: any IT enthusiast, gamer or geek’s heaven.

Here are all the major manufacturers and show their latest equipment whether you’re into PC, console, board games or mobile games – PAX has it all. Although PAX only takes place in different places in the United States, more and more Europeans are seen going there for conventions.

Would you like 3 days filled with PC, gaming, music and other geek? Then PAX is the answer. PAX mixes it all up for a big pear shower of awesomeness. Pax is from 2004 where 4500 people participated, since then it has grown a little and currently about 70,000 people participate to Pax Prime.

The gaming stereotype is no longer 35 and lives in his mother’s basement, as e-sports has grown and started to appear on all over the world tv channels the gaming industry has become increasingly recognized. It is not uncommon to find accountants, coaches, various professional athletes or a lawyer from Kolding to various gaming conventions.

If this is the first time you are going to PAX, then we have made a small list of things that you must remember to pack.

1. Flights to USA
Flights to the United States are pretty significant if you need to get there. Are you looking in the right places or are out in good at, then you can easily find someone at an affordable price. In addition, remember your passport, money and tickets to the convention.

2. Practical and evening wear
It’s rumored these conventions can get pretty wild, so if you’re interested, there’s the opportunity to party most nights. In addition, you also need to remember practical clothes, as Pax is about walking around a lot and sometimes also being standing for longer at a time. Good footwear is essential.

3. Shaving and beauty products
If you are interested in the parties and move out on the late night hours, then it is probably a good idea to remember his creams, perfumes, aftershaves, Hair Wax and his beard trimmer. Alcohol just does something about your beard growth, it just grows faster. Uncontrollable stubble mixed with ruddy cheeks and bloodshot eyes is quite uncharming.

4. Hotel
Remember to book your hotel well in advance, and please confirm it several times. When 70,000 occupy the city, you can imagine that most good and affordable hotels are pretty quickly sold out. In addition, there is a tendency for their systems to crash when everyone tries to check in. So be sure to have everything in writing.

5. Space in suitcase
It is a good idea to have extra space in the luggage, as it can easily be you find a gadget or other on the convention itself, which you can not live without. In addition, you are in the US, there are a lot of things that can be obtained cheaper over there than in Denmark. Even if you’re thinking right now that I don’t have to – then do it. You always find something you can’t live without.

6. Good mood!
You are about to experience nerds Utopia, if you yourself are one of the kind, then prepare for a fantastic experience. You get hugely infected by the atmosphere, and there is really a very special atmosphere for these events. You may also run the risk of running into various game developers, one of them being Brian Hicks who was one of the developers of Arma III and later he developed DayZ Standalone. If you want to know the future of your favorite game, then PAX is definitely the place to find the information. In addition, you also have the opportunity to watch various e-sports stars compete in games like Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Tekken Tag Tournament.