I wanna go to E3

[Daeval]

I'm going to E3 this year (yay me!), but I don't think I'm going to be able to take anyone.

[Gryph]

Take some pics. Could I request one? If you do take a camera, could you take a pic of the 'Prey' booth?

 

Lucky bastard. What kind of position do you need in the industry to go?

[supa_al]

 

If its any consolditation, i could take some while there, and post em.

 

Edited April 8, 2005 by supa_al

[Gryph]

   

 

If its any consolditation, i could take some while there, and post em.

 

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The more the better!

[Wizard]

What kind of position do you need in the industry to go?

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As long as your in industry(You can even be a cardboard box and still get in) with some proper connections, you can get in. Journalists, PR rep for a company, someone on the dev team, someone on the publisher team, someone famous (HA, NONE OF US HERE). It's easier if your a journalist to enter.

[Daeval]

What kind of position do you need in the industry to go?

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As long as your in industry(You can even be a cardboard box and still get in) with some proper connections, you can get in. Journalists, PR rep for a company, someone on the dev team, someone on the publisher team, someone famous (HA, NONE OF US HERE). It's easier if your a journalist to enter.

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You make it sound difficult.

 

You want the fast track? Get a job at your local video game retailer. A job at Gamestop or EB or any of those is all it takes. You have to sign up ahead of time and provide industry ID, like a paystub, and that's it.

 

And yeah, I was planning on taking a digital camera. Some booths are really anal about them (I got yelled at for taking pics of Spy Hunter and I think it was FF10 the first year I went), but I'll try to get pics of any requests that people have.

 

The first year, I bought my ticket off of someone who worked at Mad Catz. After that, I went through Sony Online, a job at Game Crazy, and this year it'll be through a friend at High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy US).

Edited April 8, 2005 by Daeval

[Gryph]

Hmm...do you have to be a current employee? Like what if I get a job during the summer (a new EB opened up so I may apply for a job in addition to my research position) and just use a paystub from then for next year?

[Inky]

man if I woulda known that I woulda got a job at gamestop while I was unemployed.

Edited April 8, 2005 by garageink

[Ryuken]

i'm gonna work at a game shop when i'm 18 too

[Lucandrake]

What kind of position do you need in the industry to go?

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As long as your in industry(You can even be a cardboard box and still get in) with some proper connections, you can get in. Journalists, PR rep for a company, someone on the dev team, someone on the publisher team, someone famous (HA, NONE OF US HERE). It's easier if your a journalist to enter.

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You make it sound difficult.

 

You want the fast track? Get a job at your local video game retailer. A job at Gamestop or EB or any of those is all it takes. You have to sign up ahead of time and provide industry ID, like a paystub, and that's it.

 

And yeah, I was planning on taking a digital camera. Some booths are really anal about them (I got yelled at for taking pics of Spy Hunter and I think it was FF10 the first year I went), but I'll try to get pics of any requests that people have.

 

The first year, I bought my ticket off of someone who worked at Mad Catz. After that, I went through Sony Online, a job at Game Crazy, and this year it'll be through a friend at High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy US).

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If getting a job at EB or Gamestop is all that it takes then I can't wait till im 18, EB and Gamestop always run out of employess during non summer times down here . Crappy part is I don't think I'll even be making anywere near $10 a hour

[Wizard]

You are local in the area, 98% of us aren't.

[kaioshade]

Dont get your hopes up. just working at a game store does NOT guarantee you a spot at e3. It is usually the managers and regionals that get to go. If all it took was a job at some game store, there would be a LOT more kiddies at e3, something they do not want.

[Wizard]

Theres also the fact you need to be over 18 to get in.

[Lucandrake]

You need to be 18 to work at a EB or Gamestop anyways >.>, and I can easly find out if any of the stores are going this year since me and ryu visity most of them twice a month (ryu, my friend, not ryuken)

[Daeval]

Dont get your hopes up. just working at a game store does NOT guarantee you a spot at e3. It is usually the managers and regionals that get to go. If all it took was a job at some game store, there would be a LOT more kiddies at e3, something they do not want.

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The only reason its the managers that get to go is that they are the ones that can get the time off, or that the company might be willing to front the hotel/travel bills for.

 

Anyone who works at a video game retailer is eligible to go to E3 for free. You can register using industry ID that is available to you. Whether or not you can get the time off is another story, especially when your manager and other employees all want it off too..

 

All of the stores I've worked at, or that friends have worked at, have gone to E3 in "shifts." Actually, that's how it worked for the grunts at Sony Online Entertainment too. Some employees go one day, then a different group goes the next, etc.

 

Your location doesn't matter in terms of eligibility, but obviously it's up to you to get there.

 

As for registering after you're no longer employed... You'll have to get your registration through while you're working, or as soon as you quit, but I've known several people who have quit right after they registered and got in fine.