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PPL Necessities
3DS
Pokemon X or Y
Charger and Power bar (YES YOU WILL NEED THEM, DEAR GOD)
Other Important Things
Clothes AND COSTUME STUFF
Underwear for at least 6 days
Jacket, hat, gloves (for possible cold weather)
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Deodorant & body spray
Lotion
Good walking shoes!
Vitamin C and hand sanitizer
Backpack
Poster Tube
Snacks (for waiting in line)
Water/Water bottle (Stay hydrated!)
Cell phone/ camera / laptop
Handheld gaming devices, CAH, MtG, Zombie Dice, and any other games you’d want to play
Money to give graciously to Child’s Play via Cookie Brigade.
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Also, be sure to get the phone numbers to everyone you will be meeting and rooming with! Don’t get stuck with no way to contact anyone if you get locked out of your hotel room!
EDIT EDIT: Keep trying! There may be some copies left!
The PAX Pokemon League East 2014 has a Guidebook!
Guidebook is a app for mobile phones that allows you to access schedules and information for conventions. PAX has an official one (that you should totally download), but the PPL has one of its own!
Click on that banner for instructions on how to get the guidebook app, then search for PAX Pokemon League 2014 and download our actual guidebook! It has a schedule of meetup and raffle times, as well as a list of all gym leaders so you can keep track of who you’ve battled!
(Note: because we’re not flush with cash we could only afford the free version, which limits us to 200 downloads, so if you’re not going to PAX East, please don’t download it! And if we run out of downloads, we’re really sorry! 🙁 All the information in the guidebook is available here on the site, though, so don’t fret!)
PAX is fast approaching, and one of the yearly traditions of the PPL is that we hold a meetup on each day of PAX in the Handheld lounge. Meetups are a good chance to catch lots of Gym Leaders in one place, chat and mingle with other challengers, compare badges, trade for Pokemon you’re missing… they’re not to be missed!
We’ll be holding meetups in the Handheld Lounge on:
Friday (the 11th) at 1 PM,
Saturday (the 12th) at 3:30 PM,
Sunday (the 13th) at 2 PM
MegaBingo Raffles will be held in front of Handheld Lounge on:
Friday (the 11th) at 5 PM,
Saturday (the 12th) at 5:30 PM,
Sunday (the 13th)’s MegaBingo Raffle will take place at 7 PM on the Mezzanine of the lobby of the Westin Hotel (the hotel that is connected to the Convention Center). There will also be a final meetup/goodbye session then. (Since PAX is technically over then!)
Remember, for all raffles, you must be present to win! You come to the Raffle, you turn in your Raffle ticket, and if you’re drawn, you win a prize! It’s that simple!
If you manage to figure out who’s behind this, come let me know, as I have been authorized by the PokéNobel Committee to present you with this honorary (and very shiny) PokéNobel Prize*:
As promised, I am entrusting you with confidential profiles of the 6 Targets of Interest (TOI) in our ongoing investigation of the scientist gathering in the PAX Pokémon League at the Pokémon Advancement Exposition. I stress to you that while these scientists are considered TOI, there is no evidence at this time that they have committed any crime, or are conspiring to do such, and thus they should be approached appropriately. In other words, don’t levy accusations on them. We need their information to determine the identity of the real target of this investigation: the benefactor that has gathered these scientists.
Once again, let me remind you that all that is required is for you to inquire about the Mega Pokémon studies of any of TOI that you encounter, and that questioning 4 of the 6 TOI should be provide sufficient intel to identify our target.
(In case you weren’t aware: every evening of PAX, in the Handheld Lounge, we’ll be raffling off a whole bunch of fabulous prizes! If you’ve earned a Raffle Ticket by completing the MegaBingo board on the back of your card, you can choose to use it to enter that evening’s raffle. We’ll draw from all the collected raffle tickets to choose who wins each prize! Keep in mind, though, that we start the raffle fresh each day, so if you use your Raffle Ticket on Friday, you can’t enter on Saturday or Sunday! Also, you have to be physically present at the raffle to win a prize! [We’re doing three separate Raffles so that even if you’re only at PAX for one day, you still have a chance to win!])
This week’s amazing prizes are all cool stuff from Fangamer! Fangamer makes the coolest game-inspired merchandise, it’s run by super nice people, and a few of our gym leaders even work there! (When they’re not running their gyms, of course.)
The Field Guide to Kanto books are GORGEOUS. We, the Research Department at PPL, keep personal copies on our desks for reference at all times! Not even Professor Oak himself has done such faithful yet artistic representations of the 151 species found in the Kanto region, and the information in the book is invaluable for any Pokémon Researcher worth her salt.
Also, just FYI, Fangamer also makes fantastic Pokemon Inspired Apparel. TheirGymtanktops are Propriety’s go-to summer outfit! ;D We didn’t get any of these as prizes, though, because we didn’t want you to win the wrong size shirt! But Fangamer will be at PAX East and they’ll have all this stuff and more! Make sure you check out their awesome booth in the Expo Hall! And tell them the PPL sent you! :B
As previously promised, here’s Part 2 of 3 of our Prize posts!
(In case you weren’t aware: every evening of PAX, in the Handheld Lounge, we’ll be raffling off a whole bunch of fabulous prizes! If you’ve earned a Raffle Ticket by completing the MegaBingo board on the back of your card, you can choose to use it to enter that evening’s raffle. We’ll draw from all the collected raffle tickets to choose who wins each prize! Keep in mind, though, that we start the raffle fresh each day, so if you use your Raffle Ticket on Friday, you can’t enter on Saturday or Sunday! Also, you have to be physically present at the raffle to win a prize! [We’re doing three separate Raffles so that even if you’re only at PAX for one day, you still have a chance to win!])
(Want to know how to get a Raffle Ticket? Check THIS POST!)
In a previous update, we talked about this year’s MegaBingo challenge, where you can earn a sticker for each Mega-Evolution you spot a Gym Leader using during battle… and that if you get four stickers in a row, you can come to myself or Researcher Kim to be awarded a Prize Pin and a Raffle Ticket (which are both Key Items, by the way)! What are those Tickets for, you ask? Why, they’re for entering the PPL MegaBingo Prize Raffle!
Every evening of PAX, in the Handheld Lounge, we’ll be raffling off a whole bunch of fabulous prizes! If you’ve earned a Raffle Ticket, you can choose to use it to enter that evening’s raffle. We’ll draw from all the collected raffle tickets to choose who wins each prize!* Keep in mind, though, that we start the raffle fresh each day, so if you use your Raffle Ticket on Friday, you can’t enter on Saturday or Sunday! Also, you have to be physically present at the raffle to win a prize! (We’re doing three separate Raffles so that even if you’re only at PAX for one day, you still have a chance to win!)
Here’s some of the fabulous prizes you can win! Note that we have TWO MORE POSTS of prizes that will be revealed soon, so these are just SOME of the prizes!
Researcher Propriety here, and I’ve just been delivered a letter from Alexander, one of our Gym Leaders! It says I should share this immediately with you, challenger… take a look.
