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No More Booth Babes At E3 Expo

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The newly renamed E3 Expo is getting a makeover, in an apparent attempt to refine it's image. Formerly known as the "Electronic Entertainment Expo", it's now going by the title "E3 Media & Business Summit". Gone are the booth babes, gone is the blasting techno music and $8 microwave cheese burgers. The former chaotic atmosphere is being replaced by luxury beach-side hotels, sushi restaurants and private conference rooms. Some have said in past years that the expo had become more of a spectacle of sorts, rather than a conference. This year the expo will be toned down, bereft of scantily clad women and flashy displays.

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well screw them then! ill start my own expo and get hella booth babes!
 
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That is the most preposterous thing I have ever heard. Those babes are the only real hotties that gamers will see in real life!!!
 

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lol! poor nerds ^_^
 
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And what is actually left? I mean, something interesting... XD
 

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wow.....that's lame. i think this is going to be a flop
 

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We will ask UrLyin to get TPU BABES here :)
 

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They cut the show from 60,000 to 3,000 people....Which sucks!!!!


Noobs
 

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Damulta we could always build a booth outside the E3 Expo building and bring babes there :p
 
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Well good on them.

There's nothing worse than going to a convention about cars, or electronics etc only to be smothered with mounds of silicone and annoying remixes of pac-man music.
 

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But I like being smothered .

It gives me something to think about, new motherboards, and hotter booth girls!
 
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This is probably more of just a cost-saving measure than any real concern over their image, seeing as how they're now trying to attract a more business-like clientèle (whose positions of power mean that they're not any strangers of, and thus not affected as much by, business-class debauchery).
 

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Fine then.... they are not allowed to have booth babes.

Then I am going to get a booth and wear a speedo! They didnt say anything about half nekkid d44ve!

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This is a horrible idea. Not as many people are going to come now!
 
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It's just plain un-American! We need someone like Ron Burgandy to cover this... this horrible, horrible news. He's a man that could help our nation understand the importance of booth babes... and scotch!:D
 

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It's just plain un-American! We need someone like Ron Burgandy to cover this... this horrible, horrible news. He's a man that could help our nation understand the importance of booth babes... and scotch!:D

"WHY DONT YOU GO BACK TO YOUR HOME ON WHORE ISLAND!!"

Ron Burgandy rocks! :rockout:
 

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Fine then.... they are not allowed to have booth babes.

Then I am going to get a booth and wear a speedo! They didnt say anything about half nekkid d44ve!

:laugh:

Thanks for putting that horrror-ific image in our minds, A d44ve clown in a speedo...:p:eek::banghead::confused::laugh:
 

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The things that they described that they've just taken away are probably half the reason people go, I mean it really adds to the overall atmosphere, without that it's gonna suck.

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Next thing you know....E3 will have its own bouncers & No Jeans or Trainers Policy... which would mean if you want in you'd have to be more 'bling'd' out then Fidel Castro in a jumpsuit to get into the EXPO. hope you geeks got your wallets air bags & rubber bumpers because this ones going to hurt! ready then???? Armani's at the ready!
 

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E3 was fun cuz of it's chaotic atmosphere... why did they do away with it!

That's like saying "Ok everyone, no shouting, no yelling, no pushing, and no fighting" at the Warped tour.
 

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Man, I kind of liked them booth girls!
 

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Well good on them.

There's nothing worse than going to a convention about cars, or electronics etc only to be smothered with mounds of silicone and annoying remixes of pac-man music.
I agree. I go to these things to see the cars or new products. I couldn't give a shit less about booth babes or the techno blaring in the background.

I'm glad they got rid of the babes and techno, this isn't supposed to be Hot Import Nights, dammit.
 

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I agree. I go to these things to see the cars or new products. I couldn't give a shit less about booth babes or the techno blaring in the background.

I'm glad they got rid of the babes and techno, this isn't supposed to be Hot Import Nights, dammit.

Nobody cares about the babes but the techno made the atmosphere!!

Now it's gonna suck... boo :mad:
 
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