What a time capsule. Perfectly at the precipice between what we now know as The Beforetimes and Literal Hell. I'm enraptured, even moreso than a normal GVLOG.
Oh, yeah. This was the day of checking every hour to see what was cancelled now. I was at the Improv Post Mortem panel, and the laugh for the GDC joke definitely had a 'haha but also oh no are we making a mistake?' feel to it.
My partner and I brought the Moxie! OMG watching this makes me miss the convention scene so much! I was looking forward to seeing folks in Philly in November :(
I was a Magic judge at PAX East, and it was the last event I helped with before lockdoy. Seeing that great place on my face. I so hope to be back some day. Thank you!
Happy for that Jimmy Johns shoutout at the end. I eat there way to much. Sad you didn’t go over anymore of the great signs but free smells is a pretty good one
@@PharaohBender27 yeah let’s be serious Covid was spreading in the US since January 2020 but no doctors were diagnosing or testing for it until later. Kind of glad he waited this long to upload this, gave us a reminder of how life will be like again later this year
@@vegas_party_animal7737 my bro-in-law's co-worker caught covid in early feb on a work trip to the US. brought it back here and infected pretty much everyone in the office. Couldn't see my sister, bro-in-law or nieces and nephews for almost 4 months cos of it.
I miss these convention hanging out with friends and meeting new people hopefully you guys can come on Comic Con NY when we get back to any type of normalcy it would be cool.
Having worked at a Jimmy Johns, the large cups are deceptive from the bottom, but are indeed much larger. I did just about everything in the store except for operating the meat slicer.
My brain is doing a backflip trying to remember where I first heard of beefy jeefy, I recall it might have been a preprerelease with cam acting quite disgusted?
I suppose, yeah. I live just a few towns away from where the festival in Maine is held, and I have some friends that are all about it. Just never got the hype.
Not really before covid, but before the US started to "worry" about it. I wouldn't be surprised if there were sick people there and even it what Graham had was a minor flu, talking over an open container of liquid, Ben drinking a stranger's coffee and stuff like that should never have happened. Hopefully it'll teach people to be more careful with diseases in general....
@@BengineeringTV The reason they don't is that a huge part of their branding is based on how fast they can get a custom-made sandwich into your hands; if they toasted the bread, they'd not be able to do so nearly as quickly. Personally, I agree, I'd like toasted over lightning-quick, but that's not the path they've taken.
@@GrahamStarkVlogs That's good to know. By the way Canadian A&W is exponentially better than American A&W I wish I could have a Mozza Burger right now you don't know how lucky y'all are
This was the last couple days of February. At the time, everyone thought the virus was spread primarily through infected surfaces. That meant that 'being careful' had nothing to do with masks - it meant washing your hands regularly and thoroughly, and remembering not to touch your face, and being careful about touching things other people had touched. Most folks at PAX were doing those things - the staff had dispensers of hand sanitizer positioned at every escalator and most of the doors to the expo hall, and people used them.
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I love that sick Graham voice is pretty much just Gibb.
I was thinking the Chuffield scientist who's in Nsburg for the flushing of the Culvergrid.
Just wanted to say i adore your vlogs, you seem like such a genuine and lovely person and i enjoy everything you do!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for being on the panel, Graham! If anyone wants to see the full hour of goofs, here ya go: ua-cam.com/video/xuOnQhTgnkg/v-deo.html
I appreciate the link. Now I don’t need to search for it
Graham "Us showing our feet will not be happening"
*immediately cuts to footage of their feet*
I was gonna comment the exact same thing
Came here to make sure someone else said this already.
I fell out of my seat laughing at the on-camera DBlooning
I love how these vlogs always feel like hanging out with friends which is great these days!
"Check out this deck I made" shows deck on ironing board across room, cut to next scene.
What a time capsule. Perfectly at the precipice between what we now know as The Beforetimes and Literal Hell. I'm enraptured, even moreso than a normal GVLOG.
Oh, yeah. This was the day of checking every hour to see what was cancelled now. I was at the Improv Post Mortem panel, and the laugh for the GDC joke definitely had a 'haha but also oh no are we making a mistake?' feel to it.
So there's this thing called moxie...
I was a little disappointed that we got to see the setup to picture the mystery booster deck but never got to see the deck. Great video as usual.
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I miss the before times. And I miss these vlogs. Maybe fore April 1st Graham could do a Lock-Down Vlog from his house?
For over a
decade, PAX East was the home of nerdery and fandom in the Boston area. Before the dark times, before the 'Rona.
How did the nerdiness die?
@@calebpark3411 The 'Rona.
People playing Magic with real cards, I nearly cried. Thank you for sharing this Graham.
My partner and I brought the Moxie! OMG watching this makes me miss the convention scene so much! I was looking forward to seeing folks in Philly in November :(
Thank you for posting this Graham. We love the windows into the before times. They bring me genuine joy
8:10: In Hayward, CA (east side of San Francisco bay), there was an exit off of Interstate 880 that for many years was marked "A Street Downtown".
I always love seeing a Graham vlog.
Bless you, for releasing these in multiple videos. It's really given me something to look forward to every day.
So glad to see these vlogs uploaded. Hopefully we'll all get to experience PAX again soon. I live in San Antonio and started going every year.
That dancing banana when they were going down the escalator 🤣
I thought it was Cori for a sec
I was a Magic judge at PAX East, and it was the last event I helped with before lockdoy. Seeing that great place on my face. I so hope to be back some day. Thank you!
Oh, I dingled that Bell really good Pre-Quarantine Ben, don't you worry...
i very much love these
Oh, those LINES! I can smell the nerdaroma from here, about 600 days into March.
Yay MOXIE!
Happy for that Jimmy Johns shoutout at the end. I eat there way to much. Sad you didn’t go over anymore of the great signs but free smells is a pretty good one
I was briefly confused and horrified at all these people indoors with no masks until I remembered that PAX East 2020 was in February...
I almost commented on the last video about it, but then I checked and this was in fact, pre pandemic.
@@SergeiTheAnarch Technically, it had shown up in Washington state, but it wasn't until mid-March when everything really started hitting the fan.
@@PharaohBender27 yeah let’s be serious Covid was spreading in the US since January 2020 but no doctors were diagnosing or testing for it until later. Kind of glad he waited this long to upload this, gave us a reminder of how life will be like again later this year
@@vegas_party_animal7737 my bro-in-law's co-worker caught covid in early feb on a work trip to the US. brought it back here and infected pretty much everyone in the office. Couldn't see my sister, bro-in-law or nieces and nephews for almost 4 months cos of it.
Watching Graham pour that gingerade rose my heart rate
Yoooo, Moxie is awesome! My grandparents live in Maine, and I can never get enough of the stuff! It's the perfect non-beer 5:00 drink.
Word
You're telling me that the title of this g-vlog *could* have been "glistening sex alien", and you chose to go with FLUIDS?!
3:42 Okay, I need a Michigander to introduce Graham to Vernors
I miss these convention hanging out with friends and meeting new people hopefully you guys can come on Comic Con NY when we get back to any type of normalcy it would be cool.
00:03
04:48
08:56 Just $200 you say, Ben? Hmm...
09:11
I have dingled the bell.
Having worked at a Jimmy Johns, the large cups are deceptive from the bottom, but are indeed much larger. I did just about everything in the store except for operating the meat slicer.
Moxie is the lovechild of Listerine and Root Beer
DINGLE THE BELL 😂😂😂
Completely missed the chance of thanking for the drink by saying "I like your moxie".
Dingling the bell let me to this vid
If you're ever looking to get food at PAX East, you should take a trip over to south station. 20 minute walk and you have some decent options.
You couldn't go to E Street, it was on tour with the Boss that day.
Gram aka Bo Jackhorseman
Moxie does taste like medicine.
Also, Car Talk should just happen anywhere. Ben can do that forever.
Moxie, wow your were a brave man Graham Stark.
Oh the free smells was open this year! Unlike the one from C2E2.
Making things that should not be seen = Deviant art.
3:35 Ben watch out, he's got moxie. (This joke was for me)
You son of a gun
Tex!
Neat
I love fluids
Turns out when you have a sore throat, you sound a bit like Will Arnett
I literally went into the comments to say the same thing 😂
I was gonna say Joel McHale but you right, you right.
My brain is doing a backflip trying to remember where I first heard of beefy jeefy, I recall it might have been a preprerelease with cam acting quite disgusted?
I presume E street is where the edgiest parties happen. Also the patreon feet joke and cut directly to feet was sincerely appeciated
@9:40 anyone got a link to the VOD of that?
I miss MagicFests a lot.
Never been a fan of Moxie myself. My grandfather loved it though.
It's a unique NE experience though
I suppose, yeah. I live just a few towns away from where the festival in Maine is held, and I have some friends that are all about it. Just never got the hype.
@@Xylerx000 Legit. I mean it's just soda yeah? I like it but at the end of the day it's just soda. Just unique soda.
was that Corey in the banana suit dancing?
3:10 Nobody tell Ben about the difference between Koalas and Pandas
This is literally 2 videos in a row with MC Frontalot references.
That's him, the bald guy in the booth next door, isn't it?
Yes, that’s Front.
Remember when we all used to breathe on each other... I miss that...
I don't
@@TheEvilCheesecake I'm coming to breathe on you
effin' Moist Talkers...y'all dissed Justin when it IS A REAL THING. :D
@@empath69 Hey, the Moist Talkers are one of the best Blaseball teams!
@@ijustchangedmyname why are you like this
"It's like what WOULD happen at GDC if it happens this year."
oof.
Who else is viscerally affected by seeing so many people without masks in public, even though you know this was before the 'Rona?
Not really before covid, but before the US started to "worry" about it. I wouldn't be surprised if there were sick people there and even it what Graham had was a minor flu, talking over an open container of liquid, Ben drinking a stranger's coffee and stuff like that should never have happened. Hopefully it'll teach people to be more careful with diseases in general....
deez nuts
Ok but what did you think about Jimmy Johns? I feel that it's one of the better if not the best sandwich chain in America
I actually really like Jimmy Johns
@@GrahamStarkVlogs I just wish theyd toast the bread
@@BengineeringTV The reason they don't is that a huge part of their branding is based on how fast they can get a custom-made sandwich into your hands; if they toasted the bread, they'd not be able to do so nearly as quickly. Personally, I agree, I'd like toasted over lightning-quick, but that's not the path they've taken.
@@GrahamStarkVlogs That's good to know. By the way Canadian A&W is exponentially better than American A&W I wish I could have a Mozza Burger right now you don't know how lucky y'all are
@@GrahamStarkVlogs oh now I am conflicted to talk about what the CEO does and why I refuse to eat there
Swank
Yo! please can i have permission to steal Beefy Jeefy for my new rapper name? Lil' Puke Nasty is not catching on..
Where are the masks? There should have been at least a few "paranoid" people around. ...and by paranoid, I mean wise and foretelling.
Nobody realized at the time.
This was the last couple days of February. At the time, everyone thought the virus was spread primarily through infected surfaces. That meant that 'being careful' had nothing to do with masks - it meant washing your hands regularly and thoroughly, and remembering not to touch your face, and being careful about touching things other people had touched. Most folks at PAX were doing those things - the staff had dispensers of hand sanitizer positioned at every escalator and most of the doors to the expo hall, and people used them.
What Ian McLean said, also there were a few groups of people with masks. They just didn't show on the vlog.