Forum Badge
| Penny Arcade Forum Badges | |
|---|---|
 PAX East 2014 Forum Badge Front | |
| Established | 2008 |
| Attendance | Hundreds |
| Location | All US PAXen (so far) |
| Contact Person | Kropotkin |
In 2008, as a way to give back to the welcoming PAX Forums community, Kroptokin took it upon himself to create the Forums Badge. It has become a staple must-have for PAX forumers and is major part of every PAX for the forum community.
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Description
The PAX Forum badges are a token of pride and community that many forum goers strive to obtain and display. The Forum badges indicate a presence on the Official PAX Forums and some level of active participation therein. The design has evolved since its inception in 2008 and it continues to be one of the most sought-after items at any PAX by forum participants. The badges typically display the logo of the current PAX on the front and forum handles of active forum goers on the back. Since the adoption of the Unofficial PAX Community logo, the official PAX logo has been relegated to the background on the front with the community logo being displayed prominently in the foreground. Since kropotkin hasn't attended PAX Aus or PAX South yet, this hasn't yet expanded past Boston and Seattle.
PAX Prime 2014
The upcoming PAX Prime 2014 badge thread is here.
History
Past Forum Threads
- East 2014
- Prime 2013
- East 2013
- Prime 2012 - Kropotkin's hard drive failed, and so the original files were lost, hence only pictures remain in the gallery
- East 2012
- Prime 2011
- East 2011
- Prime 2010
- East 2010
- Prime 2009
- Prime 2008
Forum Badge Fronts
2008 Front
2009 Front
East 2010 Front
Prime 2010 Front
East 2011 Front
Prime 2011 Front
East 2012 Front
Prime 2012 Front
East 2013 Front
Prime 2013 Front
East 2014 Front
Forum Badge Backs
2008 Back
2009 Back
East 2010 Back
Prime 2010 Back
East 2011 Back
Prime 2011 Back
East 2012 Back
Prime 2012 Back Placeholder
East 2013 Back
Prime 2013 Back
East 2014 Back
Getting ON the Badge
- Participate in the current forum badge thread
- Take part in a Pre-PAX community event
- Be a PAX forum moderator
- Be Robert Khoo
- Design the badge in the first place
Receiving a Badge
To obtain a PAX Forum Badge, one must do one of the following things
- Participate in a Pre-PAX community event that gives out badges
- Go to the BYOC desk and answer one or many of the code questions (listed in that year's forum thread close to PAX)
