E3 Map and Advice about LA/TNL Get Together...

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Originally posted by Shinobi128
Thank you matt, this info will help me out. My only question thus far is, what is the best way to get to the convention center from the LAX Airport?

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One way trip or what?

You can go several routes:

Rental car, in which case you would do this:

The LAX airport is about 2 blocks west of the 405 Freeway. Go east to that, go under it, then it loops around right for the onramp and you are going north. Take that north for about 5 miles, then hit the 10 freeway East. You will go about 8 miles or so, then it's the 110 North.

The interchange of the 10 and the 110 is roughly 2 blocks south of the Convention Center, in fact, the back side of it is right against the 110 freeway.

On the 110, you can get off at the 1st exit, then you are there.

You can also call around, or do a search for Los Angeles Shuttles, and you can get a van relatively cheap to make the drive for you, with payment of course.

Depending on what time you get into LA, you are looking at 30 mins to 90 mins for that drive. LA Traffic can be hellish, so I would advise arriving post 8PM-5 AM.

I would not advise a taxi, unless you want to spend upwards of 50 bucks.

Or you can leech off a friend in LA and get them to drive you around.


I'll close this by saying, now that it's posted on gaming age and I've been labeled a no ball dork or some such. Los Angeles can be a tough town, especially if you are not a native (as any big town can be) and you have a propensity to want to explore and wander off.

If you don't stare at people, and keep to yourself or try looking crazy (which worked for me when living in the slums of hollywood), then people will generally leave you alone. I would simply advise that anyone not familiar with LA not go walking off for laughs, just as I'm sure some one in NY would say the same to me.

The best advice I can give, which I told Ali last year, is to get a hotel in hollywood, and simply take the metrorail. Doing that, you are not deep in downtown, and Hollywood is actually a fun place these days.

Hope that helps.

MVS, you forgot to mention the 18th street gang that roams the LA area...:) Anyway, im not going to E3 but here are some recommendations for hang-out during your stay at LA...

Hang-outs:
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South Coast Plaza: A great upscale plaza with great restaurants and a pretty cool theater...

Santa Monica Prominade <---(spelled incorrectly): Great place to hang-out w/friends and to meet new people...

Mitsuwa (Costa Mesa): Great Japanese Plaza that sell products such as Manga, books, Music, food, Toys, videos/DVD, etc...


Restaurants:
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The City of Torrance and Irvine:
El Polo Inca: A Great restaurant that specializes in peruvian food...Sorry no belly-dancers...

The Loft: Great Hawaiian food with several cute waitress

Edo: Nice Japanese restaurant that serve SPAM...

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The City of Long Beach and Westminister:

Pho 54 or Hoang: Damn good Vietnamese restaurants that serves great soup and rice dishes..

Gondola: Im not quite sure if it still exist but dang their Pizza were great. Take that New Yorkers...

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thanks matt

Yeah thanks for youre recomendation last year Matt .
Ill be staying there again this year and the hotel is actually less then 80$ when booked trough european travel agencies ( iff you know the ways, long story ), and a similar quality hotel downtown for at least two people would cost around 200$ a night .

LA is nowhere near as bad as you make it out to be tough .
In 99 I decided to just walk around exploring LA and I came in the bad Latino neighborhoods past midnight .
Walking around with my backpack smoking a cigarrete in east LA I saw a few young Latino´s sitting around messing with eachother, as I walked past one of em jumped over a railing and approached me .
I stayed calm, looked at him and he walked towards me asking me iff he could BUY a ciggarete of of me .
I gave him one and asked the other guys if they wanted one as well .
One of em took me up on my offer while another one said nah man that stuff will kill ya .
I smiled and walked on .

Im a short guy, have a funny voice and there is little about my appearance that can force respect yet I walked alone past midnight trough east LA and I had no problems whatsoever .
I havent had anny problems in the dark dinky streets of Hong Kong, Tokyo, Chicago or New York city either .

Dont show fear and be respectfull and people no matter who no matter where apart from verry small minorities will treat you with the same regards .

Let's put Kenshin in that situation. We can start a pool on how fast he would shit himself.

Let's face it, on the Internet, where it is a fantasy world and many people use fake names and it is there outlet for things they cannot say in real life, it is not the real world.

Put 99 percent of those kids in the bad section of any town and they get mugged or beaten, or scared.

Stupid 99%ers.... they suck!

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Originally posted by mattvanstone
Let's put Kenshin in that situation. We can start a pool on how fast he would shit himself.

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You assume too much.

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Originally posted by Kenshin


You assume too much.

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Not really. You are a pussy. At least in my jaded, non-factual opinion.

Iff he is a pussy what does that make you ?

A low life bully who preys on the weak becouse he doesnt have the balls to pick on people who can actually provide a challenge ?

Think about it .

Ali, you are not even important enough to worry about, or think about on a level beyond simple text. Thanks for the insight, please return to your manic ways. :)