# Who was this guy at Pax dressed as? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 12, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520 "2012-04-12T01:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/1 "2012-04-12T01:27:57Z")
Pax East was this weekend. Unlike accounts of Anime Boston, there were only a small percentage of people in costumes. We figured out what games most of the people playing dress up were inspired by…but not one guy. He was dressed in black spandex from head to foot. And twirling a small black frying pan. Um…help? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/2 "2012-04-12T02:32:54Z")
Man, you get an interesting assortment of images when you google “spandex frying pan.” No help answering the OP, but dang. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/3 "2012-04-12T02:41:54Z")
[Mr. Game and Watch](http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/www.ign.com/10271/2011/03/200px-Game_and_Watch_Chef_SSBB-1.png), from Nintendo (Smash brother’s series more recently), is my best guess. One of his attacks uses a frying pan. It’s an annoying attack that n00bs like to spam non stop 😃 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/4 "2012-04-12T04:17:49Z")
Both _Dead Rising_ and [_Left 4 Dead_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQzCENPlqs) feature frying pans as weapons, so it could be either of those, but neither have much to do with head to toe spandex. _Dead Rising_ does let you change into whatever [random clothes](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/djdouge/deadrising22011-08-0714-35-17-57.jpg) you can find in the shopping mall, though, so spandex may be in there somewhere. On further thought, I think **drewtwo99** ’s guess is more likely. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/5 "2012-04-12T04:55:05Z")
I think **drewtwo99** has it, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/6 "2012-04-12T14:56:58Z")
Are you saying you went and didn’t take pictures. I got pictures, but I’m afraid I didn’t see that guy. For anyone interested: [http://on.fb.me/Hygy6V](http://on.fb.me/Hygy6V) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/7 "2012-04-12T17:57:19Z")
If I’d seen someone at a costume party in the 80’s carrying a cast-iron frying pan, I’d assume they were a fan of the movie _Eating Raoul_. Though I doubt that’s what this guy at Pax was about. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/8 "2012-04-18T03:23:05Z")
Thanks for the clues, folks. > [@Trion](#): > > Are you saying you went and didn’t take pictures. [http://on.fb.me/Hygy6V](http://on.fb.me/Hygy6V) As I said in a recent thread, I don’t take pictures of people, so I didn’t bring my camera. So you were there too? How badly do you want [Primal Carnage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Carnage) now? I don’t play multi-player games too often, but I’m willing to make an exception for this and _maybe_ [The Secret World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World). ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/9 "2012-04-18T14:36:13Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Thanks for the clues, folks. > > As I said in a recent thread, I don’t take pictures of people, so I didn’t bring my camera. > > So you were there too? How badly do you want [Primal Carnage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Carnage) now? I don’t play multi-player games too often, but I’m willing to make an exception for this and _maybe_ [The Secret World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World). Honestly, I’m coming at it from the other perspective. I also don’t play MMOs that much, but Secret World looks like it may get me. Primal Carnage I find less interesting. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/10 "2012-04-20T03:12:14Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > Honestly, I’m coming at it from the other perspective. I also don’t play MMOs that much, but Secret World looks like it may get me. Primal Carnage I find less interesting. Secret World looks like it’ll be amazing, but it’s also the sort of game I tend to suck at. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-guy-at-pax-dressed-as/618520/11 "2012-04-20T10:50:01Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Secret World looks like it’ll be amazing, but it’s also the sort of game I tend to suck at. Ha! If I limited myself to games I don’t suck at, I’d be stuck with Tic-Tac-Toe.