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E3 2005 Booth Babe Hall of Shame
DanAckerman writes "GameGal.com offers some of the out-of-control examples of Booth Babe excess seen every year (five years running) at E3 in their annual Hall of Shame gallery." From the article: "They're smiling on the outside, but three days of snapping Poloroids with sweaty game geeks leads these girls to swear off Guild Wars forever."
Oh god, if some of those men could only see how fucking stupid they look when they come across booth babe they might get a sense of WHY it is that they can never get a girlfriend.
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As someone who is dating a "boothbabe" who was working at e3, I can share a few things that can tell you how they relate to the show and guys.
:P (though I did meet her before e3 started).
1) Majority of the girls that they hire hate or don't care about video games. Surprisingly enough, some of the girls take to video games after the show, but that is usually only if they are stationed around a fun for everybody game. Which means not the blood and guts shooting games that tend to make up the majority of the show.
2) These girls know exactly what to expect from guys there. Afterall, these guys are not *just* at e3, they are at movie theaters, malls, streets, etc. They know how guys respond to them and how to fake smile well. An extra bonus they even have a section in their training manual about dealing with "problem" guys.
3) They get paid well. Most girls can work two days and make enough to pay their bills for a month. Plus, we are talking LA where the cost of living is quite high so that is real good money. These girls are usually all "models" and are usually contracted through an agency or agent.
4) A lot of these girls are quite smart and just do this to make some extra money on the side. A lot are "wannabe actresses" of course, but if you have the goods, why not use it right?
5) I'm a gamer, I work in the biz, I did e3 and I'm dating a "booth babe." So use that for whatever hope you want
This the case for the VAST majority of the strip clubs out there.
In your wet dreams, man. You're so full of shit. I've known several strippers at several different establishments and at least in this town, that's just not the case.
I've seen a lot of people (maybe just a few, but they were highly rated) complaining about how the booth babes shouldn't be at a video game conference. Let me tell you something. My last company, which manufactures controls and calibrators for automated diagnostic machines (Biotech) had booth babes at the American Association of Clinical Chemists. They sold stuff to hospitals and research labs. There are plenty of women in biotech. Biotech is not a male dominated field. My first company out of college had more female chemists than male. The manager of my department told me that he interviews every male that applied for a position, just so he can try and keep a better balance. I would expect that booth babes will always be at E3.
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