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BlizzCon Goodies (http://www.blizzcon.com/swag.shtml)

With the date for BlizzCon rapidly approaching, we’re excited to reveal more information about what attendees have in store. Here are some of the noteworthy and exclusive BlizzCon goodies that each attendee will receive.


World of Warcraft In-Game Pet

What’s round and rainbow-colored, with big eyes, fingers, and toes, and goes, "Grrrrmalrrrrgrrahhhh"? Your very own baby murloc pet, that’s what! Each BlizzCon attendee will receive a souvenir gift card with a unique code on it. This code can be used in-game to hatch a slimy cute little murloc pet that only an owner could love. Just what Azeroth needs…more murlocs!


Beta-Test Access Code

In addition to making you the proud owner of a bouncing baby murloc, the souvenir gift card you receive will also contain an access code for an upcoming Blizzard beta test. Once you receive the card, you’ll be able to visit a Blizzard Web site, enter the code, and sign up to be contacted when the upcoming beta test is ready for you to join. While beta tests give us a chance to fine-tune our work, they also provide the unique opportunity of allowing participants to try out and give feedback on a Blizzard title before it becomes available to the general public.   


BlizzCon T-Shirt

Nothing quite says "It happened, and I was there" like a themed T-shirt, and we’ve got you covered in that regard. Each BlizzCon attendee will receive a BlizzCon goody bag, and in that bag there will be certain items. One of those items will be the official BlizzCon T-shirt. Yeah.

BlizzCon Playing Cards

Another souvenir item you’ll find in your special BlizzCon goody bag is a full deck of BlizzCon playing cards, encased in a uniquely decorated box and decked out with Blizzard artwork from the Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft series.


BlizzCon Souvenir Show Guide

The BlizzCon show guide you receive will contain plenty of useful information, such as a layout of the show floor and an event schedule, but it will also feature colorful articles about Blizzard and some of the things you’ll be seeing at the show, as well as a handy section for collecting autographs.


Other Goody-Bag Items…

The BlizzCon goody bag will be brimming with other Blizzard-themed souvenir items, ranging from practical (such as a Blizzard cell-phone lanyard with a screen-cleaning cloth on one side), to decorative (such as a silicone Warcraft, Diablo, or StarCraft bracelet), to...well, we’ve got to leave some surprises for you!

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

... I still enjoy pulling out my Mini Diablo ...

Is the beta definitely the WoW expansion?

How much do you reckon those murloc pets will fetch on ebay?

When running around with my 0.0 dps Panda, I get a lot of people asking me where I got it.

Do Horde have a pet seller as well? And are there more?

Do Horde have a pet seller as well? And are there more?

When running around with my 40s pet cat, noone asks me where I bought it... I guess everyone know of the cat woman in Elwynn Forest.

Do Horde have a pet seller as well? And are there more?

Zergling, Mini Diablo, and Panda were part of the Collector's Edition.

I think the EQ fanfaires were $200 each, but that included a hotel room.

Edit:

Nope, found the prices. EQ offered 3 "pass levels"  $120, $150, $175.  Basic gave you general admission, next up gave you a 'beach party' admission at the end of the fair, and $175 added on a brunch with the devs. It did NOT include a hotel room.


I can't speak for how that price compares to other conventions.  The only one I've been to was a professional convention that cost my company $1500 for a week in Vegas at the MGM Grand.  Seems like a deal, I suppose, if you're into that sort of thing.

Seeing as how I've read from multiple semi-reliable sources that there is no Diablo 3 or StarCraft 2 in production, I'd say yes.

Gaming-Comic Creators at BlizzCon! | 9/20/2005 11:12:24 AM PDT (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=4961581&p=1&tmp=1#post4961581)

Blizzard invites you to come out and meet Tycho and Gabe, Scott, and Woody -- the respective creators of Penny Arcade, PvP, and GUComics -- as they discuss their experiences on their own BlizzCon panel. For a complete list of the panel topics that will be presented at BlizzCon, please visit the BlizzCon Q&A Panels page: http://www.blizzcon.com/panel.shtml

Re: Gaming-Comic Creators at BlizzCon! | 9/20/2005 11:16:18 AM PDT   

eh..

do these guys really need a panel? They are just people that play the game like anyone else, except they can draw and have a website. What questions can possibly be asked?

they manage successful businesses

I'm really dissapointed that f13 did not make a horde guild on Dark Iron just to fucking kill PA people.  That would have been reason enough for me to resub as long as teamspeak was involved.

Seeing as how I've read from multiple semi-reliable sources that there is no Diablo 3 or StarCraft 2 in production, I'd say yes.

The Offspring to Play at BlizzCon! - Block on 9/26/05

Blizzard is proud to announce that the closing-night concert at BlizzCon will feature multi-platinum recording artists The Offspring! The band established itself internationally with the hit singles "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)," "Self Esteem," and "Gotta Get Away" from their 1994 album Smash, which went on to become the most successful independent release of all time. Most recently, The Offspring released Greatest Hits, a career-spanning compilation of their most memorable songs.

We look forward to putting on a great two-day show for the thousands of gamers and journalists attending BlizzCon, and we're excited that The Offspring will help us end with a bang. Visit the BlizzCon site to learn more about the event, scheduled for October 28 and 29 in Anaheim, CA, and check out the press release for more information about the closing-night The Offspring concert.

Did anyone else look at those pictures