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Title: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on August 12, 2008, 07:41:50 AM I'm currently still trying to get tickets through Blizzard's trainwreck of an online store, but I'm going.
Anyone else going? Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 12, 2008, 01:50:10 PM Got two tickets, one for me and one for my soon to be ex-brother-in-law.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: schild on August 12, 2008, 03:22:30 PM Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Montague on August 12, 2008, 03:36:14 PM Got two tickets, one for me and one for my soon to be ex-brother-in-law. Awk-ward... Unless of course you don't get along with your sister I suppose. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 12, 2008, 03:50:29 PM I am assuming his fiance will run him over shortly by accident for playing too much WoW. Pretty sure that this trip will push her over the edge too. Probably when she picks him up at the airport while driving drunk in his new BMW M-whatever-the-fuck.
Family! :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on August 12, 2008, 04:05:47 PM Finally got my friggin' tickets.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 12, 2008, 04:17:29 PM Ding gratz, now you get to grind hotel reservations.
hotwire.com, 3.5 star south if you can. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on August 12, 2008, 06:48:15 PM Me!
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on August 12, 2008, 08:05:23 PM Ding gratz, now you get to grind hotel reservations. hotwire.com, 3.5 star south if you can. I live in Los Angeles :D Who needs hotels! Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on August 12, 2008, 08:29:25 PM Aaaand Blizzcon is 100% sold out.
Quote Tickets to BlizzCon 2008 are now sold out. We'd like to thank everyone once again for their overwhelming interest in this year's show. If you were unable to secure tickets, please keep in mind that DIRECTV will be broadcasting BlizzCon live from the Anaheim Convention Center on October 11 and 12. In the meantime, keep an eye on the BlizzCon 2008 website for updates on panels, exhibits, events, and more. We look forward to meeting some of you at the show! That was VERY fast. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Merusk on August 13, 2008, 08:25:44 AM Everyone wants their inflatable Frostmourne. :drill:
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: MrHat on August 13, 2008, 11:10:32 AM Rumor is D3 beta keys.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 13, 2008, 11:16:48 AM Hahaha, brother-in-law can not go since his fiance threatened to cut off his penis if he went.
So I have an extra ticket now. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on August 13, 2008, 02:55:22 PM I'll buy it from ya. I have a friend who still wants to go.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Signe on August 13, 2008, 03:08:46 PM Don't sell it to him unless he promises to make little cartoons of everything he sees and does.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 13, 2008, 03:13:43 PM Don't sell it to him unless he promises to make little cartoons of everything he sees and does. (http://www.clisham.com-a.googlepages.com/20060912120223-mr-burns.gif) Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 14, 2008, 03:16:56 AM Quote Statement from Mike Morhaime 08/13/08 Blizzard Gamers, On behalf of everyone at Blizzard, I want to apologize for the challenges and frustrations you experienced while trying to purchase BlizzCon tickets on Monday and Tuesday. BlizzCon is about the positive experiences you all have had with Blizzard games. As a result of this week's events, the excitement that many of you felt about the show has turned into dissatisfaction and disappointment. Due to these circumstances, we've reevaluated our convention hall space and come up with some solutions that will allow us to offer 3,000 more tickets for sale. We know this will not be enough to satisfy the very high level of demand for tickets this year, but we want to ensure that BlizzCon remains a great experience for those of you who are able to attend. To avoid the issues many of you faced this week, we'll be selling these 3,000 via a lottery. We'll post further details once our plans are finalized. Please note that the lottery will only be open to those with an active Blizzard Account as of 9:00 PM PDT on August 12, the time that the “Sold Out” notice was posted. I, and everyone else at Blizzard, share the frustration and disappointment that many of you have expressed as a result of this process. We'll do what it takes to avoid this type of situation in the future. Sincerely, Mike Morhaime Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Signe on August 14, 2008, 07:22:05 AM Wow. Way to devalue your ready to be scalped limited edition ticket!
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: schild on August 14, 2008, 08:52:39 AM Gonna join the lottery and not buy a ticket!
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on August 14, 2008, 09:59:08 AM I know, right?
Oban - me and my friends are gonna try for tickets. If it doesn't work out, and your friend from Toronto doesn't want to go, keep me in mind. :heart: Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 14, 2008, 10:07:22 AM I wonder how many people misread the notice and think the lottery is for free tickets as opposed to a lottery for the ability to purchase tickets.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Merusk on August 14, 2008, 03:17:13 PM About 90% if the rest of life is any indicator of trends.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on August 14, 2008, 04:02:33 PM I'm wondering how many know that they had to have an active Blizzard account at the time that the tickets sold out a couple days ago, and how many of *those* people realize that their WoW account is not the same thing.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on August 14, 2008, 04:44:39 PM Someone posted this on the blizzcon forums, and the allusion is still making me laugh:
Quote "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Sjofn on October 06, 2008, 02:05:25 PM I better get a bubble paladin!
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 06, 2008, 02:27:29 PM Wait - are you and Ingmar going to be there?
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on October 06, 2008, 03:25:34 PM Wait - are you and Ingmar going to be there? We are, along with another dude from our WoW group. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Sjofn on October 06, 2008, 03:32:20 PM I'll be the tall chick not dressed up as anything remotely elfy.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on October 06, 2008, 03:37:35 PM I had to explain to my boss what Warcraft was and why I was going to Blizzcon because I tried to get out of a weekend meeting.
:uhrr: So, only one day of the show for me. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 07, 2008, 06:49:13 AM Hooray! We'll have to meet up, and I'll complain about Warhammer.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on October 07, 2008, 07:47:39 AM If only we had F13 shirts...
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on October 07, 2008, 07:48:37 AM We're leaving today as we're going to drive down the coast and stop in at Monterey and Cambria and SLO - I will try to hop on the internets Wed. evening and hopefully you will have figured out how we should find you. :drill:
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 07, 2008, 08:32:21 AM Check your PMs! (you too, Sjof)
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Yegolev on October 10, 2008, 08:52:18 AM If only we had F13 shirts... You have a Sharpie, yes? Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on October 11, 2008, 05:35:12 PM The scrapbooking convention was swell.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 11, 2008, 07:39:12 PM I just realized I never called Ingmar or Sjofn!
God dammit! EDIT: Ingmar just called me, and I'm already home. :( Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on October 12, 2008, 12:28:46 AM zomg stood up
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Sjofn on October 12, 2008, 08:08:26 PM Unless you were the dude who was all OMG I LOVE UR SHIRT to a tall woman wearing a "You No Take Candle" shirt, smiling vaguely and trying to be polite without being TOO friendly, I didn't meet anyone from here. Alas!
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 13, 2008, 06:36:50 AM No, I told the girl in the raven lord costume she had an awesome costume though, and she said I have awesome eyes. I didn't know how to interpret that.
(http://www.thenonentity.com/blizzcon1.jpg) The undead girl terrified me. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on October 13, 2008, 10:38:29 AM So many hot Asian women and a lot of :hello_thar: girls too.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 13, 2008, 10:44:51 AM So many hot Asian women and a lot of :hello_thar: girls too. I have to admit, that whole blood elf female dance routine with the 14 year old girl, and Jay Mohr's take on it had me cackling. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on October 13, 2008, 11:30:59 AM We were playing Diablo or Starcraft or something during the dance contest, so we missed most of the :pedobear: action. On the plus side, the lines were waaaaaaaay longer the next day. Suckers!
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: K9 on October 13, 2008, 04:47:56 PM (http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z266/ocweeklycrew/Janine/IMG_3183.jpg)
That's an incredible amount of effort that's gone into this outfit. Are these just fans, or was this put on by Blizz? Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Lantyssa on October 13, 2008, 09:43:49 PM (http://www.thenonentity.com/blizzcon1.jpg) OMG! I so I wish I was you. Awesome outfits.Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Sjofn on October 13, 2008, 11:50:51 PM I DID see the undead girl, she was fucking terrifying. But in a good way.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Fordel on October 14, 2008, 03:29:18 AM Just Fans as far as I know K9.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: DraconianOne on October 14, 2008, 05:47:56 AM I told the girl in the raven lord costume she had an awesome costume though, and she said I have awesome eyes. I didn't know how to interpret that. Did she say "Gee, thanks!", look you up and down and then say "and you have awesome, um, ah, errr.... eyes, yeah, eyes!" Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: LK on October 14, 2008, 10:50:36 AM The costume contest was amazing this year. That Undead Girl should have gotten more props for her outfit. Truly outstanding work on all participant's parts.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Ingmar on October 14, 2008, 10:53:22 AM The costume contest was amazing this year. That Undead Girl should have gotten more props for her outfit. Truly outstanding work on all participant's parts. The most amazing thing about the undead woman was she had the walk and posture down cold too. It was uncanny. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 14, 2008, 11:52:28 AM I told the girl in the raven lord costume she had an awesome costume though, and she said I have awesome eyes. I didn't know how to interpret that. Did she say "Gee, thanks!", look you up and down and then say "and you have awesome, um, ah, errr.... eyes, yeah, eyes!" Sadly, no, that would have been hilarious. No - she immediately said it after I said that, I was kind of taken aback. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: DraconianOne on October 14, 2008, 05:01:57 PM Sadly, no, that would have been hilarious. No - she immediately said it after I said that, I was kind of taken aback. Too taken aback to get her number? I ask only because that undead woman is making me feel horny and all colours of wrong. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 15, 2008, 07:21:33 AM There were a few things that would have violated:
1. Women who cosplay are crazy. CRAZY. This is a self-confirmed fact. Probably applies to dudes too, I have no idea. 2. She was in costume every time I saw her, no way to tell if she was actually attractive or not. 3. I had just put the moves on a girl the previous night, I'm not sure she would have dug it (not that it matters now, but I digress). Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: LK on October 16, 2008, 11:43:29 AM There were a few things that would have violated: 1. Women who cosplay are crazy. CRAZY. This is a self-confirmed fact. Probably applies to dudes too, I have no idea. 2. She was in costume every time I saw her, no way to tell if she was actually attractive or not. 3. I had just put the moves on a girl the previous night, I'm not sure she would have dug it (not that it matters now, but I digress). I'd dig a girl if she was always in costume. But I'm crazy like that. OH SHIT MAYBE I COSPLAY. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Lantyssa on October 19, 2008, 10:42:59 PM Cosplayers are their own special kind of crazy. It's a kind of crazy I like though. (Good thing, since I do cosplay.) The problem is if they have other kinds of crazy.
Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 20, 2008, 07:48:44 AM Cosplayers are their own special kind of crazy. It's a kind of crazy I like though. (Good thing, since I do cosplay.) The problem is if they have other kinds of crazy. So you cosplay, and you call other people crazy for cosplaying? Heathen! Burn the witch! Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 20, 2008, 10:34:03 AM I kid, I kid.
(http://gza.gameriot.com/albums/view_321046_5_1223789832.jpg) Better picture of the undead girl, and that cute draenei girl. You can see the work that went into being accurate in the knees and hands, feet, etc. Terrifying. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: schild on October 20, 2008, 10:41:48 AM goddamnit
i hate Hate HATE cosplaying/cosplayers/pictures of. There's nothing cute about that girl. All I see is psycho. Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Nonentity on October 20, 2008, 12:33:40 PM eee heheheehe
I KNOW! :awesome_for_real: Title: Re: Blizzcon 08 Post by: Oban on October 21, 2008, 08:24:07 AM Draenei girl was cute.
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