Getting Excited For BlizzCon
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iTZKooPA on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11 Comments Tags: blizzard, blizzcon, blizzcon 2009, blizzcon activities, blizzcon details, blizzcon guests, cataclysm, goodie bag, grunty, jay mohr, ozzy osbourne
iTZKooPA on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11 Comments Tags: blizzard, blizzcon, blizzcon 2009, blizzcon activities, blizzcon details, blizzcon guests, cataclysm, goodie bag, grunty, jay mohr, ozzy osbourne 
There is only a month and a week to go before a swarm of nerds infest Anaheim, and likely Disneyland. Initially I planned on putting this post up next week, for the nice round month figure, but some BlizzCon news was broke early morning. That makes today's maintenance hours a far more fitting time. According to an Internet sleuth named SeanbaJuice, comedian Jay Mohr will be MCing BlizzCon for the second year in a row. Blizzard's PR, which is likely still sleeping as of this writing, has yet to answer calls for confirmation. Rob Pardo should have never given me his cell number.
I've been to numerous game conventions before, E3, NYCC, VGXPO, but never one dedicated to a single company. Oh, I've tried. When id Software was still the king of FPS (not to mention independent) I almost ventured out to Texas for the free QuakeCon. Those aspirations were dashed, twice. I wasn't about to let that happen to BlizzCon this year. Since the quasi-annual conference was announced for 2009 I have been plotting my attendance. I ferreted away large wads of Washingtons for the plane ride, located multiple forms of identification, squirreled away some Lincolns for the tickets, and turned in my change for spend money. Finances in order, I awaited that faithful day. By the grace of the greater Internet I scored a pair of tickets and officially marked my calendar.
Even if I wasn't a fan of Jay Mohr there is still plenty to get excited about. I won't be partaking in any of the contests, original song, fan art, costume, movie, sound-alike, dance or otherwise, but I will take a gander at them, time permitting. Instead I will be focusing my attention on the as-yet-detailed panels for all things Blizzard Entertainment. Being a fan of all of the company's franchises it will be hard to play favorites.
Who am I kidding, the reveal of WoW's third expansion will have be backflipping over turtle mounts and prancing around cosplay nutjobs. But we all know the real reasons I am attending, Grunty and the rest of the goody bag.
The silent auction may be of interest. Perhaps we should start a donation page to put whatever-it-may-be in PL's studio? Is anyone else getting pumped yet? Tickets ready, bags packed and Game Fuel acquired? Could Cataclysm really be the next expansion? Is this going to be anyone else's first BlizzCon. Anyone been to them all so far?
BlizzCon 2009 will be held in the Anaheim Convention Center on August 21 and 22. Tickets are sold out, and beware of scalpers!
What's this I hear, Ozzy Osbourne at BlizzCon?! Interesting...
Reader Comments (11)
lol too many nerds at California :P jk
down to the first bloggerS!
oh great i have to sit in traffic now cause of blizzcon again. haha i wish i could get tickets, it would make the 10 minute walk to the convention center worth it
Ooh, too much excitement ~ I can't wait! Now if only the rumors are true that Ozzy will be there... <3!!
I'll be there for the second year in a row. I was disappointed not to run into any PL (or TRS) people.
I think it's time for an official meet-up.
So.. does this mean we can add you to the RSVP list for the Meetup?
http://www.twistednether.net/blizzcon-2009/
Nibuca
Co-Host Twisted Nether Blogspot
wish i could go....
I'll be attending again this year with PatrickD. Very excited about it! Not only a vacation to go to Blizzcon but also to other things (like California Adventure) in the area. Looks to be a really fun time.
And yeah, as for a meetup I'd be totally for something like that.
It is extremely good to hear that Jay will be hosting again (possibly).
Me and some buddies (ironically form Texas) attended last year and are attending again this year. Jay made the show last time and I have no doubt he will make it all over again.
See you there!
I can't remember really but did they announce Lich King so soon after Burning Crusade was released? I mean Lich King isn't even a year old yet and we're already talking about an expansion?
WE HAVEN'T EVEN FOUGHT THE LICH KING YET! Blizzard is going to be stretching their resources really thin if they are going to be making 3 NEW games, and expansion to WoW, and still trying to release the rest of this expansion.
@Dan
you always flame everything.. and yes they have (im sure even for BC) always announced the next exspansion at the first blizzcon post previous exspansion.. they announced death knights there too.. what good would it be for them to say 2 months b4 release date "ohai guys this is some stuff we wanna maybe try in the next exspansion comin out in 2 months.."
Also remember.. each segment of wow we have played ha lasted 2 years before another expansion.. Blizzard does have a mass clutter of workers.. they have separate people working on separate things.. blizzard makes a couple 100 million dollars a month.. i don't think they are going to have any issues..