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I Guess I Found The Manga's Matching Bookmark

Every year Blizzard has given show goers a real life quest to complete.  This year was no different.  The company essentially had us running around, standing in line (or cutting them),  collecting junk, or simple signatures a few times before we could score a chance at some truly epic loot.

I wasn't aware of the quest at first, but I luckily managed to complete my mission despite being a day behind.  Not to mention being incredibly busy with coverage, picture taking and interviews.  Perhaps my press badge had something to do with it.

This year we had to run to five separate vendors, not including the starting area of Brady Merchantile.  From there participants had to go to the following wares vendors, in no particular order.

• J!nx


• Tokyopop


• SteelSeries


• Upper Deck


• Swag Dog

With junk in hand I headed back to Brady Merchantile for my chance at the top prize, a free WoW Beer Stein.  I obviously failed or it'd be full of brew right now (long weekend!).  Instead I scored myself an advanced copy of Warcraft: Legends Vol. 5 (review forthcoming).

Prizes in my particular order of appreciation.  Don't worry, none of it is exclusive to BlizzCon.

• WoW Beer Stein


• FigurePrints Paper Model


• Warcraft: Legends Vol. 5


• Upper Deck TCG booster packs (chance at loot!)


• Steelseries mouse and mousepad


• Pair of Wildstorm monthly comics


• Swagdog hat & shirt


• Ulduar Patch v3.2 poster


• J!nx keychain

It'd be nice if there was something more to the quest than getting a signature and some fishing lures.  Sadly, that would make things incredibly complicated with 20,000+ bodies running around the convention center.  I imagine that the quest areas would end up looking like the Worgen and Goblin starting zones.  I guess the simpler the better when things involve real people, a limited amount of SWAG, and a time frame.

Whoa, BlizzCon's closing ceremonies will be commencing shortly.  What a whirlwind, information-filled weekend it's been.  That's all from me live from BlizzCon.  Fear not thought, our coverage isn't over.  I'll have at least one more post for you tomorrow.  Then it's off to battle jet lag.