Blizzcon 2009 - Chevron 7 is Locked

So I am en route to LA for blizzcon at this very moment(well, sitting in Vancouver international) and well, I'm happy to say I saw Gary Jones. the immortal Sgt Walter out of uniform. sadly I was too shy to say hello, but hey I still recognised him. I wonder where he's off to. all I know is that it's not LA with me. I shall arrive in LA in about 3 and a half hours. And then the party can really begin. Hopefully I'll remember to update after day 1. We shall see.

Blizzcon 2008: Day 1

Well, I got up around 6:30am and hoofed it over to the convention center to get my badge. Marrs and the gang weren't planning on showing up until at least 8:30, but I had to get my goody bag on. I'd cover the contents of the bag, but other sites have already done so extensively. After picking up the bag(s, I bought a ticket for Osheon), I figured I'd best stand in line for the opening ceremonies. Turns out that was a smart idea, as we (Marrs, Gwaendel, Kamitsuchi, Osheon and I) ended up in about the 8th row center for opening ceremonies. Good stuff. We saw the WotLK cinematic on the big screen, and they announced the third class for Diablo 3: the Wizard. An evolution of the Sorceress from Diablo 2, this is the "make it go boom" class. Very impressive special effects and gameplay. Also, the beta key we received for being at Blizzcon will be for Starcraft 2.

We stayed for the Diablo 3 Character Design panel, which was pretty cool. I was kinda meh about D3 until this panel. I'm definitely picking it up now. The WoW class design panel was okay, but most of it was stuff I'd heard before on various websites, so we went to play Diablo 3. I can safely say it's excellent, and exceeded my expectations wildly. One of the big changes is that sockets are removeable/swappable without loss of the runes.

We also played WotLK for a little bit. We tried to go five-man Karazhan, but a collective brain fart ensued because none of us could open the door with our premade 80s! So we flew to Gruul's Lair where we wiped repeatedly because no one was specced for heals. I had a devilsaur!

Kami and Osh had their pictures taken with various female draenei, blood and night elves. All the store stuff is way overpriced and really not worth it. I got a free tshirt from AMD, and a yoyo from the company that makes the Blizzard Authenticator. Not a lot of people seemed all that geeked about Starcraft II even though they have a playable demo. *shrug*

I'm taking a break for a couple of hours and catching a nap because I've gotten less than 2 hours of sleep since yesterday morning. I'll post more later as I remember it

Blizzcon 2008!

Hey everyone, I'm posting this from my hotel room a few blocks away from the Anaheim Convention Center, where Blizzcon 2008 is happening! I drove all night from the Bay Area to here and I'm psyched! Today and tomorrow I'll try and post as much as I can about what I see, but since computers aren't allowed in the convention, I have to figure out a solution that involves my phone if I want to post live. More as it happens!