Courtesy of Register photographer Diego James Robles, we have another photo slide show with some highlights of Saturday, Day 2 of BlizzCon 2009.
Know those fancy goody bags Blizzard is giving out? We can’t keep ours so we’re going to give them away to readers. Leave a comment on any of our BlizzCon 2009 posts and when it’s all over, we’ll put all the names in a digital hat and pick some winners. Good luck!
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Yes, a lot of people dressed up for BlizzCon this year. But did you actually make it to the costume constest? Register photographer Rose Palmisano did.
The “Mistress of Pain,” pictured on right, won first place for best costume during the BlizzCon costume contest, sponsored by Nvidia. What an outfit! Can you imagine walking the packed halls in that ensemble?
Check out some of the entrants this year in her photo slide show.
Blizzard has posted photos as well via its Twitter page.
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Couples who play together...
I’ve heard of couples that meet in World of Warcraft, but what about a couple that chooses to celebrate their first wedding anniversary at BlizzCon?
Meet the Mathews who traveled from Lawton, Okla. for the 2-day show.
Ashley, 22, shrieked during the exclusive “World of Warcraft: Cataclysm” trailer during the keynote speech. She’s really into WoW. No wonder she hunted down BlizzCon tickets on eBay and paid $200 each. It was a surprise for husband Steve on their first anniversary (awww…)
Their friends don’t think they’re strange. They play WoW too.
“We try to stay close to friends who play,” Mathews said.
We’ve just posted our BlizzCon story that will be in tomorrow’s paper. Take a peek yourself and see the latest photo slide show, shot by a professional photographer not by us bloggers with crappy point and shoots.
Know those fancy goody bags Blizzard is giving out? We can’t keep ours so we’re going to give them away to readers. Leave a comment on any of our BlizzCon 2009 posts and when it’s all over, we’ll put all the names in a digital hat and pick some winners. Good luck!
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Crowds choked the Anaheim Convention Center within minutes of the floor’s opening. The keynote address filled quickly — there wasn’t even space left for many press attendees!
Thought there were lines yesterday? Check out the crowds for opening day of BlizzCon 2009 from this morning:
Doors opened at 10 a.m. so the lines are moving. But, ya, it’s crazy here at the Anaheim Convention Center.
And you know those fancy goody bags Blizzard is giving out? We can’t keep ours so we’re going to give them away to readers. Leave a comment on any of our BlizzCon 2009 posts and when it’s all over, we’ll put all the names in a digital hat and pick some winners. Good luck!
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Let BlizzCon begin!
As the BlizzCon Eve parties get started, we finally are getting the photos in from Register photographer Rose Palmisano, who battled the masses to get inside the Anaheim Convention Center this afternoon. No luck. She didn’t have a press badge. She had to get in line like the rest of us.
But she got some good shots of the lines, so take a look at our first slide show by clicking image on right.
If you’re not one of the 20,000 fans who managed to get a ticket, you should be glad. Really! Thousands showed up today by 4 p.m. to get their pass for tomorrow. They waited in line for hours.
And if they weren’t staying at a nearby hotel and could walk over, they joined me in forking over $10 for parking at the Anaheim Convention Center. This is my fourth BlizzCon and the first one where I remember having to pay to park on the day before the big show. Those Anaheim Convention Center folks know suckers when they see them.
Blizzard officials are super strict this year about passes. So if you’re hoping to sneak in, good luck with that. Also, any hint of camera flashes got an immediate bark by security, “No photos today.”
I remember my second BlizzCon. The company let me peek inside the convention hall on the day before as they set up the show. Mike Morhaime happened to be there, which was great timing, since I needed to interview him. That ended up in a story titled, “How Blizzard got so big.”
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Today, the convention center walkway did offer fans something to look at: A small exhibit of Blizzard art work. Inside the grand convention halls, however, few were admitted. No official cameras, of course. But I noticed a few tweets on Twitter with photos: Like this one and this one. Rumor is there is a lot to hide today and a lot to announce tomorrow.
We’ll have more coverage tomorrow and Saturday so bookmark this blog!
And you know those fancy goody bags Blizzard is giving out? We can’t keep ours so we’re going to give them away to readers. Leave a comment on any of our BlizzCon 2009 posts and when it’s all over, we’ll put all the names in a digital hat and pick some winners. Good luck!
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Tamara Chuang reports that the line for attendees to grab their BlizzCon passes has died down a little bit. At 4:30, she said, lines snaked around parking lots from the main entrance; by 5:30, lines fit nearly within the building. But there’s a huge amount of winding in and out once inside.
People can continue to pick up their badges at the convention center until 10 tonight.
As for the goody bag contents?
Fresh from Tamara’s phone, there’s the Jim Raynor Noobz figurine’s box, the authenticator, some literature and hand sanitizer.
(We’re sure the sanitizer is there strictly for your safety when using keyboards at the demo stations.)
And the Jim Raynor piece itself?
It’s so cute! It’ll go wonderfully with the new murloc marine pet, also included in the goodie bag, for all those “World of Warcraft” players.
And you know those fancy goody bags Blizzard is giving out? We can’t keep ours so we’re going to give them away to readers. Leave a comment on any of our BlizzCon 2009 posts and when it’s all over, we’ll put all the names in a digital hat and pick some winners. Good luck!
Crowds at 7:30 p.m.
Coverage so far:
BLIZZCON 2009: The good and bad of being an official Blizzard fan site
BLIZZCON 2009: The costume contest
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