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BlizzCon 2006 Unlikely 45

Posted by Zonk from the now-everyone-has-badge-trouble dept.
1up is reporting that there is unlikely to be a BlizzCon 2006. While last year's event was a success, the company has no plans to make it a yearly event. From the article: "Blizzard has a notorious past when it comes to shipping products on time. Less focus on putting a con together means production time going to the game development of the expansion, making sure they make their targeted release date before the end of 2006. In the end, would you rather go to a con or be cruising the Outlands with your flying mount?"
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  • I'd rather do both. (Score:5, Funny)

    by dividedsky319 ( 907852 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @01:41PM (#15525721)
    In the end, would you rather go to a con or be cruising the Outlands with your flying mount?"
    I don't know about you, but I'd rather be cruising BlizzCon on my flying mount.
    • I don't know about you, but I'd rather be cruising BlizzCon on my flying mount.

      I bet you have just the prettiest neon glow-in-the-dark glitter puff unicorn posters hanging in your bedroom
      • I bet you have just the prettiest neon glow-in-the-dark glitter puff unicorn posters hanging in your bedroom

        I'll bet my Tenderheart Bear AND that My Little Pony whose tail I cut off that mine are prettier than his.

  • What a choice! (Score:5, Funny)

    by WinPimp2K ( 301497 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @01:44PM (#15525747)
    Hmm attending a con or cruising the Outlands on a flying mount.

    Blizzard, you must by all means dicth the convention. Obviously the folks who should have developed my flying car wasted time attending Star Trek conventions in the 70's. I hold Paramount fully liable for my lack of a flying car. They seduced multiple generations of engineers away from flying car development with their nasty conventions.

  • true (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    as blizzard has shown millions of gamers already; real life is over-rated.

    lock yourself in your room and never come out! (especially if it means a faster expansion pack release)

    besides, we forgot how to drive anything other than mechanical chickens, so how would we get there?

  • Starcraft Ghost (Score:1, Insightful)

    by jon1986 ( 844448 )
    How about playing Starcraft Ghost instead of cruising on a flying mount.

  • No sponsors = no con (Score:5, Interesting)

    by xxxJonBoyxxx ( 565205 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @01:55PM (#15525862)
    Looks like the sponsors of last years event (http://www.blizzcon.com/) were Intel, NVidia and "Games for Windows". I wonder who walked?

    Two "no-go" decision makers for attendees may also have been:

    1) Price - $85/120 - yikes!

    2) "Will there be wireless internet access for attendees to bring their own computers? BlizzCon will include a LAN area with over 300+ computers, but there will be no wireless internet access. Attendees cannot bring their own computers into the show, but some of the local hotels offer internet capabilities in their hotel rooms if you choose to bring your own computer."

    • "Will there be wireless internet access for attendees to bring their own computers? BlizzCon will include a LAN area with over 300+ computers, but there will be no wireless internet access. Attendees cannot bring their own computers into the show, but some of the local hotels offer internet capabilities in their hotel rooms if you choose to bring your own computer."

      What kind of convention is this then? The whole point of a gaming convention is gaming. If you can't bring your own computer, you won't be d
      • I agree. I can meet the devs, play unreleased content, watch costume contests, and see Level 60 Elite Tauren Chieftan play any day of the week. I'd rather pay $85 + airfare + hotel to lug my computer half way across the country to play multiplayer StarCraft and WarCraft with a bunch of other people. I mean, it's not like I can't do that from home via Battle.net or anything.
    • From what you said right there, unless this is a 5 or 7 day event, there is no chance in hell I would pay the airfare and for a hotel for the con, much less pay the admission and deal with stupid people.

      Please tell me there was more to it last time around.

  • They've lost so many customers to poor server stability that they know a con isnt going to bring any market share back. An expansion pack will... ...if they can increase their service stability in the mean time.
    • They're still gaining more customers than they are losing. Even most of the lost customers come back. Server stability is important, but once you get a taste of the wowcrack, it's hard to leave. I've left twice. I'm only back on a friend's account occassionally. I refuse to fire my account back up until they fix PVP so that it's based on skill and not completely on time. Working full time and having a family > high warlord.
      • Working full time and having a family > high warlord.
        Hell, working part time and having a cohabitant girlfriend > Champion for that matter ;D

      • Re:Not really (Score:2, Offtopic)

        by snuf23 ( 182335 )
        I left the game awhile after hitting 60. Mostly because I couldn't commit the time to raiding and found the majority of end game activities to be dull, repetitive time sinks. At the time I was pretty sure I'd come back for Burning Crusade, now I'm not so sure. A couple of the questions on my mind:

        1. How will they balance the expansion between epic equipped raiding characters and blue wearing non-raiders? Itemization causes a huge disparity in power between level 60 characters.
        2. How well will their server a
        • 1. Not that big of an issue. Some of the low 60 stuff might be very simple for AQ40 and Naxx geared raiders. But those are the type of people that are going to try that stuff maybe once, on their power grind up to 70, to get into the same type of end game material that they currently enjoy.

          People that have recently hit 60, or don't have high end raiding gear will possibly take their time going through the low 60 stuff, increasing their gear to match what the the previous top tier raiders had at 60, and by t

  • Onions and cheese (Score:3, Funny)

    by NekoXP ( 67564 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @01:56PM (#15525872) Homepage
    Cons usually smell like guys who haven't been from their desk to the bathroom because they were too busy grinding.. uhh.. their levels. Yeah, levels.

    I don't play Warcraft. I guess ditch the con? Keep these guys in their rooms and duct tape the door seal!

  • Neither. (Score:4, Insightful)

    by jmhewitt ( 811760 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @02:01PM (#15525918)
    I'd rather play Starcraft 2.

  • That is just great! (Score:5, Funny)

    by ab0mb88 ( 541388 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @02:33PM (#15526313)
    Now where am I going to meet that hot night elf that I have been dating on WoW. At this rate I am going to die a virgin.

  • I'd dress up as lag (Score:4, Funny)

    by everphilski ( 877346 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @02:40PM (#15526405) Journal
    (it's funny. laugh.)
  • From TFA:
    "We haven't yet begun planning a BlizzCon for this year, and truthfully it isn't intended as an annual event. We had a lot of fun though, and we're looking forward to getting another one going and inviting everyone to come hang out with us and check out everything that is Blizzard."
    Original Link to Post:
    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=w ow-general&t=8612315&tmp=1#post8612315 [worldofwarcraft.com]

    The first one was a hit (apparently, I wasn't there.) Tickets did sell out, and there wer

  • Resources (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @03:27PM (#15526852)
    "Less focus on putting a con together means production time going to the game development of the expansion, making sure they make their targeted release date before the end of 2006. In the end, would you rather go to a con or be cruising the Outlands with your flying mount?"


    Soo.... the guys who design and code the game are the same ones who plan the Blizzcon??

    • Re:Resources (Score:2, Interesting)

      by zstlaw ( 910185 )
      Ummm it was successful wasn't it? Imagine what is would have been like if marketing or HR had organized it instead. All brochures and sit-down sessions. *shudder*

      Developers are much smarter and should get to do fun things more often. Honestly, I am absolutely not biased what-so-ever.

    • Soo.... the guys who design and code the game are the same ones who plan the Blizzcon??

      Isn't it obvious that blizard outsourced their login server code to a non technical department?

    • Developer panels. They had the developers spend time talking with people at the con and announcing upcoming content. So while I doubt the developers were actively planning the convention (that'd be marketing's job), they were still involved with the con itself and preparing material for it. Which would, indeed, be time not spent developing the game.

  • Designate a special area online and let people attend as their characters, and enter areas such as:

    1. The Valley of Optimizing Characters
    2. Mountains of the Efficient Guild
    3. River Tales - or how to curse properly in Dark Elvish

    Then people can read the signs and travel there, and get the same basic effect (minus the beer and furtive sex) as a real con.

    I mean, most of them are already online already ...
  • Everquest has held conventions for years at about an annual rate. Sony has never reached the population or subscriber base that WoW has and yet they were able to hold "Fan Faires" for their players quite often. The players loved it and it brought the community even closer together for those that could make the events. Sponsors helped out, but it wasn't about making money. It was about creating more interest in the already addictive game. In other words, nothing BAD comes out of holding one of these. If the

  • Cart before the horse (Score:3, Insightful)

    by cbuskirk ( 99904 ) on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @06:25PM (#15528192)
    Why would they host another con in October of this year? To announce a second expansion, before the first is even out? Blizzard spent quite a bit of money on Blizzcon 2005 and they are going to wait till they have something to sell us. My guess is that the second Blizzcon will be in April or May of next year and continue annually at that point. Once they have the first exp pack under their belt I'm sure they will be on track to release one just in time for Christmas annually.
  • All us mages are bringing the drinks and giving rides too and from!

    We won't actually be attending any of the events, cause we'd pull too much aggro if we did. And we can't actually talk to people, cause we'd be too busy getting two-shotted by priests, hunters, warlocks, shamans, rogues, druids, paladins, and other mages. We'll talk to the warriors though -- as long as they don't talk to us first.

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