The Blog: October 2008

That’s right, myself and three others flew over to Anaheim, California to the Anaheim Convention Center for Blizzard’s 3rd Annual BlizzCon!  This year Blizzard featured all three of its games at the Con: World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. I decided that despite the embarrassment which I might endure, I would dress up as a Blood Elf, featured in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. I was a bit nervous at first. While approaching the convention center I saw no one dressed up in costume in sight, and there I was, sporting these ridiculous elf ears.  Once I entered the convention center I was astounded.  About 40% of the 15,000 people who showed up for the convention were dressed up in the most elaborate outfits.  From bulked up Horde warlocks to Alliance elves skimpy bikinis, it was all there.  Our goodie bags were amazing too!  Filled to the brim with fun swag, including a blow up Frostmourne, keychains, Starcraft “Zerg Creep”, Diablo III stress balls, BlizzCon hand sanitizer, mints, Warcraft trading card game starter kit, bottle opener, n00b tissues, paper WoW masks, Starcraft II beta key, polar bear mount for WoW, mouse pads, and these nifty Blizzard Digipass Authenticator by Vasco!

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Our VP of Sales, Peter Ryan is famous!  Well, maybe not, but we’re proud of his post on Gamasutra.  Check it out here:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3828/building_social_communities_for_.php

Sometimes, things go wrong.

Sometimes, things go horribly, horribly wrong, and there’s nothing you can do to stop the slow-motion train wreck unfolding before your very eyes. (Like that one senior prom where you spilled your dinner all over your date’s dress. On the upside, you didn’t need that $200 anyway.) When things go that awry, there’s no way to fix it. (She never did return your phone calls, did she?) The only thing you can do with a mistake like that is to make sure it never, ever happens again.

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