The Pros and Cons of BlizzCon
BlizzCon was a blast. This was our second year to attend and I can say without hesitation that it was a much more epic experience than the last. We learned some valuable lessons and plan on going into BlizzCon 2010 a bit wiser.
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| Delicios burrito and chimichanga at Blue Burrito Grille at Sky Harbor Airport. | Bland tacos from the taco hut outside the convention center. |
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| The sweet rooms at the Hilton. | Looking out our window and realizing that the Marriott across the street has rooms with balconies. |
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| Meeting and chatting up Chris Metzen outside the lobby of the Hilton. | Missing the WoW.com meetup because it was too damn crowded at the Tangerine. |
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| The opening keynote that announced the monk class and cataclysm. | Not being able to twitter from the main hall due to iPhone service being completely borked. |
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| The awesome cosplayers. | No one knowing who General Vezax is. “Oh is that a protoss?” |
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| The excellent pizza for breakfast at Sbarro at the Hilton. | The horrible food and service at Coco’s across the street from the Tangerine (I hear the one closer to the convention center doesn’t suffer from failitis). |
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| Playing Kings Cup in the hotel lobby. | Ending the game early due to Hilton Security Staff. (note: the staff was actually rather cool about stuff, just doing their job.) |
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| Acquiring many phat lewts. | Needing to purchase an additional piece of luggage just to get it all home. |
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| Being able to customize a n00bz figure on the con floor. | Needing a strength potion just to disassemble the n00b for painting, then smudging the crap out of it while reassembling. |
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| The Artist Formerly Known as Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftan. | No new songs from TAFKAL80ETC. |
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| Ozzy Osbourne laying to rest any doubts about his abilities and totally killing the closing ceremony. | Being subjected to commentary by the dumb broad at DirectTV while we waited for Ozzy to take the stage. |
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| Epic afterparty at the Hilton. | Stupid camera was drunk so half the pictures turned out blurry. Ok so maybe it was operator error. |
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| Chilling with Damian and Jick in room 8430 at the afterafterparty. | Sleeping through our alarm and missing our 7:30 am flight the next day. Oops. |
Despite the balanced list, the entire trip was mostly an enjoyable experience. It was awesome getting to meet everyone and sorry if we missed you.
*Disclaimer: a lot of these pics come from our BlizzCon Flickr, but I had to borrow some.
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Glad you had a good time at the con, was hoping to snag some of those cute goodies you were handing out but didn’t get a chance.
That’s strange though, I went to the Coco’s near the Tangerine and the food was excellent. A lot better tasting, better serviced and better priced than the previous day’s adventure to IHOP! Maybe it was just a bad morning?
Funny synopsis! I GOTTA go next year!
Haha, great post! While it’s clear you had a completely different conference experience than me, I couldn’t help while reading remembering all the pros and cons of my own encounters.
Pro Tip for next time: Phone for a wake up call. Never trust just the alarm. The call totally saved my ass
Wow, I didn’t realize the Hilton was *that* crazy. I thought the Doubletree was a happening place, but partying in the lobby, seriously? Amazing.
Also, I commend you for resisting the easy “Blizzpros and Blizzcons pun…
@Brajana, I found the food and the service at Denny’s (sun morning) were superior to the IHOP (fri morning).
That was awesome, nicely done. And the dumb broad I think was supposed to be dumb, it was about the eye candy portion they were going for.
Also
Pro – having an awesome breakfast before day 1 of blizzcon at IHOP
Con – Realizing that omelets at IHOP cost $15 in Anaheim / Across from Disney, when they cost $8.99 in the rest of the world
awesome
Man,
If only I could find the time away from Work and Family for ONe of these events, I could die happy….
Good times! The Epicwins.com crew was right next to you guys at the Hilton party for a while. in fact… We suggested your friend put the box on his head. hahaha. Epic Helm.
Hey jon! Just wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting you and shelbi at the TNB meetup!
@Brajana – the Coco’s that we went was clearly the inferior of the two. Even the manager was a dick. He could tell that we were unhappy, rang us all up, but didn’t bother to ask us how our meal was.
@Veneretio – ill be sure to utilize the front desk next time. The entire staff at the Hilton was great.
@Defkon – I don’t remember meeting you guys but then again things were a bit hazy. The Beer Box Helmet of Charisma was a recurring drop throughout the entire stay.
@Matt – likewise. Unfortunate that we couldn’t hang out at the TNB meetup a bit longer, we had some hungry and grumpy guildies to tend to.
Whoah! I’ve been using your recipes for a while and love em. I just started looking through your Blizzcon pics- and realized I’m in one!
I was teh guy in the white shirt playing Kings with ya- Great fun guys.
That’s too wierd.
I’d be happy to link your site if you’d return the favor =)