BlizzCon sold out; additional conventions cannot be launched

If you had planned to spend the summer mowing lawns and scraping together enough dough to attend BlizzCon this fall, you're already too late. After going on sale this past Wednesday, all 20,000 tickets to the event were snatched up quickly. ZAM reports that the first batch of tickets on Wednesday were sold out in 23 minutes, and the second batch on Saturday in 28 minutes. The official Blizzard Store page simply notes now that "BlizzCon 2010 Tickets Currently Unavailable."

This is certainly no surprise considering that past BlizzCons proved to be one of the most popular conventions of the year, with ticket scalping at a premium. Currently, some desperate Blizzard fans are combing through eBay for scalped tickets, although high prices and Blizzard asking eBay to crack down on such sales make this a difficult alternative. Blizzard is also requiring photo ID this year to match tickets as a way to limit these transactions.

Fortunately, there is hope for Blizzard fans: they will once again offer virtual passes to the convention through DirecTV as a Pay Per View event available through satellite and multi-channel Internet stream. The virtual pass enables fans to watch all of the presentations and panels, as well as receive an exclusive in-game item, all for $39.95.

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I had no intention of going and normally I wouldn't have any intention of watching it live, however finding out about whatever the new MMO is at the same time as everyone there (and about 5 minutes before the news will be all over the internet) has its attractions.

Not even 5 minutes thanks to the live stream through DirecTV. I'll enjoy the panels from the comfort of my room thank you very much.

Who say they will say anything about the new mmo... it may still take up to 4 years before we even see a pic of it!

@Jack... true story. I went in 2007 right after they announced SC2. Here we are in 2010 and just now getting ready to release. My wife (who doesn't play any video games) and I had a great time. I'll save my money and my ears listening to the morons heckle Jay Mohr all weekend -- if they're still doing that -- and just watch the plethora of free websites and twitters giving almost-live coverage. Like it's been said, though, definitely worth going if you've never been and you love WoW.

Owned.

"Additional conventions can not be launched..." LOL

It's a bit ironic that just as this was posted, I received word from Last Straw productions that the LFG Expo has been postponed until next year, due to low attendance and low developer support (and poor marketing, IMHO.)

So with Blizzcon sold out, and LFG dead, I suppose I'm off to Fan Faire. Maybe I'll just stick with Comic-Con.

I've been to 3 of the last 4 Blizzcons, I am a Blizzard and WoW fanboy. The last Blizzcon sucked so bad. The show itself was great, but there are just way too many people going now. I remember standing in line to pick-up our badges, there were 16,000 people trying to get through about 21 stations, it took over 3 hours. And that was just to pick up tickets!

Then the following morning we went over about 2 hours early and we were about 1.5 miles from the opening door, in another line, then the line to get to the Blizzcon store. Like I said; the content is great, the hassles to get there, find a seat, and view it sucks.

I didn't even bother trying to get a ticket, none of my friends, not my sons even wanted to go.

But if you've never gone to a Blizzcon, and you are a fan of Blizzard or WoW then I highly recommend going to one. But just prepare yourself for lines upon lines, long waits and lines.

I'm saving my dinero for Arenacon (a.k.a. Pax).

See - proof that WOW on the decline! The second batch took a whopping 28 minutes to sell out. Way to drop the ball Blizzard! Hehe

Actually, looking at the wow.com articles, both days they sold out in less than 30 seconds in queue, the other 30 minutes or so is so the computer could catch up to the thousands of people bombing the site.

Never mind at least a quarter of those tickets were immediately scalped... *snicker*

BlizzCon sold out; additional conventions cannot be launched

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