BlizzCon: Day 1 :: The Altoholic

Oct 11

BlizzCon: Day 1

Posted on October 11, 2008 under News | No Comment

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World of Warcraft is an ever-changing game. While reading this post, keep the date it was written in mind—changes may have occurred since then!

BlizzCon has been awesome so far. We’ve gotten just a few bits of "news":

WotLK will eventually (in a patch) allow players to respec on the fly, ie "in a raid"
Diablo 3 will have a new class called ~~Sorceror~~ Wizard [sorry!]
Starcraft 2 will be released as a trilogy, with each campaign its own title and release

After all the panels, etc., there was the costume/slash-silly/dance contests. All of the contestants did a very good job, and I was amazed at the quality of some of the costumes and dances. My camera battery about halfway through the costume contest, so I didn’t get them all, and I didn’t get any from the remainder of the show. There was this girl in a mage costume complete with mage table that was my favorite costume all day, but she wasn’t in the competition and I didn’t get a picture.

At any rate, here are most of my pictures from day 1. I apologize for the blurriness of some of them, there’s not much that can be done in a place as dark as the convention center!

The Line
It was long! There was a couple in an awesome warlock/priest costume, and a paladin with engineering goggles.

The Opening Ceremony
Of course, there was a big opening ceremony. They showed the WotLK cinematic for those who hadn’t seen it. It was quite impressive on the huge screen/speakers!

And, of course, later in the Starcraft 2 panel, we got the big announcement.

The Show Floor
There was a lot to see on the floor itself. Lots of vendors set up, as well as three demo areas: one for WotLK, one for SC2, and one for Diablo 3. There were also places set up to have your picture taken with Frostmourne, etc.