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03-19-2009, 03:21 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/08/blizzcontickets2.jpgBlizzCon 2009 tickets (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/17/blizzcon-2009-announced/) will likely go on sale soon, and before then, Zarhym is here to reassure you (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15657792835&sid=1&pageNo=3#46): Blizzard is doing what they can to make sure things will not go the way they did last year (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/13/how-blizzard-mishandled-the-blizzcon-ticket-situation/). Unfortunately, he doesn't go into detail on exactly what that means. We'd have to think that they wouldn't just open up the floodgates on a site that wasn't ready (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/11/blizzcon-tickets-on-sale-kind-of/) again, but while most thought that the lottery that ended last year's ticket sales worked pretty well, it looks like that may not be the plan just yet. Whatever they plan to do, we hope it works out in a fair way and with a minimum of fuss for those who do try to go. Anything without the Failoc or the FailSCV is a plus in our book.
Zarhym also says that they will be giving us advance notice before the tickets actually start selling, so people will have time to make travel arrangements if necessary (and/or ask the wife or parents for the money to go if need be). And he says that a pay-per-view type of event (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/25/fans-create-a-petition-for-a-live-stream-of-blizzcon/), as they did last year, or even a live stream of some of the events online, is not beyond the realm of possibility.
Of course, even if you don't make it for whatever reason, you can be sure that WoW Insider will be there and covering everything that happens, from the awesome costumes (http://www.wowinsider.com/photos/blizzcon-costumes-1/338402/) to the possibly blogger-threatening danger (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/11/blizzcon-2008-everybody-out/). Stay tuned for more info soon.
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/08/blizzcontickets2.jpgBlizzCon 2009 tickets (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/17/blizzcon-2009-announced/) will likely go on sale soon, and before then, Zarhym is here to reassure you (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15657792835&sid=1&pageNo=3#46): Blizzard is doing what they can to make sure things will not go the way they did last year (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/13/how-blizzard-mishandled-the-blizzcon-ticket-situation/). Unfortunately, he doesn't go into detail on exactly what that means. We'd have to think that they wouldn't just open up the floodgates on a site that wasn't ready (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/11/blizzcon-tickets-on-sale-kind-of/) again, but while most thought that the lottery that ended last year's ticket sales worked pretty well, it looks like that may not be the plan just yet. Whatever they plan to do, we hope it works out in a fair way and with a minimum of fuss for those who do try to go. Anything without the Failoc or the FailSCV is a plus in our book.
Zarhym also says that they will be giving us advance notice before the tickets actually start selling, so people will have time to make travel arrangements if necessary (and/or ask the wife or parents for the money to go if need be). And he says that a pay-per-view type of event (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/25/fans-create-a-petition-for-a-live-stream-of-blizzcon/), as they did last year, or even a live stream of some of the events online, is not beyond the realm of possibility.
Of course, even if you don't make it for whatever reason, you can be sure that WoW Insider will be there and covering everything that happens, from the awesome costumes (http://www.wowinsider.com/photos/blizzcon-costumes-1/338402/) to the possibly blogger-threatening danger (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/11/blizzcon-2008-everybody-out/). Stay tuned for more info soon.
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Zarhym promises BlizzCon ticket sales will be better (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/19/zarhym-promises-blizzcon-ticket-sales-will-be-better/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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