Thatwascertainlyawholelotofthingsforjustoneday,wasn'tit?Itpromisestogetbettertodayaseverythingconcludes.I'mparticularlyexcitedtoreadtheliveblogofthePvPpanelmyself.Sosittight,dearreaders,becauseyou'reinforonewhopperofadayasWoWInsidercoversBlizzCon2008!
Whatadizzyingfirstdaythatwas,wasn'tit?Ok,well,Iwouldn'tknowmyselfsinceI'mhalfwayacrosstheworld,butjudgingfromtheconferencehangoversmycolleagueshavegot,it'ssafetosayitwasonewhirlwindofanopening.Ifyouweren'thereyesterdaytowatch-er,read-theplay-by-play,here'saquickrecapofBlizzCon%26#8216;08DayOne:
MikeMorhaimetalkedquiteabitduringhispressconference,andit'sareallyhefty,enlighteningread.HetalksabouteverythingfromtheBlizzarddesignprocesstotheexactnatureoftheirrelationshipwiththeirnewoverlordsatActivisionwhichwassummedupthus:"Theydon'tnagusatallaboutourgames."OneofmyfavoritethingstocomeoutfromyesterdaywastherevelationthatJ.AllanBrack,headhonchoofourfavoritegame,lovesWoWInsiderandourreaders.Isthatawesomeorwhat?OurlittlesiteactuallygotsomeBlizzardlove!Thebestpart?Theylovetoreadyourcomments,too!ReadMike'sfullinterviewifyoudon'tbelieveme.Danielsatthroughthecoolartpaneltoliveblogitforus,andwelearnedaboutthedesignprocessofeverythingfromarmortospecialeffectstodungeonsandcities.Ifyou'reafanofBlizzard'sphenomenalartdirection-IknowIam-it'sdefinitelyworththeread.Lastly,Ijusthadtocover-oratleastwatchinaweof-theWorldofWarcraftArenatournament.IwasabitdisappointedthatnoneoftheAsiansmadeitthroughtothetopthree,butI'vebeenwatchingFnaticOrz'srisethroughtheprocircuitandwasgladtheymadeit.Ofcourse,theylosttoNihilumPlasma,butthere'sstillhope!Tomorrow'sfinalmatcheswillseethewinnerwalkawaywithastunning$75,000inprizemoney.OurtenaciousguysatBlizzConlivebloggedtheopeningceremonies,althoughnothingreallyspectacularhappenedhereotherthantheannouncementoftheWizard,ahotnewclassforDiabloIII.Itwasmostlytrailers,recaps,andareminderforeveryonethatsomethinghistoricwillhappeninNovember.Andit'snottheelections.Mikegaveusallapreviewofthepeoplemillingaboutincostumeearlierintheday,butthatwasjustapreviewforthetotallyphenomenalcostumecontestthisyear.Whilepastyearshavebeenprettycool,thisyear'scropblewallthepastonesoutofthewater.You'llhavetocheckoutthegalleryforyourselftoseewhatImean.Canyouimagineaturtlemount?Yes.Aturtlemount.KrystallesnappedquiteabunchofshotsfromtheconventionfloorjusttogiveeveryoneanideaofhowBlizzConfeels.Lookingthroughthegeneralfloorgallery,italmostfeltlikeIwasthere.Minusthetrademarkconventionsmell,Ipresume,andthesadinabilitytopurchaseanyofthecoolswag.ThefirstWorldofWarcraftpanelofthedaydealtwiththegame'sUI.It'sprettycoolandwasaproperteaserfortheevencoolerthingsthatwouldpopuplaterintheday.OurmanAlexdidthelivebloggingdutiesforthisone.Itemrackwillhavetowait,unfortunately.Morestufffromyesterdayafterthejump!Sure,theAcademyAwardsareprestigiousandall,butIthinkI'dbeprettyhappywalkingawaywithanOswald.Blizzard'sownversionoftheOscarisasmallbronzegnome,awardedtothebestofthebestinWoWMachinima,andwillmakeitsdebutthisBlizzCon%26#8216;08.IknowBlizzardsaidthey'renotsureifthere'llbeaBlizzConnextyear,butthisiscertainlysomethinglikethebeginningofatradition.OurboyAdamtookhisturnlivebloggingtheclasspanel,anditwasafunone.Asidefromtheusualinsightintothedeveloper'sprocess,thebestthingaboutthispanelwastherevelationofGhostcrawler,whoturnedouttobeaguy!Wewonderwhostartedthat%26#8216;GCisagirl'rumor,anyway.Arguablynowthemostlovedblueowingtohiscandidandgood-naturedresponsesintheBetaforums,Ghostcrawlerwasalsoawesomespeakinginfrontofanaudience.Myfavoritequote(forobviousreasons...):"don'tnerfme,bro!"
BlizzCon2008,Thescheduleforday2.
Plus,beonthelookoutforvideofromthedancecontest,morecostumegalleriesandmore!
It'sdaytwoofBlizzCon2008inAnaheimandit'sgoingtobeevenbiggerthanyesterday.AndWoWInsiderhasyoucovered.Here'sthescheduleofwhatwearelivebloggingtoday:
10:30amPT/1:30pmET-WoWPvPpanel12:00pmPT/3:00pmET-RaidsandDungeons1:30pmPT/4:30pmET-WoWQ%26amp;A3:00pmPT/6:00pmET-WoWclasses(roundtwo!)5:30pmPT/8:30pmET-ClosingceremoniesTags:BlizzCon,Worldofwarcraft