![]() ![]() ![]() When the Opening Ceremony ended and I realized that there were no more announcements, I was crushed. Even with Blizz’s attempt to quell expectations, I still held hope that we’d get SOMETHING that we wanted D2 Remastered, a D3 expansion/class, a TEASER for D4… something. ![]() The moment Wyatt came on stage and started talking about mobile, my heart sank. But, then came Diablo…Īs I mentioned, Diablo was my absolute favorite franchise. The only gripe I had about some of the announcements was that the announcers for some of the games seemed to be not great at public speaking and made it a little awkward to listen to. The announcements were amusing at best and “that’s cool for that game, I guess” at worst. However, they ended up having audio issues and left us with no speaker AT ALL. In 2017, Ben Brode involved the whole crowd in showing the cards and it was SUPER engaging and amusing, so I figured it would be similar this year. So, to preface, we went to the Hearthstone stage. Same ticket price, increased virtual ticket price, and reduced experience. When I asked one of the Blizz Crew about it, they said that last year “not everyone got everything, so they said we can’t give anything away.” When I asked why they didn’t just increase the number of items, they said that it was just too expensive. None of the Demos had anything to hand out (outside of a poster at the Mythic raiding challenge), none of the vendors were giving away swag, and the answer to why was infuriating. There were also painting booths and other fun things to do.Īt the 2018 Blizzcon, all of this was missing. They still had the Darkmoon Faire, with it’s mystery gifts, but this cost additional money. Along with that, there were other contests to win free stuff like computers, apparel, and memorabilia all of this was FREE. It was a fun little thing that kept everyone involved and made everything feel worthwhile. Each of the demos/vendors had a badge that you could collect and stick on your pack. As part of the Blizzcon attendee gifts, we got a backpack that you could stick Velcro badges to. It looked like at least half of the convention was still in line.ĭuring the 2017 Blizzcon, there was a reason to go to EVERY single Vendor/Demo. All told, we got in line around 9am and got into the convention around 10:45am, barely making it in time for opening ceremonies. This meant that people were cutting in line, people were standing in front of Hotel entrances, and generally causing slowness in the queue due to people not knowing where to go. There was a line about a half mile long leading to the metal detectors with NO line control. This year, they introduced metal detectors and had far too little crowd control to properly handle it. Checking your bags and getting in took around 20-30 minutes and was fairly easy. In previous years, there were no metal detectors. I very much enjoyed the new Hearthstone expansion reveal, the Overwatch cinematic/character reveal, and Warcraft 3 Remastered is a great addition to the updated game roster.įrom start to finish, I feel that this was the absolute weakest Blizzcon of all time, but it bears some comparison in order to properly explain. All told, for travel/tickets/accommodations, we spent approximately $2500 just to GET there.įirst off, Blizzcon was not all bad. We drove down from Sacramento, got two hotel rooms, and have had our tickets since the 2nd batch was sold. Both my wife and I view Diablo as our favorite franchise (which might let you know how this review will end up going).Ģ018 was my 4th Blizzcon (2009, 2011, 2017 previously) and I attended with my wife and my best friend. Starcraft was the first computer game I ever played, I’ve played every WoW expansion, and have loved Diablo ever since the Butcher chased me in the original game. My name is Rolok, and I love Blizzard games. I’m going to break this up into a couple of sections, because it’s going to be a bit long. You can see my Blizzard: Diablo Forum post Here: You can see my Blizzard: Blizzcon Forum post Here: Last updated at 14:00:17 UTC Weekly Help Desk RAGE Loot Thread Trade Thread ![]()
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