Did You Get Blizzcon Tix? Oh, And Mary is Hard at Work (Hardly Working)
By maryvarn on May 26th, 2011Posted In: NPC Blog,Polls,Random Geekiness
I’m very glad to have work, but man I’ve been busy lately. The kind of busy where I just work and make comics and sleep and work and make comics and….Hey! When do I get to play games??? Oh yeah, I played Battleheart a little on the subway last week. I had a few days off a couple weeks ago…why didn’t I use it make all the comics ever and play all the games in the world???
Ah well. Maybe soon. I still haven’t even scratched the surface of Portal 2, as short as it is. I briefly logged on to the glorious Final Score Minecraft server a couple times and am eager to go back and explore all the crazy public works people have built there. And I tried Order and Chaos, the WoW clone MMO for iOS (supposedly out soon for Android?) for about an hour. I’m less eager to go back to that one and do another grindy wolf-ear collection quest, but I feel I haven’t given it much of a chance yet. Oh yeah, and WoW! I haven’t been to a guild run in weeks. I logged on for Childrens’ Quest and begrudgingly got the pets because I felt like my former self would furious at my present self if I did not. Since my time is precious I’ve become much less patient of grindy game activities and more interested in getting to the heart of the game. Hey….maybe that’s why they call it BattleHEART.
But enough about me. What about you?! Both batches of Blizzcon tickets went on sale and it looks like they’re sold out of course. I’m not going because I can’t personally justify the expense and time to go to the opposite coast for a convention for one company, but it sounds fun! If I lived in California I’d probably try to go. I always buy the digital version and watch it. So…are you going? I’m using a new poll thing, in a effort to speed the site load time. It even lets you input your own answer! So that way you don’t have to comment wondering why I didn’t include a really obvious answer choice, because you can write it in, woohoo!
To be honest, blizzcon just feels like a grand marketing ploy that I have to pay quite high amounts of money for (dollars aren’t my currency and the conversion rate is a killer).
Any relevant information / news are usually available in video format a day after so I really don’t see much reason for it.
I’d love to go someday… but this year’s is a week after my due date, so this year is rather out. >.<
I got my ticket, so it will be the 2nd year in a row I attend. To be honest, I’m really burnt out on WoW and haven’t played in months, so I’m really hoping this year’s event will be all about Diablo 3! Last year it was mostly Cataclysm. I’m also hoping they’ll officially unveil Titan
Money and distance killed the deal without thinking about it, especially with my Blizz satisfaction at another low.
Blizzcon is two vacations in one. You go to Blizzcon while it’s open, then go to Disneyland after it closes (Disneyland is right next door to the Convention Center).
Ooh, I didn’t think of that. I’ve only been to World, not to Land!
Would liked to have gone, but with it being on the opposite coast and such an expense…..Unexpected bills killed any hopes.
Also, thank you Mary for recomending Battleheart! I beat the game and I’m currently working on leveling a different group.
You’re very welcome! Glad you’re having fun with it. What groups have you been using?
My first group consists of two tanks, a ranged spell caster and healer. Shephed, The Black Knight, Bromswell and Lucille. I have a thing for walking suits of armor and old bearded wizards.
This seems to work well, especially with Bromswells time stop. 2nd group has the two Barbarians and a caster, which can get really rough since the barbarians aren’t adept at tanking.
Only thing that is a minor frustration is when the characters get bunched on top of each other and I have trouble selecting the one I want or I miss how low their health is. I also wish there was more then one healer to chose from. Otherwise it’s been money well spent!
Alison and I are going, come on Mary, join us… join us…
Like you said though, we live here so no travel expense. Also, we plan on selling the swag so it pretty much nulls out the cost for us.