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Just The Facts
I didn’t witness this event at Blizzcon, but my hat goes off to the dude who played his nerd card strong at the Quests and Lore Q&A and managed to get some ownage for what I guess would be the first time in his entire life.
You know this got him laid. Again, for the first time in his entire life.
Oh who am I kidding. He still didn’t get any. Chicks, that is.
Still, he showed plenty of guts by getting up there in front of the thousands sitting there live, and the tens or hundreds of thousands watching at home, and laid down the Lore to the people who developed the Lore in the first place.
He’s had his balls busted over his delivery, his pasty and pimply complexion, his blank robotic stare. Blue Poster Nethaera came to Red Shirt’s defense:
I don’t think that’s his fault really. Keep in mind a few things (and those that have asked questions before will understand this):
Every person asking a question is standing there perhaps for the first time, with a microphone in front them, a very large TV camera in front of them and very bright lights shining on them. Then, add to it that as you talk, you can hear yourself echoing through the hall. If you wait for that echo to fade, you end up talking much slower than you normally would. It’s a bit disconcerting to say the least for anyone who isn’t used to that. Getting up in front of thousands of people to ask a question is unnerving for many people given those circumstances. It’s not easy and I applaud anyone who gets up and asks an informed question of the panelists under such conditions.
While Red Shirt never did get the babes that usually follows his level of bravado, he did get two things that probably meant just as much to him (which is sad, but I’m not here to judge) –
He got the Lore fixed in-game, and got a nod from the Developers.
Sometimes Blizzard can be pretty cool.
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Speaking of facts, I’ve updated Fury 101 to reflect the changes made to Fury Warriors in Patch 4.0.1 – courtesey of Ensidia. Check it out by clicking on the tab up there.
Tenacious D Appearing At Blizzcon
That’s right, Jack Black and some other fat guy will be playing the closing ceremony at Blizzcon 2010!
Here’s the post from Blizzard themselves –
IRVINE, CA. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the greatest band in the world*, Tenacious D, will perform at the closing concert during this year’s sold-out BlizzCon®. Taking place October 22-23 at the Anaheim Convention Center, BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft® game universes. While tickets to the convention are currently sold out, viewers can watch at home by ordering a BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, offering over 50 hours of event coverage (including Tenacious D’s performance) globally over the Internet and also on DIRECTV® in the United States.
Tenacious D is made up of musical visionaries Jack Black and Kyle Gass. After forming in 1994, the duo rose to rock god-dom following the release of the HBO cult-hit series Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth. Since then, Tenacious D has released two albums and a pair of live DVDs, sold out arenas around the world, and starred in their own feature-length movie, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. At the BlizzCon closing ceremony on October 23, the band will perform an earth-shattering set that includes the debut of new, soon-to-be-legendary songs.
“The best way to wrap up two days of epic entertainment is with an epic rock concert—and few bands fit the bill like Tenacious D,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re looking forward to a great show and can’t wait to see what Jack and Kyle have in store for everyone attending BlizzCon and watching from home.”
Deathloc Cometh
I knew it was coming, and Blizzard finally revealed the Blizzcon Pet for this year –
“Death will rise from the tide!” Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain once warned — and at BlizzCon 2010, the band’s dire musical prophecy will finally come to pass. Everyone who attends this year’s BlizzCon or purchases the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket will receive an exclusive set of murlocalyptic in-game items for World of Warcraft and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. World of Warcraft players will be joined by Deathy, a murloc companion decked out as Deathwing and doing his best to strike fear into the hearts of Azeroth’s crustacean population. You’ll also be able to display your tidal pride in StarCraft II with a Murloc Marine character portrait and a pair of deep-sea decals to emblazon on your units, each with a different terran, protoss, and zerg design.
It’ll be a nice giveaway. I don’t do “vanity pets”.
Blizzcon 2010
Another busy week, but there’s been a few developments that are worth chatting about.
By “few” I mean “one” – I am going to Blizzcon 2010!
The good folks over on the Twisted Nether Blogcast, in conjunction with Hydra from Almost Evil, had a Haiku contest. The winner of said contest would be given the opportunity to buy a Blizzcon ticket from Hydra.
Turns out I won, and wasted no time in buying the ticket. So now I am officially heading to Blizzcon!
I will also be attending the Twisted Nether meetup (more information TBD), where I will read my contest-winning Haiku!
I may or may not also be drinking.
Blizzcon!
Long Way Round
Sitting in a saddle for too long is not good for the butt.
I had some free time this afternoon, so I decided I would attempt to finish up a few more steps on the stairway to World Domination. During which time I would also have Herc queue up for his daily random Heroic. Multitasking – it’s what all the cool kids are doing when they’re not being cool!
As frustration would have it, the word of the day was LAG. I’m not sure why, but the past few time I logged on to play WoW I’ve really been having latency issues. I have a few suspicions as to what the culprit is, but needless to say, everything was slow going. Multiple deaths in Heroics (hard to stay out of the stupid when you die before you even know you’re in trouble), not to mention the numerous disconnects caused by riding around a zone. Booted due to sightseeing. Apparently my computer was stoned and would rather check out the birds flying overhead than send data packets to the WoW servers.
Duuuude…
While my eye twitched and I wished evil on the Gods of Red Latency (seriously, 1900-3200ms WTF), Herculano stomped through zones. His was an angry journey, but when he finally decided he’d had enough he hopped off his Talbuk and dropped his saddle-raw butt in the Zoram Strand. Herc put on the miles today, all on Goatback –
That pretty much leaves only the northern section of Kalimdor left to explore. Unfortunately, it means that Herc the Merc is probably going to be getting his hands dirty when he tries to explore the Night Elf and Space Goat Islands. Oh well, can’t make an omlette without breaking a few skulls – eggs, I meant eggs.
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In other news, Blizzcon tickets went on sale this weekend. I was unable to be near a computer when they were posted, so I am currently without Blizzcon tickets. I’ve put the word out as far as buying a ticket if someone ends up with an extra, but I’m not about to pay triple the listed price on Ebay just to get one. At least, I don’t think I am.
This is Herc the Merc – There may be Alliance blood on my hands in the future, but I’d rather have my palm crossed with a Blizzcon ticket. I’ve always wondered about ‘con funk.
Anyhow, have a week.
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