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Blizzard Worldwide Invitational Tickets
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 1:23 PM on March 18, 2008
Attention real Blizzard fans! If you're going to be in the city of Paris—or close enough to make the trip worthwhile—know that tickets for the event go on sale this Thursday, March 20. The event, which was held in Korea in 2007 and saw the formal announcement of StarCraft II is planned for Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29. All the action happens at Porte de Versailles Exposition Centre. We would suggest buying early if you plan on going, as BlizzCon tickets sold out like lightning.
There's going to be competitive gaming, hands-on time with Wrath of the Lich King and StarCraft II, but we hope the real draw is the announcement of Diablo III or World of The Lost Vikings.
2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational Tickets On Sale 20th March! [Blizzard]
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mizeriq
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@Fyren: If you sell the goodie bag on ebay, you're also going to make a profit.
mizeriq
Fyren
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
I was in Korea for the last event.
Worth every penny.
Fyren
MLyon
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
Holy crap. It just so happens that I will be in Paris for vacation with my wife during the convention! I will now proceed to beg my wife for a couple of free hours in which to be a big nerd, but in another country...
MLyon
kapow
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@Crusoe: It is the most visited city in the world, makes perfect sense to me.
kapow
ErskinPig
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@Crusoe: Apparently they have offices in Paris too.
'In 2004, Blizzard opened European offices in the Paris suburb of Vélizy, Yvelines, France, responsible for the European in-game support of World of Warcraft'
[en.wikipedia.org]
ErskinPig
Crusoe
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@ErskinPig: Naw, they are located in Irvine, California.
Crusoe
ErskinPig
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@Crusoe: Because that's where Blizzard is based, presumably.
ErskinPig
Crusoe
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
I keep wondering to myself... why Paris?
Crusoe
ErskinPig
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@deathbunny: How is saving your burning wife going to make my dick bigger in just 10 days? No deal!
ErskinPig
Ajh
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@deathbunny: wonderful description there.
Ajh
mjkeller
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@deathbunny: That was one of the most entertaining posts I've ever heard..
You rock, keep it up.
mjkeller
deathbunny
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@ErskinPig: True story: My Kotaku account is haunted, and it's freaking me out, and it's freely available to the first person who comes to my house and picks it up. I live in nigeria, and my wife is a princess who is on fire. And only your credit account information can put her out.
deathbunny
SycoKiller
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
What the hell is up with the Stargate?
SycoKiller
ErskinPig
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
@deathbunny: Your post frightened and confused me.
ErskinPig
deathbunny
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
The statement 'competitive hands on time with the WotLK and Starcraft II' is probably an epic watermark benchmark, lipstick mark, whatever else in the grand sweep of pc gaming history. On the one hand, we have the cheap but deadly crack-pipe high, and on the other hand, the exhausting makes-you-wonder-who-the-hell-does-it-for-fun marathon runner's high. And in the middle, a large group of us wondering how gaming turned into a choice between being beaten so hard by a korean robot from the future, that it turns out your chair was actually a burrowed zergling, and you're about to get *et*, OR a combination of the rowing scene from Ben Hur with the Mill scene from Conan, and then like, a freeze-dried dragon weilding a spider that shoots poltergeists.
anyway. Super excited. Hydralisk spam.
deathbunny
Patient
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
It is as if millions of Koreans suddenly cried out in joy.
Patient
jarjarwang
Posted 11:08 PM 19/3/08
Rock N' Roll Racing 2
jarjarwang