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SOE Dates 2008 Fan Faire
Posted by Mike Fahey at 9:00 AM on April 18, 2008
Sony Online Entertainment has given a date to their annual parade of pale-skinned shut-ins, blinking as they emerge into the bright sunlight, the SOE Fan Faire. This year's convention will be help August 14th through the 17th at the Las Vegas Hilton. This means we are definitely skipping a repeat of last year's Quakecon / Blizzcon / Fan Faire debacle, as QC is running two weeks earlier. Plenty of time left for Blizzard to muck things up though.
"Fan Faire is by far the best vacation destination for SOE gamers, their families and friends," said Alan Crosby, Senior Director, Global Community Relations, Sony Online Entertainment. "This is the ultimate party for gamers and a great chance to meet up with their online friends in the real world."This year's 4-day event will feature demos of The Agency and Free Realms, a talk from SOE President John Smedley, chances to meet and chat with developers, and plenty of geeky hobnobbing and drunk singalongs. I wanna go!
GAMERS, GROUP UP: SIN CITY HOSTS SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT'SFAN FAIRE, AUGUST 14-17, 2008
-Ultimate Vacation Destination for Online Video Game Players Features Colorful Costumes, Passionate Players and More in Las Vegas-
April 17, 2008 San Diego, Calif. - Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, today announced the date for its annual Fan Faire, a real-life social event where thousands of gamers from around the world gather with members of their online community to play video games and make new friends.
This year's four-day extravaganza, which includes gameplay tournaments, a costume contest, a silent auction for game memorabilia, real-life quests and exclusive 'sneak peeks' at upcoming products from SOE, will be held August 14-17, at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Fan Faire is by far the best vacation destination for SOE gamers, their families and friends," said Alan Crosby, Senior Director, Global Community Relations, Sony Online Entertainment. "This is the ultimate party for gamers and a great chance to meet up with their online friends in the real world."
In addition to enjoying the whimsical game-driven environment, attendees at SOE's Fan Faire 2008 will be privy to the second ever live community address from SOE President John Smedley, as well as How-To forums, game development panels, a party for the players and much more. Fan Faire attendees will also have the opportunity to meet the development teams for some of the world's most successful online PC games, with specific activities and games being planned for each game. In addition, demos of the upcoming SOE titles, The Agency™, Free Realms™, as well as others, will be showcased. Fan Faire promises to deliver a weekend packed with activities and adventure for everyone ranging from casual gaming fans to entire guilds of vacationing gamers who can bring their families along on this quest for fun and excitement.
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IntelSilver
Posted 9:12 AM 18/4/08
I always thought that elf girl on the right of the picture is hot.
Am I normal?
IntelSilver
CallMeRotten
Posted 9:11 AM 18/4/08
Wacky. I didn't even know they still had this thing. I wonder how many people are still playing the original EQ?
CallMeRotten
yanipheonu
Posted 10:30 AM 18/4/08
^LOL Remember that boxart with her chained to a rock in a very suggestive position, surronded by lizard-men.
Yeah.
yanipheonu
aeonite
Posted 10:26 AM 18/4/08
Why would they go up against GenCon? Dumb.
aeonite
natpoor
Posted 9:52 AM 18/4/08
@IntelSilver: Totally normal! She was designed to be generally attractive (ok ok you knew that, she's an advertisement). Or is it that you like her ears? ^_^
natpoor
cametall
Posted 10:44 AM 18/4/08
They still have fans?
cametall
IntelSilver
Posted 11:33 AM 18/4/08
@natpoor:
The ears make her look more...err exotically sexy...
What about now, am I still normal?
IntelSilver
namyr26
Posted 1:32 PM 18/4/08
Ah... SOE. How I will never forgive them for ruining my favorite game. T.T
I haven't payed any attention to them since they changed Star Wars Galaxies. I wonder if they actually have something good coming up. Most of their other stuff wasn't really for me back then.
namyr26
KingSnorky
Posted 3:29 PM 18/4/08
I have to say, even though I have very little to actually go on, The Acency sounds kinda cool to me.
Also, I can't stop staring at the boobs of that chick third from the right.
Yes, I know that's vaguely pathetic.
Okay, nothing vague about it.
KingSnorky
xbulletholes
Posted 7:11 PM 18/4/08
hello there.
i'm mr. smith from research corp. and i'm doing research.
to help me in this research may i please have the name of the female positioned between darth vader and elf man.
thankyou, your help will be greatly appreciated.
and yes, my research does sound a lot like fapping.
xbulletholes