I've been to gaming conventions around the world, and BlizzCon is always like coming home. The Blizzard Entertainment staff do everything possible to ensure each attendee has a magical time, the panels, esports finals, art exhibits and game stations are meticulously planned to perfection. The security and actual ACC event staff can be rude and pushy, but they do not work for Blizzard and feel that they deserve to be reviewed separately for the Anaheim Convention Center. After hours, you can find events to suit any taste, from cosplay contests to beer swaps to family-friendly table top gaming. Plenty of alcohol and adult good-times. The Wowhead party is always a highlight and look for all our favorite VIPs and esports players at the Hilton and Twitch party. read more

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First time coming here as I've played blizzard games before as a young adult and I have to say it's a waste of time. You wait in a long ass line outside in the heat just to get inside which is almost an hour and a half. If you walk to the food truck to eat you have to wait again to get back in. The whole experience is not worth $300 for a ticket. I didn't pay as my friend got us both tickets but not worth the price at all. Staff there is rude as hell also. Nothing much to do but walk around. Very disorganized. Line to eat, line for restrooms, line everywhere you go and have to figure out where everything is and what to do and wait in line for it. read more

I purchased the portal pass, but received hardly any benefit from paying the extra amount. Early access was basically denied. There was horrible organization. People guiding directions didn't know who was supposed to go where. I've never been to a more disorganized convention. I missed out on events I would have had ample time to get to had I had the right direction from the get go. Why would you guide people w/ portal pass to enter as general admission. There was absolutely no benefit to paying the extra fees. Portal lounge was a joke. $800 for an exclusive pass only to still have to pay for food and beverages. Not to mention no real special access to anything memorable or exclusive. I will never purchase the portal pass again. Even though we still purchased merchandise from the online store, but with literally lines everywhere for everything we weren't able to...truly disappointing. read more

This is an annual event from Blizzard. This game company has a few very popular internet games. My daughter and I play World of Warcraft. At Blizzcon we were able to play new content, listen to developers and buy lots of stuff, too much actually. The event was fun but the tickets were difficult to get and expensive. I did enjoy going but won't buy tickets next year. read more

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Three years now, three (3) years I've been to Blizzcon. After the first year, the shock and awe of Blizzcon was gone and it's mainly because of how unprepared, untrained, and incompetent their employees are. It's easier to get a tour of the White House than get a ticket to Blizzcon. Between the site crashes, the wait times, and other glitches, it's a bitch. Thanks Blizzcon. The second year I went they sold the goodie bags online, but didn't keep enough for the actual ticket holders. What incompetent person let this happen? Have you ever seen a grown man of 26 tear up because they ran out of goodie-bags and he wouldn't get one? Well I have and it made me sad. The kind of sadness you get when you see a three year old fall to the ground and scrape their knees; they open their mouth about to cry, you see it in their eyes as they gasp for that first breath of air, and let out a bellowing burst of agony that churns your heart like nobody's business. Basically, not a fun time, but we were assured we would be contacted by email to get one... right. No frickin' email. Thanks Blizzcon! Third year I stood inline to pick up a limited-edition print. Apparently their wazoo computer system that's supposed to let them know what they are out of didn't work so well so Blizzcon wasted an hour of my life I will never get back. It had that stupid Blizzcon logo on it this time, so I guess it's good that I didn't get one. Dealing with their staff, pretty horrid customer service (again). Thanks Blizzcon! Blizzcon is fun to do this number of times: One (1). $20 parking? Use your Disneyland annual pass and park in the Toy Story Parking lot. read more

Blizzcon - Outside Blizzcon 2016. Could easily say 2015, or 2014... - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Anaheim, California

Blizzcon is a gaming convention for those who aren't aware. Blizzard entertainment has been around for 25 years and hosts an annual convention where name brand games like World of Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and their latest game Overwatch! Hosted once a year in sunny Anaheim, California, it is in the convention center and is closest to Disneyland! Beware, if you're interested in going, the tickets sell out within seconds. You must be on the page within their sale time and that will hopefully secure you a spot to purchase a ticket! Tickets this year were $200 each, paired with airfare for us out of staters, hotel and food, it can cost quite a bit. They have the entire halls from end to end of various different stations. It's def a sight to see! Gaming companies are also here to promote their hardware and you get a ton of swag! Razer, with their beautiful laptops at 2k starting point, Corsair, Newegg, Rosewill, ASUS/Republic of Gamers, NVIDIA were all booth exhibitions this year and gave out tshirts, scavenger hunts, and free swag! JINX gaming apparel and the Blizzcon merchant store is where you get crazy and spend your money on everything! Only reason I rate it 4 stars is everything you want to do has a line. You're a guy? Long line to poop. Lines for beers. Lines for food. Inside the convention center and outside with all the different food trucks. Lines for every demo and area are super long and I remember waiting my first year at the Blizzcon march line 3 hours to buy stuff only to realize 60% of the stuff I wanted was sold out. Things go out of stock quick so I suggest purchasing merchandise on the day of badge pickup to not waste any time! This year we wisened up and wasted no time in lines longer than an hour and finished up! They now have a darkmoon faire area and Hearthstone tavern for folks to relax and enjoy scenery so those are fun compared to my first visit when they wasn't created just yet. Finally, enjoy the band, its typically a main headliner for the closing ceremonies! Past performers have included Blink 182, Linkin Park, Metallica and many others! We have come 2 years and it's been a ton of fun to see the big reveal and gather around Blizzard fans and employees alike! At the 10 year anniversary, they even brought DJ Kristian Nairn aka Hodor from game of thrones to perform! Enjoy and remember, FOR THE ____________! read more

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Blizzcon 2014. Now , I'm not a Con man. I've never gone to Comic Con nor this Blizz Con before but I have been to E3, CES, and other variety trade shows. If you are a Blizzard fan, this is a must! I have to say, the ticket will pay for itself if you just sell the goodie bag back on Ebay. There will be a lot of lines. There will be lot of waiting. There are a lot of people. This place smells. Yes, you are definitely in the right place. I came here this year, for the first time as a crewmember here compliments of my friend Minerva. Working as a contractor, I was lucky enough to be working last minute as part of the Voice Actor Stage crew. Under the supervision of Michael Roache, Carlos Almeida, and Danielle Kelly (BTW, the folks at Blizzard were the nicest folks I've worked with), we were placed to help with the stage, the security, and helping the stage actors with whatever they needed. Yes, I was lucky enough to help escort Lo-Pan ( James Hong) to the Green Room and have met him and his agent Tony. I met the voices of Tyrael and Grommish. Both Kevin and Jonathon were nice enough to take pictures with me. They both have very unique voice. Also Dee Bradley Baker was very nice to talk to us and gave each of us individual autographs. (If you never heard him speak, you will be outraged in a good way , what outer space creature voice he does, simply amaze balls!) This year, they revealed Hearthstone. http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/?abt=nav1&utm_expid=68589644-24.yOgsCsWhSz-gOSDIbl82Wg.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F There was also various statues, various games, and other vendor giveaways. (like Youtube capes I've seen everywhere) There were some hiccups like when I waited an hour of wait at the Blizzcon Store an hour just to pay. However, I would not trade for anything else for the first experience at Blizzcon. I think I will have to do this again and would recommend you nerds to join me. read more

Blizzcon 2011 was a whirlwind of fun, excitement and energy!! It's like we took our favorite Blizzard games, added a helping of Disneyland, a good dose of IRL guild drama, a pinch of camping, and a dash of high-tech theatrics and rolled it all into one amazing weekend. The highlights of my experience: ~Meeting, and reuniting with members of my guild! ~Sitting through fantastic discussions... next to people who ALL knew what the presenters were talking about! ~Play testing Diablo 3! ~Play testing SC2 Heart of the Swarm! ~Play testing the new WoW expansion area, Pandaria! ~Seeing all the cool new stuff from gaming vendors! ~Meeting the Dev Team for StarCraft2, and getting them to all autograph my commemorative program (Squeeee!) ~Watching the live final SC2 Showdown between IMMvP and IMNesTea! ~Taking home all the fun souvenirs and swag! I go every year... and each time outdoes the one before. This truly is my Christmas! read more

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When to Blizzcon this year. It was my first time, and definite not my last time. This is probably the fastest selling even ticket in the planet, blizzcon ticket sold in seconds that right. Is extreme hard to get it, i was not able to buy the ticket despite try to buy in the first few second, second time was the charm, finally able to buy the ticket. $175 might sound high but you getting a very nice goody bag which can sell for $150 to $300 depend how fast you put them in ebay. The ticket is included the music concept which last over 2 hours this year was Foo Fighter, not fan of them band. If you are into any of Blizzard game, this is definite like holy grail convention, most fan in the convention are very knowledge and hardcore gamer. Majority are adult in their late 20''s to 40's I had see some 60's and older as well. U has to plan your schedule according or you you miss things. the longer line was not during the event but during the pick up ticket day before, next time, lesson learn pick up later up in the night not early. The line in the change name is terrible long is like 2 and half hours. For god sake. There's lots of food stand but they are over priced and not a lot of choices. Food and Drink ain't allow to go inside, if i were you wanna save some money, walk to the food court in the Hilton. You can save money and is much better food quality and bigger portion size. Restroom inside is terrible especially the main stage area,, too small to handle such large crown, other thing during opening and closing celemory, if you come after they start, they won't let you in despite there's seat, you won't get good seat if you arrive even 1 hour earlier of a main event, some folks just camp there all day. despite most of the stuff can watch online later on. especially those trailer. If you are collector this is wonder-place to buy your stuff, most of the stuff on the store isn't available online. and also there several contest for prize but often the line is very long or longer than game line. read more

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Video gaming nerd's playground. Great event with lots of interesting panels, talks, live game matches, etc. StarCraft stage was amazing. HOTs audience area was way too small and lots of people ended up having to stand. Timing wise isnt great because lots of live games (e.g. SC2 / HOTS) semis/ finals were happening at the same time and I want to watch both! You also get to try some of their games at the venue, but the lines are so crazily long. I wish it lasted more days but with less events on each day so I get to experience everything instead of just pieces of it. Oh, goodie bag was pretty awesome. Definitely hope to be back next year! read more

I dare you to find a girl in this place. I'll give you 5 mins to look for one.... Done? Yea, told you so. Girls are so rare at this place that i would find a four leaf clover under a huge pot of golden coins before i see any girls over here at blizzcon. I'm only giving blizzcon 3 stars since i don't play any of the games, so i couldn't follow along. zergs, protoss & terran... wtf. it was like they were speaking a different language to me. sounds more like biology terms. I only came here to shoot pictures and for the foo fighters concert. i'm actually glad i came here to shoot pics, since it has taught my a lot about my camera. shoot in a higher ISO and with smaller aperture and adjust my shutter speed. i ended up getting some cool pictures and useful knowledge about my camera. anyways, ignore my random tangent.... the outside was packed with smokers. if you wanted to get some fresh air, and walked out into the patio, you'd get lung cancer. it was like a fog machine turned on and you can see the haze of smoke. the foodz were overpriced. like usually. i feel the closer you are to disneyland, the more expensive items usually cost. fucking disneyland...its like a blackhole for money. the parking was around 12 bucks or so? oh, and as someone else mentioned, people who play blizzard games do not seem to care for deodorant.... my nose was assaulted. =/ read more

If you're a gamer and have even a casual interest in Blizzard games, it is a definite bucket-list entry. If you are INVOLVED with an individual for which the above description FITS, it is worth going just to see them have one of the best times of their life. It's a bunch of like-minded individuals geeking-out on their mutual interest... what's not to love? And not a pony in sight! read more

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PARKING: it runs at $10-$15 per day. A small price to pay for 2 days of awesome. We usually park at Disneyland, which is less than a block away. FREE STUFF: World of Warcraft Blizzcon Edition Pet Figurine (varies each year, large and stands at over a foot tall) Goodie Bag Lanyard T-Shirts, Keychains, Books (that booths throw at the crowd) UNLIMITED souvenir photo booth pictures They provide medieval style or starcraft style battle props you can use, in addition to a cool Blizzcon background-- your choice of Diablo, WoW or Starcraft. We were able to test out the betas. The highlights of the convention are watching the cosplayers, taking part in trivia competitions and gaming competitions, seeing the international teams and individual tournaments of Starcraft and World of Warcraft. Panels showing future game releases were cool. Every year they have a concert at the end. The year before was Ozzy Osbourne and last year was TENACIOUS D-- and David Grohl was the guest drummer. There's a few carnival style games you can play to win prizes. read more

Out of 20,000 attendees-- Guy to girl ratio: 9:1 Percentage of attendees who had recently showered: 73% Percentage of attendees who had worn deodorant: 41% It's the only place you can play the games before their release, make fun of dorks, and watch grown men dress up like cows. Extremely well done. read more

The Good: BLIZZCON!!! My once a year total geek out. My voice is gone with all the "FOR THE HORDE' chants. They put on such a great convention every year. This year was another successful one too. Who can't wait for Overwatch?? I want to play it again now. Grab swag and play the hottest games from Blizzard. The Bad: It's getting so crowded it's like a comic-con waiting to explode with the mainstream media. The Ben: If you can get a ticket it's so worth it. Swag, games and friends. My guild had a guild hall and it was so great meeting guidies. Oh yeah and Monika Lee.....did I mention Monika Lee? read more

This was my second Blizzcon, going previously in 2007. It was fun enough but good God the people. I'd never seen so many sweaty nerds in one place outside of Comiccon. Blizz did a fabulous job with setting the place up. The good: Lots of neat stuff to look at. People in costumes. Statues. Artwork. Playable demos for the current games. Great panels. The bad: The lines at any booth, concessions, swag, demos...insane. Complete insanity. I passed on a lot of stuff because I was not willing to spend my time in a 2 hour line. The demos, while cool, remind me of how much I hated patch day in WoW. I eventually walked away from the Warcraft demo because it was unplayably laggy, and I'd be repeatedly disconnected. Everybody in my area had the same experience. Seriously people...you're going to be in an enclosed space with many other people...a shower and some deodorant would be VERY much appreciated. I had to leave a few areas due to the stench. People don't perpetuate the stereotype. read more

4 exhibition halls, 3 awesome games, 2 days of madness, 1 spectacular event. Blizzcon 09 just blows my mind. WoW in the literal and the game. read more

Blizzcon - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Anaheim, California

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Second best Con ever! Can't beat Comic Con but this is a must if you can. Worth it every time. read more

Blizzcon - 2015!! - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Anaheim, California

I went in 2010 as a guest . I only went on saturday, but I had a lot of fun. I did feel out of place as a female and as someone that doesn't play games or have a clue what the Blizzard culture was-- I felt like a lot of things had to be explained to me. But it was still great to see. It really showed me the different parts of the Blizzard culture--the games, the guilds from WOW, and the tourtments. It was great to see people dressed up in costumes too! I don't play games or even blizzard games, but it still kept me engaged. The art, the exhibits, I even got to play some D3 beta-- I don't have the dexterity to really play games, but nothing the less good to see. I also saw the SCII finals and got to see the room fill with enthusasium when the game came to an end--that's something you don't really see that much anymore anywhere! Also, the concert- there weren't enough chairs though, which was a shame, but I stood in the back. It was good to see jack black's band..hey his dinosaur costume helped me solidify what I wanted to be for Halloween. read more

This is my first year here at Blizzcon.. it's 2010 and I was pumped. I read that people said to get in line early, so all of us left Arizona and got to the convention at about 2:00PM. We checked into our hotel and headed down. Not too bad. Once the tickets went on sale we went from line to tickets in about 45min. Awesome. So Friday is the big day (today) and we head there at 8AM. Doors don't open til 10AM, but with the thousands (literally) people in line, we knew we'd be up for some good people watching. And people watching was what we did. You name the type and they were.. nerds all across the world showed up. People dressed up in their favorite Blizzard characters, and of course the tons of Blizzard employees roaming the land. once the doors opened up, it took us about 15min to get in. I'd say everyone was pretty pumped. The mass size of this hall was so big that I was literally blown away. I just couldn't believe the size of Blizzcon. We headed tot he main hall for the Opening Ceremony to listen to all the cool things that would be happening over the next couple days. Tonight is the costume contest and tomorrow it wraps up with Tenacious D. Ok, why wont I give this 5 stars? The vendor and exhibition area... Imagine 10 vendors with ohh.. . 25,000 people? Yeah.. if you like being in line for 3-5 hours, you would have a blast. Blizzard is a great company and put a ton of work into this thing. Its incredible at the size and success of their company. I just wish they'd expand on more space and vendors for people to see. It wasn't fun waiting so long in line. read more

I've gone 1st and 2nd year. It's always a good time but I wish you can test the games a little longer than 15 mins at a time. If you want more time, you have to go back in a long line. They usually have a ton of contests for prizes. PvP, costume contest, best voice from the games contest, and recently they have "quest" like games for everyone to enter and get real life "loot" like alienware laptops, posters, etc. The event sells out every dang time in a matter of days so if you're ever interested, you'll need to be ready. It's pretty expensive because a lot of people want to go to it so I guess they can charge a high fee. They now also have pay-per-view option so you view this event anywhere in the world. read more

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Blizzcon bag checker made me throw my tiny stool in the trash bin, pathetic customer appreciation at blizzard!!!

I've been to almost every Blizzcon except for the very first one they had. They never disappoint. Parking at the convention center is at least 12 dollars, but if you wanted to be cheap, you could have parked a block away for free. Though, I would like to call this year's Blizzcon, "Linecon 2010." The line for all the Diablo 3 stations were long, but instead of running to get seats for the opening ceremony, we went to the Diablo 3 station so we could get the demo'ing over with. Good thing we did because every other time we went to see if the line for Diablo 3 was shorter, it wasn't. After we did that, we ended up being able to get seats for the opening ceremony still. I think a major fail on their part for this year's Blizzcon was releasing the Cataclysm intro video earlier in the week 'cause as soon as they started playing that video again, people starting filing out of the main stage. The "Geek" powerpoint given by Chris Metzen wasn't appealing, and left me bored the whole entire time. Ended up watching the costume/dance contest, one major fail on Blizzard's part was that they had the most awkward ramp thing going on at the main stage. I saw many cosplayers have such a hard time walking down the thing because they were on stilts, and it wasn't like Blizzard didn't know they would be because they were asked to describe their costume. Some kid broke his leg during the dance practice, I felt sorry for him. Many of the long times were because they were "offering" free stuff, like the one station where you received a key in your swag bag or "Loot Elemental" booth. I heard the line for many of these had at least an hour wait. You could have easily not wasted your time if you compared your key with a couple of other people's keys and if they were the same, it wasn't really worth waiting in line. The Nvidia button matching thing was pretty easy to exploit. They never really checked how many buttons a person took and if you were that good, you could have easily won at least one item. There was a group of people with at least one button and because of them, I won the Razer headset and almost won a graphics card (ended up getting a shirt instead). I think a major problem for this year's convention was the seat savers, but if you knew the rules, you could have easily nullified the seat saving as they clearly stated there was no seat saving allowed. So if some asshole tried to save a whole row by themselves, you could have easily just taken it and they could do nothing about it. The worst they could probably do is call security and then get laughed at. At closing ceremony for this year's Blizzcon was boring too, maybe it's cause I don't really enjoy Tenacious D. The best part of this year's Blizzcon was the Boxer vs. Fruit Dealer panel, I'm officially in love with Fruit Dealer. The Starcraft 2 tournament this year was such a disappointment. At least the Deathling figurine is sort of cute, so much better than the Raynor Noobz figurine. read more

Blizzcon - 2010 in-game pet (World of Warcraft) and decals (Starcraft 2) code card - Venues & Event Spaces Near Me - Anaheim, California

This was a cool and unique experience. The souvenirs where worth the wait. Everything about it was amazing. Definitely going next year! read more

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Blizz con is the video gamers super bowl and it has several things in common with the super bowl It is expensive to get in Lots of pumped up people enjoying them selves Lots of things to buy Crazy long lines That being said I am going to go back next year but Blizzard really realy really needs to take in to account what is going on at these venues they know exactly how many people are going to be attending they should accommodate that I waited over 2+ hours in line to play a game for 15 min it is not the 15 min I am complaining about but rather the 2+ hour wait they literally had entire sections empty because lets be honest Aier Chef was pretty much fail they could have re tasked those computers for some more Diablo III action but chose not to that makes me very curious as to why. But on to the shiny parts the tournaments were freaking awesome and watching Fruit vendor lay down the beating on his opponent was amazing as was watching Complexity Red take the crown for the world champion 3v3 turnies that was also pretty freaking awesome. Blizz really needs to recognize what is going to be drawing all the attention and focus on that because what they focused on was not the correct thing and frankly it brought down the entire event as a result read more

Thank you blizzard for all you do for us without you there would be no blizzcon we respect your games hard work you guys are the best old or young you guys are number one hard work pays off never close down blizzard keep playing games work hard live long and prosper read more

Best video game convention ever! I never miss Blizzcon and I've been going for six years. The demos, panels, announcements, contests, and everything else make this convention well worth the cost and travel. I can definitely tell Blizzard puts their everything into thier convention and it just gets better every year. read more

I have always wanted to go to Blizzcon but just never got around to it. Mostly because it's so incredibly expensive and tickets are so difficult to get. I finally decided to bite the bullet and plan to go this year. I'm just really glad my boyfriend has quick fingers because these tickets sell out in seconds! You literally have to click within 30 milliseconds of when they go on sale. Tickets are $175 which is a very hefty price but I hear you can make up most of the ticket by selling your goody bag. Picking up your badge is kind of crazy. I went around 7:30pm on the day before, and was done at almost 10pm. The line is never ending and I didn't think it was any better at 10pm right before they close. I believe there are 26,000 attendees, and it definitely felt like it. The lines were actually relatively fast and organized, but we had an issue with picking up friends's tickets that were not present. So we were forced to wait in the Solutions Desk line which took the majority of our time there. Also, most of the crew working the event are not affiliated with Blizzard so they are pretty unhelpful with questions. The convention was a lot of fun. There are a lot of things to do, but all the panels and events overlap so you should plan your day beforehand. Their big announcement this year was the new WoW expansion, and they had a huge playing area to test out the demo. However, the demo was very buggy and not very interesting either. There was almost no line to test out this game, and there was no line for the new Diablo 3 expansion either (on both PC and PS4). I felt like these stations were kind of a waste of space. But I can't blame them since they probably expected these to be the most anticipated demos by fans. However, these expansions were very underwhelming. Instead, the lines for Hearthstone (their new trading card game) and Heroes of the Storm (their new DotA game) were incredibly long, and there were much less computers dedicated to these demos. The wait for these new games were about an hour to an hour and a half. The WCS Starcraft II tournament plays here and it pretty much runs from the beginning to the end of the convention. I was kind of torn because these matches are so good, and yet there's so much else to do at the rest of the convention. I pretty much spent all of Saturday watching this tournament because I didn't want to give up my seat (5th row). The crowd energy is great watching it live, and you get to meet the players afterwards for a very short amount of time if you want. Food is incredibly overpriced as expected. They have some food trucks outside though, so instead of eating overpriced crappy food, you can have overpriced decent food. There are lines for literally everything though. Probably 40% of your time at the convention is spent standing in lines. I thought that the lines would die down on the second day, but they were even longer. The Blizzcon store sells out incredibly fast, so if you want something, you should get it ASAP. Also, as mentioned in some other reviews, there are a good number of smelly people at this convention. I got whiffs of all sorts of body odor and it was really gross. Other than that though, Blizzcon was a lot of fun and this probably won't be my last one. It's definitely worth going to at least once if you are a Blizzard fan. read more

Hey guys, just want to give a quick review and some info about blizzcon if you guys even encounter any kind of problems. Long story short... I lost my badge at the convention by accident and didn't realize it until late in the afternoon, I assumed that I lost it a some point on the afternoon, I went to hall E to get help with my badge since a friend of mine told me they could help me over there. At the stand lady helped me.. don't know her name, but she was a little bit older Asian lady, she was no help at all! After asking for my ID, and looking thru the system on her computer, she stood up and went to her desk where they had all these other lost badages. ( mine wasn't there of course) and after doing all of that...the answer to my problems..was to come back in a hour and hope for somebody was a good person and bring my badge to lost and found. What got my kinda upset was the fact that.. all my friends were inside of the convention having a great time and having fun and I was going to have to wait outside... " for an hour " for a chance of somebody dropping my badge... what a greaaaat solution... I asked if I could just get a new badge? (What could be so difficult to do that... )but she said " its company policy we CAN'T give you a new one..." so how I'm I going to get the convention? I said, All the feed back I got was " I'm sorry sir.. I can't give you a new badge.. it's our company policy... come back in a hour and let's see what I can do for you"... over and over... so basically what I want to point out is the way she was speaking to me.. it was as I screwed and lost my previlage to walk in to the blizzcon event and enjoy my self, basically after the very very helpful chit chat with the lady and absolutely getting nothing accomplished... I walk away with a " come back in a hour and let's see what I can do for you........" I came back 10 minutes later to different guy... asked for my info... and gave me a new badge.... all done in 2 minutes... instead of 10.... if you need a new badge... DO NOT GO TO THE ASIAN LADY... save ur self the trouble. read more

Okay, Blizzcon was epic. Blizzcon stuff: Awesome all around. It was well-organized and as far as I noticed, true to the schedule. Every year it gets changed around a bit, every year it gets a bit better, and I was glad to see a lot of nice things this time around. A quick example was the stage for contests. They got rid of the stairs and large ramps to enter and exit the stage, which almost caused a good number of injuries last year. There was still a little ramp which they really need to get rid of in the future. The setup of all of the halls was good to encourage minimal congestion and maximum line movement. The one store was well run and went fast. The main stage had plenty of TVs so everyone could see. The lights and sound and visual effects were great and pulled off with no major hitches. Another big difference from last year was how they didn't repeat the stupid double interview thing with the cosplayers, where two were interviewed by two different people simultaneously. They heard what people said, how it was unfair and simply annoying that the cosplayers didn't get their 15 minutes of fame and the audience couldn't hear squat, so they fixed it. Good work Blizzard! I think the best thing is how crazy everyone is about the games and the convention, con-goers and Blizzard staff alike. It was pretty awesome to be able to talk to any of the Blizzard people, from a GM to the CEO, about the game and the convention and have a good, engaging conversation where you were actually talking to them about something you both enjoy. What other company lets their lowest demographic (the customer) meet and greet with the CEO!? It's awesome. All of the opportunities were great too, from the Q&A panels to the employees walking around or staffing booths, to the signature area. I think I ended up talking to Ghostcrawler, Malkorix, Morhaime, and Metzen this year and it was pretty great. Was really glad to finally say hi to Malkorix out of the group. Venue stuff: Security has gotten great over the years and I think this was the best it's been so far. They were a lot better trained than years past, so they weren't hassling people for stupid things, like the exact dimensions of their bag, which holds up the line and has been known to cause major problems. There was the year that people missed the opening ceremonies because it took too long to get through the door, that was bad, but no problem this year! They were nice, smiled, did their job, and explained nicely when they couldn't accommodate something, like letting people exit through a specific door. Inside the con, security were a bit more business and less fun, but with literally hundreds of people trying to get past the barriers they had to keep within fire code, you would be too. The food was surprisingly good, although I only bought it when I absolutely had to because of the price compared to what you got. But when I did get food, it was a corned beef reuben on a pretzel bun. A pretzel bun! As far as convention food goes, how great is that? Definitely ups the quality, and the rest of their food, if you knew what to pick (mini microwave pizzas, not a good choice), was pretty good too. For the future: I'm thinking of things that could make it better and the list is short. Of course there's the general things, like shorter lines and more accessible TV screens or main stage viewing spots, but those are always going to be an issue. Ticket pickup was nearly flawless EXCEPT for one thing. There are lots of ticket changes, like when you put a friend's name on a ticket you bought but then they cancel so you put a different friend's name. Well, this time there was a big problem where the line staff thought that if you were going to do this, you had to have the original ID or passport of the person originally on the ticket. The official Blizzcon FAQ says the purchaser only needs their ID and credit card, or if you're the person with the wrong name on your ticket you will need the purchaser's original ID and credit card. It sounds like some communication got crossed and they were trying to mix and match these, which caused some major problems for people. Oh, one more thing...the loot elemental line was ridiculous. There's only one loot elemental chamber so even if they could hurry everyone through at 3 or 4 minutes each, when the line is hundreds of people long and stretches across the convention floor.....you could be in there for hours. Maybe get more chambers to hurry it along, even 1 or 2 more would do wonders. Overall: WOOOOOOOO read more

That was the most amazing convention EVER! The Venue was cool, the Tacos were awesome, the games were incredible, prices were high, but freaking worth it! I definitely recommend going, I know I will be there next year again come hell or high water! read more

One of the luckier ones who gets to go every year! Very interesting convention, I have to say. ;)

Blizzcon 2014 was my second time attending and it was fantastic again. Patience is definitely key because of the many lines, but the Blizzard employees go out of their way to put on a good show. The panels were awesome, had a great time trying demos of the new games, and all the voice actors were so friendly -- not to mention all the cool swag you can walk away with. If you are a fan of Blizzard Entertainment, this convention is a must-attend at least once! read more

This was my first time attending Blizzcon, and for someone who is not an avid gamer, or understands much about games at all, it was a surprisingly very pleasant experience. I went in expecting to be bored for the most part, and was really just looking forward to the costume contest & Tenacious D performance during closing ceremony. But the panels that we sat through and the games they had available to play were more interesting than I expected. I enjoyed looking at the artwork and seeing so many elaborate costumes and watching the final match for Starcraft. The cinematic panel was pretty interesting, as well as the panel on maps and the different demo games like Aiur Chef. I felt intimidated by all the gamers there because I'm not one myself, so I wasn't completely comfortable at first playing with my bf and friend on the different games, but it was actually kinda fun. And even though the lines were long, they moved quickly, so the wait wasn't bad either. I have to say though, that one thing did make me very uncomfortable at Blizzcon - the whole seating issue in the main auditorium. These people were insanely serious about their seats. Like, they really got angry and were cursing at each other, threatening to call security and stuff over a seat...it left me squirming and wanting to just offer my seat to some of them so they'd stop with all their drama. read more

If you missed out on buying tickets for this year, I bought an extra one for a guildy who backed out. http://www.ebay.com/itm/321734701248?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 read more

Blizzcon is a tradion I have enjoyed for many years. Blizzard is a top notch company and always create an exciting experience for its fanboys. read more