WoW Insider coming to Dragon*Con!
by Krystalle Voecks 
Aug 13th 2007 at 6:42PM
Following an amazing level of success with Blizzcon, Elizabeth Harper and I are headed for Dragon*Con in a little over two weeks. For what? To host this year's Dragon*Con World of Warcraft Meet & Greet! For those who have never experienced a Dragon*Con, it is billed as "America's largest, multi-media, popular arts convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film." Speaking from the experience of having attended last year's Dragon*Con along with over 40,000 other geeks of all flavors, I can vouch for just how utterly packed full of awesome sights and sounds Dragon*Con is. As part of this year's WoW Meet & Greet, (and with many thanks to Grim and the MMO/Gaming track for helping us organize this) we will be hosting a World of Warcraft costume contest. So for those headed there, be sure to pack the Rogue costume and your Boomkin suit. You definitely don't want to miss a chance at winning some great prizes! Outside of that, we'll be doing some trivia, talking more about the great goings on at Dragon*Con, as well as random giveaways featuring all manner of goodies from J!NX gear to TCG booster packs! (Maybe you'll pull out one of the rare cards that will net you some in-game goodies.) If you were on the fence about going to Dragon*Con, there are still memberships available.
A map of the location for the Meet & Greet at the Con, and more details are behind the jump!
The Meet & Greet will start Friday Night at 10:00 PM (Eastern, naturally) and go until we've partied down, given out all the swag, and taken lots of pictures and video... Or until such a time as the 501st comes and drags us all off to check for Droids. So if you're coming to Dragon*Con, be sure to get to the Meet & Greet for your chance to meet up with others from WoW Insider and possibly score some free WoW stuff!
For more information on the MMO track, be sure to check out the Dragon*Con MMO site!
Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, WoW Social Conventions
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nightravyn Aug 13th 2007 7:13PM
Yey! Friends and I will see you guys there!
Charlie Taylor Aug 13th 2007 8:41PM
I'll be there! And taking lots and lots of photos!
Charlie Taylor Aug 13th 2007 8:42PM
For some reason it took out my last little bit on that comment!
-Photographer
-and can still work well while inebriated, it's a gift really.
Ben Aug 13th 2007 11:15PM
I used to live in downtown Atlanta, near where the usual D-Con hotels are. I will never forget the night I found a heavily intoxicated cosplayer with a truly impressive Robotech costume in my small, fenced in garden.
The SDF-1 has vomited on my tulips. Ponder this great cosmic mystery.
Lord of the Ming Aug 13th 2007 10:08PM
Sweet! I'm already coming, and this will make it even better!
Matt Sirianni Aug 13th 2007 10:29PM
Any chance you guys are going to GenCon in Indy the 16th-19th? I'm going either way and am planning on getting some video footage of Blizzards booth...
PyroAmos Aug 14th 2007 9:25AM
umm... what city is it in? you give a map of the hotel, but no city lol.
Indigo Aug 14th 2007 9:44AM
I'm there. First time dragon-con :)
Grimthorn Aug 14th 2007 11:01AM
Hey Pyro, did ya catch that part in the article about
"The Meet & Greet will be hosted in the two rooms circled in red (they open into one large room) which is on the Marquis level of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, one of the three official hotels that Dragon*Con is hosting their events in."
Now, call me crazy, but I'm guessing that the Con itself will be in Poughkeepsie NY at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. :)
(Sorry, couldn't resist! See you guys there.)
-Grim
Grimthorn Aug 14th 2007 11:04AM
And yes.. that was sarcasm. Dragon*Con will be in Atlanta, GA from August 31-September 3 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis/Atlanta Hyatt Regency/Atlanta Hilton.
Details are at www.dragoncon.org.
For more information on the MMORPG panels, check www.dragoncon-mmo.org.
-Grim
Bodarim Aug 15th 2007 9:51AM
woot! get to see the wowinsider heads two times in one year...uncanny!
unchi Sep 1st 2007 3:02AM
what happened? rooms changed and there were a lot of people turned away or sitting outside. i was disappointed. awesome costumes though.
Doledar Sep 4th 2007 5:49PM
What happened was, the horde was blocking the dor with Large races so we alliance people could not get in , then ganking us from behind.
Just kidding
The hotel is being renovated and the room was supposed to have an "air Wall" between the 2 rooms that can be slid back to make a biggger room, however during the renovation the "air Wall" was removed and a permanant wall was put up.
Now while we could have laid seige to the wall and as many orcs as I met I am sure we could have watched the wall fall, the dragon con and Marriott people would not have been happy, so we refrained.
What did happen was we opened a second room and had a second meet and greet of our own.
There were still about 200 people out in the hall who organized their own Meet and greet there.
In my oppinion Dragoncon did not realize how many of us would show up ready to party, next year should be better as we will be forewarned and hopefully scam bigger and better rooms.
BTW I had never heard of Wow insider untill the WoTLK panel and now I am a convert.
BTW it is pronounced LEECH king cause Laurie the trivia misstress is the Awesomest.
It was a blast meeting you all see ya next year.
Doledar