My guess is because Octoshape couldn't handle the WWI load, and Blizzcon is going to turn out to be a far more popular event, simply because "Blizzcon" is a term many players are familiar with and "Worldwide Invitational" holds little meaning until there have been a few of them.

Their Octoshape stream was horrible during the WWI.

*cough* WWI was in Paris....

"Yes, WoWInsider says they gonna do live blogging, still, there is going to be a period of time between when they ask and when that blog is coming up."

Oh my God, a period of time! How will you survive!

Also, it's entirely possible that they used American business times because they're, get this, an American company!

Also, "there will be live blogging of the panels" "Grr I don't want to wait months to hear what is said in the panels!" lolwut

Stop projecting your irrational hate onto inappropriate things kthx

How absurd. I don't think anyone who didn't have some negative preoccupation with the U.S. would even for a moment think this has anything to do with being "pro-America" (as if that's some dirty word).

Oki...let me see...

Yes there is going to be people blogging ABOUT the event, lets say 8 hours after the event. Id for one would LIKE to know and see what happens WHEN it happens. Call me wierd but I like to get news when it is still news and not someone elses views on whats said.
That is what a blog is, someones view on whats said. otherwise its called a transcript and I am sure there wont be any transcripts from the Blizzcon.

Tell you what...lets NOT have free live stream from the next WWI where thats going to be and watch the americans QQ over how its not hold in United States same as they did this time it was WWI.

Yeah, I read the boards where they say how its bad of Blizzard NOT to have the WWI in America on the East Coast. as if WWI does not stand for World Wide Invidational.

Next issue, business times...
WWI tickes where opened when...? Not at business hours in aurope at least. I believe I got my tickets at 4pm swedish time and I was there about 5 minutes after it opened...

So yeah, lets not call kid ourselves, Blizzard is a American friendly company that takes care of their own citizens and forgets that actually majority of its players are...*gasp*...non-americans...

Gee... it was convention in the US. So it was on the time schedule of people in the same timezone as the convention location itself. Imagine that... Loony.

WWI was in Europe so if it was on European time schedual it should have opened up 10am european time...not 4pm european time...which btw it opening time for business in US...

Wait, you're saying that WWI's start time was set to be convenient for people in the U.S. to watch it? Gee, I wasn't aware that between TWO A.M. and FIVE A.M. was an ideal viewing time for Americans to log on to watch some streaming video.

Opening was NOT at 4 pm, but at 11:45 am:
http://eu.blizzard.com/wwi08/streams.xml


This might help if you can't do the math otherwise:
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

you missunderstood...the time the tickets started selling...not when the event started...thats what I ment started at 4pm

So, you're saying an ideal time for people to buy tickets in the U.S. is when they get into work, while it's not great for Europeans who are getting out of work around that time?