BlizzCon schedule and interactive map
by Adam Holisky 
Oct 6th 2008 at 10:45PM
BlizzCon 2008 begins this Friday October 10th and it looks like it's going to be a great time. Blizzard has posted the schedule for the two day event, as well as an interactive map of the convention.
On Friday there will be WoW relevant panels about the UI, classes, and artwork. On Saturday there will be panels about WoW PvP, raids & dungeons, a general Q&A session, and more class panels. The opening keynote is set to being at 11:00 a.m. PDT on Friday morning.
There are a lot of interesting attractions and events that'll be going on in addition to the slew of vendors that'll be there. There will be several large hands on gaming areas, a charity auction (hopefully some cool things will be presented – we'll be sure to let you know what's there when we find out), a developer signing, some archery, and Blizzard trivia.
WoW Insider will be covering the event in force. We'll be covering everything we can with live blogging, images and video from the floor, and several other great features. Lots more to come this week!
Read on after the break for a quick look at when all the WoW related events will be happening.
Friday October 10th
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Registration
11:00 a.m. – Opening Ceremony
12:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft UI
1:30 p.m. – World of Warcraft Class Panel
3:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Art
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Dance, Machinima, and Costume content
Saturday October 11th
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Registration
10:30 a.m. – World of Warcraft PvP
12:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Raids & Dungeons
1:30 p.m. – World of Warcraft Q&A
3:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Classes
4:30 p.m. – Cinematics
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Closing Ceremony
Tournaments on Friday October 10th
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Round 1
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Round 2
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – World of Warcraft Quarter-Finals
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – World of Warcraft Quarter-Finals
Tournaments on Saturday October 11th
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Semi-Finals
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Finals
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft China vs. Global Champion
4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – World of Warcraft Blizzard vs. Pros
6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Awards Ceremony
Filed under: News items, BlizzCon
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nick S Oct 6th 2008 11:29PM
Is that a questgiver up in the top middle there?
Brian Arnold Oct 6th 2008 11:57PM
On the Interactive Map, as you click listings at the bottom of it, it marks their location with the quest icon.
Juju Oct 7th 2008 12:33AM
Looks like I have to choose between going to panels and watching the tournaments. That's a hard choice.
Legather Oct 7th 2008 6:36AM
But no Starcraft or War3 tournaments? A crying shame that, a well executed Starcraft match is a lovely thing to behold.
Juju Oct 7th 2008 8:08AM
Eh? They do have Starcraft and Warcraft III tournaments.
Ruthar Oct 7th 2008 12:33AM
looks like a fun time
Ancro Oct 7th 2008 12:54AM
At the risk of sounding terribly noob, is there any way that we can get watch the stuff going on besides buying a satellite dish that we have to sign away our souls for? I'm certain there'll be an awful lot of blogging going on, but there's no substitute for visuals.
Legather Oct 7th 2008 6:44AM
It can certainly be understood why they took this route. Remember they don't 'have' to livecast coverage on t'internet, they didn't have to for any of their previous events. They did it as a fan service, a courtesy. And look what it got them. Forum threads declaring Blizzard rubbish alternately for the bad technical errors and coverage competency or for choosing the Octoshape client.
I can well understand why they chose not to do free coverage, if all it gets them is flaming when it went wrong. If the coverage they get by having viewers pay to watch, justifying a better set up, is of a better quality I'd say it was a good choice. A shame for we who do not have the means to watch but probably a good choice. If it goes well.
A pity though, the Diablo 3 announcement at the invitational was the best bit of 'television' I've seen in years.
TotalBiscuit Oct 7th 2008 7:02AM
WoW Radio's coverage will be live and free. We will be covering the announcements and panels, rather than the tournaments, as well as providing 10 hours of live shows every day and exclusive interviews. All of this can be had at http://www.wcradio.com when the day comes around. You will be able to tune into either of the panels or our studio stream, and download every panel, announcement, interview and show afterwards as a podcast. Videos of game footage and interviews will also be available.
We're also going to be doing something cool with the WI crew and the guys from Warcast. Watch this space.
Shionia Oct 7th 2008 9:13AM
@ TotalBiscuit: That's great to know for those that aren't going and don't/can't shell out for the dish - thanks for the head's up!
Steve Oct 7th 2008 1:34AM
As much as I enjoy Blizzard and all their products, this thing cost 100 bucks and it looks so small on that map, its 2 days long and basically you camp out in the Main Theater. where PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) was 40 for a full 3 day event, expo hall filled with many different games including WoTLK and SC2 (I believe they will have D3 @ Blizzcon but I doubt it will be playable) PAX to me still screams like a better deal with more stuff to do.
Xavier Rivera Oct 7th 2008 10:44AM
Well, there are 3 hands-on gaming stations and I'm guessing that the red box is where Diablo 3 will be stationed at.
I for one am jealous of everyone that will be able to play it for the first time. Having gone to the last two BlizzCon's, I was saddened to have not been able to acquire a ticket.
I do hope those going have tons of fun and I can't wait to see some coverage this weekend.
SDarum Oct 7th 2008 4:54AM
PAX both seems a better deal and a fundraiser for Child's Play, but it doesn't have quite so much blizzard stuff. Ultimately it's the choice you have to make, and clearly lots of people wanted to go to Blizzcon regardless of what was offered.
Malkeior Oct 7th 2008 6:05AM
You have to remember your 30 dollar goodie bag and subtract that from the price.
Kyle Heller Oct 7th 2008 3:24PM
WOOT champion winners vs. Blizz employees!!!!
hylian_loach Oct 7th 2008 6:28AM
People go to Blizzcon because of the free shit they get in-game.
Sad, I know.
Axolotl Oct 7th 2008 6:45AM
Just try to look surprised when they anounce the title of the next expansion, it's releasedate and the level cap of 90 that'll come with that one >:-)
Sean Oct 7th 2008 8:26AM
For anyone wondering, this isn't the full schedule, merely those bits that are WoW related. There are a Starcraft and War3 tournament as well as Diablo 3 panels.
Cremean Oct 7th 2008 8:39AM
So I guess this is what Blizzard was working on instead of fixing Shamans, eh?