Wowhead wants to send you to BlizzCon
by Eliah Hecht 
May 28th 2009 at 11:00AM
The second and final round of BlizzCon tickets go on sale this Saturday, May 30, and I'm pretty sure they'll go fast - the first round sold out in half an hour. However, if you miss out on a ticket (or if you think they're just too expensive), you may have a chance to go anyway.
Wowhead, along with APC (makers of UPSes and such), is running a contest over the next few weeks, with a drawing every day until June 18th. June 17th is the last day to enter; all you need to do is fill in your contact details on the contest page, and you're automatically entered for every drawing. Sadly, this contest is only open to US residents age 18 and older ("we know it sucks," Wowhead says).
Oh right, the prizes.
There is one grand prize, consisting of two tickets to BlizzCon, along with air fare and accommodations, an APC UPS, and a dinner with the Wowhead folks. Three lucky first-prize winners will get their choice of a Wii, a PS3, or an Xbox 360, as well as an APC surge protector. And every day that those prizes aren't given out, someone will win a Wowhead t-shirt and an APC surge protector. One of these last winners will be randomly chosen to win a Blizzcon ticket as well, at the end of the contest.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Slaytanic May 28th 2009 11:11AM
Were you guys ever able to figure out how many tickets went out during the first round of sales?
Naix May 28th 2009 11:17AM
What if I don't want to go?
Aaron Miller May 28th 2009 11:49AM
Then don't enter?
Ragebull May 28th 2009 12:42PM
Why does the Blood Elf girl have a beard?
Thander May 28th 2009 2:10PM
Because it's a blood elf guy?
jay May 28th 2009 5:02PM
It's anime...no masculinity allowed.
uncaringbear May 28th 2009 7:40PM
I thought the same thing, and then I remembered it's a Blood elf...
Baluki May 29th 2009 1:38PM
Yea...looks like somebody drew an anthropomorphic catgirl, then someone said "hey, we need a blood elf guy" so they stuck a beard on it and long ears.
Berni May 28th 2009 11:33AM
Why only US residents? that's unfair! :-(
Rich May 28th 2009 1:56PM
For tax reasons because there is physical objects being given away.
Verit May 28th 2009 3:23PM
USA! USA!
No seriously - its probably because of strange contest laws in most countries.
Ais May 28th 2009 8:08PM
Oh, its not open to ALL US Residents. And frankly I'm disgusted by the fact that the contest isn't open to those of us in Alaska, Hawaii, and the US territories.
starlin May 28th 2009 11:33AM
I know I'm going to sound like a mole or something, but I've always had good experiences with APC.
Antgrog May 28th 2009 11:36AM
Technically speaking, the tickets sold out in less than 2 minutes because if you did not get your place in line in the first two minutes you were not able to get tickets.
Tzi May 28th 2009 1:52PM
Less than that; fractions of a second. I was spamming F5 and entered the moment the tickets went up, was 6.8k in line, and did not come even close to getting tickets.
Agerath May 28th 2009 11:52AM
Since I'm not a US citizen, 'seems as though the title of this post's a bit misleading :p
DCd May 28th 2009 12:17PM
My thoughts exactly.
Todd May 28th 2009 12:39PM
Waahh not in US so I don't qualify.
I hope someone from Socal wins. If I was back there and won I'd so request them to fly me from Ontario airport to John Wayne just for the hell of it.
David May 28th 2009 12:58PM
Thank you Wow insider! I had no idea this contest existed and now i am entered ^^
jfofla May 28th 2009 1:47PM
Actually the tickets sold out in 10 Seconds. If you were not in queue then, you got stoned.