The Queue: Sad Mat is sad

We've all heard the news that there will be no BlizzCon 2012, which has left me sad. No, friends, I am not sad because I will not be in the crowd for the next big announcement this year. No, I am not sad that I won't get to bask in the Californian autumn sun. I am sad because I will not get to see you, my best friends, until 2013.
Everyone just asked:
Will there be no BlizzCon in 2012?
That is correct. Blizzard has just announced that due to the amount of work left to be done in the triple game lineup for 2012-13, it will not be hosting BlizzCon this year and instead holding the Battle.net Championship rounds in Asia near the end of the year.
Why is Blizzard canceling BlizzCon this year? I've got a few of my own reasons, and I'm sure the community is ready and willing to speculate on what exactly is going on over at Blizzard in the wake of this decision. BlizzCon could be a very nasty red mark on the spreadsheet for costs this year while three products make their way through crunches. The resources could be tied up in other places. There are a million reasons, but the one that definitely isn't the case is attendance, as BlizzCon 2012 was bigger than ever and filled to the brim. There's definitely more to this story, and I hope we'll hear more about it soon.
Fuzzl asked:
In your opinion, what's the best piece of WoW music (from Vanilla or any of the expansions)?
My favorite pieces of WoW music came from Wrath of the Lich King in Howling Fjord and the Storm Peaks. Both of those zones had such epic and scenic music that set the tone and beautifully captured how gorgeous those places were. Blizzard works incredibly hard on its music, and it shows.
The new Horde and Alliance themes from Cataclysm, however, are the new de facto best music, because they take from the past to create a brand new medley of old favorites and new pieces. It's a wonderful mashup of old, new, and different, with pieces of music from all of the expansions so far. I loved those themes.
Blizzard music doesn't always get the same appreciation as Blizzard art, but fret not, stalwart musicians -- we love you and your work because it is amazing.
El Oreo asked on Twitter:
whatever happened to the WoW and Facebook integration? And do you think wow will ever integrate with twitter?
As many know, I am a proponent of the idea that a "social Battle.net" is in store for us in the future and that those features will all be rolled out together with the new Battle.net service. It is my best guess that we will see hints of those features in 2012 and then a full announcement at BlizzCon in Octo -- aww...
Zachariahs said:
I certainly hope we get mounts to be account-wide. It's always disheartening to think about the 100+ mounts I have on an alt.
Definitely. One of the hardest reasons for me to stop playing one character and pick up another is the feeling that I'm somehow neglecting my main character in terms of time farming for cool titles, mounts, and other character-specific rewards. If these were opened up to all of my characters, I would feel comfortable playing any character as long as their progress would contribute to the rest of my squad of alts. Pets, mounts, and titles would all make excellent account-wide systems, but so far we really only know about pets for the Pet Battle System.
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 10)
byronius_prime Jan 25th 2012 1:24PM
Anybody know what the Alliance and Horde themes Mat mentioned are called?
vicTORIrush Jan 25th 2012 1:55PM
@byronius
New Horde music: "Reforged"
New Alliance music: "Thaurissan's Reach" (I could be wrong on this one. I'm not often in Stormwind. ;>> )
Those tracks plus a dozen more are on the Cataclysm soundtrack. It's amazing and I fall asleep to it every night.
Nina Katarina Jan 25th 2012 11:07AM
I would prefer that they not throw a Blizzcon if they don't have something cool to showcase. I'm glad they're not bowing to fan pressure. I'm sorry for all the people who saved up to go there, but you'll still have that money in a year.
And October isn't sacred - who's to say that they won't schedule the next one early in 2013, to showcase what they have ready then?
No, your disappointment is not universal.
And hey, you can always organize your own meetup.
(cutaia) Jan 25th 2012 11:09AM
October 26th, 2012, Denver, CO...CUTAIAFEST!
Puntable Jan 25th 2012 11:15AM
They probably don't want to have a repeat of 2010, when Cata was in a late stage of beta. There was not really much to talk about. The highlight ended up being why a certain Wildhammer Dwarf had the wrong name.
Armenius Jan 25th 2012 11:16AM
I'll go if you give out little Cutaia Floating Head non-combat pets
Noyou Jan 25th 2012 11:19AM
Cool! Do we get to learn how to fake a blizzard website? :p Yeah, I still remember. Ok, last shot (yeah right ;) ).
loop_not_defined Jan 25th 2012 11:19AM
Reading comments elsewhere, like on MMO-Champion, it seems a lot of folks are forgetting two details:
-BlizzCon 2010 was boring and heavily criticized.
-BlizzCon 2006 didn't exist.
(cutaia) Jan 25th 2012 11:22AM
"Cool! Do we get to learn how to fake a blizzard website? :p Yeah, I still remember. Ok, last shot (yeah right ;) ). "
Hey, you've got a point! See? We don't need Blizzard to get major "announcements." :P
Noyou Jan 25th 2012 11:26AM
OK, let's work on that Chicago/Milwaukee Wowinsider meetup then. I'm thinking early/mid June.
wybenga42 Jan 25th 2012 11:59AM
With the talk of no BlizzCon 2012, I'm seeing references to "geek is". What is this?
Scott Jan 25th 2012 12:02PM
"Geek Is" was the theme of Chris Metzen's Opening Ceremony speech in 2010. Probably his best.
Nadia Jan 25th 2012 12:37PM
They don't have to give me a Blizzcon 2012, as long as they give me a Brewfest Stein 2012!
Pyromelter Jan 25th 2012 12:41PM
"October 26th, 2012, Denver, CO...CUTAIAFEST!"
Agreed on principle. If McCurley is upset he won't get to see his friends, why not just make a wowinsider con? I mean, how many people were at that Wowhead/Gamebreaker/Wowinsider thing last year - there should be more than enough people to make a weekend wowfest gathering worthwhile.
RetPallyJil Jan 25th 2012 12:48PM
"Have that money next year?" Yeah, no.
I live in metro Detroit - ground zero of our very own economic Cataclysm. This money will be gone gone gone gone, and there's no real guarantee I'll ever get it back.
So bite me.
Caliea Jan 25th 2012 1:03PM
So put your $$ in a 12-month CD, pretend you spent it at BlizzCon, and this time next year, you'll have your money to go to BlizzCon 2013
D4 Jan 25th 2012 1:21PM
Not Cutaiafest...Cutaiaclysm.
freebeatfly Jan 25th 2012 11:08AM
Not just no Blizzcon.... but no special Blizzcon pets! :>
TJ Jan 25th 2012 11:16AM
The BlizzCon pet is one thing I will miss this year. I love my murlocs.
Kole Jan 25th 2012 1:08PM
Since we haven't gotten a pet for WoW's anniversary for a few years now, they could always give us one then...