As if you even need to pay money to see a Blizzcon stream...
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Lots of really jaded people in this thread.
OT: Personally I think they should make the virtual items part of the swag bag and live stream the event for free. I could see this being an issue if the event didn't sell out, but tickets for blizzcon sell out rather quickly, they will still sell out even if more people are watching from home. Then again I see the business side too. If people are willing to pay for it them so be it sell the virtual ticket. I bought one but then again I have some disposable income lying around.
They do want it. They are just trying to justify to themselves why they don't want it since they can't really afford it. If they didn't want it they wouldn't be here whining about it. Surely they have something better to do. Of course if they don't, that's probably why they can't afford it in the first place.
People are acting like its the end of the world. Everytime blizzard does something its 101 post about hating stuff just to hate.
And who says again that its greed? Do you know everything that will come with it? do you know the cost?
And if you read my other post...its not greed...2 mounts + skin alone is worth more then 50 bucks. And you still get some extra stuff + blizzcon for it.
2 mounts, 1 for wow and 1 for hots ??? otherwise ( like i said) it would be 3 mounts ...or 2,5 in your case.
And i am not trying to. I am justifying the cost. mounts cost 25 when they are new. lets take the 1,5 mount you want. then its 37,5 dollars. A skin legendary skin for OW to drop with 100% takes 12 boxxes ( drop rate 7,4%) cheapest way then is bying 12 boxxes at 12 dollars. SO that is 49,5...for 1,5 mount and a skin. Not counting Hots mount or any of the other stuff or the show etc etc.
And shipping cost that expensive...think it has to do with where you are shipping to. Because i am from the netherlands only paid 7,5 shipping cost.
I was talking about the virtual goody bag.
Yes this year the physical one is worse.
....bought every virtual ticket there has been. And yes the amount of pannels has dropped. If they do the same amount of pannels for each game the con would last 10 days...and the cost to go to it or watch it goes out of hand.
And yes the questions are sometimes horrible....but the questions are asked by our fellow players.
Now you have met someone who has watch it.
Again that is YOUR internet. I am from the netherlands i and watch it just fine!! have watched it fine for all the years it has been on.
Let me explain before OW you paid 40 bucks for x amount.
After OW you paid 40 bucks for x amount + OW skin ( so it was cheaper)
Now you pay 50 bucks for x amount + OW skin ( so now its on pre OW levels content wise).
In short they did not raise the price when they added stuff. So you got more for less money. Now they have raised the price to normal level again.
And not i do no use the correct value. You are mixxing up what you can watch with what you get ingame. This discussion is about the virtual ticket goody's.
And it was better priced because what i said before.
2,5 mounts is 62,5
1 OW skin is 12,0
Loose stuff is 5,0?
diablo pet is 5,0?
So ingame stuff is worth ( if you buy it from the bilzz store) 84,5...or if you take 1 less mount=59,5 so you get more stuff then you would get if you do not pay for it.
Hell should i know...are we talking about that? nope.
But ill humor you. Compared to VT a real life ticket is very expensive. And already hard to get. While a VT is cheaper?
They needed more money for the show, so they needed to raise the price. And raising 10 bucks on 40 is better then raising 10 bucks on 199.0
They are crying, because post like these arise by the dozen. If blizzard will give less people will cry, if the RL tickets go up in price they will cry, if they sold stuff lose but did not raise the price they will cry.
Again proof that it is greed....its not i have done the math several times....they are giving you more for still cheaper. Yes it is 20% less cheaper as last time...but it is still cheaper!!!!! If they sold the stuff seperate they would make more money. So how is it greed?
200k............hahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhaha Anaheim...one of the biggest convention centers used for stuff like this..
The airco alone cost 1050 per hour x ( lets say 20 hours) is 20.000 for airco alone.
or https://www.nme.com/photos/the-cost-...vealed-1415154
Foo fighters....they alone cost your...just "only" 175k to rent...so yeah...they have money over after paying the airco and 1 band...about 5k to pay for the halls, all the staff, electric stuff etc etc etc...
https://www.anaheim.net/DocumentCent...ipment-revised
They will have free channel(s) available, this is for full access to all broadcasting floors I think and you can watch everything on YouTube next day for free too.
Personally WATCHING the panels as they happen is very enjoyable to me, akin to a good movie. This is why it's worth it to me- it has nothing to do with the goodie bag or the pets.
I stopped paying for the virtual ticket a couple years back when there was nearly no WoW content. Found they had several WoW Tech panels that weren't included in the Virtual ticket (watched via cell phone upload), which would have made it worth it for me. Now with the ticket up at $50, that just makes it all that much easier to skip the Virtual Ticket.
"Take the time to sit down and talk with your adversaries. You will learn something, and they will learn something from you. When two enemies are talking, they are not fighting. It's when the talking ceases that the ground becomes fertile for violence. So keep the conversation going."
~ Daryl Davis
50 bucks is pretty pricey, especially given the Sombra skin and the Starcraft goodies are not exclusive. If they do not give us mounts in WoW, I will probably skip it.
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top is 2018 bottom is 2010 just look how many panels wow had back in cata time compared to now
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best thing if u just like wow is to buy expansion announcement blizzcons ie 2019
MMO-Champion, once the place to get WoW News, now the home of the haters and their clickbait and doomsaying threads
yeah and in 2010 they had more Q+A stuff, and panels to do with the actual game the other wow shit in 2018 is like behind the scenes crap not even relating to in game stuff, i wanna know wat is coming in the game not a fucking backstage tour of the HQ or some shit
Agreed, I'm quite peeved they announced a Blizzcon dungeon race on the last MDI, made big deal who qualifies etc., and now it's not even there on the timetable, while there's some crap like "how it is to be a Blizzard employee?" or "how is stuff made for Blizzard gear store?"
Ok, stuff like cosplay and ending concert were always there, but there was usually more panels about gameplay, game design etc. and not just about voice acting or famous streamers / community figures.
I wanna this I wanna that I wanna more I wanna I wannaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. 2010 was an expansion year, 2018 is not. 2017 had a ton of WoW content revealed including Q&As (which by the way happens this year too), and so will probably 2019. Don't pay for the ticket if it doesn't suit you.