Socialtext announces press conference inside WoW
MBAzeroth points us to what might be a first in the World of Warcraft: Socialtext, headed up by CEO Ross Mayfield (a.k.a. Kalevipoeg of We Know on Eitrigg-A) is planning to hold Azeroth's first ever press conference. On December 1st, 5pm server time in Goldshire, Socialtext is going to take questions from players in the game. About what, we have no idea, but considering that Second Life has been getting all the marketing attention lately, it's interesting to see a company trying to mesh the real world with WoW.If that's what they're doing, that is. Socialtext's site has no announcement about a December 1st press conference anywhere on their blog, and Mayfield's "announcement" of the conference includes more than a few jokes-- no ninjas allowed, "questions will only be taken from journalists in PVP mode," and a link to Project Azeroth (for those Hordies who might be a little confused by all the Common going around). I'm not quite convinced this is a serious commercial entry into Azeroth-- it could just be a dig at companies like Dell who "hold press conferences" in communities like Second Life without actually incorporating the community they're entering. The guys at We Know, umm, "know" Warcraft, and it could be they're suggesting holding a press conference isn't possible (especially not in Stormwind-- you should hold it somewhere fun like on a run through Deadmines, guys).
But you never know-- the only way to be sure will be to log into Eitrigg on December 1st and see what you can find in Goldshire. Mayfield's announcement does promise "those that survive the experience will gain 1 gold piece and a Socialtext tabard" (whatever that is), so it could be a money-making opportunity for both parties, in the real and the virtual world.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Heather Nov 15th 2006 8:18AM
I thought this was kind of interesting...
Racoomb Nov 15th 2006 11:20AM
Goldshire! Alliance lovers! Bah.
Mike Schramm Nov 16th 2006 12:10PM
Ha, thanks for visiting and providing the info, Jonas. If it's at the Arena, maybe I will show up :)
Jonas M Luster Nov 16th 2006 6:24PM
Last time I checked, my ONLY affiliation with Alliance was the fact that they give me 106,430 lifetime HKs. And are solely responsible for me being able to pick up some gear in Orgrimmar. "Alliance lovers"?
As for the validity of things, yes Socialtext WILL have the press conference. We moved it to the Gurubashi Arena since some people were a bit concerned about the location being too close to newbie-lands and posing a disturbance of their questing which can lead to account bans.
http://joiwiki.ito.com/joiwiki/index.cgi?socialtext_wow_press_conference has the goods on it, sign up, sign in, and add yourself to the list.
I'll also bring one of my Horde toons over (won't bring my main, my guild would spam /spit if I moved my Bear Tank off the server) so I can have some fun with (or, better, at the expense of, my co-workers after the conference).