Overheard at BlizzCon 2008: A real, live Blue
Crowd: (Mills around, is huge, waits patiently, talks occasionally about everything from the Protoss to the weather. Throws out a random "WoW Insider rocks!" yell as we pass by -- thanks for that!)
BlizzCon Employee: (Steps out of Convention Center to address the crowd) Hi everyone! We're going to open up the doors here in just a minute, but we will not be giving out badges until 4pm. So when we open the doors, in about five minutes from now, come on in and line up, but we won't give out badges until four.
Crowd: (Various murmurs of excitement, until, from in the back:) Why aren't you wearing a blue shirt?
(Laughter from all sides.)
Employee: Ha, that's funny. No, I'm wearing a black shirt today, not a blue shirt. Ok, so in five minutes we'll let you in, and then we'll give out badges at 4pm. (Turns and heads back inside.)
Crowd: (Follows immediately, calmly flooding inside without waiting, while convention center employees stand and shake their heads.)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, WoW Social Conventions, Blizzard, Humor, BlizzCon
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Cow Oct 9th 2008 10:04PM
Uhm.
Schadenfreude Oct 9th 2008 10:14PM
Soooooo, kind of a "you had to be there" moment?
PimpyMicPimp Oct 9th 2008 10:23PM
I guess so, ya.
Manatank Oct 9th 2008 10:40PM
Judging from the picture, if you were there you were at least a bit overweight. Yikes.
AS Oct 9th 2008 11:40PM
lol...
Redaurora Oct 9th 2008 10:19PM
/giggle. i liked it.
skippyg Oct 9th 2008 10:21PM
I love how he told the crowd twice, the second time just seconds before they completely ignored him and followed him in. Priceless :-)
justin Oct 9th 2008 10:24PM
That's my back! (Red shirt)
Nailhead Oct 9th 2008 10:24PM
"No, I'm wearing a black shirt today, not a blue shirt." What a witty comeback!
Erixx Oct 10th 2008 8:21PM
Rofl, i was thinking the same thing.
As if people were going "Oh really? Take notes, black shirt, not blue!"
jurandr Oct 9th 2008 10:44PM
WTB picture of Ghostcrawler. I need something to hate at while mages are being nerfed yet again.
Rhozul Oct 9th 2008 10:53PM
What? You guys gave up on Kalgan? Didn't you hear that he explicitly wants all hatred towards Devs directed at himself?
Cy Oct 9th 2008 11:47PM
And people wonder why the rest of the dev team stays as silent as possible. I give kudos to GC for being willing and able to take the heat from forum nerdragers.
Shumina Oct 10th 2008 12:32PM
Ghostcrawler is getting under my skin as well.
Mohrlock Oct 9th 2008 10:59PM
Apparently black makes you look slimmer...
And blue would show his profuse sweating dealing with all the Blizzcon hungry peeps.
If it were me I'd request the crowd to make their best Murloc impersonation before I'd let them in. Oh the power at this man's hands!!! Muahahahahaha
Balius Oct 9th 2008 11:26PM
Pick one person in the audience, tell him to bark like a dog. When he doesn't you taze him. THEN you tell people to get into an orderly line to get their badges in 10 minutes.
jay Oct 9th 2008 11:32PM
Yeah the "Black is slimming comment" here ain't gonna cut it for this poor chap I don't think, can anyone say 'chairburger' here? lol
Sagefist Oct 10th 2008 5:06AM
'Chairburger'! ROFL ...pricele$$
jay Oct 10th 2008 6:12AM
Thank fook I at least made one (1) mofo soil their poo catchers:P
Koros Oct 9th 2008 11:18PM
Looks like the complaints line :)