Upper Deck finalizes Gen Con plans
by Mike Schramm 
Aug 11th 2009 at 4:00PM
Anybody else going to Gen Con this coming weekend? I'll be there on Saturday (and we might even be having a mini-meetup on Saturday night -- Twitter is probably the best place to listen for that), and I'll be sure to take pictures and/or movies of anything WoW that I see on display. Upper Deck has finalized their plans for the event, and it appears they'll be out in force. In addition to what's been announced previously, there'll be a North American Continental Championship for the WoW TCG, with the winner walking away with $10,000 in prizes, including a brand new MacBook Pro, $1000 in Amazon gift cards, and a 30" monitor. But if, like me, you're far from a pro player, you'll still be able to get in on the fun: they'll be demoing the game all weekend, and giving away special promo cards with every demo. WoW Minis will also be there, and they'll be selling a special limited edition Fleet Master Seahorn figure for $9.99, which introduces the questing mechanic to the minis game (we'll expect to see those at BlizzCon as well, I'm sure).Plus, who knows what else we'll see there -- in the past, we've seen some great displays from Blizzard partners, and even a real-life server protest a few years back. Gen Con is one of the biggest gatherings of gamers in the country, and wherever there are gamers, odds are we'll find World of Warcraft. It'll be my first time seeing the convention this weekend, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, WoW Social Conventions, News items, Quests, WoW TCG
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
aariya Aug 11th 2009 4:13PM
It'll be my first year going too. I'm really looking forward to it!
path Aug 11th 2009 4:24PM
It's my first year too. Don't really know what to expect, but looking foward to it, all the same :)
Alchemistmerlin Aug 11th 2009 4:32PM
Uh....hmmm.
There's no chance I'm making it out there for Gencon, but man do I want a tiny tauren pirate for my desk. Blast.
MazokuRanma Aug 12th 2009 4:32AM
I bet these figures show up on eBay literally the same day they start selling them. The real question is how much are you willing to pay for them.
Alchemistmerlin Aug 12th 2009 10:53AM
There's already one up on ebay.
rainxtn Aug 11th 2009 7:07PM
5th year going. Can't wait!
jfofla Aug 11th 2009 4:58PM
There is an absolute firestorm going on in General WOW forums about the instance problem. WOW Insider should be hammering Blizz to respond.
This is a crisis moment for Blizzard.
Alchemistmerlin Aug 11th 2009 6:16PM
"Crisis Moment"
*ahem* lol.
This problem has been ongoing for 6+ months, the threads in the forums aren't even remotely new. No, sir, I would not call this a "Firestorm".
But feel free to be overly dramatic.
Riley Aug 11th 2009 7:41PM
I wish I could go, but I have no money
I do know a few people going, but they aren't the kind of people that would care about anything WoW
Jessie Aug 12th 2009 2:54AM
Good luck to all the guys that qualified in the Huntington Beach, CA area!! =D maybe next time I come I'll bring some goodies and actually play! (I'm the girlfriend that comes every time with Tyler and reads my book)