BlizzCon 2010

Holy Mutha of Gawd, was that ever fun!  I've actually never been to any type of convention-ish kind of gathering.  Truth be told, I was ridiculously nervous my claustrophobia would overwhelm me being surrounded by so many people.  Although the upside to that would be that maybe the rage that followed a claustrophobic panic attack would would tap into some deep-seeded weather-wielding powers ala Storm of the X-Men and then my life would take a turn for the LEET!.... no?  Really?  Dang.


Anyway, like I said tons of fun.  There was also a surprisingly large number of hot geeks at BlizzCon.  Even I, as an admitted geek, had expected more... I dunno... overweight, pasty complected, labored-breathing types with awkward social skills.  Don't get me wrong though, there was plenty of that but every maybe 20 people a god among geeks would emerge that just made my underwear tight.  If I had even an ounce of bravery, not to mention a camera, I would've taken pics to post here... or maybe keep in my personal collection.


Speaking of pics, despite my normal behavior of being ridiculously camera shy (which stems from a fear from breaking the lens) I did decide to pose for two different ones.

I figured since this b!tch Kerrigan was like the focal point of practically every piece of marketting collateral and informational leaflet, it was only right that I get a shot in front of her.  I actually don't play Starcraft at all, but after checking out some of the demos at the convention, I may need to steal my friends' copy.  I did get a demo version in my goodie bag... but.... ummmmaa.... I want it all or nothing.  It's just how I roll.

So I could help myself when I saw one of those unapologetically cheesy photo booths where they plug you into a scene directly from your video game, in my case World of Warcraft.  The picture sucks and I'm not completely sure if the low-res, almost pixelated effect is what you get from having a free picture taken or maybe it was a stroke of genius given that technically I'm supposed to be existing within the game at that point.  Meh.  There were dozens of props to use, but I decided to just go for the big honkin sword and give my best 300-esque THIS IS SPARTA pose.  Would've done to have maybe a pit next to me.... and someone to kick into it.


At any rate, my feet hurt from walking so much.  I've actually decided to give myself these two days off from working out as I got tons of real good exercise from hoofing it back and forth across the Anaheim Convention Center.  I need to go ROFLpwn my goodie bag from BlizzCon.  I think I'll hit the hay having my new "Dethling" watching over me.  ZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzz