Blizzcon 2008 - Page 15

On August 12 2008 09:28 Mazar wrote:
I assume when you mean 0 that it worked the first time you tried.

On August 12 2008 10:17 XaI)CyRiC wrote:
Anyone else having problems just signing in? I can't register any accounts because it says all three of my email addresses are already in use, and yet I can't retrieve my password despite entering my emails and my first and last names. Quite perplexed.

On August 12 2008 11:41 Bill307 wrote:
About missing school: I never skipped a single class in high school, so I think I can offer my point of view here.

In university, I learned that if I missed class frequently, then I would have a much weaker understanding of the material and get lower marks. But if I missed an isolated day, it made no difference. Of course it would take me a little longer to learn the material on my own than if I had attended class, but as long as I put in the extra time to learn it, I was fine.

Now, personally I think it's admirable that some of you guys are concerned about missing class. Fuck what Chill, Haji, etc. say: more people should have that attitude. It's good because you don't want to skip class on an impulse (like "OMG MUST GO TO BLIZZCON!!1") or due to immature peer pressure (*leers at Chill and Haji*) and then later realize it was a dumb thing to do.

That said, once you get over the impulsive, emotional part, you can sit down and think whether it's really worth it to skip class for X, keeping in mind that you can miss one day without affecting your marks.

My advice is to buy the ticket. Worst case scenario: you change your mind or you find out you have a big test on that day and the teacher won't let you take it early: you sell the ticket and optionally make a profit from it. Normal case scenario: you finish homework ahead of time so that your weekend is free; you ask your teachers to give you the material for Friday in-advance, if possible (or just catch up after Blizzcon); you go to Blizzcon and have an incredible time.


This isn't like skipping school to play WoW or iCCup: this is a once-a-year event, and I guarantee it will be far more fun than spending your weekend playing SCBW at home. The social experience alone will be unprecedented. You'll have to work a little bit harder before/after Blizzcon, but it'll be worth it.


Lastly, if you're still not convinced, then talk to one of your teachers about it, one whom you really respect. I can almost guarantee that they skipped their fair share of classes when they were in high school, and probably for much more trivial reasons than this, too. For this same reason, you shouldn't feel embarassed asking them for the day's material ahead of time with the intention to skip class.

On August 12 2008 13:09 Chill wrote:


Nice Bill, after giving us shit for two paragraphs you reach the same conclusion.

Update: 9:40 PM PDT - We are continuing our work on bringing the website back up, however, we have decided that we do not want to make everyone wait until the early hours of the morning, hoping at a chance to purchase tickets. Thus, we will not bring up the website until after the beginning of business day tomorrow, Tuesday, August 12. We want to assure everyone that a great majority of tickets are still available for purchase.

On August 12 2008 13:56 ShadowDrgn wrote:
I don't see how Blizzard runs hundreds of servers for 10 million WoW players yet can't handle a few thousand people trying to buy Blizzcon tickets. You'd think they would have the IT infrastructure for this. I don't remember their servers shitting out last year either.