I drove down to Anaheim to pick up my badge today, rather than attempting to pick it up tomorrow (the memories of the ridiculous lines at AX2007 were still fresh in my mind). When I got there at 530pm, I saw a huge crowd of people outside the convention center, some had their badges and goodie bags, some didn't. Lines were long; I counted most lines averaging about 30 people, meaning there were quite a few lines with no more than 5, and a couple of lines with 50 or more.
The way they set up the lines was different than any other convention I've been at -- they actually split the registration lines up by last name, and they didn't really set them apart wide enough such that it became impossible to tell which line went to which last name (nor did they have those lovely velvet or pleather barrier things to keep the lines neat). If the registration line is still the mess it is tomorrow, I will get some photographs of the chaos. There were multiple Michael Huang's registered for BlizzCon, and this caused some confusion. In fact, when they gave me my badge, they had given me the wrong badge (this I would not have noticed, save for the fact that one of the other Michael Huangs had put their lame player name (Frewtea) on their badge.
The goody bag was, as I expected, chock-full-o-goodness, including the Murloc outfit and the Beta Key, as well as the T-shirt, and a couple of CCG items. Everything else in the bag is a discount coupon for "show specials" at Blizzcon or some other minor tchotchke.
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