Save the Date! Fan Faire 2010 Happens August 5-8 at Bally's Las Vegas

[Kiara]

<p align="left"><strong>Save the Date! Fan Faire 2010 Happens August 5-8 at Bally's Las Vegas</strong></p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.station.sony.com/images/community/events/fanfaire2010/logos/FanFaireLogo.png" width="350" height="221" /></p> <p>Join Sony Online Entertainment at Bally's Las Vegas, from August 5th through 8th, for three days of fun and games at Fan Faire 2010.  If you've never been to an SOE Fan Faire before, this is the time to make the trek to Sin City! Fan Faire is a great place for gamers to mix, mingle and meet with some of the faces behind their favorite SOE titles. Here are just some of the great activities we're planning:</p> <ul type="square"> <li>Special announcements and sneak peaks of upcoming SOE titles </li> <li>In-game tournaments and live, game-themed competitions and quests </li> <li>Developer forums and roundtables </li> <li>Cool giveaways and other fun items! </li> </ul><p>And that's just the beginning! Visit the Fan Faire website at <a href="http://www.soefanfaire.com">www.soefanfaire.com</a> for up-to-date information on registration, pricing and schedules. Tickets are expected to go on sale early this spring.</p>

[Saihung23]

<p>I can't go:(</p><p>Is there anything along the lines of a webcast of it, or ways we at home can join in any reindeer games?:)</p><p>Would be cool to be able to watch folks having fun, or HEY!  Remember how they had online hunting?  Not that I am suggesting...well..not that I am suggesting that...lol, but maybe something similar in nature ( minus the killing of anything would be the big difference).</p><p>Hrmmm.....I ask for too much dont I?:)</p>

[Kain-UK]

<p>Is there any chance of actually getting this somewhere OTHER than vegas next year???</p><p>It costs an absolute fortune to get there from england, purely because it's a tourist destination.</p>

[Xalmat]

<p>Most likely not, because it's cheaper for everyone to attend in Vegas than anywhere else in the country.</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p>*gulp*  .. $138 to feel special?   Which would be $278 for me & the hubby 'cause I don't go to fun things without him. .. Unless we win the lottery anytime soon guess we're going to have to be happy with our non-special selves .. lol.</p><p>Thanks for getting this info out so soon, though!  Nice to have time to schedule & save a bit.</p>

[Dethdlr]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Join Sony Online Entertainment at Bally's Las Vegas, from August 5th through 8th, for three days of fun and games at Fan Faire 2010.  </p></blockquote><p>Not to nit-pick, but of the four days listed (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th), which three are going to be the ones with fun and games?  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </p><p>This would help in the planning stages.  To be there the whole three days, would you arrive on Wed, leave on Sun?  Or arrive on Thu, leave on Mon?  Or is it four days of fun and games in which case you would arrive on Wed and leave on Mon?  Or is it some other combination entirely?</p>

[Loendar]

<p><cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Most likely not, because it's cheaper for everyone to attend in Vegas than anywhere else in the country.</p></blockquote><p>Clearly based on the comment by Kain-UK it isn't actually cheaper for 'everyone' to attend in Vegas. ;p</p><p>I miss the days when the event would be held at different locations around the country - I'm sick to death of Vegas.</p>

[Kenban]

<p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Most likely not, because it's cheaper for everyone to attend in Vegas than anywhere else in the country.</p></blockquote><p>Clearly based on the comment by Kain-UK it isn't actually cheaper for 'everyone' to attend in Vegas. ;p</p><p>I miss the days when the event would be held at different locations around the country - I'm sick to death of Vegas.</p></blockquote><p>I am not sure about anyone else but even from within the US its no longer cheap to travel to Vegas anymore.  I just checked the ticket price and its $450.  Which really is more then I would like to spend.</p><p>I also wish it would be held somewhere else.  Not a fan of Vegas in August.</p>

[Loendar]

<p><cite>Kenban wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Most likely not, because it's cheaper for everyone to attend in Vegas than anywhere else in the country.</p></blockquote><p>Clearly based on the comment by Kain-UK it isn't actually cheaper for 'everyone' to attend in Vegas. ;p</p><p>I miss the days when the event would be held at different locations around the country - I'm sick to death of Vegas.</p></blockquote><p>I am not sure about anyone else but even from within the US its no longer cheap to travel to Vegas anymore.  I just checked the ticket price and its $450.  Which really is more then I would like to spend.</p><p>I also wish it would be held somewhere else.  Not a fan of Vegas in August.</p></blockquote><p>Hmm - about $225 for me at the moment - but I would only be coming from Denver so not a huge haul.  Still, not sure I'm a fan of Vegas in August either.</p>

[TheGeneral]

<p>Bah!  Other than the heat, I like Vegas.  Where else in the world can you go and find so much [Removed for Content] that it lines the streets!?  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Kiara]

<p><cite>Decimatr@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Join Sony Online Entertainment at Bally's Las Vegas, from August 5th through 8th, for three days of fun and games at Fan Faire 2010.  </p></blockquote><p>Not to nit-pick, but of the four days listed (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th), which three are going to be the ones with fun and games?  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> </p><p>This would help in the planning stages.  To be there the whole three days, would you arrive on Wed, leave on Sun?  Or arrive on Thu, leave on Mon?  Or is it four days of fun and games in which case you would arrive on Wed and leave on Mon?  Or is it some other combination entirely?</p></blockquote><p>Plan to leave on Sunday <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  That's really the saying goodbye and cleaning up date.</p>

[Ahlana]

<p>/does a lil dance</p><p>Me and the missus going this year for the first time eva...</p>

[Kiara]

<p><cite>Ahlana wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>/does a lil dance</p><p>Me and the missus going this year for the first time eva...</p></blockquote><p>Wooot!</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Decimatr@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Join Sony Online Entertainment at Bally's Las Vegas, from August 5th through 8th, for three days of fun and games at Fan Faire 2010.  </p></blockquote><p>Not to nit-pick, but of the four days listed (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th), which three are going to be the ones with fun and games?  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> </p><p>This would help in the planning stages.  To be there the whole three days, would you arrive on Wed, leave on Sun?  Or arrive on Thu, leave on Mon?  Or is it four days of fun and games in which case you would arrive on Wed and leave on Mon?  Or is it some other combination entirely?</p></blockquote><p>Plan to leave on Sunday <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />  That's really the saying goodbye and cleaning up date.</p></blockquote><p>Correct me if I am wrong but the two big days are generally Friday and Saterday, when stuff goes on all day/night. Thursday is when you pick-up your Registration & SWAG, and hang out at the Legond's Lounge until the Meet and Greet that night. Unless you have other plans with attendees.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kenban wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Most likely not, because it's cheaper for everyone to attend in Vegas than anywhere else in the country.</p></blockquote><p>Clearly based on the comment by Kain-UK it isn't actually cheaper for 'everyone' to attend in Vegas. ;p</p><p>I miss the days when the event would be held at different locations around the country - I'm sick to death of Vegas.</p></blockquote><p>I am not sure about anyone else but even from within the US its no longer cheap to travel to Vegas anymore.  I just checked the ticket price and its $450.  Which really is more then I would like to spend.</p><p>I also wish it would be held somewhere else.  Not a fan of Vegas in August.</p></blockquote><p>Hmm - about $225 for me at the moment - but I would only be coming from Denver so not a huge haul.  Still, not sure I'm a fan of Vegas in August either.</p></blockquote><p>It is not the Flight that is Cheaper, it is the price of the Room and the Fact that you don't need to rent a car, or even leave the hotel. Unlike most other places this can be heald.</p><p>Granted from England it is cheaper to say goto an Atlanta Fan Faire then a Vegas one(assuming you can't/don't rent a car). But the opposit is true for people from say Japan or Hawaii, or Australia and it isn't because of tourism, but because of distance, you need much more fuel to get to Vegas then to get to Atlanta.</p><p>One thing you have to remember is that there are only so many hotels with the ablity to host a convention of 2k+ people, and outside of Vegas most of those the room prices are much higher. Also very few of them have more then one dinning area, at Bally's for instance I paid around $7.00 I think for each of my lunchs and never once left the Hotel. So the heat was a non-issue.</p><p>BTW, looking at the prices for the most part it is about $300 more for someone from London to goto Vegas over the East Coast cities I checked, but remember chances are very good that either your going to pay outragous prices for food in the Hotel or are going to have to rent a car of some type. Both are far less likly in Vegas. Oh and that $300 is split between two people sharing a room.</p>

[zhiDarkivel]

<p>Do you make these the same weekend as GenCon on purpose?</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hmm - about $225 for me at the moment - but I would only be coming from Denver so not a huge haul.  Still, not sure I'm a fan of Vegas in August either.</p></blockquote><p>Never go outside. The hotel links to Paris directly so you have a choice of restaurants and the like. </p><p>I -hate- Vegas in Aug and hate hate hate hot weather/places but the AC is good <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Squeecha]

<p>*starts digging the mousehole into the back wall of Ballys*</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hmm - about $225 for me at the moment - but I would only be coming from Denver so not a huge haul.  Still, not sure I'm a fan of Vegas in August either.</p></blockquote><p>Never go outside. The hotel links to Paris directly so you have a choice of restaurants and the like. </p><p>I -hate- Vegas in Aug and hate hate hate hot weather/places but the AC is good <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>What Rijacki said.  And frankly, Fan Faire is so PACKED with panels and stuff to do that I for one never get to leave the hotel unless I stay an extra day <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>PS - as for Vegas and the cost for some players....  look, no matter where they put it it's going to be inconvenient for someone; there's no way to make it "fair" unless you put it in Antarctica or something.  Last year there were over 2000 attendees:  in Vegas you at least stand a really good chance of staying in the same hotel as the convention.  Last year Bally's threw us a great room rate and kept adding blocks of rooms to the offer so more people could stay cheap.</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><cite>Kain-UK wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Is there any chance of actually getting this somewhere OTHER than vegas next year???</p><p>It costs an absolute fortune to get there from england, purely because it's a tourist destination.</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Yes! Dallas, Texas would Torque off Dellmon the most Muwahahahahahaha! or Tyler Texas</span></p>

[Dreyco]

<p>Booked and ready to go!  Vegas is always so inexpensive <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Thank you so much for getting those discounted rates at Bally's again!</p>

[Pahya]

<p>Fan Faire in August, PAX in September. Would be one heck of a late summer! </p><p>I hate Vegas, but at least it isn't LA. </p><p>You all should consider Seattle some time. The convention center is really awesome, and you can just take a single floor if you wish. The city is very pedestrian accessible and there are a dozen hotels within walking distance with varying prices. It's also an extremely gamer/geek friendly city and SoE has a development office here <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </p>

[NightGod473]

<p><cite>Filraen@Najena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Do you make these the same weekend as GenCon on purpose?</p></blockquote><p>This.</p><p>That's two out of the last three years Fan Faire has been the same weekend as GenCon-and it's not like you guys don't have a GenCon presence and the date for GC has been known since the end of last year's. Blech. Just seems bad timing.</p>

[Wilde_Night]

<p>Wooo!  I'm going to try to budget our vacation time to go again.  Last year was so much fun! And I have so many new costume ideas!!!!!!</p>

[Valdaglerion]

<p>If Fan Faire is going to be in August this year can we expect the next expansion to be pushed out even further, say May-June 2011?</p><p>I was thinking of going this year but honestly all I have heard was that essentially nothing talked about during Fan Faire as paraded for the next xpac was delivered. . . so what can we really expect to get out of it? And no, its not a troll question, I am just asking whether or not its worth the time and money to attend.</p><p>So seriously, what do you get out of Fan Faire?</p>

[Ezheal]

<p>Who's bright idea is it to schedule fan faire in Vegas in August the hottest part of the year? 85-90 degrees is bad enough and to plan a trip to a place in the 100s,no thank you. I think it would be much nicer to get away from a cold weather climate and hit Vegas when the temperature at home is cold. I know my family of 3 EQ2 players will never experience fan faire in its current seasonal time slot. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Dreyco]

<p><cite>Ezheal wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Who's bright idea is it to schedule fan faire in Vegas in August the hottest part of the year? 85-90 degrees is bad enough and to plan a trip to a place in the 100s,no thank you. I think it would be much nicer to get away from a cold weather climate and hit Vegas when the temperature at home is cold. I know my family of 3 EQ2 players will never experience fan faire in its current seasonal time slot. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>With so much going on at Fan Faire itself, you will rarely step outside.  Trust me.  Stay inside where it's well air conditioned and enjoy the things to do <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Tesserina]

<p>Will slot machines be available for play throughout the convention floor? <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Love Vegas!</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>NightGod473 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Filraen@Najena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Do you make these the same weekend as GenCon on purpose?</p></blockquote><p>This.</p><p>That's two out of the last three years Fan Faire has been the same weekend as GenCon-and it's not like you guys don't have a GenCon presence and the date for GC has been known since the end of last year's. Blech. Just seems bad timing.</p></blockquote><p>In the offical Fan Faire forms on SoE's main site one of the devs said that they TRY to get places all over, but if it falls though they go with Vegas cause they can always get an event there on short notice. My guess is they didn't WANT it to be that weekend, it was just the only one available after thier first choice, likly on the east coast, fell though.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Artemiz@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If Fan Faire is going to be in August this year can we expect the next expansion to be pushed out even further, say May-June 2011?</p><p>I was thinking of going this year but honestly all I have heard was that essentially nothing talked about during Fan Faire as paraded for the next xpac was delivered. . . so what can we really expect to get out of it? And no, its not a troll question, I am just asking whether or not its worth the time and money to attend.</p><p>So seriously, what do you get out of Fan Faire?</p></blockquote><p>Timing of Fan Faire and the timing of the expainsion are NOT linked, it was this same weekend 2 years ago that TSO was anounced, wich came out in Nov. It was around the same weekend as last year's Fan Faire that RoK was anounced and that also was in Nov.</p><p>The date for Fan Faire is mainly desided by the availablity of adiquite convention space in the city of choice, and has little to do with the development time table.</p><p>As for the Heat in Vegas, a) it is a "Dry Heat" and that is not a Joke, as someone who lives in an area that gets both, I much prefure a Dry 102 to a "Wet" 90. b) if your going to Fan Faire for what goes on at Fan Faire and to find out about this and other games, you won't have time to eat let alone leave the hotel to experiance the heat. c) even the shuttle busses have plenty of AC to avoid the heat if you want to.</p>

[Maroger]

<p>I am sure this decision has made Harry Reid very, very happy.</p>

[Ama]

<p><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>*gulp*  .. $138 to feel special?   Which would be $278 for me & the hubby 'cause I don't go to fun things without him. .. Unless we win the lottery anytime soon guess we're going to have to be happy with our non-special selves .. lol.</p><p>Thanks for getting this info out so soon, though!  Nice to have time to schedule & save a bit.</p></blockquote><p>Not to mention for us out of towners you have to factor in room and board, travel expenses, and travel itself.  Airplane fair isn't cheap anymore and with heightened security if you want to cosplay you maybe in trouble.  Love to go and really want to go since i've never been, but I can't afford to shell out $500-$700+ dollars.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Amana wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>*gulp*  .. $138 to feel special?   Which would be $278 for me & the hubby 'cause I don't go to fun things without him. .. Unless we win the lottery anytime soon guess we're going to have to be happy with our non-special selves .. lol.</p><p>Thanks for getting this info out so soon, though!  Nice to have time to schedule & save a bit.</p></blockquote><p>Not to mention for us out of towners you have to factor in room and board, travel expenses, and travel itself.  Airplane fair isn't cheap anymore and with heightened security if you want to cosplay you maybe in trouble.  Love to go and really want to go since i've never been, but I can't afford to shell out $500-$700+ dollars.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/c30b4198e0907b23b8246bdd52aa1c3c.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>You do know chances are no matter where it is heald the majority of the people will be out of towners, and averaging $500-700(for most people from the US, yeah I know it is ALOT more for you Cal) is better the $800-1,000 that it would be in many other cities.</p><p>Plus many of those cities would pritty much require a car rental, as the food choices would be very limited in the hotel.</p>

[Rookerith]

<p>I can't believe it's falling on Gen-con dates.</p><p>I'm already booked for Gen-Con and wanted to do the SoE-Fanfaire badly.  The same people that do Gen-Con are the same people that play your games.  Why do this?</p><p>Sigh.</p>

[feldon30]

<p><cite>Tesserina wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Will slot machines be available for play throughout the convention floor? <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Love Vegas!</p></blockquote><p>If not, you can play slot machines at the gas stations, bus terminals, airport, and bathrooms.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Rookerith wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I can't believe it's falling on Gen-con dates.</p><p>I'm already booked for Gen-Con and wanted to do the SoE-Fanfaire badly.  The same people that do Gen-Con are the same people that play your games.  Why do this?</p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p>probly cause it was the only time available last minute. A dev on the Station Fan Faire board more or less stated that they go to Vegas if the place they wanted to go to falls though for some reason or another, because Vegas has like 10 Convention Center Hotels that can support Fan Faire so one of them will have a short notice opening.</p><p>As for Slots, etc. in the convention center, no there will be no slots or any leagle gambling in the convention center, because it is not an Age restricted area, unlike the casino floor.</p>

[Ashlian]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hmm - about $225 for me at the moment - but I would only be coming from Denver so not a huge haul.  Still, not sure I'm a fan of Vegas in August either.</p></blockquote><p>Never go outside. The hotel links to Paris directly so you have a choice of restaurants and the like. </p><p>I -hate- Vegas in Aug and hate hate hate hot weather/places but the AC is good <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>What Rijacki said.  And frankly, Fan Faire is so PACKED with panels and stuff to do that I for one never get to leave the hotel unless I stay an extra day <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>PS - as for Vegas and the cost for some players....  look, no matter where they put it it's going to be inconvenient for someone; there's no way to make it "fair" unless you put it in Antarctica or something.  Last year there were over 2000 attendees:  in Vegas you at least stand a really good chance of staying in the same hotel as the convention.  Last year Bally's threw us a great room rate and kept adding blocks of rooms to the offer so more people could stay cheap.</p></blockquote><p>So holding it somewhere like Orlando or Atlanta, also cities with hotels that have convention centers plenty big enough to accomodate 2000 attendees isn't feasible? Orlando holds the record for conventions besides Vegas, and there are plenty of commuter flights to Orlando and international flights as well. Give me a break, it's been held in Vegas too many years running. I've attended three Fan Faires, including one in Vegas, but I'll never attend again as long as I can't drive to it or fly in one hop.</p>

[BleemTeam]

<p>$300+ to fly from Illinois to Las Vegas? Whhhaaaaaaat? What happened to the non-stop to vegas trips for $39 ? I mean, really. 300 bucks...</p>

[feldon30]

<p><cite>kela wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><span >As for Slots, etc. in the convention center, no there will be no slots or any leagle gambling in the convention center, because it is not an Age restricted area, unlike the casino floor.</span></blockquote><p>There's not exactly a divider between the convention area, elevators, and slot machines. It's all a common area.</p>

[Wilde_Night]

<p><cite>Brailyn@Befallen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>$300+ to fly from Illinois to Las Vegas? Whhhaaaaaaat? What happened to the non-stop to vegas trips for $39 ? I mean, really. 300 bucks...</p></blockquote><p>Are you checking SouthWest?  We can get flights from O'Hare and Mitchell Int (Milwaukee) round trip for $150.00 each.</p>

[Lorzus]

<p>Yay fan faire! Now to get with the planning, which is going to be tough as we're moving and switching jobs dunno how the time off will look but I'm gonna do my darndest to get out there.</p><p>As for the heat Ballys + Paris is more than enough to not need to go out. Of course I will have to make a trip to New York New York for the olbigatory Shepards Pie at the Nine Fine Irishman pub!</p>

[Elorah]

<p>I would imagine that it is cheaper for SOE to send all their employees to Vegas then anyplace else...</p><p>However $700 + is a bit much in these times <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[feldon30]

<p>I did suggest to Rothgar (if he's not still busy fixing Battlegrounds in July) that he add a <strong>Cheap Eats</strong> section to his AWESOME SOE Fan Faire iPhone app. We blew most of our budget on expensive meals, and not on purpose!</p>

[Wyeth]

<p><cite>Artemiz@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If Fan Faire is going to be in August this year can we expect the next expansion to be pushed out even further, say May-June 2011?</p><p>I was thinking of going this year but honestly all I have heard was that essentially nothing talked about during Fan Faire as paraded for the next xpac was delivered. . . so what can we really expect to get out of it? And no, its not a troll question, I am just asking whether or not its worth the time and money to attend.</p><p>So seriously, what do you get out of Fan Faire?</p></blockquote><p>I have to agree with Artemiz.  I've not attended a Fan Faire (and after everyone in my company is being forced to take a 20% reduction in salary, I'm sure I'll not be starting soon), but I've seen all the materials that have come out of Fan Faires from those who've attended and many hyped items are rarely delivered.</p><p>Just an observation.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>feldon30 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>kela wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><span>As for Slots, etc. in the convention center, no there will be no slots or any leagle gambling in the convention center, because it is not an Age restricted area, unlike the casino floor.</span></blockquote><p>There's not exactly a divider between the convention area, elevators, and slot machines. It's all a common area.</p></blockquote><p>Accually if you look at the Archtecture and the carpet at the edge of the casino area there is a definate deviding line between the Casino Floor and the non-gaming parts of the hotel, if someone under age is seen standing on the wrong side of that line, a nice lady or gentalmen in a suit will come over and ask them politly to take a few steps back. Yes, the casino is very visable and can be seen and there are few walls between it and the non-gaming areas, but the line does exsist.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>feldon30 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I did suggest to Rothgar (if he's not still busy fixing Battlegrounds in July) that he add a <strong>Cheap Eats</strong> section to his AWESOME SOE Fan Faire iPhone app. We blew most of our budget on expensive meals, and not on purpose!</p></blockquote><p>there was a Sabaro's down the stairs around the corner from the conventon enterance at Bally's and there was a really nice counter service Sandwich/Pizza shop in the hallway to Paris that I ate at every day, cause they had a $7 dollar meal including drink, and I could go there, eat, and get back to the convention area in about 15mins.</p>

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<p><cite>Ashlian@Mistmoore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Loendar@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hmm - about $225 for me at the moment - but I would only be coming from Denver so not a huge haul.  Still, not sure I'm a fan of Vegas in August either.</p></blockquote><p>Never go outside. The hotel links to Paris directly so you have a choice of restaurants and the like. </p><p>I -hate- Vegas in Aug and hate hate hate hot weather/places but the AC is good <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>What Rijacki said.  And frankly, Fan Faire is so PACKED with panels and stuff to do that I for one never get to leave the hotel unless I stay an extra day <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>PS - as for Vegas and the cost for some players....  look, no matter where they put it it's going to be inconvenient for someone; there's no way to make it "fair" unless you put it in Antarctica or something.  Last year there were over 2000 attendees:  in Vegas you at least stand a really good chance of staying in the same hotel as the convention.  Last year Bally's threw us a great room rate and kept adding blocks of rooms to the offer so more people could stay cheap.</p></blockquote><p>So holding it somewhere like Orlando or Atlanta, also cities with hotels that have convention centers plenty big enough to accomodate 2000 attendees isn't feasible? Orlando holds the record for conventions besides Vegas, and there are plenty of commuter flights to Orlando and international flights as well. Give me a break, it's been held in Vegas too many years running. I've attended three Fan Faires, including one in Vegas, but I'll never attend again as long as I can't drive to it or fly in one hop.</p></blockquote><p>Like I have said befor in this thread, the devs stated in the offical Fan Faire boards that Vegas is a fall back place, when the place they WANT to go to falls though, because only Vegas can reliably accomidate a convention of the size and complexity of Fan Faire on short notice. Also it is not just the 2,000 people it is also the ablity to have high speed secure connections back to San Diego Corperate, so they can access the servers that contain the expainsion, new game servers, as well as the ablity to support 30 or so PCs in the game area in the Legonds Lounge, and a secure connection for the game play tournyments. There also needs to be 2 very large convention rooms, Legonds Lounge, and the hall for the Banquite/Keynote address, as well as 2 or so 500-600 person halls, plus 4 or so 100+ person halls. Yeah, being able to hold 2k+ people in One hall is easy for a convention center, it is far more difficult hold that many people in one room, and still have the 7 other rooms available.</p><p><cite>Wyeth wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Artemiz@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If Fan Faire is going to be in August this year can we expect the next expansion to be pushed out even further, say May-June 2011?</p><p>I was thinking of going this year but honestly all I have heard was that essentially nothing talked about during Fan Faire as paraded for the next xpac was delivered. . . so what can we really expect to get out of it? And no, its not a troll question, I am just asking whether or not its worth the time and money to attend.</p><p>So seriously, what do you get out of Fan Faire?</p></blockquote><p>I have to agree with Artemiz.  I've not attended a Fan Faire (and after everyone in my company is being forced to take a 20% reduction in salary, I'm sure I'll not be starting soon), but I've seen all the materials that have come out of Fan Faires from those who've attended and many hyped items are rarely delivered.</p><p>Just an observation.</p></blockquote><p>Really other then the Skellinton Revamp, what was hyped but not delivered. I guess you could say Shader 3.0 but they are still activly working on that. Nearly everything they the devs bring to Fan Faire is infact delivered. Granted they may OVER hype it or many people may not want it(LoN) but it is delivered, because what THEY bring to Fan Faire usually is in the final stages of development. There is also generally a huge list of things PLAYERS bring up at Fan Faire, and many of those are also implimented, but not all, for many differant reasons.</p><p>The big thing at last years Fan Faire(other then expainsions and such) was the fighter revamp, and they DID deliver it, WE just didn't accept that delivery. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>