SOE Fan Faire is now SOE Live!

[Piestro]

<p><p>Mark your calendars for October 18-21! Sony Online Entertainment is bringing all the fun of Fan Faire back to Bally’s Las Vegas with a new name, SOE Live!</p><p>Read all about it on the <a href="http://www.soe.com/soelive/" target="_blank">Official SOE Live site</a>, and make sure you check out <a href="http://stationblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/soe-live2012-2/" target="_blank">Brasse's blog</a> for details on this year's event!</p><p>We will be running a Twitter contest with Brasse for two FREE passes on Friday, March 30, 2012, so stay tuned for details.</p><p align="center"><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/soelive12/IMG_6042.jpg" width="490" /></p></p>

[Hogatha]

<p>Don't mean to sound negative or to complain, but I really think "Fan Faire" just sounds better altogether and it's kind of tradition.</p>

[General_Info]

<p><cite>Qixil@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Don't mean to sound negative or to complain, but I really think "Fan Faire" just sounds better altogether and it's kind of tradition.</p></blockquote><p>The question is <em>why</em> they changed the name in the first place.</p>

[Peogia]

<p><cite>General_Info wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Qixil@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Don't mean to sound negative or to complain, but I really think "Fan Faire" just sounds better altogether and it's kind of tradition.</p></blockquote><p>The question is <em>why</em> they changed the name in the first place.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.xbox.com:80/en-US/live/" target="_blank">XBOX Live</a> Envy<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p>

[feldon30]

<p><cite>General_Info wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Qixil@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Don't mean to sound negative or to complain, but I really think "Fan Faire" just sounds better altogether and it's kind of tradition.</p></blockquote><p>The question is <em>why</em> they changed the name in the first place.</p></blockquote><p>SOE Live is far more marketing and vendor friendly.</p>

[Calthine]

<p>For me, I think Fan Faire denotes a different emphasis than SOE Live does.</p>

[Katz]

<p>SOE Live sounds like a game console.  What is the change supposed to convey?</p>

[Cyliena]

<p><cite>Katz wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>SOE Live sounds like a game console.  What is the change supposed to convey?</p></blockquote><p>I thought more an ice show. Wonder if Smedley can ice skate? <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Arcturys]

<p>I wonder too why the change. For almost a decade (longer?) it's been called Fan Faire. Not only is it a cute variant of "fanfare," and not only was there a faint connection of medieval fantasy due to the spelling, it also properly emphasized the focus was on the fans.</p><p>Now it's not about the fans anymore, but about SOE? This is one change that you did NOT need to make right now considering all the other community relations issues you guys have going on. Telling the fans that this event is no longer about them is going to add another nail in the coffin.</p>

[Lantis]

<p><cite>Cyliena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Katz wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>SOE Live sounds like a game console.  What is the change supposed to convey?</p></blockquote><p>I thought more an ice show. Wonder if Smedley can ice skate? <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I have to admit that "Smedley on Ice" has a funny ring to it, for the name of an event <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>