BlizzCon Is About To Be MASSIVE

So, World of Warcraft, what's next? Join the World of Warcraft team for a look at the next chapter of Azeroth with new adventures, features, and surprises for players, old and new. All right, let's talk a little bit about BlizzCon. There's a lot of talk about BlizzCon going on right now, everybody. Why? Because Blizzcon is about a week and a half away. Uh, and one of the things that's happening at Blizzcon is on September 11th, I'm hosting a big party. It's going to be a community event, okay? Party, mixer for everybody. It is free. I'm paying for it myself out of pocket. We got some sponsors and stuff to help kind of subsidize some of the cost, but it is in I'm paying for it out of pocket and it's very very expensive, but it's already said and done. Yes, it's on September 11th. That is only because Blizzcon is on September 12th, okay? And this channel, this is the place to watch everything Blizzcon, everything Classic WoW. Look, this has always been the Classic WoW waiting room. 9 and a half years ago when I started my channel, it was Classic Wow. It was private servers. It was the rep pryo, the paladin police force. Okay. And we finally got classic wow. We finally got it. Grand Marshall, scare lord in the same week. Leading the crusade, molten core, blackwing layer, AQ40, next ramis, you name it. Fourtime gladiator in Burning Crusade. What the party is called? Sans big Blizzcon extravaganza. Yeah, there's a registration for it at blizzcon.sfand.tv. It is free to attend. It is a community event. The reason why I wanted to do this is because, like I said, 10 years ago when I started my channel, it was all about Classic WoW. That's all I wanted. I wanted to get official Legacy servers. We started the classic cast. We we we were pushing for Classic WoW, leading the charge, doing everything, trying to get in touch with Blizzard, trying to trying to work with Blizzard directly. You know, the days of working with like Brian and Omar and and those guys who who made Classic happen in the first place. You know, making Classic happen in the first place was just like a project. Yeah. So, that's happening. It's going to be on Friday night, the night before. There's going to be a registration for it. So, you can get all the details there. It It's basically just going to be a big event. It's going to be hosted at the uh the Marriott. So, Marriott Hotel, right next to the convention center. Now, I will say this. I did find out after paying for this why people don't host events at the BlizzCon hotels because they upcharge you out the ass. And uh it is a major operation at a loss. I don't even want to say how much. Okay. But this is something that like it's important to me as like a hey, I've I've been streaming for almost 10 years. It's uh my birth week at Blizzcon. I've been streaming for almost 10 years. This is kind of like my way of like giving back to the community. And this is where it all kind of began and it's kind of coming full circle. You know, everything that we've done for like Classic WoW and to try and like push for that in the community and everything else. And you know, we got all that. Then like the push for Classic Plus came and and everything that's kind of happened behind the scenes. And a lot of you guys kind of know at this point like how involved I've been for for years and kind of coming from like my history of being a private server guy, you know, getting banned, being on the Blizzard blacklist, which I there was a blacklist. I don't know if there still is. Probably is, but there was a blacklist and I was on it. But then like kind of like rebuilding my reputation, people kind of seeing like, hey, like this guy's legit. This guy's cares so much. And then being like so like working like hand in hand and and kind of giving that feedback and stuff. That stuff is great. Sure. Like some of that is like on me, but a lot of that is on the community and like the people that have been so supportive of me over the years. People see that like, oh, like fans community is a good community. It's a good normal respectable community. Man, I go to I go to BlizzCon and it's the ego just shoots through the roof cuz I just see all these people that are just they just love WoW. They're they're happy to be there. They're excited to be there. I was talking to a guy who said he like reconnected with his sister last Blizzcon over WoW like classic coming out, you know, and he's like, man, like everything that that you guys do and like kind of like pushing for classic and all this stuff is like it it means so much to to have people that are so supportive and pushing for this because he wasn't like really close with his family and then they started playing WoW together and they kind of like reconnected over years and it was like super super cool. So yeah, no, I mean it's it's stuff like that means a lot or like even seeing like my guild, right? getting to see the guild at Blizzcon and just seeing like the kind of community that we've built and it just means a lot to me. So for me, this is something that's like kind of like a giving back and you know it'll be a fun event. Everybody will get to see each other, meet each other and that'll happen Friday night. It'll be like a party, right? It'll be music, it'll be dancing and all that stuff at night. I want to have a cosplay contest. So by the way, if you are going to have a cosplay at Blisscon, there will be a cosplay contest. I think we're going to limit the entries to like 50, the first 50 people who want to sign up for the cosplay contest. As we get later into the evening, the music will ramp up and it'll be a little bit of party thing before before Blizzcon. And then as the night ends, the next day, we're going to be like hitting the ground. I'm probably going to sleep like 3 hours. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm probably going to sleep 3 hours and then I'm hitting the ground running with Blizzcon coverage. You know, my channel, hey, twitch.tv/sfantv. This is the place to be for BlizzCon coverage. We are going to have drops for the event. So, there's going to be Blizzcon drops, all the coverage, whatever it is. You want to talk Blizzcon, you want to watch BlizzCon, I'll be spamming YouTube videos. We have a whole sort of content plan that's going to be going out. So, it'll start with the party and then from the party we're just going to be on the ball. We'll be doing IRL a little bit at Blizzcon. We'll be doing desktop reacts at Blizzcon. We're going to be involved with a lot of different things. There's a whole schedule. Actually, there won't be 10 fat guys at the party. I don't I don't think I don't think the 10 fat guys are going to make it to the party. They're going to be very busy. No, there's not a Frick fan contest. Okay, we had to we had to cancel the Frick fan. That's the plan for the party the night before. So, if you guys are going to Blisscon, I can't wait to see you guys. You don't have to be a Blizzcon attendee to go. Next thing, like I said, we're going to have drops all Blizzcon. We'll be spamming YouTube videos. There will constantly be updates, but you are going to be wanting to watch my Twitch channel. Now, I'll be live everywhere. I'll be live on Kick. I'll be live on YouTube. I'll be live on Rumble, right? But of course, Twitch, that's kind of mainly where I stream. I'll be live on Twitter, too, right on X, whatever. But Twitch, where I mainly stream, that's where you're going to get drops. Go to my Twitch stream, create an account, follow the stream, type in chat, all that stuff. You'll end up getting drops. And I'll be live for all of Blizzcon. It's going to be non-stop IRL desktop reacts. We're going to be looking at all the panels. We're going to be doing a lot. And actually, I want to go over the BlizzCon schedule is out. So, let's look a little bit about what we have to look forward to. Where is the schedule? Okay. So, this is all based on central time. So, it looks like at the beginning of the day, it's straight opening ceremony at 12:30. So, what is this? This 10:30 Pacific time. So, so this is all based on Texas time. Oh, this is right whenever I'm my normal stream. So yeah, they're going to do opening ceremony to start the day. This is on September 12th. September 11th is big Blizzcon extravaganza. This be late night. That's a late night party like 10:00 at night for Texas time. Diablo Immortal event. So Oh, that's from 1:45 to 9:00. So immortals going on at 2:00 p.m. So you have the opening ceremony for an hour an hour 15 minutes. World of Warcraft what's next happening at the same time as the Overwatch dev live stream. Uh, Classic Cup, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone World Championship quarterfinal. So, World of Warcraft, what's next? Join the World of Warcraft team for a look at the next chapter of Azeroth with new adventures, features, and surprises for players old and new. Okay, next you have on the Legend stage, Trailer Craft. Discover how Blizzard cinematics and trailers move uh from first idea to Final F. Wait, how long is this? This is uh 45 minutes. 2 to 245 and then there's nothing here. Overwatch, MDI. Now, here's what we're going to be doing. We're going to be flipping back and forth between like sitdown desktop reacts to the live stream and IRL. Now, here's my question for you guys. What would you rather have? Would you rather have me be on the floor reacting in the crowd at Blizzcon, or would you rather have me reacting to the stream and sitting at a desktop setup? What would you guys rather like to see in the crowd? 100%. Boots on the ground journalism cuz I have the means. Here's the thing. I I've I've spent years like getting the tech, spending all kinds of money on this stuff and like kind of developing a whole process for this. I'm going to have a setup to be able to react at the desktop, which is like cleaner and stuff like that, but is it just I mean, I think a bunch of people are going to be able to do that. Not everybody can get on the ground and be with the people. I am the people's paladin. I should be with the people. The people's paladin's got to be there with the people instead of sitting at top my freaking porcelain throne. Oh, frick. I don't know, man. Frick. I got to decide. I got to decide. I'm the freaking people's paladin. And I'm not the freaking ivory tower. I'm a small mom and pop streamer, dude. Other panels they have, they have building cutscenes in World of Warcraft, MDI 2026 grand finals, liquid versus mandatory, uh, World of Warcraft what's next, too. So, there's two what's next. So, this is at 4:45. Uh, which is actually going to coincide with the World of Blizzard sound design. Uh, and MDI Grand Finals. Okay. So, I'll tell you right now, I bet if MDI Grand Finals are here, this is my this is my guess. at 2:00. We probably are not. We might get a teaser for like classic or something, but I bet if the MDI grand finals are going on at the same time as what's next two, I bet this is your classic panel for 45 minutes. That's my guess. Uh, World of Warcraft developer ex-creator showcase. So, if this is what it was last time, what did we do last time? We got to play sod with like a grand. So, this is probably some kind of demo of some sort. It might be retail Blizzcon Community Night. Celebrate the creativity and artistry of Blizzard community with an evening of live entertainment featuring contests, special guests, and shared moments. This starts at 6:45 Central time. I will probably be IRL on the floor doing this. Blizzcon coming that goes until 9:00 p.m. So that's until 7:00. Kind of funny. Brings it signature mix of games conversation. So I don't I don't I'm not sure what that is. So the next day, the next day starts 11:00 a.m. Central with the Overwatch World Cup semi-finals. 30 years of Battleet with special guest CD Project Red is going to be there. Wait, what? Why is CD Project Red going to be there? That's not Blizzard. And wait, can I complain about Blizzard while playing Cyberpunk now? Cuz that'd be sick. I would love to do that. World of Warcraft Deep Dive. This is the the deep dick pizza. So, World of Warcraft Deep Dive will be at noon central time. World of Warcraft crafting coziness and creative freedom. World of Warcraft designers share how they create warm, expressive player homes through layouts, decor customization, and small details that make the space feel personal. There's a lot of competitive stuff for like Hearthstone, for Overwatch, AWC. There's some stuff for Diablo. We might watch this Diablo I what's next panel at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. World building and World of Warcraft I think will be interesting. Join World Builders as they unpack the craft of building memorable worlds from cultures and geography from visual language history. So yeah, some of this stuff I want to react at the desktop, I think. And some of the stuff I want to react in the crowd. I'm Dude, I'm the people's paladin. I gota I got to get in the crowd. Keeping it real. I gotta be in the crowd. The people's paladin. Of I can't I can't be like a freaking ivory tower freaking holier than thou. I'm holy as thee as the people's paladin. Okay. I need to spread righteousness to the land. Porcelain Tower. Same thing. World of Warcraft design deep dive. Oh man. I don't know. This could be one of those things that I watch and I get like super angry. I could I Dude, I just start like I could tizz out real hard during some of these. Dude, that's what happened last year during the Sod announcement when we talked about tanking rogues and healing mages and I was like looking around the room and everyone's like, "Yeah, yeah." And I'm like, "What is happening? What?" I was like the only person in the room that was like having a panic attack. I'm like, "What are you guys talking about? This is not good." Voices of Blizzard. Okay. Localization bringing Blizzard's worlds together. World of Warcraft hardcore. There's a hardcore panel. Hardcore. What's next? That's interesting. Trophy ceremony post show. AWC grand finals. I wish they would have done a freaking TBC arena tournament at Blizzcon. That would have been sick. Trophy ceremony live performance. Lesseraphim in room experience only. Yeah, we could be there for Oh, closing remarks at 7:30 and then there's Lerapim performing. It's going to be great. So, yeah, that'll be all of Blizzcon Saturday, Sunday, and Friday. Friday, I'll be live. You know, I'll probably be live for getting my ticket and and going around and doing stuff and probably setting up the room. Let's look at the map. So, we can kind of infer some things from looking at this map. So, you got the main stage here, the World of Warcraft stage right next to the main stage. Hearthstone Classic Cup, Overwatch World Cup. This is the arena. Uh the Dark Moon Fair is on the second floor. Oh, okay. They're bringing this back. They didn't have this last last Blisscon. They did the Dark Moon Fair in like this weird place. This will be cool to have like the Darkman fair up top because like Blizzcon years ago was like this. So the World of Warcraft stage, you have like a meet and greet area. All of Blizzcon is going to be a meet and greet for me. But I might I might announce something like, "Hey, if you want to if you want to come meet me, I mean, first off, you want to come meet me, come to the party the night before." And that's the that's the best place to meet me and and get pictures and stuff like that cuz I'll be very like from place to place during the event. So like I might not have time to like stand around because things will be moving pretty quickly. I typically get stun locked a lot. So, streaming stations here, some kind of World of Warcraft demo area. I think whatever is going on here, this is what happened last time. There was the demo area and then there was that creator developer thing and we we streamed Sod with Arend. I feel like I would know what that is. I think it's retail because I feel like I would know unless I got an email or something about it and I just didn't see it. I I have no idea. So, that's got to be like a retail thing. Blizzcon's going to be special, dude. Dude, we literally have no Pixel and then we have Blizzcon right after SPF's big Blizzcon extravaganza. Again, drops all weekend. I will be live almost 247. It'll be like I I will be so I'll be live harder than you've ever seen anyone live before. I will be live a lot. A lot a lot. I'll be IRL. I'll be going to the booth. I'll be seeing the people. Sans's big Blizzcon extravaganza. You're not going to want to miss it. It's a big community event. All you guys are invited at the Marriott Hotel. We're going to host it there. Okay. Blizzcon.sfban.tv TV to register. It's going to be great. It's gonna be wonderful. SPN eats corn the long way. Well, yeah. I mean, is there any other way to eat corn?