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Here’s one of those things that would have been great to know before SOE Live 2012 Registration closed. 😉 It turns out that attendees of the upcoming SOE Live 2012 who purchased a Day Pass ($40) to attend either Friday or Saturday events in Las Vegas will get not only the EverQuest: Rain of Fear and EverQuest II: Chains of Eternity expansions, but also the in-game items. This is unusual compared to past years where only the $140 All Access Pass option granted said items. Since the trend today seems to be complaining about free stuff, let’s complain about...
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Confirming rumors we’d heard last week, Blue’s News and StrategyInformer are reporting that SOE is renaming its annual fan gathering from “SOE Fan Faire” to “SOE Live“. Sony has announced the debut of a new convention devoted to Sony Online Entertainment MMOs, SOE Live. The convention will be located in Las Vegas, NV from the 18th through 21st October this year. The convention will take place at the Bally’s Casino. The games that will be showcased at the convention include DC Universe Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Free Realms, Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures and...
We’re now just 1 month away from SOE’s Fan Faire convention in Las Vegas and we have some news regarding those who intend to participate in the EQ2 tournament and/or costume contest. Unlike past EQ2 tournaments, this year’s will have little to do with actual EQ2 gameplay and instead be an Aether flying race, with players being selected for earning the fastest times. SOE Costume Contest The ever-popular SOE Fan Faire Costume Contest will be returning this year, and it’s going to be better than ever. We’ll be doing a few things differently this year. All contestants will need...
The EQ2 special in-game item for our Fan Faire attendees has just been announced on SOE’s Facebook page. “Prismatic Cloud” – This magical rainbowed mount is sure to carry you all the way!
From the EQ2 Forums: Attention Fan Faire Attendees and EverQuest II: Extended Platinum Members: We have some hot news that we think will make your day! You’re already slated to receive the EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious Digital Standard Edition on 2/22/11 as part of your EverQuest II: Extended Platinum Membership or Fan Faire 2010 attendance, but we understand that many of you wished to upgrade to the Digital Collector’s Edition of Destiny of Velious so you can enjoy the bonus items and content. Here’s the great news! It is now possible to pre-order the Digital Collector’s Edition and...
From the EQ2 Forums: Attention Fan Faire attendees! Are you in the Destiny of Velious Beta test? Do you want to be? So far, fewer than 200 Fan Faire 2010 attendees have been flagged because they either haven’t filled out a Beta application, or because they haven’t yet accepted the NDA. If you would like to participate in the EQII Destiny of Velious Beta, these are two things you need to do before we can flag you for access! If you attended Fan Faire 2010, you will be admitted into the Beta program as a thank you for attending....
We are hearing reports from the community that the Destiny of Velious EQ2 Beta is now underway. As the Beta is under strict NDA, that is the limit of what we are able to report, however as we get closer to release, we’ll post any free-and-clear information we get our mitts on. 🙂 If you have not already filled out the Destiny of Velious beta application, you may do so here. If you went to Fan Faire you should be flagged by the end of the day today (January 5, 2011). From SmokeJumper on the EQ2 Forums: The first...
From SmokeJumper on the EQ2 Forums: Fan Faire folks will be authorized to enter the beta on Jan 5th with everyone else but are automatically authorized (after they fill out the application!)
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From SOEFanFaire.com: SAVE THE DATE FOR FAN FAIRE 2011 July 7-9, 2011 @ Bally’s Las Vegas Make the Trek, Meet New Friends and Get Your Game On!
SOE wants to know where and when people would prefer to have Fan Faire 2011. Your choices are Vegas or Vegas. Go vote for your prefered hotel and dates. Amnerys posted this on the official forums: It’s that time again folks! Time to tell us where and when you want to attend Fan Faire 2011! We have two choices for you, both of them in Las Vegas. The first one sends us back to Bally’s, July 7th through the 9th. The other option takes us to the Hilton, August 4th through the 6th. Head on over to the Fan Faire...
SmokeJumper posted on the EQ2 Forums: Hey, folks, Just wanted to let you know that we recorded all the sessions at Fan Faire, transcribed all the questions, and the team leads have spent the last couple of days pouring over the lists and prioritizing them for action. We’ll be spending several weeks making fixes and changes based on the feedback we got there and then update the game with those fixes in mid-October. We’ll post the list of what’s changing much closer to when we launch so that we don’t accidentally overcommit, but we think you’ll be pleased with...
Here is the 4-part Destiny of Velious panel for EQ2 from Saturday at Fan Faire 2010. I cut out my own off-the-screen capture of the Destiny of Velious preview trailer because it has been released to the press in High Definition. [EQ2Wire] EQ2 Expansion “Destiny of Velious” Panel (playlist)
Here is the 6-part Question & Answer panel for EQ2 from Saturday at Fan Faire 2010. [EQ2Wire] Fan Faire 2010 – EQ2 Q&A Saturday Panel (playlist)
Here’s a canonical summary of the SOE Community Address. At under 50 minutes, this has to have been the shortest Community Address in the history of SOE Fan Faire events. We were advised to expect a ‘light’ event, but nothing could prepare us for nearly 20 minutes of banal, juvenile humor and heavy promotion for all things Jace Hall Productions. If you saw EverCracked, you get the idea.
From EQ2Players: If you’re attending Fan Faire and interested in participating in the EQII Platinum-Pass Battlegrounds tournament or the Zraxth’s Unseen Arcanum tournament, you might want to compete with your own character.
Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson has followed up today’s big news with a blog post over on the Station Blog on what we can expect at Fan Faire, the future of the EverQuest II Extended (F2P) server, and some hints about what’s coming in updates surrounding the Destiny of Velious expansion. You can read his post on the Station Blog here.
From EQ2Players: There’s still a short time to register for Fan Faire 2010! Registration will be closing at 11:59 pm PDT on Friday, July 23. Platinum passes are sold out, but a limited number of Silver and Gold passes are still available. As always, Fan Faire registrants will receive some special in-game items. Depending on the level of pass you purchase, you’ll get either one cool EQII item, or two cool EQII items. We wanted to give you a sneak peek at the these items, so scroll down to see the goods. And remember, Silver, Gold and Platinum attendees...
Zraxth’s Unseen Arcanum is a new challenging one group dungeon which will make its first appearance at Fan Faire this August.
Have you registered for Fan Faire yet? It’s less than a month away and registration closes in two weeks. That means it’s time for Calthine’s annual Fan Faire Tips! If you are planning to attend Fan Faire, I recommend reading her survival guide. Between tracking down guildies, meeting new friends, and trying to catch all the panels and events that affect your game(s) of choice, the Fan Faire weekend becomes a blur. It’s helpful to be prepared.
There are just two weeks left to register for Fan Faire and the number of Gold and Silver passes available is limited! Platinum passes have been sold out for some time now. You can read more at EQ2Players. Plane ticket prices are already rebounding fast, so if you are on the fence, either buy your tickets now, or roll the dice and wait another week. That’s not a bet I’d take! As we have for the last 2 years, EQ2Wire will be providing Continuing Live Coverage of EverQuest II and Fan Faire.
From EQ2Players: With just over a month left until the big event we thought it would be fun to give you a behind the scenes look at Fan Faire! What goes into planning such a big event you may ask? When do we start? Just how many pallets of stuff are shipped to the event, and how many rolls of shrink wrap does it take to keep everything together? Look no further folks—we have all of the answers right here! In our quest for insider information we looked to the experts, the Events Team! Three wonderful ladies make up...
Registration has opened for the annual Fan Faire 2010 event hosted by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). Fan Faire is returning to Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino August 5th ~ 8th, 2010. Official schedule information for the event is not yet available, but we have been advised that, barring any unforeseen changes, the schedule will be similar to that of past years. I’ve written an outline of what to expect based on previous Fan Faire events. This may be helpful for choosing flights and accommodations. Fan Faire has added another Pricing tier. In addition to the Silver Pass ($89)...
From the EQ2 Forums: 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. Special announcements and sneak peaks of upcoming SOE titles In-game tournaments and live, game-themed competitions and quests Developer forums and roundtables Cool giveaways and other fun items!...
The news is coming quickly about EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate’s new Retail strategy. Kiara brings us this: Fan Faire attendees with accounts in good standing will receive a complimentary digital copy of the retail version. You will have the early access and items associated with the retail version of the game. We’re looking into Best Buy not having the listing yet. Amazon and GameStop are shipping overseas. I’m trying to get a list of the countries that will be shipped to. Retail boxes ordered online and shipped, SHOULD be shipped in time to arrive on release day to allow...
I present the EverQuest II Expansion & Game Update News from Fan Faire in a rollup post. This is partly based on the Fan Faire 2009 Consolidated News by Kalyyn. I started with Kalyyn’s great writeup and have built upon it, adding dozens of new details and minor corrections based on everything I observed at the 2009 Fan Faire EQ2 event in Las Vegas. I’ve archived the individual news posts I submitted over the weekend. If you still want to read them, they’re [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] And now, without further ado,...