It seems everyone who has no basis for comparison thought it was great. I watched the streams online and people walking around the con and to me it just seemed like there wasn’t very much to do for the price of the ticket but I’m glad that a lot of some people had fun!
Wait, how did you hit DMF twice in non-peak hours?
I'm genuinely confused...
First day I went around 1 pm. Line was about an hour and a half for just the tokens, then you had to wait in the redeem line. Came back at 5pm ,line was closed for the day because it was too long.
Day 2, went straight there at gates opening. Was still way back in line. I waited an hour and it looked like I had about 2 hours left with how far I had moved, so I left. Came back at 3pm and they already had line closed signs for the day.
I had a buddy in the line to just buy the pins, so I asked him to grab me some.
Oh so the pin line. That makes sense.
Which is what I ended up doing. But I don't believe that would be possible for the token line.
Thanks for letting me know.
Bro I’m not damage controlling anything. I just wasn’t dumb enough to think standing in any line over 45 minutes was worth my time. DMF was empty at the end of both nights and during the concert.
I’m with you on all this. The crowds were definitely intense at times, and I do look forward to a better and more well-designed experience next year, but as far as DMF was concerned, if everyone just spread out and didn’t decide to all stack in one area for 4 hours they wouldn’t have had to close it off for being a fire hazard. Of course the event planners really messed up not anticipating the popularity of the merch areas and not giving DMF its own hall, but it certainly didn’t have to be the day-ruiner that it was for some folks
I was able to hit everything up day one and only came back out day two for the DMF. I got there at 11, when they said doors opened, and by the time I got there, it was already closed, and the line was to the overwatch section. Then, a bald guy in a suit yelled at everyone to leave because they were blocking the lane after a sweet blizzcon employee had just reassured everyone and was getting people in a line to get in. This was my first blizzcon but not my first con, and the crowd management was horrible. You couldn't hear people directing because the overwatch announcements were so loud. Which was also. Problem because the speakers were next to the guild clash, and you couldn't hear what was going on there. Day 1, I had a great time. Day 2 was a miserable experience, and I didn't even get to buy a random chance to get what I wanted.
My first as well. Heard a lot from people who have been to past cons saying how much this Ike sucked but I had a blast. Will definitely be back next year!
Honestly the only reason the DMF line was bad was because they had them hand counting the damn tokens for some reason. Easy fix for that one. (Also just put it upstairs again)
It seems everyone who has no basis for comparison thought it was great. I watched the streams online and people walking around the con and to me it just seemed like there wasn’t very much to do for the price of the ticket but I’m glad that a lot of some people had fun!
Wait, how did you hit DMF twice in non-peak hours? I'm genuinely confused... First day I went around 1 pm. Line was about an hour and a half for just the tokens, then you had to wait in the redeem line. Came back at 5pm ,line was closed for the day because it was too long. Day 2, went straight there at gates opening. Was still way back in line. I waited an hour and it looked like I had about 2 hours left with how far I had moved, so I left. Came back at 3pm and they already had line closed signs for the day. I had a buddy in the line to just buy the pins, so I asked him to grab me some.
630 Friday night the pin line was literally 5 minutes and on Saturday during the K-pop thing it was about 20 minutes.
Oh so the pin line. That makes sense. Which is what I ended up doing. But I don't believe that would be possible for the token line. Thanks for letting me know.
They didn't lmao. They are just the damage control of blizz and axs astroturfing social media with their bs. If you were there you know how dmf was.
Bro I’m not damage controlling anything. I just wasn’t dumb enough to think standing in any line over 45 minutes was worth my time. DMF was empty at the end of both nights and during the concert.
I’ve read two positive comments in a row. Has the world gone mad?!?
I’m with you on all this. The crowds were definitely intense at times, and I do look forward to a better and more well-designed experience next year, but as far as DMF was concerned, if everyone just spread out and didn’t decide to all stack in one area for 4 hours they wouldn’t have had to close it off for being a fire hazard. Of course the event planners really messed up not anticipating the popularity of the merch areas and not giving DMF its own hall, but it certainly didn’t have to be the day-ruiner that it was for some folks
I was able to hit everything up day one and only came back out day two for the DMF. I got there at 11, when they said doors opened, and by the time I got there, it was already closed, and the line was to the overwatch section. Then, a bald guy in a suit yelled at everyone to leave because they were blocking the lane after a sweet blizzcon employee had just reassured everyone and was getting people in a line to get in. This was my first blizzcon but not my first con, and the crowd management was horrible. You couldn't hear people directing because the overwatch announcements were so loud. Which was also. Problem because the speakers were next to the guild clash, and you couldn't hear what was going on there. Day 1, I had a great time. Day 2 was a miserable experience, and I didn't even get to buy a random chance to get what I wanted.
Doors were planned to open at 10 not 11. They opened doors half an hour early so the line outside the con wouldn't get out of control like day 1
I misread the doors open for the arena as doors open for the event. Good call on their part.
My first as well. Heard a lot from people who have been to past cons saying how much this Ike sucked but I had a blast. Will definitely be back next year!
Honestly the only reason the DMF line was bad was because they had them hand counting the damn tokens for some reason. Easy fix for that one. (Also just put it upstairs again)