Dizzy Games

GEEKS UNITE!!!

Once a year Blizzard entertainment, makers of Warcraft, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, & Diablo I, II &III, host a convention for their gamers to get together and bask in Blizzard's glory. The event is spaced over a few days and consists of numerous panels where gamers can question game creators, asking geeky question after geeky question, there are dance competitions (geeks + dancing + the occasional costume = hilarity), joke competitions (you seriously need to be a geek to get any of these jokes), and the always interesting Costume Competition where gamers display their costumes they have painstakingly made just for this moment of glory, the costumes range from full Warlock Vengeful Gear to the minimalistic Succubus outfit (trust me, its skimpy), unfortunately this year the contest went to someone who only really won because she was astride a giant mechanical turtle (no doubt daddy spent lots of time making it for her), but some of the outfits were just amazing and the time spent on them probably could have been put to better use but heck, they had fun, even if they were scared out of their wits on stage.

There were also numerous vendors peddling their Blizzard related wares such as themed T-Shirts which only a geek would find funny and a vendor who specialised in making personalised World of Warcraft figurines based on a player's actual World of Warcraft character (I would explain how they do it but I really wasn't paying attention to what the guy was saying cause it was boring).

Another part of BlizzCon was the Warcraft, Starcraft and World Of Warcraft tournaments where the Super Geeks battled for supremacy whether it be using a massive army of Orcs to smash down the Dwarves (this made much easier due to the fact that there is a lot less distance to smash them down), or Zerging those fancy pants Protoss in a massive space battle, or even Sapping some dopey Shaman in an arena as your Lock buddy fears the crap out of some silly Pally and DoTs him till he cries.

All in all there is great fun to be had at BlizzCon for the entire geek community and even if you can't get there it has been made available Live through Pay Per View telly.