Guild Wars 2

I would pay to go, and I seriously doubt I’d be the only one there. It would get the game more in the public eye. Doesn’t have to be some mega grand event in some large city’s convention center, but it could still be an awesome event for people who love this game.

Big announcements for the game, hooking up and shaking hands with real players, costumes, food, the works. It would be awesome. ;-)

Would be nice to have, but there are a few problems.

A: Place. Players play this game across the world, I’m assuming you’re making your argument from a NA standpoint, meaning should the con be on East Coast or West Coast. Should it be in Canada? Should it be in Washington (where Arenanet is located)? Should it be in California?

B: Cost. Who would pay for it? Would it be a con where you pay for your ticket and can come there and buy a ticket. If so, what if there’s a giant warehouse and only 100 people show up? Or what if 10,000 people show up?

The list goes on, I’ll create a few solutions to the problems I wrote down.

A: Create a con for east and west coast respectively. There was foostival in France (iirc) and so having 2 cons isn’t out of the question, but will there be enough players? This leads me to my next point.

B: If a con like this were to happen, I would suggest making it such that you’d buy your tickets in advance so that the organizers wouldn’t have to worry about too many people. Of course, this may mean that it would end up being relatively small, or it may be ginormous.

If it were to happen, I think it’d be more of a gigantic gathering, and, while I’d like to say that I would enjoy heading over to participate, I feel like it would become somewhat out of my taste with loud music blaring and lots of loud noises while everyone plays together.

Just my 2cents on this, but I wouldn’t mind working to organize a smaller event in my area with the help of others.

Esplen, more along the lines of a Blizzcon. People in Europe and SA play WoW too, I don’t know if they have a con those places, but I know they do in the US.

Cost Wise, I think a lot of people would pay for it. I seriously doubt it would be a skeleton crew showing up. As far as location, maybe somewhere like Dallas or Denver – somewhere a bit more central instead of Seattle, LA, or NY.

Honestly, I can’t even plan a smooth Thanksgiving dinner, so speculating how to quarterback a Guild Wars Convention is outta my league. However, I’d wager it would help to promote the spirit of the game, and that’s what it’s about.

Apologies for the following comment but it was the first thing that jumped to mind when I read the thread’s title.

So we can have hot girls dressed in plants.

There’s probably a botanists with plant girls fetish out there that this will service. Rule 34 and all.

I’d wear my GW2 shirt. — "I’m not here alone --- My friends are still culling."

Hell the kitten yes.

Viking Jorun.5413:

I’d wear my GW2 shirt. — "I’m not here alone --- My friends are still culling."

I’d wear my shirt with the names of everyone active in my guild other than me. My shirt would have no words on it.

Viking Jorun.5413:

I’d wear my GW2 shirt. — "I’m not here alone --- My friends are still culling."

I’ll dress up like my ranger, and bring my pet chihuahua and make her look like a Reindeer! THen I will wield my long bow, and with my trait in Eagle Eyes (or whatever), I will fire my arrow from a distant of 1200 feet at the guy who nerfed my poor pet Chihuahua! Sounds fun to you yet?!

Simon.3106:

I’ll dress up like my ranger, and bring my pet chihuahua and make her look like a Reindeer! THen I will wield my long bow, and with my trait in Eagle Eyes (or whatever), I will fire my arrow from a distant of 1200 feet at the guy who nerfed my poor pet Chihuahua! Sounds fun to you yet?!

As a player from Tarnished Coast: YES!