Vote: Blizzcon Expectations?

Posted 19 October 2011 by Flux

With Blizzcon 2011 set to start up in just a couple of days, does anyone care? I’ve seen few signs of excite in the Diablo community, and at least judging by forum comments you guys seem pretty indifferent to the show this year. I guess that’s inevitable; we’ve seen tons of ongoing info from the beta, and we recently got word that the game would not be out until early 2012, dashing a lot of “best Xmas evah!” hopes.

There are a stack of Diablo III panels at the show, but the developers have not been talking up the Diablo content at all. (Remember Bashiok’s “biggest Diablo Blizzcon ever! remarks last year?) Since we were told that all the game systems were revealed before the beta, there’s no expectation for big new features. After all, it’s not like we’re going to get a sixth character or something.

On the other hand, perhaps I’m misreading the mood of the community. Maybe most of you guys are eagerly awaiting the show? We’ll surely get new screenshots and artworks and gameplay footage, at the very least. The playable demo at the show might be all new Act Three content. There might be awesome new info at the panels. There might be an Arena demo with a new map and high level characters from each class to choose from. Etc.

So, which is it? Are you excited and eager, or not?


Do you have Blizzcon 2011 excite?

  • 3) Not very excited. Not expecting much. (30%, 1,193 Votes)
  • 2) Eager for Blizzcon, but not crazed. (23%, 917 Votes)
  • 5) No opinion. Wake me when the game is done. (16%, 655 Votes)
  • 1) Super excite! Can't wait for tons of new info. (16%, 624 Votes)
  • 4) Don't care. Will just be old info in a new wrapper. (15%, 614 Votes)

Total Voters: 4,002

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Last Vote Results

The last vote once again went over 10k responses, so even with the general slow down in the Diablo community since the release date delay clarification, we still see a lot more people closely following the game’s progress now than there were earlier this year. (I have site stats to confirm that; I’m not just making suppositions from vote tallies.)

As for the predictions… clearly most of you guys are taking Blizzard’s “early 2012″ literally, with 67% opting for Jan-March. Then again, with fourth place going to the spiteful NEVER crowd, perhaps we shouldn’t read too much into these results…

When will Diablo 3 be released?

  • February 2012 (29%, 3,081 Votes)
  • March 2012 (25%, 2,665 Votes)
  • January 2012 (13%, 1,344 Votes)
  • Canceled. Vapor ware. (9%, 911 Votes)
  • April 2012 (8%, 855 Votes)
  • Second half of 2012 (5%, 513 Votes)
  • 2013 or later. (4%, 452 Votes)
  • June 2012 (4%, 392 Votes)
  • May 2012 (3%, 298 Votes)

Total Voters: 10,511

Tagged As: | Categories: BlizzCon 2011, Community Relations, Diablo: IncGamers Votes
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35 Opinions have been expressed on “Vote: Blizzcon Expectations?”
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  • what if they show all rune effect visuals and some end tier items ingame? not too unrealistic, is it? so i voted #2

    • You think that they would show all 565 rune effect visuals during a Blizzcon panel? Yeah… not unrealistic at all… :roll:

      Also, if you want to see some end tier items in game then go to Risingred’s gallery and look at them…

  • I voted 1 because i really hope we will see an intro/cinematic of something like that. Blizz cinematic are always good! :-)

  • Anything less than the full intro cinematic and Blizz can tongue my cornhole.

  • i dont think we care anymore about screenshots, we just want to play the game.. at least from me

  • The chat thingies in room 202 aren’t really panels.

  • I have a ticket and I chose #3 :|

  • I stopped caring about Blizzcon after 4.0 and Cataclysm destroyed WoW for me. My interest in D3 is still relatively high, but my interest in Activizzard in general is lower than ever, other than in a shocked-bystander-at-a-train-wreck kind of way.

    • Yeah pretty much who cares about this years blizzcon. Beta gameplay videos have shown all the stuff we need right now, and interest is fading away with great speed. Worst anti-climax ever

      • Losing interest because you seen 0.01% of the actual game. Worst anti-climax ever

        • It’s also the first half hour to an hour of the game every single time you roll a new character.  So, about a thousand times more important than some secondary section of Act 2.
           
          Of course, with the new insta-skill system, you won’t need to roll more than one of each class.  :P

          • It’s not even that because since it’s the Beta Blizzard cut off even more large chunks out of the beginning to keep the story intact.

            Frankly, I just want to either learn more about the story or hear a solid release date from Blizzard.
            Any cinematics, screenshots, or artwork is appreciated but not what I want.

  • I voted May, with Blizzard early means mid, plus they will get it out just in time for summer break.

  • I’m expecting some news on the contents of the collectors’ edition, but not much more.

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