Viva Las Vegas Friday!!

Friday is when the panels start and our first panel of the day was podcasts. SOE puts out a podcast and so does OGR. We decided to attend this panel because Jethal is part of the OGR family. But he was not there, but we did hear a good discussion about podcasts and how they work.

After the podcast panel and the breakfast of cereal and milk, we went to the second panel of the day. Legands of Norath or LON, we learned about the newest expansion pack and how it will work. I learned how to play the game. It was lots of fun.


After the panel we met a Barbarian and she will willing to take a picture with Hello Kitty. Then we saw a Storm Trooper. He helped Hello Kitty fire his gun.. it was just too cute for words.

We did have some spare time and we just wandered around the main hall and met up with some people.

This is Rowane, she loved hello kitty.





This is a random Matrix Online player. This year was the last year for the Matrix online and he was one of the last few standing people. It was a sad year for these players.

This was the real life person playing Firona Vie with the newer costume. They have come a long way since the first version.


This is the real life person playing the other Herione in EQ, Antonia Bayle. Again, the costume is just awesome. I think if I go next year I am gonna dress up as Santinea, My character in EQII.


This is Helig, he was a charcter in the live action play and again LOVES Hello Kitty. He was telling me about the fact that he watched Hello Kitty on Tv with his kids. He is soo my kind of guy.


Uurs and Matt were playing Free Realms on some laptops and I got a tweet from Jethal with a trivia question, "Who was Lord Nagafen's true love?" If we guessed correctly we would get a 90 day game card. I asked Uurs, "Isn't it Lady Vox?" He replied, "Yes" and I walked over to find Jethal and then said, "Isn't it Lady Vox?" He said yes and he handed me the 90 day card and had to stop for a photo op.


After the photo op, we saw some Dark Elves from Geremany. I had to run over to get their picture with Hello Kitty. They didn't speak very much but I was very grateful.


We also saw the actual Brasse the dwarf. She was dressed up and even was willing to take a picture with Hello Kitty. She made the garb by hand. I could not believe she did it by herself. It was just awesome.

The last picture is another is a Free Realms character, she was just awesome. So after we went to the last panel, EQ II Potpourri, we went to the Address from Smedly. Where we found out that everyone got the newest expansion for EQ II for free and also got other cool stuff. Then it was drinking time. SOE provided every one with liquor. However, they did not have the makings for a Malibu Mai Tai. But they did offer an Akanon Amp-tini. It was okay... but after the band and the karoke decided to blare the music to the point that gave Matt and Uurs a headache.

After everything we decided to walk around and gamble again, but then well again off to bed, as we had a panel again at 10 am.

Viva Las Vegas Thursday

This was the first day of the SOE Fanfaire 2009. We had never been to a Fanfaire ever so this was going to be an experience. We decided after Matt wasn't feeling well this day Uurs and I decided to get him a Scooter. MAN these things are just freaking awesome. We decided that morning to pick one up for him.



We also decided to get breakfast at the Sidewalk cafe. Jethal told me that if Hello Kitty kissed him that he would make her an honorary Jethal's girl.



After breakfast we decided to stand in line to wait for our badge so that we are not there for hours. The line extended from one side of the hotel out to the casino floor. Below is what we saw at the begining of registration. We were number like 8 to 9 in line. Out of like 2,000 people.




Hello kitty was comfortable in line in the basket. Matt in the scooter, Hello Kitty was having a blast in the basket with the water that Steph and her family was so awesome to give us.


Once we were inside we met new friends, and got to see a lot of vendors, not as many as Norwescon but enough to get by I suppose.



This is Trueflight and Zandi. They are guildmates and new friends. They were more than willing to pose with Hello Kitty.

One of the Gunner Girls was too excited to pose with Hello Kitty. She was just esctatic. She loved it. Hello Kitty even has the Gunner Glasses on for the look.

We met DenMother. She was a great person, and even gave us Trailmix, Cashews, and dark chocolate covered cranberries. She thought of us and the next day she gave Uurs just the dark chocolate cranberries, as he was allergic to the Cashews.




I also got pictures with the Free Realms chars. (This is a free game for kids and adults alike.) It was awesome because one of these pictures was famous. I don't remember which one, but it was posted on a website. After a few hours of playing around in the main area, we had the opening ceremonies.

After the open ceremonies Hello Kitty made an address, none heard it.. but it was fun to pretend.



I posed with Hello Kitty and Brenlo, ZOMG an EQII producer. He actually works for SOE. He also was super sweet.


Helig, loved hello kitty soo much he requested to have his own picture with her. He is a guild member and was one of the 10 that went so that we could get our guild a 50% discount.

This is Zanadi and Brasse from thebrasse.com. It was just was fun to see them love hello kitty.


We also met Lera, (not a frostfell elf) and Jethal. Jethal was trying to get Lera. This picture is just awesome.



We also met Roewane. She is also another guild mate. She also was having fun holding Hello Kitty. This was the last picture of the night. This is Uurs and the statue of Firiona Vie. This was the original costume that was worn when the original EQ was launched. It was just awesome to be in the room with it.
After everything we did a little more gambling but then went to bed as we had a very long day of panels ahead of us.

Viva Las Vegas Wednesday

Last week we went to Vegas. We had a great time and did very little exploring outside of Bally's and Paris. I decided to do a project where I bring Hello Kitty with me. We got up oh blessed early and flew in on Thursday. It was a beautiful flight and we had a great view.

Hello kitty looking out the window looking at the new scenery.

Once we landed it was warm and kind of muggy... but we survived the navigating around the airport. We learned that once we were there that we had a choice that we could use the shuttle or take a cab. I have never been in a cab before and we were not sure how cheap it would be. We decided to just go for it. (Traveler's tip: When taking a cab to the strip, tell the driver to take surface streets. Not only will it be cheaper you can also see the sights around the strip.)

Once we got to Bally's we stood in line and waited for our hotel room. The people there were very friendly. They even posed for Hello Kitty.

Once we got checked in we went to our room. It was HUGE!!!! We had a lot of space to run around in. We even had a mini fridge. It was a great place to meet my good friend that I had not seen in years. That was the plan for Thursday. Meet up with my good friend Steph and her family.
I had not seen her in over 8 years or so. It has been forever. I gave her a ring and we decided to meet up at the hotel and just chill and chat.

We did alot of exploring around the Paris hotel. I think out of the entire experience I loved the sky. It was just beautiful.

We also walked by Napoleon's a resturant in Paris. It looked beautiful, and the sign on the door was just soo cool.


We said our good byes to Steph and her family, and find our first two official con people.You know when a convention starts when you see Kerran and an Iksar.



After dinner at the Le Cafe, (I do not recommend this place as they took forever and I had to ask twice for water.) We went back to our room only to find out the AC was not working properly. So we called the front desk and had to get them to come look at it. Come to find out we had to be "Upgraded" which would have been great but... well the "upgrade" seemed more to be a down grade. We didn't have a lot of room like the last room but hey we at least had a place to lay our head at the end of the night.