Kotaku: fan faire

With This Click I Thee Wed

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:03:22 MDT

We mentioned a couple weeks back that a couple got married both in real life and in Everquest at this year's Fan Faire. Now we have the video, complete with storm trooper wedding march, to prove it.

SOE Revealing New Game at Fan Faire

Brian Crecente — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:00:29 MDT

Next week will be a doozy for fests and such, what with BlizzCon, QuakeCon and Sony Online Entertainment's Fan Faire all happening at the same time.

SOE says they will be unveiling a new game at this year's Faire. In fact their own president John "Smed, not smeg" Smedley will do the honors during his first ever community address next Friday at 5:30 p.m.

Could be interesting. Gamers at the Faire will even be able to check out the game, which I saw a month or so back and which will go live later in August. (I'm under embargo until after the announcement, sorry.)

Other games at the event will include Pirates of the Burning Sea, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, Secrets of Faydwer, the next expansion for EverQuest, and Rise of Kunark, the upcoming expansion for EverQuest II. What, no Agency?

We won't be sending anyone to the event, but if you're planning on attending take plenty of pictures for us.

Curt Schilling On EQ

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:22:11 MDT

CNN interviewed Everquest II fan(atic) and MLB ubergeek Curt Schilling, who's shilling for Sony Online Entertainment, about his extremely hardcore playing habits. Curt is making a special appearance in Atlanta, hanging at the SOE Fan Faire, rubbing elbows with PR folks and maybe even a few of his guild members. When Curt isn't playing baseball or pimping Sony games, he plays EQII with his kids. Awww.

Even though Curt made it to #4 on the list of The Ten Most Hated Athletes his real-deal hardcore EQII addiction just makes him so, I don't know, huggable. Check out the video and fall in love! /bats eyelashes @ Curt

Curt Schilling's Other Pasttime [CNN]

Fan Faire Hits Atlanta This Week

Brian Crecente — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:00:18 MDT

Sony Online's annual Fan Faire kicks off this week in Atlanta. The event gives players of Sony's online titles (EverQuest, EQ2, Star Wars Galaxies, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide and others) to meet-up in real life.

The event will be at the Atlanta Mariott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Avenue, from Thursday through Saturday. It runs 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Here's a break-down of the faire:

Special appearance by Curt Schilling, All Star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, an EverQuest II fan, on Thursday, April 6.
Costume contest during the Fan Faire banquet on Saturday night, April 8. Fans clad in exotic EverQuest and EverQuest II character costumes inspired by the incredibly popular massively multiplayer online games.
Hundreds of fans from all over the world meet Sony Online Entertainment game developers and their online friends for the first time in real life.
Huge Fan Faire party at the Tabernacle nightclub (152 Luckie St.), with local Atlanta music acts.
EverQuest "Best of the Best" Tournament: On Friday, from 9 AM to 3 PM, 50 players will represent their servers and fight in-game for their fellow Norrathians' glory — the last one standing wins.
EverQuest II "Take to the Sky": Saturday, from 9 AM to 3 PM, dozens of players compete in a timed race to complete a high-level adventure within EverQuest II.
Real-life quest and wild scavenger hunt, featuring actors in EverQuest and EverQuest II costumes.

SOE Fan Faire 2006 in Atlanta this Week [Gamersmark]