Will we see you this summer at SOE Live?

Discussion in 'News and Announcements' started by Dexella, Feb 6, 2013.

  1. Dexella Associate Producer

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    Mark your calendars! In 2013, SOE Live will return to Las Vegas from August 1-4.

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    While we’ll still be among the glitter and glitz of Las Vegas, we are moving to a new venue! SOE Live will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

    Our favorite Dwarven Overlord, Linda “Brasse” Carlson, has prepared a blog highlighting what she loves about SOE Live and what she’s looking forward to this year. You can read all about it here!

    For more information and updates, check out www.soe.com/soelive and make sure you’re following @SonyOnline on Twitter. Registration for the event will be opening in Spring.

    We can’t wait to see you in Vegas!
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  2. Beimeith Lord of the Game

    I'll be at Fan Faire, but I'm still wary about eating the food again :/
  3. Utdaan Augur

    Was there a discounted rate that weekend because DEF CON is just down the street? :/
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  4. Shang Augur

    where the discounts at
  5. Geroblue Augur

    No gonna make it... limited vacation time.
  6. IceSy Augur

    Hoping to get to go this year :)
  7. Tegila Augur

    y'all really need to do soemthing on the EAST coast every few years not vegas all the time. would be cheaper for soe /wink, bigger profit margin=win.
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  8. Mellifleur Augur

    I completely agree.
  9. IceSy Augur

    100% Agree with Tegila here! Can we pretty please, with a cherry and all that, have an SOE Live on the East Coast??? *bats her baby blues*
  10. Piestro Augur

    Not small islands in random oceans? ;)

    Vegas dramatically reduces costs for us, hugely so. We don't have to fly everyone out for starters, we can bus it. If we did it on the east coast, one of the costs would be significantly less dev participation. Just travel time alone is brutal comparatively.

    It's also relatively cheap to fly to vegas, compared to flying to a destination a similar distance away. Vegas is a sure bet (see what I did there, heh heh) for airlines and so they can keep costs down. People are always going to Vegas.

    Finally getting space in Vegas is much easier. There is a huge diversity of spaces available that can meet our needs. I can't think of another comparable city in that respect in the US (and possibly the world).
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  11. Piestro Augur

    One way that might be available to reduce costs is to be on a player panel. Any thoughts on a topic you might like to speak on?
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  12. RekMMO Lorekeeper

    If I can afford it, this will be my first SOE Live, my first time in Vegas and possibly my first time flying on an airplane. All of that stuff and the possible unveiling of EQ3 has me super excited for this event!
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  13. Crystilla Augur

    To Piestro's email -- do a panel on player studio and show off some of your knowledge along with another player or two who might be coming and does it for other games :) That's my recommendation!
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  14. IceSy Augur

    That would be AWESOME! LOL hmm, PlayerStudio panel comes to mind! :D
  15. IceSy Augur

    I give 2 thumbs up on this idea!:D
  16. Tegila Augur

    i know im late in responding, but i see the point with the travel for SOE employees, I do, but if hotel accommodations are significantly lower (most people i've known to go to vegas F's have shared rooms with several people to cut costs, there's much bigger pricerange availability over here i'd think) also, being closer to perhaps a large amount of people that have never made the trip but would like to, wouldnt perhaps increased ticket sales for the event itself, offset the travel costs for SOE? I can think of several places where the space shouldn't be too difficult to come by for the event itself, like Atlantiic City, Orlando (and you have disney world etc as a side attraction and thus perhaps a nice way for people to combine the trip with a family facation) perhaps Myrtle Beach. Anywhere that traditionally has high tourist traffic will have the accommodations, while also being closer to cheaper accommodations allowing more people perhaps to come that normally couldn't. Airfar is the least worry with trips like that, moreso hotel transportation and food costs are where it comes from.

    maybe my experience differs from some others, but it seems like there are more people in this timezone that play the game and would be a higher portion of sales for them/us since many never get to go due to cost or time constraints. Does SOE pay for the employees' travel or do the employees? I guess that matters more on whether more attending players could offset t hose costs or not. Popular destinations like I mentioned shouldnt create much if any increase in flight costs though equipment etc would cost more i know.
  17. Crystilla Augur

    There's also the massive equipment costs which would skyrocket beyond belief to take this out of anywhere that can be easily transported to.

    Trust me, I'm in the midwest and would love to see something middle or east but doubt it's ever going to happen until we're down again to just a couple of games in SoE's stable (and no one wants that to happen anytime soon).
  18. Shang Augur

    The added expenses of SoE having to go farther away would just be transferred onto the customer.

    Vegas is also one of the cheapest places to get to/stay, comparatively.
  19. Utdaan Augur

    ^ This.

    You're also not obligated to stay in the hosting hotel. You can get very inexpensive rooms off of the strip. You just can't drunkenly stumble from one party to another and then to your own room's bed...if you can remember your room number. ;)
  20. EverChanter Augur

    Wasn't aware that SoELive was about you guys...I was always under the assumption that it was about "the players that have kept this game going for this long", guess I'm wrong. Also, you can't think of another city because you guys haven't left SoCal or Vegas~ Every Major city has venues for these :p
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