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BlizzCon 2009: Lineblogging at the badge pickup

Daniel Whitcomb

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Updated Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 6:45 PM·1 min read

Good BlizzCon eve everybody! While Schramm was able to sneak in and get the inside scoop on the goody bag, some of us are still sitting out in here in line waiting patiently for our turn. While we were waiting, I grabbed my somewhat low quality woot purchased camera, had Michael Gray save me a place in line, and got some photos of the line. It's pretty long at the moment. At the least, it's snaked around the convention center. Check out our gallery below.

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