blizzard staff was there that alone made it worth going. I got a boxset completely signed out by most all the developers :
They were incredibly friendly guys, most of them thanked us while we were asking them to sign the game.
people there near the front would buy 5-10 copies of the game, then walk to the back and sell the reg edition (55 dollars) for 80 dollars. It kinda annoyed me that people would wait in line, then buy the game at a ridiculous markup, especially since it was the non collecters edition and it was unsigned. why even go to this even then, they are ubber nerds i guess, demanding to be the first on the servers
i'll get some pics of the box when i get back to school (i'm playing hookey and instead hanging out at home up north 🙂 )
the collecters edition is sweet, valve should watch and learn 😛