SOE Fan Faire 2006 in Atlanta this Week
Meet fellow players of your favorite SOE MMOs in person.  April 4th, 2006 (3:58pm) - Sony Online Entertainment is hosting an event in Atlanta for the dedicated fans of their best-selling online multiplayer games— EverQuest, EverQuest II, Star Wars Galaxies, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide and more. The event is simply titled "Fan Faire" and is a real-life social event held in various cities throughout the United States.
Fan Faire is designed to allow Sony Online Entertainment’s players the chance to meet other players in a fun environment, as well as meet the people behind some of the world’s most successful massively multiplayer online PC games. Attendees will have plenty of opportunities to mingle freely with one another, make new friends and have the chance to participate in a number of panel discussions and game-themed live events. Attendees will also have the exclusive opportunity to get sneak peeks of upcoming Sony Online Entertainment games for the PC and the PSP. Fan Faire will be held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlanta Mariott Marquis, located at 265 Peachtree Center Avenue, starting on Thursaday, April 6th from 4PM to 10 PM and then on the following Friday and Saturday from 10AM to 10PM.
Special Events being held:
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.
For more information check out our website: http://events.station.sony.com/fanfaire/Reported by Elias Dounis on April 4th, 2006 (3:58pm)
More Recent News
+ SEGA gives Conduit a chance (November 17, 2008 3:35am)
+ Earthworm Jim Wiggles His Way Onto Virtual Console (October 30, 2008 1:39pm)
+ GamersMark Recruiting New Writers (October 29, 2008 11:09pm)
+ Rumor Mill: Google Looking to Buy Valve (September 17, 2008 9:19am)
+ Ensemble Studios Closing Shop After Completion of Halo Wars (September 12, 2008 10:43pm)
| 
