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BlizzCon 2018 Diablo team with a lot of preproduction for the event.
This is just speculation, the Community Manager Brandy Camel aka Nevalistis wrote a tweet yesterday, explaining why she’s not attending TwitchCon. The reason and I quote “I've had to drop attendance to #TwitchCon this year. It's proximity to #BlizzCon is just too close and I have to prioritize being in good condition for our show. “
That seems pretty normal, an I understand that when you’re a professional and you love what you do, you always want to be 100% ready.
Now, TwitchCon is from October 26-28. So she still have 4 days to prepare for BlizzCon. If that’s not enough time is because must be a lot of rehearsals, interviews, content, etc. To be in preproduction for the event, and the Community Manager is super busy with Diablo content.
Despite the fact that she’s not attending TwitchCon, I think this is great news for Diablo. The busy the CM and devs are, the better for the franchise.
Nevalistis
Haha, in this case, you may be jumping to some conclusions.
I'm pretty weak of constitution and was super bummed one BlizzCon when I came down with a stomach bug at the show; I ended up missing half of Friday and even that was devastating. BlizzCon pretty singularly represents exactly what I stand for—a celebration of our community, so I'm doing everything I can to be healthy for the event. I got my flu shot yesterday and I'm cramming as much Vitamin C and hydration in as I can in preparation!
I love attending TwitchCon, but BlizzCon is my job as well as something I'm pretty passionate about; attending BlizzCon 2008 set me on the path to working at Blizzard, meeting so many of my guildmates, and even introducing me to the love of my life. I owe it both to myself and the attendees to give it my best. :)