Ok... took some thought and finally decided to go and drag a friend along with me ^^ this is going to be an interesting trip from seattle... wish there were more of a list of who else was going ...

Ticket to 3 day event for FFXI...$85.00
Gasoline to drive to the event...$ 5.00

Rare/ex item for my main...priceless.

Already bought my tickets, see you all there!!

"California, know's how to party.......in the city...of L.A."

I'm in FL and I would love to attend an event like this. Maybe in the future they will hold something like that closer to the east coast.

Any of you who can go... I'm jealous, lol. Make sure you take advantage of the opportunity. I'm a BST, so any W. coast BSTs say something about the nerfing update. Don't complain, just make a suggestion or 10, lol.

I'm looking forward to some of the west coast postings after this event is over. Have fun!! You lucky bass turds!!

wait are the people in the Ballista Finals going there for free for half off or something or is it recorded for the game play and played on a big screen for every one to see
P.S.
can someone tell them about how there are to many gil sellers in the severs and are makeing prices to high like 7k for a hi potions when its like 2k to make it i mean i am spending over 40k just to do the mini avatar fights and i am 1/1 on ifirt 1/5 on shiva 1/3 on titan i mean i had to sell my mnk armor just to do most of them and i am gald for the people in my LS who are kind enough to make my hi potions and ethers and yag drinks

Wait, so the World Premier of Aht Urghan is going to be in MARCH? I kept hearing it was going to be sooner than that. Well, damn.

Bah, all you East coasters keep complaining about the event not being near you. What about us west coasters who can't afford the money or time to go to it when we live several states away? >.>

The least SE could do is hit major cities with this like LA Chitown ATL and NYC. You hit all your premises right there West Coast Midwest South and East Coast wouldn't that make atleast more people happy? If I would consider going, but of course that $85 would just putting more of our money in their pockets so I don't think I'll shell $85 for just an in-game item that may not be worth it.

Found an interesting quote

I bolded jobs because that pretty much says BLU isn't the only job being added. I'm intrigued now as to what they could be makes me want to stick on XI.

Edited, Mon Dec 19 22:49:40 2005

And...I would go but I'm in UK.....great... *sigh*

The only reason they dont host this **** here in the east coast is cause we're too cold for them to hold a "BIG FF EVENT" lol DAMN U SE DAMN U!!!

Hmmm, I'm interested into assiting to that Event. The thing is that my friend and I are Spanish and have no idea of where to go, to sleep or eat. lol. If someone near that place is thinking into going to the event and want to help us (Give us a bed or a floor to sleep =P) I'd be grateful. We can pay. Interested: send me an email please: (nagash_server_of_malkav@msn.com)
Maybe is still soon, but our journey is long and expensive, if we could get some help and we could start preparing somthing, that'll be fantastic. Thank you.

<sigh>.. -_-;
you all make it sound like SE is -trying- to shaft you all just because it happens to be in a single location and not 'everywhere' for everyone to enjoy. :\ i wont even get into the logistical nightmare that would be, much less the financial kick in the *** it would entail.
now granted, i wish it were closer to where i live too. i really wanna go. :< but im not gonna lose any sleep knowing that i prolly wont make it because of where it is and how much it costs. and like sasukenin said.. they cant make everyone happy. "try to make everyone happy, and youll end up making nobody happy." but they do what they can, and im appreciative for that alone.

thats my 2 gil in the pot ^^

Being from Alabama, I don't see much action here anyways. Hardly anything comes through these parts. Yes I know this is country dialect so SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE!

Anywho the point it is on the West Coast is because Japanese SE employees, spokesmen, etc. all come from Japan, which is in the EAST. Now, to get to America all they have to do is travel East till they reach here. Which will be California.

California is used to this more so than the East Coast, because we get European travelers more often than they do. Now who wants to fly all across the world to the East coast when the West Coast is much closer? Nobody.

So my point is, either be glad they decided to fly over here, and actually listen to people who play the game in the west coast, who also have the same problems as us. Or shell out those savings and fly to the convention and pay for your ticket and walk in. People who wanted the X-Box 360 had more dedication than most of you.

Now I agree I wish it'd be over here too, but I don't want to make it a hassel for anyone. Besides, you know they aren't going to get a weapon, or any beneficial armor. They are most likely going to get furniture or some festival type apparel like the Dream Robe.

The NA Playonline HQ is in California...everyone is always quick to jump foul play on SE parts.../sigh