SOE Fan Faire 2006 is coming to Atlanta, GA on April 6th, 7th, and 8th. Never been to a Fan Faire? Well, you should! Fan Faire is a great place to meet other players in real life. Get together for a good time at the local bars, embark upon live quests, participate in a prized tournament, and meet the developers of your favorite SOE game!

In the words of Tayln on the Station Community Forums, talking about why you should go to the last Fan Faire in Las Vegas:

"the best thing is you can be a geek (or just act like one) without anyone pointing and laughing (well, too much)"

"Last year, one of the places you were guaranteed to run into Everquester's was Quarks (Startrek themed bar in the Hilton). We were there eating one day when in walks this whole group of folks wearing full Star Trek uniforms. As I sat there, sipping my beer, I thought to myself: "I may spend most of my evenings running around pretending to be a halfling, but at least I am not wearing THAT out in public."

EQ geeks:1 , Startrek geeks: 0 :)

Concerning what you get for the money, I would say that the best thing for me last year was just the chance to 'embrace my Everquestness'. What I mean by that is,  you have to admit that as many folks who you see onlineplaying everyday,  in our average everyday lives its not all that common. Trying to explain Everquest to my friends and co-workers usually results in confused stares or outright laughter. You're never going to be standing around the watercooler arguing with someone at work over whether bards are overpowered or not. Fan Faire is a chance to be in an environment where everyone knows what a SoW is. Except those weird planetside folks.. but its not like they count anyway ;)

You're going to meet cool people from your server. You're going to get to show some server pride, some class pride, some subclass pride. And, if you are familiar with EQ1, you're going to get to yell POVAR SUCKS! at every get-together, and dangit.. yer going to mean it!

You're going to meet Devs and Mods and Customer service folks. You might even meet the frendly healer who hooked you up with a rezz after that unfortunate Enraged Bear incident.

You are going to drink beer. Let me repeat that. There is BEER.

There will be games. The live quests are amazingly fun. You'll see Eqers running rampant hailing live NPCs, making up songs. solving puzzles.

And there's just plain weird and fun stuff. For instance last year a lot of the EQ1 rogues from The Safehouse got together and made stickers that said 'soandso backstabs you for 386 pts of damage. They'd walk around and stick one on your back so lightly you wouldn't notice. Finally you'd catch one, reach back, and find you'd been stabbed 12 times for 8000k damage. :) Doh! Rezz please!

If you love the game, FanFaire is THE place to be this June."

Tayln Fleetpaw
Steamfont

Register for the next SOE Fan Faire here!

Fan Faire Atlanta - April 6th, 7th, & 8th 2006
Registration for Fan Faire is official open, not only to SOE gamers, but to gamers, friends, and family everywhere! Even if you don't play SOE games, come check out the fun for a day, an evening, or the whole weekend!

If you're new to the SOE Fan Faire and don't yet play any of our games, simply select from EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide or EverQuest Online Adventures and receive a trial version of the featured SOE game of your choice! A Fan Faire representative will contact you after registration with instructions on how to claim your trial.

ALL NEW THIS YEAR - Attendees who pre-register online will receive a special Fan Faire souvenir! If you register online on or before March 24th, 2006, you will receive one (1) in-game item for one character in the game you select as the "primary game" during the registration process. You must be a subscriber in good standing for the specified primary game. You will be able to claim your in-game item after the close of Fan Faire, and a Fan Faire representative will contact you after registration to instruct you how to claim your item.

Bring Friends! Register yourself and 2 guests for the Classic Pass to receive an upgrade to the Gold Pass ! This offer applies to online pre-registration only and is not valid for onsite registrations.

Bring Your Guild! Register 6 or more members of your Guild online for the Classic Pass and you'll all receive upgrades to the Gold Pass , plus 2 complimentary drink tickets per registered Guild member and a special reserved table for your Guild during the Grand Banquet and Welcome Reception.

Remember to enter the correct Guild name during the online registration process in order to receive your upgrades! This offer applies to online pre-registration only and is not valid for onsite registrations.

Event Information Now you can decide which events and extras you want included in your Fan Faire package by choosing from a variety of registration passes:

Classic Pass : The package that gives you Fan Faire. The Classic pass gets you an official 2006 Fan Faire t-shirt, as well as access to the Welcome Reception, the Grand Banquet, our special offsite entertainment event (soon to be announced), all forums, roundtable discussions and daily events that make Fan Faire fun. Get a weekend of adventure and fun with the Classic pass for just $125 (includes 7% Atlanta sales tax). Guests attending the offsite event must be 21 or older.

Gold Pass : The Gold pass gives you all that the Classic pass has to offer--the official t-shirt, access to all functions, the banquet and offsite event, everything--and takes you further behind the scenes by introducing you personally to the Dev Team of your favorite game during an invitation-only brunch. Sign up for this special opportunity with the Gold pass for $155 (includes 7% Atlanta sales tax) and the Fan Faire team will contact you to confirm your brunch time! Guests attending the offsite event must be 21 or older.

ALL NEW! Can't make it for the full Fan Faire weekend? You don't have to miss the fun. Pick a day pass for fun on your schedule!

Friday Pass - $42 (includes 7% Atlanta sales tax) Valid Friday only, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., you get access to all Friday Fan Faire daytime events, forums and roundtable discussions. Evening events after 6PM are not included.

Saturday Pass - $42 includes 7% Atlanta sales tax) Valid Saturday only, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., you get access to all daytime Saturday Fan Faire events, forums and roundtable discussions. Evening events after 6PM are not included.

Entertainment Pass - $80 (includes 7% Atlanta sales tax) Just want an evening of fun? Come hang out with us with the Entertainment Pass ! Valid on Friday evening, from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., you can enjoy the Welcome Reception at the Marriott Marquis, followed by a party with your gaming friends at our offsite event (soon to be announced)! Must be 21 or older to attend

REGISTER TODAY AT THE FAN FAIRE WEBSITE!