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I don't particularly see how this works this year. Two years ago, I got a link and refreshed like a motherfucker until the time and got a number in line. Please explain in smile-as-possible terms for this poor simpleton! Also, since Wednesday and Saturday were sold out for pre-reg, does that fall over for normal registration, you think? Are all of us normal, sad individuals screwed over to get only two days?
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Pan Dulce posted:I don't particularly see how this works this year. Two years ago, I got a link and refreshed like a motherfucker until the time and got a number in line. Please explain in smile-as-possible terms for this poor simpleton! No, they set aside X number for the alumni, and the rest are in the general sale pool. There will be a handful of Wednesday badges available, and plenty of the other 4 days.
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Feb 21, 2014 04:17
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Beast of Bourbon posted:Trade Pro reg went really smoothly. I was hitting it at 9:59 and getting a 'you must wait until 10am' and then I refreshed, logged in and checked out inside of about 2 minutes with the website working just great. Already got my confirmation email. Were you able to buy for friends?
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Feb 21, 2014 04:26
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Pan Dulce posted:I don't particularly see how this works this year. Two years ago, I got a link and refreshed like a motherfucker until the time and got a number in line. Please explain in smile-as-possible terms for this poor simpleton! I think you can buy more days when regular sales open in the Spring. We wont know until then.
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Feb 21, 2014 04:39
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Pan Dulce posted:I don't particularly see how this works this year. Two years ago, I got a link and refreshed like a motherfucker until the time and got a number in line. Please explain in smile-as-possible terms for this poor simpleton! Here's how it worked this year for alumni. You were given a link and an individual registration code as well as a day and time when registration would open. At the appointed time, you had 2 hours to enter the waiting room. It didn't matter if you showed up 2 hours or 2 minutes early, you had the same chance of tickets according to CCI. Also, because you had an individual registration code, you couldn't have multiple sessions opened. I confirmed this. It took the last session you had open and kills the other sessions. When the waiting room closed (2 hours from the first time), everyone waiting was randomized and given a place in line. Sadly we never saw what place in line we were but there was a line. Every 2 minutes, your page would refresh. If you got to the front of the line, you could buy tickets for yourself and up to 2 other people (who had alumni member IDs). And that's the nuts and bolts. It was orderly and because refreshing the page was utterly detrimental to you, there was no server issue. Here's what I see happening for gen-pop. You're required to have a member ID already, I see them sending out individual reg codes to everyone. Another Saturday, probably early March (I could see March 8th, or 15th THESE DATES ARE CONJECTURE BASED IN NO SOLID FACT). 7 AM PST waiting room opens, 9 AM PST registration actually opens. Lots of people who don't get tickets saying the whole thing was rigged. This is sadly the only fair way to do ticket dispersal since they've created a nasty rush. Yes, I still blame them for this mess, it was never this bad until they made a big deal out of the ticket release date.
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Feb 21, 2014 05:33
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Does anyone know if you already bought tickets to the pre-reg will they allow you to use your member id to log on and purchase open sale tickets for others? I would assume yes since they let you keep your place in line and buy for others if your ticket was already bought but I'm completely unconvinced of anything that they've even confirmed being true.
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Feb 21, 2014 05:44
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I feel like next purchasing round we should use a buddy system because straight up going "who needs a ticket i need a ticket" is not working. Who wanna be my buddy?
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Feb 21, 2014 07:28
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Alan Smithee posted:I feel like next purchasing round we should use a buddy system because straight up going "who needs a ticket i need a ticket" is not working. How many tickets are you going for?
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Feb 21, 2014 13:40
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RevKrule posted:How many tickets are you going for? Just one wanna be my buddy?
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Feb 21, 2014 13:43
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Alan Smithee posted:Just one I'll be your buddy. I'm not going for even one ticket so that helps  We should get someone else who wants 1 or 2 tickets. Then we have 3-4 people trying to get tickets. Odds in numbers.
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Feb 21, 2014 13:45
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RevKrule posted:I'll be your buddy. I'm not going for even one ticket so that helps Just to confirm if one person buys for another that other person is locked out of buying for themselves right?
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Feb 21, 2014 13:48
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Alan Smithee posted:Just to confirm if one person buys for another that other person is locked out of buying for themselves right? Yes. If you try and buy a ticket after someone's already bought, it'll say something along the lines of "Someone's already purchased tickets for this member ID"
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Feb 21, 2014 13:49
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RevKrule posted:Yes. If you try and buy a ticket after someone's already bought, it'll say something along the lines of "Someone's already purchased tickets for this member ID" Let's do it, anyone want in on this love triangle
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Feb 21, 2014 14:03
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Me! I want to buy 2 tickets.
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Feb 21, 2014 21:50
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I'm buying two tickets, but I'm wondering if this buddy system would work if all of us band together, try to access the site, and see which two (since it seems there's more than three tickets wanted) gets the best spot in the "line." I'm assuming other goons will want in on this the closer we get to the con date, so we should create a giant goon web of individuals with valid member IDs taking a stab in the dark on each computer for this randomized hell-hole.
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Feb 22, 2014 09:24
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Pan Dulce posted:I'm buying two tickets, but I'm wondering if this buddy system would work if all of us band together, try to access the site, and see which two (since it seems there's more than three tickets wanted) gets the best spot in the "line." I'm assuming other goons will want in on this the closer we get to the con date, so we should create a giant goon web of individuals with valid member IDs taking a stab in the dark on each computer for this randomized hell-hole. If its like the Alumni order, you won't see your place in line. You just wait until the system tells you you're in. Combined with the fact you can't order tickets once someone else has ordered some for you, the only useful setup is discrete groupings of three tickets.
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Neraren posted:Combined with the fact you can't order tickets once someone else has ordered some for you, If someone buys your ticket before you get to the front of the line, you could still buy 3 tickets for others when its your turn. At least that's how it worked in the pre sale.
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No, you can't.Punkin Donuts posted:Well that was awesome. I got in, put in my CC#, hit Continue, and then the page seemed to time out for about 5 minutes. The page finally refreshed to one that said "You have already completed your badge purchase. Additional badge purchases are not possible." I didn't receive a confirmation page or anything, so now instead of waiting to get in, I get to wait to see if I get a confirmation email. Any idea what sort of delay there is in receiving the confirmation emails? Shawn posted:I'm hearing others say that if someone else got you tickets its not letting you get them for others.
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Neraren posted:No, you can't. You can if you start with a different member ID. The process works that once you get into the front of the line, you can put in any valid member ID you want to buy tickets for. It doesn't have to be yours, it just needs to be 1) a member ID 2) valid 3) not currently with tickets. Let's run though a scenario similar to the one I did on registration day for alumni. There are 3 people in this scenario, member ids for aguy agirl afriend bfriend, all of which are vying for tickets. Afriend gets in first with their member ID and buys for afriend, bfriend and aguy. This leaves agirl still needing tickets. So aguy, bfriend and agirl all stay in queue waiting (please note, 2 of these people already had their tickets purchased). Aguy gets to the front of the queue next. Did it tell him he couldn't buy tickets? Not yet. It asked for a member ID. He puts in agirl and proceeds to purchase those tickets without an issue. If you're playing at home, aguy was able to purchase tickets for agirl even though he already had his own ticket purchased. Just because your ticket has been purchased doesn't mean you should hop out of queue if you still have people you want to get tickets for.
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Neraren posted:No, you can't. Yeah if you follow further down the thread I figured out that I couldn't put my name and member id and actually did manage to buy for someone else.
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Shawn posted:Yeah if you follow further down the thread I figured out that I couldn't put my name and member id and actually did manage to buy for someone else. I stand corrected then, though I imagine people buying tickets for three different people could get very messy with resolving who owes who.
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Agreed, we should probably stick to 2 people tops. Someone should make a buddy system google doc or something *looks at Dr Tran*
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Early bird hotel reservation is now open http://comic-con.org/toucan/comic-con-international-2014-early-bird-hotels-are-open These are the lovely faraway hotels. However, they are cheaper. Alan Smithee posted:Agreed, we should probably stick to 2 people tops. Alright. iamnotdrtran at the gmails. Put "Goon Con" in the subject line. Send me the number in your party. Do not bug me if your credit card doesn't have enough for 3 people. Do not send me your credit card number. I will simply pair you guys into groups and make you contact each other. I am not liable for anything.
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Am I the only one who thinks they're running their timeline weird this year? Like badge sales were shoved way into this year but never did a time shift for everything else. I could see a scenario where people having to try and get their hotel before they even know they have tickets at this rate.
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Dr Tran posted:Early bird hotel reservation is now open Cool, me, Revkrule and Pan Dulce I guess.
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Dr Tran posted:These are the lovely faraway hotels. However, they are cheaper. No kidding, man these are inconvenient.
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Cheap Close Spacious Pick one
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Sire Oblivion posted:No kidding, man these are inconvenient. I had a Mission Bay hotel last year for the first day or two and it worked perfectly fine. I was lucky with placement, but shuttles ran every 10 min or less, and it only took me 20 to get downtown (and I got to meet/talk to people on the trip, on the way). I worked my way into a downtown one later, though, and preferred it, obviously, but Mission Bay wasn't really a pain, just not as good. It is worth the saved money if money is an issue, I'd say.
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If I had to take a stab, I'd say registration is gonna be next Saturday. http://www.comic-con.org/toucan/attending-comic-con-101-open-online-registration
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It says if you bought preview night, you are not eligible for open registration. I have a 4-day badge from pre-registration. I logged into member-id and it says I'm okay for open registration. So if you want to upgrade to preview night, the option is there. Dr Tran fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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We screwed up everything this year. We've been getting professional badge +1 for the last 4 years but we missed the fact that we are now considered a "creative professional" rather than a "trade professional" so we missed our time to buy a ticket. Then until that blog post hit we didn't realize we needed a member ID for both of us and registration is closed so we can't even try to purchase normal tickets. Its our own fault but extremely bummed we missed any chance of going for the first time in years.
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They usually open up member id reg before the resale, don't they?
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Oh drat, I hope for several of my friends' sakes that they open member ID registration before open sales. But the page does say it'll reopen AFTER open sales, wah wahhhh.
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bobula posted:Oh drat, I hope for several of my friends' sakes that they open member ID registration before open sales. But the page does say it'll reopen AFTER open sales, wah wahhhh. Member ID registration was open basically up until they made this announcement. There was more than enough time to get a member ID. It's free and takes like 10 minutes to setup. If your friends even thought they might want to go, they should've created an account. Jarnet posted:They usually open up member id reg before the resale, don't they? Yes, probably the day after open sales, they'll open up registration again. At this point you can shoot for resales.
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 OPEN REGISTRATION IS THIS SATURDAY AT 9AM PT I only got 1 reply in trying to organize you people. I'm cutting you guys off Friday night at 9PM PT. Anything after that and I'm deleting it right away.
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Woo!!! Called it! Also, I'm helping Alan Smithee and Pan Dulce if they still need it as long as my wife gets a reg code. Just fyi for you two, if there's a chance I can get her preview night, I'm taking it, otherwise I'm there to help you two (three?) get better odds on passes. Feel free to coordinate with me: rallyv (at) gmail
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RevKrule posted:Woo!!! Called it! Cool, Pan Dulce you were the people we crashed with 2012 right?
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Sorry just to clarify - if I already bought my badge during the previous sale (no preview night) can I still buy badges for others? If yes, I can help someone out that wants to get an extra try.
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Any groups I can get on in as military? I see their prices are a bit cheaper and I wanted to get them at that price? But I don't know how their verification or so for military works. I just wanted two badges for a day or two.
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squarerandom posted:Any groups I can get on in as military? I see their prices are a bit cheaper and I wanted to get them at that price? But I don't know how their verification or so for military works. I just wanted two badges for a day or two. Haha
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