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 "Getting your access time. Please be patient. This may take a moment."
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HERE WE GOOOO
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Jan 24, 2016 18:01
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server is on fire! 
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Jan 24, 2016 18:01
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2 and a half hour wait to pick housing 
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Jan 24, 2016 18:01
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49 minutes until I'm in. Could have a been a whole lot worse.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:02
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3 hours 30 minutes, I'm pretty hosed
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Jan 24, 2016 18:02
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2hr25 min. Welp *hugs Westin reservation*
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Jan 24, 2016 18:02
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35 minutes. Is..is that good?
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Jan 24, 2016 18:03
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SirPhoebos posted:35 minutes.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:03
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Last year I just used Uber from the shuttle to the con and uber back to the hotel. It wasn't all that bad and Uber/Lyft isn't that expensive compared to the downtown rates. The best bet if you got hosed on time is to get something on the outskirts of downtown and just pay to Uber in, which will likely save you some money.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:04
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26 minutes and 46, I split up our group badges to try and get more entries.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:05
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I think last year my time was like 2 hours and I still got JW. 3 and an half hours is ridiculous though.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:05
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27 minutes! =D hahaha my roommate got 3 minutes
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Jan 24, 2016 18:05
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Texibus posted:26 minutes and 46, I split up our group badges to try and get more entries. Excuse me but in this thread we like to play by the RULES
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Jan 24, 2016 18:06
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Please let there be a single king room somewhere downtown in the next 34 minutes. Please. I'll even take a single queen. please gods of gencon
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Jan 24, 2016 18:07
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Everyone worrying about poo poo being available with sub 1 hour queue time are going to be just fine, I promise.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:09
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the best my group of 6 got was 1 hour and 20 mins. Guess we're sleeping in our cars!
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Jan 24, 2016 18:12
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Despite my lovely queue time this right here https://www.gencon.com/forums/17-travel-housing-and-dining-2016 is a nice schadenfreude pick-me-up 
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Jan 24, 2016 18:12
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saint gerald posted:27 minutes! =D JW for us, for the first time ever. Gonna be nice being right in the thick of things.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:22
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4 badgeholders all vying for a room is handy. We scored the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown. "Skywalk" supremacy.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:31
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Carteret posted:4 badgeholders all vying for a room is handy. We scored the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown. "Skywalk" supremacy. Still tons of skywalk rooms available.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:34
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Carteret posted:4 badgeholders all vying for a room is handy. We scored the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown. "Skywalk" supremacy. Yeah, I think that was the way to go, instead of bulk-buying badges. OBVIOUSLY THEY SHOULD HAVE RESPECTED MY MASS BADGE PURCHASE TO PUSH ME TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE, I AM A VERY IMPORTANT GENCON PERSON surprised to see Rob Daviau posting about the hotel scrum, tho, you'd think he could get a room.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:35
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Deathlove posted:Yeah, I think that was the way to go, instead of bulk-buying badges. OBVIOUSLY THEY SHOULD HAVE RESPECTED MY MASS BADGE PURCHASE TO PUSH ME TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE, I AM A VERY IMPORTANT GENCON PERSON Crowne Plaza 
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Jan 24, 2016 18:42
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Got the downtown Marriott with two double beds, hell yeah.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:44
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got 12 minute access, still didn't get the thing we wanted because i'm a hotel website scrub close enough though
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Jan 24, 2016 18:46
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Had I used the list and not the map we could have got hosed. That list they have is really inaccurate and some of the hotels requires a four night reservation I guess.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:48
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Watching this makes me sad
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Jan 24, 2016 18:48
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Syntaxed posted:The best part if you don't get a good hotel is watching the gencon forums and everyone proclaim "I"M NOT GOING THIS YEAR NOW! THX GENCON!!11" or writing super long rants about how their situation should allow for the first picks of hotels. The "I should get first pick for hotel rooms" and the "Why should the VIGs get (benefit)" are always fun.
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Jan 24, 2016 18:50
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Friend of mine who's going for the first time got in the first queue and we got a Skywalk, holy gently caress. The dream!
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Jan 24, 2016 18:55
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Got the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel. Its not skywalk connected, but its only 4 blocks so it should be fine.
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Jan 24, 2016 19:03
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Best available right now is an airport hotel. Alas, still, only 7 miles away, so cabs are an option. edit: hey at least its a studio suite though! that's nice. Nemesis Of Moles fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jan 24, 2016 |
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Jan 24, 2016 19:32
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Uber will be making infinite money again this year. Last time we rented a car but I think it'll be cheaper to cab from the airport hotels this time...
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Jan 24, 2016 19:34
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Andarel posted:Uber will be making infinite money again this year. Last time we rented a car but I think it'll be cheaper to cab from the airport hotels this time... Last year it was around $20-25 for an Uber from the CC to my airport hotel
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Jan 24, 2016 19:41
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We were by the old airport and it wasn't too bad with uber. What made it better was one of our group invited the rest of us to uber, netting us all $20 credits. We took turns paying and I don't think we actually paid for a single ride all weekend because of the credit.
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Jan 24, 2016 19:55
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At what wait time does it seem the downtown hotels ran out? Seems roughly 90 minutes was the mark they ran out last year.
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Jan 24, 2016 20:06
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I had a 1 hour 5 minute wait and downtown was gone by then.
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Jan 24, 2016 20:07
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46 minutes and I was still able to book one, 4 blocks away.
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Jan 24, 2016 20:13
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Thinking about renting my house out for Gencon. It is 8 minutes from the convention center. What would even be a fair price?
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Jan 24, 2016 20:29
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Via airbnb? Their prices are what I would check. I've got a few people that might be interested, depending on space.
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Depends on their policies for non-regular rentals.
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