Dr Tran posted:

[*]No multiple devices allowed.

XOIC of Radishes posted:

They can say that as much as they like. It's not going to prevent people from crashing the site right at 7:00AM.

RevKrule posted:

This is actually quite easy to pull off. You need to use your member ID BEFORE you enter the waiting room. A simple check of "if memberid_inroom.exists?("yes") then exit."


I believe it is, yes. You still need to the number off the badge to go with a member ID.

Hijinks Ensue posted:

I won't be going this year, but I will probably peek into SA and Facebook to see how much of a boondoggle sales are.

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.

RevKrule posted:

How many tickets are you going for?

RevKrule posted:

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.

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"

Dr Tran posted:

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.


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.

RevKrule posted:

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

RevKrule posted:

Where my ticket buddies at?

RevKrule posted:

Hit me up by email. Chances are low I'll get what I'm looking for so I'll need your cc info if i get tickets before you.

Tyberius posted:

Go time, also I should have checked this thread earlier. If anyone still need a waiting room buddy hit me up, just looking for 2 tickets if possible.

clearlydemon posted:

Got mine! I'm still in the waiting room with another member id, so if somebody needs two tickets, email me (gabenewell@valvesoftware.cum).

Edit: when you get in, you can add another two member ids and choose the tickets you want for each of them, and then you check out.

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Thank you for your patience. Our goal is to make this process less frustrating for you. We won’t always succeed, but we will continue to try.

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Make sure your computer’s power saving settings are off or adjust them if needed. We don’t want your computer to power down or go to sleep while you’re waiting!

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Preview Night and Saturday inventory is running low and may be sold out before you begin your online registration session.

Mr. Onslaught posted:

Since there's nothing else to do right now but bitch and watch a blue spinning circle, I've been reflecting on my experiences getting into the Con. I've gone for 15 straight years now, the first time I went was for a superhero card game tournament called Overpower. Walked up the day of the Con, waltzed through that upstairs semi-outdoor badge purchasing area, filled out a notecard and paid in cash in person. That continued for a long time, and then around 2002ish it seemed like you could still get a badge in person without pre-registering, but there was a bit of a line. Then it started shifting more towards online...you could still get a badge for weeks (months?) after they became available, but they would sell out online and you couldn't get one in person. After that it all went downhill with year after year of horrible management for online log ins and crashes and such. I think 2011 was the year where a shitload of people spent Fri night of the con just camping out to be able to buy 2012 tickets Saturday morning. Our 350 dollar hotel went unused that night, and we basically spent half of our time at the con just waiting in line to be able to get into next year's con...presumably to repeat the process. After that fiasco they implemented a new online pre-reg system for previous year attendees, and I'm pretty sure that was super smooth and easy to get into 2013. Now they have this lotto nonsense and I'm hopping mad!

Tyberius posted:

Now they are saying there are still three days. The gently caress Comic-con, they better revamp this method. Honestly it has gotten worst every year since 2011.

bobula posted:

Are you serious?? I think you have the worst luck out of anyone when it comes to getting badges.

Mr. Onslaught posted:

What's the next step from here? I never paid attention to the final desperation ways to get a badge, was it just hoping you see a random official sale on eBay that they did a few days before the Con?

Three years ago neither of my friends had badges and someone in this exact thread sold me the badges of him/his wife since they couldn't attend. We printed college IDs with photos of my friends/names of the guy who sold me the badges so that they could pick them up. They were sweating bullets while I watched laughing in the background, and ultimately the people who were handing out the badges didn't even check their ID since it was later in the day haha.

batphantom posted:

I hear this year they're using subdermal implants to track congoers.

Mr. Onslaught posted:

They seriously went after people who tried to sell their badges on Craigslist and banned any badges that were sold that way. You used to not have to show ID to pick it up either, but they implemented that to prevent re-selling too (hence my story above about my friends needing to make fake IDs for a loving comic book convention lol)

Mr. Onslaught posted:

You mean have two people go in, one comes back out with two badges, and then someone without a badge can get in?

We had to do that one year out of necessity because someone stole my friend's badge (not directly grabbed off him, but he set it down in a seat next to him and glanced away for a sec).

Tyberius posted:

Tyberius posted:

Thursday is running low, guess we'll just have to enjoy the exciting day of Sunday walking the halls and buying up whatever no one wanted for a discount.