Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

[xor]

Tickets on sale Sunday 12:00PM EST, not EDT. Make sure you set your clocks.

xor

http://www.shmoocon.org/registration.html

[beakmyn]

Re: Shmoocon

Tickets on sale Sunday 12:00PM EST, not EDT. Make sure you set your clocks.

xor

http://www.shmoocon.org/registration.html

That was a ClusterFsck

[streaker69]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Yes, it certainly was a clusterfsck, but hey, I don't care, I got mine, and it only took me 33 minutes and about 40 tries.

[Melesse]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Really?

I found it a little confusing, mostly b/c the link was below the fold. I reloaded every thirty seconds and didn't realize the link was down the page until 12:03. By then all of the $100 tickets were gone, but I got mine at 12:04 :) Server was a little slow, but it there was no trouble other then that.

Mel

[Thorn]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Major Clusterfuck. At least 30x of the "ticket sales resume Dec 1" message. Once the captcha failed, even though I double checked it ($175 ticket). 4x the page said the number of tickets I wanted ("1") weren't available. Finally, an Early Bird ticket popped up (WTF?), and it was available, and the captcha worked.

[beakmyn]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Early bird tickets were still available at 14:30. That has never happened in the past.

[Melesse]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Barcode finally came in the email today. I was a little worried when it never showed up on Sunday when I paid lol.

I dunno, I'd have to say that was way more painless for me than last year. Last year I tried getting a ticket when it went on sale, failed miserably, and lucked out when they released some tickets on an off day. I dunno, I'm still not a big fan of the race to get tickets, but I've gotten mine two years in a row now. Guess I can't complain too much.

Now to email Shmoocon Labs...

Mel

[beakmyn]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

I've got one (1) extra Open Registration ticket/barcode for sale. Price is $200.00 which covers the ticket, "paypal fees", and a beer for you and me.

Talk to Prez, Thorn or Streaker for a character reference after they stop laughing.

[xor]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

I've got one (1) extra Open Registration ticket/barcode for sale. Price is $200.00 which covers the ticket, "paypal fees", and a beer for you and me.

Talk to Prez, Thorn or Streaker for a character reference after they stop laughing.

Very trust worthy person, just don't leave your internet kiosk alone in a room with him.

xor

[streaker69]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Very trust worthy person, just don't leave your internet kiosk alone in a room with him.

xor

Also, if he's riding with you and offers to let you use his GPS unit to find your way around, don't, his GPS leads you all the wrong ways.

[beakmyn]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Also, if he's riding with you and offers to let you use his GPS unit to find your way around, don't, his GPS leads you all the wrong ways.

Hey now. I've got all new maps and a new version of the program so that's not true. There wasn't a buggy vehicle option, not my fault if the horse can't keep up.

[g3k_]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Bah. I want to go to Shmoo this year, but RL might get in the way again (that's what happens when I date a non-geek woman :/)

did they do many off day ticket sales last year?

[streaker69]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Bah. I want to go to Shmoo this year, but RL might get in the way again (that's what happens when I date a non-geek woman :/)

did they do many off day ticket sales last year?

Only one day, and that was because of issues with the website.

[beakmyn]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Bah. I want to go to Shmoo this year, but RL might get in the way again (that's what happens when I date a non-geek woman :/)

did they do many off day ticket sales last year?

I've got an extra one for sale if you want it.

[Thorn]

Re: Shmoocon, ticket, sales, November 1, 12:00pm, Eastern Time

Bah. I want to go to Shmoo this year, but RL might get in the way again (that's what happens when I date a non-geek woman :/)

D.C. has a huge number of things to keep non-geeks entertained. The National Zoo is about 2 blocks from the hotel, and the Mall, Washington Monument, Smithsonian, etc. is short subway ride away. The subway station is on the same block as the hotel.