/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>mfw I'd be guaranteed a badge if I wouldn't be on deployment
Stupid work.

Was going to go but then I got the opportunity to do a semester abroad in Prague at the same time, so I chose Prague.

Gonna try and get my friends to buy me shit though, it's more the merch and awesome things you get than I'll regret missing

already got my badge

>>6628470
no1curr

>That feel when you never have to worry about badges and shit and can get as many as you want for however many people as you want
Feels goooood

>>6628486
rude fatty.

>>6628495
You wish.

>>6628502
It's funny because I don't have to wish.

Does anyone know if you can buy a pass for someone who didn't register their member ID before the 12th? I know they can't buy a badge themselves, but can I buy one for them?

I already got my badge but I am going to try to get badges for my friends. It is going to be hard, there are four of them...

>>6628412
It's OK Valle, I am going to have ALL THE FUN. There wouldn't even be any left for you anyway.

>>6628536
no.
because to buy them a badge you would need their member ID.

>>6628535
YOU'LL FILL UP ON BREAD!

I am already good to go but I said I'd help my friends get badges because I'm not sure how good they are at jumping into virtual lines.

>>6628495
you should "acquire" a couple of those voucher things (the comp ones that let you do open registration no matter what) and sell them on ebay. Assuming, of course, that they are still using the vouchers.

t-minus 5 hours

>>6630791
4 browsers at the ready on both my laptop and desktop, as well as my phone, iPad, and Nook. I'm so fucking prepped for this shit.

45 minutes left...

What am I gonna need to log in to this site? I forget what the hell info I entered/made months ago.

>>6630919
Your last name and member ID. Just request your login info from the ID page.

I'm torn. I live not to far from San Diego. Should I spend money on the 4 day pass? Or will I be able to see a majority of the Con in just one day?

I'm just afraid of missing a bad-ass panel.

I am blowing the time by looking up appropriate music for the situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWK_pZQjWAw


>>6630926
I personally couldn't go just one day. There is too much stuff, and there is no way to see it all in one day. But I have different priorities. If you only want to go one day at least try for a Friday or Saturday badge.

>>6630926
Sunday is the shittiest day (usually aimed at a younger audience) and you don't need to be there for thursday, none of the best shit is ever on that day. Just go for friday or saturday. It's hard to know which will have the better guests or panels but honestly the rest isn't worth the cost if you'll be going by yourself. Two days I think is the best CC experience but that's only because 30-50% of your time will be spent in line waiting for the panels you want.

>he thinks he can get in without a badge
Nigga what do you think this is, some tiny local con?

>>6630940
muthafuckin kungfu and shit on thursday
for me, thursday is the best day

to avoid losing a lot of time in line you gotta pick and choose correctly. or just sacrifice panels. like, if you see a big ass line, time to go somewhere else.

man fuck i don't want to be awake at 8:45 on a saturday

>>6630950
also the sched thing is good for gauging potential interest on things you want to see. not the most accurate since a lot of people don't even know it exists but you can get a ballpark figure for it. for best results you know what the rough capacity of the panel room an event is attached to and then figure out if that's going to be a line generator or not.

i think my lack of sleep is making me slightly delirious

>>6630950
Think your life is bad, I'm awake at 3:45am on a Sunday. Different timezones, man. They'll kill you.

>>6630955
Sydney?

My friends and I always have a Skype call to make sure whoever has the highest waiting room number gets in. Unfortunately this year three of them had already planned on being out of town, (with shitty hotel Internet) so this is going to be interesting!

>>6630955
hah yeah i'm just glad i'm not in hawaii right now
be 6am over there

i went to sleep at umm 3am because i'm a night owl. i could probably go til 6-7am if i had to without too ill an effect.

Lol, the "cheat sheet" how-to page is down.

Not a heartening sign.

TIME OUTS
TIME OUTS EVERYWHERE

Anyone else's not loading, at all?

ERGH my browser is timing out.

Shit sucks man.

>We are sorry, but the EPIC online waiting room has reached capacity and it is unlikely that badges are still available. Please click here to return to the Comic-Con website.

>>6630970
Same. I'm so fucking pissed right now. now the waiting room is at max cap.

I got 2 browsers that are at the spinning circle but do say 'waiting room" on them
the other two are like nah i'm just gonna do nothing

>>6630970

No go on my end :(

okay one browser is at #4600 and counting down, FEELS GOOD MAN

>>6630973
Same. Opera finally showed the max capacity screen. I am beyond angry.

>>6630975
ARE YOU SERIOUS. I don't believe it. Screenshot.

>>6630976
How long did it take to load? I'm at a blank loading screen right now.

>>6630979

Really? I'm getting "The service is unavailable" page

>>6630979
HAHAHAHAH WHEN IT WENT TO UPDATE IT NUKED ITSELF AND NOW IT SAYS SERVICE UNAVAILABLE

HAHAHAHHAHAHA OH MAN I'M NOT MAD I'M JUST FUCKIN AMAZED

I have one browser stuck on a default page. I don't even know what that means but I'm not touching it.

>>6630978
Not that anon, but here. :'(

>>6630983
Same. Firefox and IE are still loading, but Opera and Chrome gave me pic related.

>>6630981
ME TOO
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH okay sorry I'm just really really really fucking amazed right now

guess I'm not #4600 anymore

>>6630978
Here..

>>6630984
This system is shit. I wonder how many calls they're getting right about now.

Guys I'm in o_O

#43533

wow... just wow.

They need to figure something out. This is bullshit

LETS DO THIS MOTHERFUCKERS

My chrome is still loading the page, the other pc's chrome timed out and gave service unavailable.

>>6630989
How long did that take? I'm getting so anxious. Were you at a loading screen before that?

So if my page is still a blank loading screen, I should just give up on this year right?

>>6630983
I hovered over the tab, and it says "Waiting Room" but the page is just not loading at all.
THIS IS REALLY NERVE WRACKING. I JUST WANT SOME CLOSURE, SDCC.

>>6630994

Honestly? It took as long as you guys, I just...refreshed it and viola, I was in. I'm REALLY surprised o_o

>>6630999
You refreshed? all of my FB is like DONT REFRESH.

I'm so confused and scared.

>>6630998
I've got the same thing here. I'll just keep it open until it's officially stated that all badges are sold out.

>>6630999
your number kind of high so gl bro
i gotta buy for 3 people so i cant really help anyone

>>6630999
I have two browsers loading, not sure if i should sacrifice one...

>>6631001
If you refresh it now you'll definitely be locked out, so don't do it.

>>6631001

Yea no kidding, it's hard to explain. Luck of the draw and all, just keep trying and copy/pasting the links in fresh tabs.

Keep in mind I'm at like #42013 so the likelihood of getting a pass is a bit slim :(

579 awwwww shit son

I'd fucking kill to even get a # in line. But no, 2 years and nothing buy a blank loading screen.

>>6631003
Nevermind.
#27769.

Apparently someone was waiting for 17 minutes and just got past the blank screen. They're at 8000 now, so I guess I'll wait it out...

Game over folks

>>6631025
https://twitter.com/SanDiego6

That tweet isn't on their actual page.

>>6631029
That's clearly a facebook status. And yes, it's legit.
facebook.com/SanDiego6

>>6631025
All badges are still available according to people who have just left the waiting room...

>>6631025
its also bullshit because i just bought a badge for a friend
and my sister
and i'm buying one more for my friend's gf IF HE GETS ME HER INFO GODDAMNW HY ARE YOU SO UNORGANIZED I TOLD YOU MAN I TOLD YOU SECONDS ARE DEADLY

>>6631036
IF IT TIMES OUT ON ME IT'S YOUR FAULT MAN
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT

>>6631021
It says the page last refreshed at 10:01, am I out?

;_; Is anyone else still stuck at the loading screen? People on twitter are, but I don't know what to do.

>>6631040
I'm still stuck there on the default page still. It's going on 30 minutes. This shit is nuts, it's almost as bad as lolita releases.

>>6631040
I have been stuck at the loading page for 34 minutes now :( I clicked exactly at 9 this is bull

>>6631037
Same thing with mine! My page isn't even reloading. Like it says this page will reautomatically refresh every 120 seconds and It hasn't even reloaded since. My page is just stuck on that screen

been stuck like this for minutes.

I'M DONE
HAHAHAH
VICTORY IS MINE
VICTORY IS MINE

>>6631048
>>6631049
I refreshed IE because people said that would work. ;_; Don't do itttt - I'm down to one browser now and it's still at a blank screen. I clicked exactly at 9 too, ugh.

>>6631055
Yeah same, is it even loading? Or is the page dead/ static?

>>6631057
All of my jelly.

>>6631055
At least you got past the loading screen.

All badges are still available, which is good, but they really need to get their shit together.

>>6631067
So i'm at white screen should I refresh or not? it's 50/50 people are saying yes and no

what did you guys do who where at white load screen?

>>6631057
this is >>6630992 btw

as of now everything is still in stock

>>6631072
No don't. Me and my friends had that, don't do it just wait. It should take you in when you get in.

>>6631072
I had two browsers at the white screen, just refreshed one and it went to the max cap screen. Don't do it.

>>6631072
Just wait it out. It took about 18 minutes for me.

>>6631072
HAS ANYONE REFRESHED AND GOTTEN THROUGH WHITE SCREEN? I NEED TO KNOW PLEASE DEAR GOD

>>6631077
I have been at the white screen for 45 minutes now though :(

>>6631078
See >>6631076

Seriously don't do it. There are a bunch of tweets about being taken from the white screen just now, and ending up being like 8000 in line. Just wait it out.

>>6631078
Don't do it FFS, just wait for it to load. Because I opened two tabs and I got something similar to >>6631055
when I went to the waiting room. Just wait it out, it's loading

>>6631084
so 40 minutes is normal then? because other anon got 18min and I clicked right at 9 wtf

Okay, so apparently people are being sent from the white screen to the waiting room right now and they're like 20,000 in line. It's better than nothing I guess.

>>6631086
I did too. The people who clicked at 9:01 and 9:02 got in first. Not fair at all.

>>6631091
raaaage

4-day with pv are sold out. :'(

>>6631093
proof?

>>6631094
4chan thinks it's spam, but it's on their twitter. :(
https://twitter.com/Comic_Con/

>>6631099
And now 4-days are sold out. Fucking fuck.

>>6631086
Okay anyone else been waiting on the white screen for an hour? I'm still waiting and it's driving me nuts

>>6631102
Yep and it's bullshit.

>>6631091
I did the same thing, clicking at 9:01 and 9:02, and I'm still looking at a loading page.
It's going on an hour now since I've had it.
A friend managed to get in and I think she got me four days. I'm just worried because I needed to get one for my girl. Not sure how that's going to work out now.

>>6631102
I have. Don't refresh though, it'll take you to the max cap screen and you won't have a shot at all. tbh I don't think we'll be able to get anything waiting this long anyway, but I'm waiting until they're all sold out. It sucks because I clicked at 9 exactly.

4DAY PREVIEW OUT
4DAY NO PREVIEW
SATURDAY OUT NOW

>>6631113
Shit. This really sucks.

>>6631094

I just got my Friday and Saturday and I can confirm that the 4 day pass with and without preview night is sold out.

>>6631055
Does anybody know if the waiting room page refreshes? The page says it reloads automatically every 120s but so far it has not reloaded.

>>6631109
Yeah I hit it at 9:00 and never got even to the white screen.

Effin' BS.

>>6631113
Shitttttttttt

>>6631120
your browser is fucked and you're probably screwed

>>6631113
UPDATE: Th, F, Su still available

i'm just chillin and refreshin now

1 hour later and still a white screen

>>6631122
okay I'm thinking about just going ahead and re freshing because well fuck I have been waiting for an hour

>>6631127
Fuck. Better luck next year I guess.

>>6631127
FUCCCCKKK ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Wowwwww, because I tried calling customer support about this issue but the likes are all used.

>>6631128
Same.

>>6631129
I wouldn't do it if I were you...

>>6631129
did you get in?

>>6631133
he's been waiting for an hour, all the good days are sold out

it might be worth a shot

>>6631129
DON'T DO IT.

https://twitter.com/sniper3000gt

>>6631127
https://twitter.com/search?q=SDCC%20120%20seconds&src=typd

Apparently other people have the same problem. Not sure what to think about this.

>>6631147
hey, at least it's better than the white screen...

A lot of people are saying they're getting into the room from the white screen now. I'm getting so anxious.

Friday sold out now. fuckkkk

>>6631166
on my side Fri still available but maybe it's not refreshing properly

>tfw my only chance at getting in is buying a badge for $1000 from a scalper and hoping I don't get ID'd

>>6631177
oh okay it updated now when i refreshed it again. I refreshed it like 5 times earlier and it didn't say anything

T and Su available

People who got their tickets...what browser were you using? Some are saying Firefox was doomed from the start.

>>6631177
I'm still on the white screen T_____T whyyyyyy

>>6631178
It sounds like bad advice but I don't think you should blow that all right now.
What I did last year when tickets sold out was wait until a few days before CC, checked Stubhub for tickets, and I got in. They weren't at market price but the mark-up wasn't that much higher, about 15% more.

>>6631183
I'm using firefox and still "loading" fuck my life

>>6631183

I was using firefox

>>6631184
Same. :'( It's not even worth going from NY for Thursday and Sunday, not that I'll even get past this goddamn loading screen...

>>6631183
one chrome window worked
one hanged (spinning, got nowhere)
one firefox hanged (spinning, got nowhere)
one firefox white screened but showed the proper thing when i refreshed manually and then said the room was full. apparently it was in line and i didn't even know it.

>>6631187
seriously? Stubhub worked? How did it work? Did you have to go into a back alley with a shiv and $300 hoping to not get mugged for you effort?

>>6631194
Of course, the only browser I didn't open is the one that worked for most people.

People are saying all days are sold out?

>>6631198
there's going to be a bunch of dudes ebaying and craigslisting in the four weeks before the con
historically i want to say a 4day is worth $300-400

>>6631204
Agh, I'd hate to expect that and reserve a hotel room only to find out no one's going to be selling one. :/

>>6631206
there's ALWAYS some guys scalping on ebay
ALWAYS
it's just a question of "how much do you want to pay?"
but yeah, they've gone for $300-400 for a 4day in the past years

>>6631208
If I was to buy from ebay would I get caught at con? like how do they check that stuff?

>>6631206
There'll definitely be sellers, if you're that worried you could try to find more local SD scalpers as well. I know some friends of mine sold their "free" tickets they got from work to scalpers to resell them.

>>6631212
ID check but only if they do one. i've never had one nor seen one. i've heard that they cursory name check you and if you have a girl name and you're a guy they'll check id but otherwise nothing.

They're all sold out and I never made it past the blank screen. Awesome.

For the people who got passes, when do the confirm emails come in?

>>6631222
i can confirm this

>>6631225
you get order confirmation immediately
the barcode anywhere between now and 72 hours depending on when you got it. later today if you got it early.

>>6631228

Ah, yea I'm getting mildly concerned because I'm not getting the email right away :(

Thanks though!

in other news, my other firefox window is still spinning
heh

For people who have been in the past, how likely is it that I'll get a returned ticket during the resale?

>>6631231
Mine was but I closed it since they're all gone. ;_;

>>6631232
same sort of thing as it was today just you'll be fighting less people but also for less badges

it'll be a smaller, faster war

>>6631234
Do you know when the resale usually is?

So apparently those of us who clicked the link exactly at 9 where the ones stuck in the white page doom

the people clicking from 9:02-9:15 got in

as for refreshing the time to have done was in that 15min time frame that's why those who waited longer than 15 - 20 min to refresh got booted out

People are saying the first batch of people got stuck at the white screen or never advanced in the waiting room. How is it fair that those who clicked first got nothing?

>>6631235
it was after the refund deadline last year (the refund deadline was middle of may) and they had a pretty limited number of badges. 5000 total single days. heh. they apparently had really few four days so they split them all into singles and threw them into the pile with the other single days.

if you want a guarantee it's going to be scalper prices at that $300-400 price

>>6631241
>>6631240
it's not and it's pretty fucked up
i was in the first batch, got in line at a good position, server crashed, refreshed at just the right time, got in line again at an even better position

Why not just counterfeit the badge?

>>6631249
Is that even possible...?

>>6631249
the hard part is getting the badge holder which is that plastic/vinyl sort of deal that they change colors every year
in another thread someone mentioned being creative and using paint to get a rough color similarity for the current year's color
if you can do it, do it.

>>6631259
Doesn't sound too hard. Just get some acetate from an art store and print out the border, or make a stencil and paint the underside.

>>6631261
yup. if you can do it, do it. as long as you go in when a crowd is (so they won't do more than a quick check to see if your color matches everyone else's) you should be good to go

>>6631259
>>6631261
>>6631263
I might try if I'm desperate enough. Wouldn't I need to scan a real one though?

>>6631268
i was about to say i'd scan mine and just shoop out my name and stuff but i realized i won't have a scanner when i'm down there

Apparently someone started some shit about if you are in line and you got stuck you're supposed to take a screenshot of your browser with your number in line and send it to registration@epic.com. If it's white screen you're probably screwed. Actually, you're still probably screwed because I doubt they're going to print a bunch of new tickets for people who got stuck in line.

>>6631279
Fucking fuck. I closed out. Time to search for a screencap to steal...

>>6630992
this one looks good...

>>6631279
my bad it's at @epicreg.com

>>6631284
lol that's my screenshot
i'd laugh if they got a bunch of emails with that screenshot in it
crop some of it out, would ya? not with the firefox window on the side. it's still stuck loading actually. heh.

>>6631287
Yep, cropped everything but the number and url. Thanks anon!

>>6631292
good luck
i have no idea what they're going to do if anything
wouldn't be surprised if they're just getting them for "bug report purposes"
you might want to change the clock at the bottom right so it says something besides 9:09 since you're supposed to be stuck in line but you can easily copy and paste from your own computer's clock. maybe rearrange the numbers of the place in line too.

looks like my white screen is just never going to load

not that it matters now

>>6631299
the key was to refresh the screen during the first 10min of badge sales any one who got there on time at 9m got screwed

so tickets are sold out then?

>>6631338

I just got stuck on loading the page, but my friend got an "error" message at 9:03, and when she refreshed the page at 9:05 she alredy got the "waiting room is packed" message.

>>6631294
Good idea.

Does this shoop look legit, guys? I messed up the compression but whatever.

>>6631341
I got all of the above. Got in line, error, time out, blank screen, spinning in place, and success, among a bunch of browsers and two computers. This went a lot less smoothly compared to the rebuy in August

>>6631385
They really need to change the system they're using because it fucking sucks.

lol @ them closing the customer service line

Does anyone know if you can reserve the hotels in the downtown block if you don't have any badges? Don't you have to use the same member ID for the hotel "lottery?"

>>6631419
bump for this

>>6631398
They've tried a bunch of things but apparently none of them can withstand the force of a few hundred thousand people trying to smash it to death like a DDoS. It worked perfect for the rebuy but the rebuy "only" had to deal with a little over 100k people.

Their biggest mistake was removing on-site pre-registration for next year. The thing in 2011 was the first fuck up because they only had like 20k on sale total split evenly into four days. Even if they were to announce that they were going back to the old open system where you waltz up and bought your badge for next year it'd be fucked because everyone has the "it's going to sell out" mindset so they're all going to head there first. They should have just did something like 50k registrations on site, no limit per day, just til they are out, for 2011. That would still leave a potential 70k for "new" people which is what they were trying to do in the first place.

Some people have suggested Ticketmaster but fuck that, they'll just go and charge you like $30 a ticket in fees. And you're still going to have people bitching about it.

>>6631506
BlizzCon has a similar issue each year and their system works just fine. Probably because they're a corporation more sensitive to customer service than comic-con.

>>6631520
blizzcon also has less than a fifth the attendees that sdcc

>>6631506
2011 was the year of ticketleap right

now that was a fiasco

>>6631546
Actually attendees is irrelevant. BlizzCon sells out faster than comic-con with tens of thousands of people in queue lines to buy tickets.

>>6631617
yeah, ticketleap. who knows what group is running the system now? it's just going under the "epic registration" umbrella now which they've been using for years..

For entertainment purposes here's another screenshot. You remember that Firefox window I had up in >>6630992? Apparently it was in line, just stuck. It never updated the page past the button. When I closed out Firefox and resumed session to see what I'd get that's what I ended up with.

>>6631639
>>6631617
>ticketleap
if i see that fucking frog one more time

>>6632094
I like how right before the end of my screen it's the failfrog image

>>6631986
Oh god, that's hilarious and so sad at the same time.

>>6631249
>>6631259
>>6631268

Be sure to double check the blacklight stamp. (yes there is a stamp that is seen under a black light)

>>6632470
if you're getting uv checked you've already fucked up anyway. screw the uv, they'll see your paint.

>>6632470
Never heard of security checking anything like that. All they really look for is the colored border (to indicate what type of badge it is) and the year print watermark (to indicate it's valid).

>>6632672
it's a random check. i've had it happen to me once in about a decades worth of going and countless in and out. i wouldn't worry about it

Montrealer here. First time going to con.

Heck it was a hell of a mess yesterday. Got in line in only two of the 10 browsers opened in 5 computers in 2 different places. I don't understand what happened really but in the end I got my three days and my friend too.

>>6633857
>Coming all the way from Montreal
>Only going for 3 days

Fail.

Pro badge master race here, got mine a few weeks ago.

>>6633861
I can't go on thursday. Three days of SDCC is way enough for me since I have 2 summer jobs and only a week and a half that I can take off. Going to San Francisco right after the con on sunday night.

>>6633861
I'm from Australia and would honestly have been happy with ANY sort of pass.

The whole system is fucked.

>>6633894
Yeah! I feel super privileged to have my three days right now since I thought for half an hour that I would get nothing or only sunday.

Already brought two badges, going to buy around 10 or so to scalp. Should I bother?

>>6634152
If you can somehow manage to get that many badges, go for it. Last year's resale had 5000 single day tickets when it happened. Hell, even getting one might be a stretch considering there's going to be a ton of people all gunning for those. There were zero four day badges available for the resale because they got so few of them refunded so they split them up instead.

>>6633886
Meh, we're nothing special up here but maybe I say that since I live up here. I would have just gone the whole con.

>>6633883
Yeah, got mine and a free guest. I could have gotten two more four days (one paid guest, one using my normal member ID) but decided to pass. I helped out friends and family get their badges yesterday.

>>6634285
oh and ironically one of my other friends asks me if I have any they can buy (their sessions crashed out). Too bad they waited til 10am to ask that. I could have gotten them four days if they had asked me earlier to begin with.

some people made a "comic con protest" page on facebook

lol
the thing that makes me laugh the most are when people say I'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE (anything before 2011) because it was easy as fuck to get in for all years 2010 and earlier.

>>6632672

>>6632705 is right, it's a random check. I wouldn't have known about it if it didn't happen to me.

>>6635033
yeah. I had no idea they had a UV symbol to begin with til the check. I've also only heard of random ID checks because it's like an urban legend.

Quick question did anone not get emailed a link? I didn't but I already bought my badges during pre-sale. However a few friends of mine, who had no problems last year, weren't emailed the link this year. Was this a common thing or just them? They bought a Thursday/Sunday pass on pre sale.

Does anyone know where scalped tickets usually show up? Obviously, I will try for resales but I have a friend who lives in Sweden who wants to come and needs tickets asap so she can book flights and she is willing to pay a higher price.

>>6635297
craigslist and local sellers only. ebay doesn't allow them.

>>6635297
If your thinking about getting tickets scalped be prepared to shell out some serious cash, saturday tickets were being scalpe between 300-500 dollars last year and that thats just saturday tickets. 4day were 800-900 dollars an other days were in the hundreds