Are there any rumors on when NYCC tickets might go on sale? While I appreciate the fan verification thing, I think the two day warning is a bit ridiculous and short. It would have been better if it was at least a week.
Also, why do they go on sale later every year?
Reed Pop is doing more and more cons every year, so that why its getting later and later. 2 days is nothing considering last year there was a 23 hour notice for the physical tickets ion sale at Midtown Comics. Also less notice gives scalpers less time to organize.
Wait are NYCC tickets super hard to get or something? Didn't know there were conventions like that.
I went to the first one when I lived in NJ like 10 years ago.. Holy shit it's been a long time..
>>9071674
>Wait are NYCC tickets super hard to get or something?
They've shot up, yeah. Not one of the most difficult ones to get too, but it's certainly getting harder to get them each year.
>>9071674
Yep, nowadays they sell out in under an hour during the online window from when they go on sale
Heads up, I just got my email that they're going on sale Wednesday at noon. So it's happening then, check your emails for your links.
Bump for the new update. Check your email
start praying to the NYCC gods now folks
Fuck this is my first time. This is stressful as hell
>>9071674
same, I checked my badge collection and I went in 2008&2010 but haven't gone since. looking on wiki last year was over 170k so I guess so
>>9073023
all the good tickets(4/3/Sat) sell out well within 15 or so minutes. 3 days for the last few years sell out insanely fast
I have a theory that tickets might be somewhat easier to get this year, of course assuming you properly filled out your Fan Verification. The fact that they extended the deadline by one day, despite having like a 3 week notice for it, makes me think that they didn't get quite as big a turnout for this as expected. Especially considering there are no retailers anywhere selling tickets, nor Special Edition NYC. What happened to that anyway, was that only a vessel to sell NYCC tickets, so it didn't happen this year because of this?
Anyway, with these "extra tickets" going into the online sales, and the fact that they had to extend the deadline, it makes me think there is going to be somewhat less people buying tickets. Now, I don't think it'll be easy still, but it should hopefully be better than last year.
I must say I find it a shame there won't be VIP tickets this year, I was saving up to go for that.
I honestly have little faith that the Fan Verification will help to stop the chaos. There's still going to be a fair amount of scalpers that will slip through (and probably end up selling the passes for even more), and the general size of the con grows every year.
I just hope the servers can handle the load this time, as I ended up only getting a Friday pass due to connection issues. Though in all honesty, I'd settle for anything this year, hell even a Thursday.
>>9075029
>when people timed-out or lost connections.
people were still buying them at that time, not everybody timed out. 3 days were gone well within 15-20 minutes of it going live.
>>9074903
It wont, all its gonna give you is an extra 5 minutes since they'll have more tickets available because no comic retailer camp outs or stuff like that
About how many tickets do they typically give to retailers? I wouldn't imaging it's much, no more than 5,000-10,000 total I would assume? And even that doesn't sound right. I feel like any tickets that are going back into online orders wouldn't be that much to cause a considerable difference among 170,000+ people.
>>9075270
I got mine last year an hour after they went live, so you're wrong on that. Tickets were held while someone was doing an order, after the order, the unsought tickets would be released back into the system. The same with people who timed-out or lost their connections.
You get to the cart, the system automatically blocked out a set number of tickets for you, until you purchased them. That's why some people it showed sold out, but if you refreshed it, it would change to available for some people.
They even discussed this after the fiasco last year about how the system worked, because people were complaining about how they were able to get tickets, but others were still getting tickets after the cart showed they were sold out.
>>9075317
Well last year it was only Midtown, so I'd guess around 5K at the most, but probably not that. That's going extreme. They were able to sell more badges last year, due to getting Hammerstein, so they were able to go above the Fire Marshall's estimate of the number of people safely in Javits, and this year NYCC is in three locations for the con itself. F the Super Week events!
>>9075381
Super Week is a fucking joke, I really can't believe they keep pushing it.
>>9075374
you got very lucky then, the few people i talked to online said it was sold out 20 minutes in.
>still using showclix after the clusterfuck that was the last few years
fuck you lance and fuck you reedpop
Do tickets go on sale at 12 tonight?
>>9075703
Nope, tomorrow at noon, eastern time.
>>9075556
I know a lot of people who got tickets past the 20-30 minute mark, without having to resort to Midtown or the ticket resellers
>>9075576
Why? You do know ReedPop actually owns that site, right? They pay themselves the fee to handle tickets, then bill themselves a high ass amount and at the end of the year write it off as a business expense.
Why the hell did they pop it on us so short notice? I don't get paid until Thursday and I'm not going to have enough money on me by tomorrow. I'm really pissed.
>>9075837
then they are very lucky because the people I talked to said it was all sold out by 15-20 minutes and stayed that way despite them refreshing fairly often
Fuck i dont know whether to stay up till 12 noon or to sleep now and hope i wake at 7:00
How much are midtown sellers?
>>9075920
life isn't fair. You got more warning than last year (23 hours). Learn to save, many people have been slowly dropping funds into a account or whatever waiting for NYCC badges to drop. $115 (or whatever) isn't a lot if you saved $5 a week or a month or whatever since the last con, but trying to get it within the next 48 hours if you're living check-by-check can be a bitch
>>9076318
Yep, back when ShowClix was first used, during the first Special Edition, the site used to have ReedPop's contact info, before they changed it.
Almost 12:00. I heard that you have to click the link directly at 12:00 and not before like 11:59 and refresh, which'll send you to the back of the que
>>9076672
>and not before like 11:59 and refresh
people actually did this? guess thats why its been a breeze for me the last few years
>>9076673
That was what i was going to do until i heard that you have to do it at 12 on the dot
HELLO VIRTUAL QUEUE
WE MEET AGAIN
I'm supposed to be going to Disney World with friends today and I'm keeping everyone waiting because of this damn virtual queue... I was not prepared for this.
How long does the queue take
>>9076682
forever
>>9076686
Oh boy my favorite!
>friend is already flipping his shit and its only 10 minutes in
I love the anger this causes in people more than I like actually going to NYCC
>>9076682
You'll be out of the queue when comic con's over.
Blue bar flashed what'd mean
This sure does seems familiar
WHO /IN QUEUE/ RIGHT NOW?
I HAVE A FEELING THE TICKETS ARE ALL SOLD OUT ALREADY
>>9076704
Yo
and here I kinda thought they might have fixed this queue after saying that "they'll do better" the last 2 years
GOT MY 3 DAY FUCK YEAH
>>9076704
Nope, you're still good. Everything was there.
>>9076613
Sure ain't. I know how to save, but I just moved into a new place so this came at the worst time. I would have had money saved up if all of it hadn't gone to first/last rent, cable installation, moving truck, etc. I just wish it would have gone on sale a little later.
>>9076704
I think I've already whizzed through my 5 stages of grief if I don't get what I want.
>>9076681
disney anon here. still stuck in Virtual Queue hell. was not warned about this at all. I cannot believe I'm fucking late to meet Mickey Mouse because of NYCC. Fuck them.
>>9076709
Was there any Saturdays? Also my thing stopped for a moment and then started it just did it now
>Screen flashes and refreshes
>It's the virtual queue still
>>9076716
Yeah. Reedpop is dicks, so I don't know how many there were left, but there were Sats left to purchase.
I've accepted I will probably only get Thursday and maybe Friday tickets again this year since I was busy working at 12 noon.
>>9076615
gonna need a source on that one, all I can find it that they partnered together for those RFID chips
>Just closed my browser by accident
FUCKING HELL
Been waiting since 12:01 too.
I want to die.
>4-Day Tickets are 50% sold out, 3-Day Tickets are 50% sold out, all other ticket types have good availability remaining.
awwwwww shit
>4-Day and 3-Day are 50% sold out
Come on, get the fuck moving queue
>3 day already 75% out
god damn it
Just got mine and I clicked my link right when the clock hit 12. What a mess.
FUCK YES I GOT MY GODDAMN SATURDAY TICKET
I'm in- got my 2 3-day passes. Everything's still available. Don't forget that it holds tickets for 15 min.
I GOT MY 3DAY PASS!
Looks like they're out of 3-Day, the rest are being held. I wish they would give you some estimate of how long you're waiting.
>>9076756
Time to buy 3 1-day passes to compensate
>>9076760
They're all out.
So what you have for in showclix is your fan verification?
>4-Day Tickets and 3-Day Tickets are 75% sold out, but the remaining Tickets are being held. If you get to the checkout process and it says this Ticket type is completely sold out, that means the remaining Tickets are in the process of being purchased.
I'm slightly salty, but whatever. I'll just buy Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Saturday sucks anyway.
AAAAAAAAA
LET ME IN
my fucking sides, tickets are up for 600+ on stubhub
>>9076765
>Saturday sucks anyway
Why?
>>9076773
Do you enjoy being crushed.
>>9076774
Yes
[spoiler]I'm going in a big fucking costume so it'll be ruined by then[/spoiler]
there goes 3 day
>>9076773
It's overcrowded as fuck, I've never had a good day on Saturday. Thursday and Friday are my favorites.
But I caved and figured what the fuck, I just bought a Saturday as well anyway, just in case there was something I really wanted to get into.
>>9076774
Well it's a good thing my costume has only one piece
Anyone else having difficulty editing their verification info? I completed my order and all that shit, but Showclix won't let me insert my email and change that info, only my name.
boy am i disappointed
So what was the point of fan verification?
>>9076797
>You MUST assign each Ticket to an individual person who filled out a Fan Verification profile starting Thursday, June 30 at 12:00 PM EDT.
Its weird but I think you have to wait till tomorrow?
Stupidly tried to edit my cart when I put the wrong ticket amount in, proceeded to be booted back to queue beginning. That was over an hour ago. Lets talk about why NYCC is garbage
>>9076809
Thanks, I caught it, thought today was the 30th. I'm sure you can forgive me for things being slightly hectic in the past hour.
fucking finally, had to buy it the hard way(4 individual day tickets) but its better than nothing
>>9076807
To stop scalpers
>>9076842
What a fantastic fucking job that does, as it still gives them a window to scalp with this whole 14 day thing. I don't think Fan Verificatiom did jack shit.
>>9076842
b-but
>>9076846
>>9076846
It did help though
Unique URLs stopped extreme lag
The fan verification thing is gonna make it harder for them to sell the tickets since every ticket needs to be connected to an account
All in all, with less people seeing the update the tickets sold put slower.
I got a 3-day ticket in half an hour, when last year the tickets sold out in 15 minutes
>>9076712
ah yeah, moving can be a bitch too!
>>9076851
>I just barely got my ticket
Holy SHIT
>>9076854
Wait until July 13th to start looking at tickets from the scalpers. they'll either drop the prices for last minute sales on passes they can't get rid of or take the loss
>$271 to buy a thursday/friday/2 saturday and a sunday
holy fuck, shit got expensive
Is it a better idea to just buy 3 days for $150 or wait for scalpers? Also if I just got in queue 15 mins ago what are the chances I'll even get any single day passes?
None of my group got in on time to get their own tickets either
>>9076887
>wait for scalpers
never do this
never
update me anyway, does it say Saturday tickets are 75% out or anything?
>>9076889
It says Saturday tickets are 75% sold out. Fuck this entire thing sucks.
>>9076889
Update: Saturday, 3-day, 4-day passes are sold out. Everything else is 75% sold out.
Got my 3 day within 10 minutes of them going on sale, it'll be my 6th nycc. I clicked on my link @ 12, got in so much quicker than my friends who refreshed. I feel like they should have been more specific about that in the email.
so what happens if you dont assign a ticket to someone? do you just lose that money?
>>9077012
You get refunded.
swiggity swooty i'm coming for those passes!
>>9076929
Yeah, I guess I waited so long because I refreshed. How are we supposed to know about this ahead of time though? Where are we supposed to losten where the proper way to click the link?
>>9077012
>You MUST assign each Ticket to an individual person who filled out a Fan Verification profile starting Thursday, June 30 at 12:00 PM EDT. This must be completed by July 14 at 11:59 PM EDT or your Tickets will be removed from your order and you’ll be refunded.
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Okay I'm on the page for My Tickets and see the names. I changed them appropriately but how do I change the email and shit? There's nothing to click to do that. I'm probably a massive fucking retard and missing something incredibly obvious but it's pissing me off.
>>9077193
You're allowed to change that at noon tomorrow, not today. It's fine, I made the same mistake.
Anyone else having trouble updating info on the showclix page? I'm trying to change my mailing address (not shipping address) that I had filled out during fan verification but it won't let me, when I click "submit" it says "phone is required" even though I have that filled out. I also can't do anything to the "this ticket is for a(n):" field. Just shows up as "submit" and "cancel", no other option.
