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Posted by lore seeker

#101

I don't care about connected really - I just want downtown, period.

Posted by emynst01

#102

bought my badge at 11:55am this morning (5 minute before housing starts). Got a 50 minute wait time

All the connecting hotels to the convention center had rooms available as of 12:55pm.

Posted by dballing urohawk

#103

 urohawk wrote:

Gencon is becoming a pop culture con not the "best X days in gaming".

This is the best summation of things that I can recall in a long time.

I understand the inclusive nature, the desire to be a "big tent" and embrace the myriad tangential subcultures, but at some point you have to start triaging what you keep and what goes, based on customer experience, space constraints, etc., etc. OR, alternatively, you take the SDCC route and you almost rejoice in your success and exclusivity, to the point where sitcoms dedicate episodes about how hard an event you are to actually attend. (Which BBT did for SDCC).

I wish that Gen Con would do the former, but it appears to be taking the route of the latter.

Posted by holder of dreams

#104

First try, was a refresh and a 503 error. Now it was a 1 hour and 13 minutes wait * with 21 mins to go now* Last year, it was 4 or 5 days before I got a place.

Posted by daveculp

#105

Glad I had a backup hotel!!!

I got the Embasy for 8 days at $199/night with hot breakfast and in room wifi. I wasnt going to be able to beat that deal but wanted to see what was available via the lottery!

Posted by truelink

#106

I got 2:38, but one of my bunkmates got 0:30, so we got the room we wanted. :)

Posted by jolt

#107

I'm irritated that it doesn't matter what time you log into the housing system. I was ready to go right at noon and have an almost 3 hour wait. A friend logged in 5 mintes ago and has a 15 minute wait.

Posted by pezhead53 jolt

#108

 jolt wrote:
I'm irritated that it doesn't matter what time you log into the housing system. I was ready to go right at noon and have an almost 3 hour wait. A friend logged in 5 mintes ago and has a 15 minute wait.

I thought they were supposed to go to the end of the line if they weren't here at noon.

Posted by urohawk dballing

#109

 dballing wrote:

 urohawk wrote:

Gencon is becoming a pop culture con not the "best X days in gaming".

This is the best summation of things that I can recall in a long time. I understand the inclusive nature, the desire to be a "big tent" and embrace the myriad tangential subcultures, but at some point you have to start triaging what you keep and what goes, based on customer experience, space constraints, etc., etc. OR, alternatively, you take the SDCC route and you almost rejoice in your success and exclusivity, to the point where sitcoms dedicate episodes about how hard an event you are to actually attend. (Which BBT did for SDCC).
I wish that Gen Con would do the former, but it appears to be taking the route of the latter.

Unfortunately, I don't think Gen Con cares. They sell tickets and get their money regardless of who shows.

Posted by sugoiben jolt

#110

Same here. That is frustrating, and questionable about the touted "fairness". I think it's more a scheme to not pressure everyone into refreshing like crazy at noon, and thus crashing the system for everyone.

Posted by urohawk pezhead53

#111

 pezhead53 wrote:

I thought they were supposed to go to the end of the line if they weren't here at noon.

No it's random. Last year the problem was they went to the front of the line which is fixed.

Posted by mgabriel

#112

There are still downtown hotels left, including JW and Conrad. Conrad only has kings, can't speak for JW

Posted by del_grande pezhead53

#113

 pezhead53 wrote:

I thought they were supposed to go to the end of the line if they weren't here at noon.

No - that's if they don't have a badge at noon. At noon, everybody who already has a badge is assigned a time; I am guessing that they assume that everybody who buys a badge in January does so pretty much just to get access to the housing portal.

Posted by dballing urohawk

#114

 urohawk wrote:

 dballing wrote:

 urohawk wrote:

Gencon is becoming a pop culture con not the "best X days in gaming".

Unfortunately, I don't think Gen Con cares. They sell tickets and get their money regardless of who shows.

True, and I don't blame them for it. I mean, they're a business and they gotta make money.

I've toyed with trying out Origins, but that's sort of a topic for a different thread....

Posted by johnewil

#115

No, you are randomly assigned a time at noon as long as you bought a badge before noon. Buying a badge after noon today should go to end of line.

Posted by jolt pezhead53

#116

 pezhead53 wrote:

I thought they were supposed to go to the end of the line if they weren't here at noon.

That's what I thought too but it's definitely not happening. What the hell's going to be available after 3 hours? That's like saying, "Thanks for buying our $90 badge but don't bother coming."

Posted by rayken

#117

Does anybody know if the downtown hotels are still open?

Posted by marimaccadmin jolt

#118

 jolt wrote:

 pezhead53 wrote:

I thought they were supposed to go to the end of the line if they weren't here at noon.

That's what I thought too but it's definitely not happening. What the hell's going to be available after 3 hours? That's like saying, "Thanks for buying our $90 badge but don't bother coming."

No, you didn't have to be logged in at noon, you just had to have your badge bought at noon. All bought badges were assigned a random time, whether you were logged in at noon or not. So you only go to the end of the line if you BOUGHT a badge after noon.