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SDCC 2017 Returning Registration
« on: July 25, 2016, 05:17:08 PM »
Yeah, the planning starts this fast.  😊
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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2016, 05:51:46 PM »
I'm really confused on how exactly they are going to verify your attendance. Maybe the RFID taps? It would be pointless to enter a badge number when they were all mailed out. But looking forward to Pre-registration also!

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2016, 05:56:22 PM »
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I'm really confused on how exactly they are going to verify your attendance. Maybe the RFID taps? It would be pointless to enter a badge number when they were all mailed out. But looking forward to Pre-registration also!
I am thinking (and hoping) it will be a combination-enter the code, and if it was never activated, you are not eligible.
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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2016, 06:08:49 PM »
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I am thinking (and hoping) it will be a combination-enter the code, and if it was never activated, you are not eligible.
I hope so too. It definitely seems weird if they just allow everybody to buy a badge again this year in pre-registration, even if they didn't really attend. Hopefully it ends up being something that isn't too stressful or annoying to do, like confirming which days you went in or entering the amount of times tapped each day.

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2016, 06:17:05 PM »
I think that the tapping as it relates to pre reg is to prevent someone from purchasing a badge and not using it to keep pre reg status.  This is just my theory.

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2016, 07:22:20 PM »
I assume it is RFID based, based on just all of the record keeping/activation capabilities they covered

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2016, 08:27:16 PM »
I was working on the presumption that all 'activated' badges (i.e. those tapped at the con) would be eligible for pre-reg.

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2016, 09:29:13 PM »
If it is based on tapping and activating your code, I would be disappointed.

I couldn't make it to SDCC this year because a few things came up at the last minute, chief among them being I came down with a bad case of bronchitis and one of the residents at the care home I work at didn't receive her meds one morning and as a result, became ill and had to see a doctor.

So I had to stay behind and deal with that.
 
So in my case, I literally had to deal with an issue of life and death and had to put attending the convention on the back burner in order to deal with these things.

I'm hoping that pre-reg will still be available for those of us who had badges but couldn't make it to the con.

But even if that's not the case, then I'll try my luck in the general registration pool. The fact of which, I am not looking forward to.

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2016, 09:51:45 PM »
I thought I had seen a tweet that said attendees didn't have to hang on to their badges after the con- as in no code from the physical badge itself is required for pre-reg. Did anyone else see that or did I have a hallucination in the midst of all the excitement?

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2016, 10:12:46 PM »
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did I have a hallucination in the midst of all the excitement?

I suffer from the same malady.  :)

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2016, 06:20:25 AM »
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I thought I had seen a tweet that said attendees didn't have to hang on to their badges after the con- as in no code from the physical badge itself is required for pre-reg. Did anyone else see that or did I have a hallucination in the midst of all the excitement?
I thought I saw the same thing, not sure if it was an official tweet or not, so many tweets this weekend.
I did see some people selling their souvenir badges on ebay.

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2016, 06:32:23 AM »
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I thought I had seen a tweet that said attendees didn't have to hang on to their badges after the con- as in no code from the physical badge itself is required for pre-reg. Did anyone else see that or did I have a hallucination in the midst of all the excitement?

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It was stated at the Talk Back panel that you wouldn't need your badge.

"Per John Rogers @ the Talkback panel, you don't need to keep your badge but the barcode has your name/address in it"

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SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2016, 02:02:07 PM »
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If it is based on tapping and activating your code, I would be disappointed.

So in my case, I literally had to deal with an issue of life and death and had to put attending the convention on the back burner in order to deal with these things.

I'm hoping that pre-reg will still be available for those of us who had badges but couldn't make it to the con.
First, I'm glad you're ok!

Second, they didn't change the attendance requirement for pre-reg from previous years, so even under the old system pre-RFID, you wouldn't be eligible for pre-reg. Having a badge isn't the requirement for pre-reg eligibility, attendance is.

Wow. Lots of "pre" in that post! :)


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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2016, 04:27:24 PM »
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First, I'm glad you're ok!

Second, they didn't change the attendance requirement for pre-reg from previous years, so even under the old system pre-RFID, you wouldn't be eligible for pre-reg. Having a badge isn't the requirement for pre-ref eligibility, attendance is.

Wow. Lots of "pre" in that post! :)


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I get why they do it but it sucks anyway. I had to cancel my trip because of an emergency so I couldnt use my badge.

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Re: SDCC 2017 Pre Registration
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2016, 05:46:06 AM »
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I get why they do it but it sucks anyway. I had to cancel my trip because of an emergency so I couldnt use my badge.

Maybe try sending CCI an email and see what they say?