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It's such an empty, futile feeling just staring at that blue circle and reading those status update messages regarding inventory running low.
All the while thinking, 'Those people are buying *my* badges!'
This is me being selfish, but when people are wishing everyone good luck in registration, don’t they realize others having good luck lowers your own luck??
I should also add that last night I dreamed I was buying badges for everybody while I was on the clock at work, running afoul of my bosses. I was adding days to attendees badges at my personal expense without asking anybody to compensate me. More like a nightmare, lol.
Ha; FWIW as a HS band teacher Returning Reg. has been during marching band rehearsals the last several years its been in early fall Saturdays. Last Sat. was no exception, and I totally was manning as many computer screens as I could for the greater good (while also running a rehearsal - yeah multi-tasking)!
Here is an interesting question I always wondering. Comic con blog did a rough estimation on the odds of getting badges.. Does all the people that works in buying group decrease the odds for everyone else that is not working in a group... I think the numbers were 50 percent for returning registration and about .06% for open registration. If I have to guess the answer would be yes. The analyst in me always wonder about stuff like this. :-\
Not only does the buying group make sure no buying spots go to waste, it also evens out the odds. If you are on your own, there is a small chance you might get in, and a bigger chance that you won't. So there are 2 extremes. In a buying group, the averages tend to pan out, so you're much more likely to be around the 'middle' probabilities. Chances are good that if you don't get in, someone else will, and vice versa.