I'm very interested to see what happens with this Preregistration Code Verification. I agree with TJ --- I figured we'd need the code during the actual sale, so having a separate step like this could make a big difference. And it makes me even more confident the sale will be in September!
TOO FUNNY!!!
Me too! Are they just adding hurdles to weed out people who didn't attend/are waffling about going next year or do they have something else in mind? Why wouldn't they just use the badge code as the code to get into the pre-reg waiting room? I'm curious to see what their motivation is.
The Preregistration Code Verification process likely won't be a new rabbit trick or hurdle, rather a re-appropriation of a past verification process (Talk like that after eating Cinnamon CHEX cereal lol!).
Last year, we saw that green lettering on August 9th "Comic-Con 2014 Preregistration Eligibility" in our Member ID boxes (so about 18 days after SDCC 2013 ended), so CCI does seem to like to move fast with notices for the next year.
That Badge ID code (10 characters) looks similar to that olde Member ID temporary code issued in 2011 (the year of last onsite sales). The part I like to offer is the possible
time frame in that email received on 11/4/2011:
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Yeah, it'll hopefully be a much, much smaller window.
(edit 8/09) On 12/1/11 Date extended to 12/09/11 CCI forum link You are not allowed to view links.
Register or
Login(edit 8/10: Sunday morning recipe for preregistration!)So if the date's that important to CCI already...
If your child (age 12 or under at November 1, 2013) attending SDCC in 2014 with a child badge, but will be 13 or older as of August 1, 2014, they can participate in online pre-registration.
As per the back of my child's badge for 2014:
Children who will be age 13 on or prior to August 1, 2014 must KEEP THIS BADGE to participate in online preregistration for Comic-Con 2015. Do not sell, share, or give away this badge as it contains important information you will need for badge preregistration. Visit the link below AFTER August 15, 2014, for additional details.
The link given is:
You are not allowed to view links.
Register or Login
So hold onto those child badges!
and CCI gets enough folks registered to make random selection "PR feasible" + 1 week of extension only.
topped off with a heaping of hope for "*
Subject to change. Registration events may occur shortly before or after the timeframes provided here. All official date and time notifications will be sent via email to the address associated with your Member ID account."