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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #285 on: October 13, 2018, 10:22:12 AM »
My internet went out like 2 min after 9:00am (12:00 here ) and was still able to get 4days. But mann was i stressed out. wasnt able to get in again for the rest of the group. 🙃😐

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #286 on: October 13, 2018, 10:24:35 AM »
This was a crazy year and I feel hopefully we can get it together for General Reg....Just in case though adding Comic Con to my Vision Board so it can manifest  ;)

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #287 on: October 13, 2018, 10:24:48 AM »
Was watching the overall tally for all groups.... seemed like it moved much slower for us then in years past.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #288 on: October 13, 2018, 10:28:20 AM »
Well, that was disappointing. Totally shut out after 5 years of good luck and 4 day passes. Out of our group of 8 only 1 buying session opened up when we usually get 2 or 3. On to Open Reg!

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #289 on: October 13, 2018, 10:32:27 AM »
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It felt to  me like there were fewer badges available overall. It seemed like the FoCC buying groups were getting in slowly.
Yep, I agree! PN sold way fast than what I remember for pre-reg, and the group I was in, I know 2 people got in: me (4-days; 27 mins after the sale begun) and another person (at the start of the sale, so they got lucky). I do think more were able to get something, but I am not sure. I have to double check with the group leader. Another code a family member was using did get in, but everything was gone before we could help out more in the group...
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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #290 on: October 13, 2018, 10:36:10 AM »
And then I see on Twitter that this one group of 27 all got in, with only 2 not being able to get PN.

So that’s who horded all the luck!

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #291 on: October 13, 2018, 10:43:16 AM »
Random is random. It's all over the place. Last year my family of 4 didn't get in at all during returning reg, but this year 2 of us got in. It comes and goes. But yes, it felt like overall people weren't getting in as quickly, and like PN sold out insanely fast.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #292 on: October 13, 2018, 10:44:20 AM »
So how do these groups work. Do they have banks of computers?

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #293 on: October 13, 2018, 10:47:49 AM »
All glory to Ben Eats Rice buying group.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! So distressed to hear so many of our friends were shut out of Returning Reg.  Looks like we have our work cut out for Open Reg!

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #294 on: October 13, 2018, 10:49:42 AM »
For those of you that didn't make it, last year I was bummed being a returning member of 5 years, but snagged all 4 days during open reg.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #295 on: October 13, 2018, 10:51:23 AM »
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So how do these groups work. Do they have banks of computers?

As far as FoCC is concerned, it’s however many members and those who get in buy for other people.  I have a model somewhere, where in a group of 100 people and assuming the odds of getting into a room are 25 percent, your odds of walking away with any sort of badge is between 60-90 percent.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #296 on: October 13, 2018, 11:11:03 AM »
My better half got in just and got us three day passes just as Friday sold out (yea).  I got in and got three people in my group the minimum tickets they wanted (1 Thursday and sunday and 2 sunday only) just before sunday sold out.

It really seemed like the group I am in was going a lot slower than last year or the year before, but in the end all but three people got at least one badge.

I am hoping Open Reg is kind to me and I get PN and Saturday.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #297 on: October 13, 2018, 11:43:24 AM »
For the first time since CCI switched to codes/random selection in 2014, my code was among the first selected just ten minutes after registration began (according to my time stamp, I was the fourth person in my group).  It was the first time my code was selected when Preview Night was still available.  Last year it was selected when only Preview Night was gone.  From 2014 to 2017, my code was never selected.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #298 on: October 13, 2018, 11:54:13 AM »
Slow start for our group but rallied midway thru the sale. First time in 2 years we couldn't get everyone in RR at least 1 day, which bums me out but we can't control it and still got almost everyone a badge.

As others have said - I think it's a combo of less allocations, and more buying groups. Our advantage probably is not as strong as it used to be.

Game on for open reg though!

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Re: SDCC 2019 Returning Registration discussion (aka Pre-Registration)
« Reply #299 on: October 13, 2018, 12:14:44 PM »
Just to make my last post clearer of relative times, here's 2019 Returning Reg, 2018 Returning Reg, and 2018 Open Reg

Note: these times are not exact since the sold out message depends on when your browser refreshes

2019 Returning Registration
DayGone by
Preview9:20
Saturday9:40
Friday9:40
Thursday9:47
Sunday9:52

2018 Returning Registration
DayGone by
Preview9:23
Saturday9:48
Friday9:51
Thursday10:05
Sunday10:13

2018 Open Registration
DayGone by
Preview9:23
Saturday9:37
Friday9:43
Thursday10:01
Sunday10:06