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I wonder if this is actually SDCC's way of reducing lines so they don't have to deal with the onsite demands this always entails. They're pretty bad keeping things in order with the normal Everything Else line. By doing the online lottery, they eliminate so many of the small autograph/exclusive lines that fill up the Sails in the early part of the morning. By eliminating the need to staff these, they can put more of their staff, security and other resources to maintaining the Hall H and Everything Else lines.Just a thought anyways.
I don't do the autograph lotteries at SDCC, because I prioritize my time elsewhere. But sure, I'll be entering the lotteries online, to see if I win anything. So my chances of getting an autograph have improved.But am I happy about this? No. Because SDCC is a line culture. If people aren't lined up for the Sails in the morning, they're going to be lined up elsewhere. The Hall H lines will get longer, the offsite lines will get longer. Lines for everything else are going to go nuts. And those are the lines in which I will be stuck. Whee. :-\
This is a darn good point and now I'm a little worried. The only plus side for me personally is that I don't currently have plans for Hall H this year since there's no Marvel so I may get to skip that beast. But if this effects B20 line I'm screwed. If they put Legion in B20 again (which would make sense) I know I'll be in B20 line for at least one day. UGH.I know I'm a broken record about Legion and I apologize lmao.
OK, just not sure how we (lower case we representing all members who don't know you) are suppose to know that! That being said I know keeping rack of which pronouns people prefer to use these days is getting trickier and trickier!
I can't stand the people that keep saying well it was always a lottery.It makes zero sense to compare me pulling a ticket in the morning at WB then also getting to pull at Fox where I'd have above a 50/50 chance of getting a autograph signing each day. To me having probably less than 1 percent chance now. Make the huge Hall H line which has people camping for days, a lottery, that's the worst of all the lines anyway.Last year I was late trying to get from my hotel the Hilton Bayfront to the Sails pavilion, I was walking quickly along the boardwalk but there were people camped out everywhere, and this was around noon. Some guy shouted not to walk through their camp, I didn't know that was a no go camp area I'm just seeing a mess of stuff and people and I'm just trying to walk.Make everything a lottery then it's fair. But I see some people are happy as long as their favorite thing is not a lottery.
Even if you think it was a 50/50 chance, it was always zero for me. I've never won that drawing. After hours in line, I think I should more of a guarantee of something. If it's hours in line to get nothing versus online lottery, I'll take the lottery.
At WonderCon it was strictly WonderCon merch, but WonderCon doesn't have exclusive madness like SDCC. What screenshot made you think they would not include things like Funko or Lego? Was it the one with the old verbiage leftover from WonderCon that hasn't been updated?
NYCC had a system where people were limited to 2 major events and 2 minor events a day and half of the spots at panels were still first come first serve. It wasn't perfect by any means but I got almost everything I really wanted eventually (even the lego exclusive).
From a business standpoint-- a lot of the same people go for signings, while tens of thousands of people either do not know about it or do not want to deal with the headache. This is bad business as your not marketing to your full potential audience. All of these signings and even panels are marketing ploys by an organization or television/movie studio. If the same people continue to receive the benefit (i.e. signing or viewing) then the marketing is ineffective as no new consumers are being reached. Hence, by creating the online lottery new individuals are able to receive the benefit thus potentially broadening the audience for the company. For example, I would never have gone for the Black Lightning signing at WonderCon normally. However, I did and was unsuccessful. Even though I was unsuccessful I wanted to know more about the show and am now watching it. If I won the lottery and got the benefit of the signing-- I probably would be an even bigger fan. I recognize that the online lottery system flat out sucks for the people that know how to do signings and have been doing it for years. However, it does present a better opportunity for others. I would not be surprised that this is just a trial run for what is to come for Hall H.
What made you think it would include Lego or Funko? That logic cuts both ways. You say “updated language” I say the language is already updated since the portal shouldn’t have been open at all. It also didn’t say wondercon. It said comic con 2018. 🤷♂️ only the terms and conditions weren’t updated. There’s nothing indicating all exclusives will be going lotto. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk