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My wife and I want to attend the Critical Role panel on Saturday at 5:00 pm.  For panels we usually hold a "line two panels early" policy for popular items in places like 6BCF (we don't do Hall H) but the only time we've been to Ballroom 20 in the past is for the DC animated movie premieres which are usually walk in.  So we aren't certain how early one needs to line up for ballroom 20 for popular panels - especially when they're at the end of the day rather than the start.  Any advice would be appreciated.

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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2022, 03:31:24 PM »
I find looking at the panels that are in teh room right before helps

btw, this was taken from the listing above in each daily thread

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10:15 AM - 11:15 AM  Evil Exclusive Screening and Panel
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM  The Simpsons
  12:30 PM - 1:15 PM  American Dad
  1:15 PM - 1:45 PM  Family Guy
  2:00 PM - 2:45 PM  Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
  3:00 PM - 3:45 PM  The Orville
  4:00 PM - 4:45 PM  The Players of Mythic Quest
  5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  Critical Role: Q&A with the Cast
  8:00 PM - 11:30 PM  The San Diego Comic-Con Masquerade

wild guess on my part but i suspect a lot of folks will leave after the Orville
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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2022, 03:34:37 PM »
Alyssa is correct. A lot of people will be in B20 all day and leave after Orville, so if you line up at about Orville's start time, you have an excellent chance of getting in.

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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2022, 03:54:57 PM »
The one really bad thing about the no Comic Cons for the last 2 years is now I have little reference points to know how popular some things are.

Like I have no idea the fandom around Orville, Mythic Quest or Critical Role.

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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2022, 04:06:44 PM »
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The one really bad thing about the no Comic Cons for the last 2 years is now I have little reference points to know how popular some things are.

Like I have no idea the fandom around Orville, Mythic Quest or Critical Role.

Critical Role is fairly popular with its 4-5 hour D&D streams each week running about 50k in viewership and its viewership on youtube uploads being roughly half a million per episode.  The panel has been in 6BCF the past several years and generally was pretty packed (and also had a large exedous afterwards.  So I suspect it will be popular this year but I don't know how much of the fandom will be staking out ballroom 20 since in 2019 it hit the point where not everyone got in for 6bcf (though it was the first panel in the morning then as well so that is another difference).

Thanks to everyone else for the information about the Orville.  I had no idea what the viewership was like for it so I wasn't certain how much it will impact the room and Ballroom 20 is fairly large.

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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2022, 04:53:02 PM »
Speaking of ballroom 20 lineups, do they clear the room before masquerade? How does one line up for masquerade specifically?


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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2022, 06:17:38 PM »
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Speaking of ballroom 20 lineups, do they clear the room before masquerade? How does one line up for masquerade specifically?

yes, b20 is reset for the masquerade.  people line up on the hall way to the left of B20 for tickets. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login  has gone to it a bunch. I got in the room once but fell asleep as soon as i sat down.
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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2022, 06:20:14 PM »
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I find looking at the panels that are in teh room right before helps

btw, this was taken from the listing above in each daily thread

wild guess on my part but i suspect a lot of folks will leave after the Orville
And after Mythic Quest, I suspect the OP can just walk right in, for the most part.  Ballroom 20 has about a 4800 capacity.  As stated elsewhere, I suspect if you plan to get in after Orville, you'll be fine: especially if you don't have a preference for where you sit

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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2022, 01:03:09 AM »
I wonder if this will hold true for Paper Girls on Friday as well? Like, I'm honestly not sure if I would even be able to get in, and it's right in the middle of the day...

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Re: What is a good lineup policy for an evening Ballroom 20 Panel?
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2022, 07:31:51 AM »
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yes, b20 is reset for the masquerade.  people line up on the hall way to the left of B20 for tickets. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login  has gone to it a bunch. I got in the room once but fell asleep as soon as i sat down.

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