Gen Con Event Sales Go Live April 26 at WWW.GenConGameFair.com

[Piratecat]

From the email announcement!

Over 2900 events will be available for event registration beginning between 2-5pm PST on Friday, April 26. They will premier online via www.gencongamefair.com. There you will be able to sort the event listings by date, time and over 30 major sponsors. Roleplaying, boardgames, historical and non-historical miniatures, LARP's, TCG's and weekend long events will be there for your perusal, enrollment and purchase. In addition, seminars with no cost associated with them will be there, but tickets must be reserved on-site at the show. A printer friendly version of the events will also be available. You can check out our Show and Event Highlights, as well as Guest of Honor information at www.gencongamefair.com to get a better idea of what Gen Con 2002 will feature. When you register for your events, be sure to double check your schedule. Refunds will not be available until you are on-site at the show. We will also have generic tickets available when you arrive. You will pick up your event tickets in the Will Call area at the show. You must purchase a badge to register for events. Be sure you log in with the same email address and password that you logged in with to purchase your badge so that the system can verify you. Then you are on your way to The Best Four Days in Gaming.....

 

[dream spawn]

So, who thinks this is just one big server crash waiting to happen? Or will wizards do better on this than they have on past "new" systems of registering? I guess we can hope.

 

[Dungeon Master]

No preregestration book this year?

 

[Hand of Evil]

No preregestration book this year?

WHAT! I depaend on that book, it walk around with it for a week or two before picking events! It is important, plus not everyone has access to the inier net.

 

[drakon]

It just crashed. I was about to go to checkout and boom it went down. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Vanye]

It just crashed. I was about to go to checkout and boom it went down. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Following the instructions on the site on how to order an event, no information is available for anything I want, so I can't even add them. 8P

 

[mac1504]

Getting the same result, no information on events I want to sign up for

-mac1504

 

[Dungeon Master]

you have to log into the website in order to order events or view them....

 

[Vanye]

you have to log into the website in order to order events or view them....

Yeah, i figured that out. Too bad I can't add anything to my shopping cart. Doesn't matter the number of items I choose, nothing is showing up in the cart. *sigh*

Edit: I figured out why. It's because the things I'm adding have a price of $0....

 

[Voobaha]

The cool slick feeling of a handy dandy prereg book in your hands...

I *like* the book. I *want* the book. The prereg book is *easier* to use. Look through all the games, plan out your entire vacation ahead of time, mail in your check and you're done. I did it at previous Gen Cons and Origins and it worked just fine--I got almost all the games I wanted.

Is it just too hard for them to make a book or do the prereg form paperwork or something? Somehow I think "internet shopping" system is going to be fraught with more problems than doing it the old fashioned way.

Besides, is it really fair to let people with internet access register for games sooner than people who use the postal service? Maybe it is, once the internet registrations get screwed up and you have to stand in extra "complaint" lines at the con...sheesh!

Why not use the mail in forms for registration, and relegate the internet to what it's really good for...ranting!