[GenCon] "(more) Road Construction News!" (Scouting and Info Within)
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CaptainCalico
Community Supporter
while we are waiting
First-timers might want to take a note of a few points from the Registration page:
"You will need to have your own e-mail address for this system!"
(Not much of an issue w/ this crowd, but you might want to pass on the word to anyone who needs it.)
"Also note there are more hotel rooms within a four block radius of the convention center in Indianapolis than there are in all of Milwaukee. Once you register you will be sent a confirmation email. This email will contain your password for reserving a hotel room through Passkey, our housing system."
Just counting The Keeper's "1st Ring" I get 2,617 rooms within
one block, so the prime housing situation is looking good.
First-timers might want to take a note of a few points from the Registration page:
"You will need to have your own e-mail address for this system!"
(Not much of an issue w/ this crowd, but you might want to pass on the word to anyone who needs it.)
"Also note there are more hotel rooms within a four block radius of the convention center in Indianapolis than there are in all of Milwaukee. Once you register you will be sent a confirmation email. This email will contain your password for reserving a hotel room through Passkey, our housing system."
Just counting The Keeper's "1st Ring" I get 2,617 rooms within
one block, so the prime housing situation is looking good.
JoelF
First Post
5:48 CST - 3:48 PST
They have a new announcement that reads:
***Registration and housing is delayed until noon (PST) Tuesday, February 4 due to a programming delay with our new registration system. Please be patient while we go through the transition and get your badge tomorrow! ***
They have a new announcement that reads:
***Registration and housing is delayed until noon (PST) Tuesday, February 4 due to a programming delay with our new registration system. Please be patient while we go through the transition and get your badge tomorrow! ***
Trevalon Moonleirion
Explorer
Just in case my previous post was lost in the flurry of posts today.....
Does anyone know if you can book two rooms right next to each other (or right across the hall or better yet, attached to each other???)?
Does anyone know if you can book two rooms right next to each other (or right across the hall or better yet, attached to each other???)?
Mark
CreativeMountainGames.com
Trevalon Moonleirion said:
If they do things anything like last year, the best you can do is be sure to mention it in the comments section of the hotel booking form, IIRC. You might mention that it is because there are minors and parents that need to be near one another, just to increase the chances that they will see the wisdom of acquiescence.
New Site is Up
You can see the new GenCon site now, but you still can't register until noon PST.
As an aside, the site makes use of Flash. The home page is entirely Flash with no way to get past it and its kind of slow to load. For you dial-up users, here's a direct link to the Indy Registration page which will save you some wailing and gnashing of teeth.
http://www.gencon.com/display.aspx?file=indy-registration
Even this page has a Flash header and footer. So expect some delays.
You can see the new GenCon site now, but you still can't register until noon PST.
As an aside, the site makes use of Flash. The home page is entirely Flash with no way to get past it and its kind of slow to load. For you dial-up users, here's a direct link to the Indy Registration page which will save you some wailing and gnashing of teeth.
http://www.gencon.com/display.aspx?file=indy-registration
Even this page has a Flash header and footer. So expect some delays.
CaptainCalico
Community Supporter
The Flash is more than a bit much. It takes a while to load at work, and I could knit a sweater in the time it would take to load at home (and I can't knit!). I sent an email to customerservice@gencon.com , asking them to tone it down a bit, or at least provide some sort of bypass.
(It certainly looks nice, but it is not very practical, especially for the traffic they should be expecting......)
(It certainly looks nice, but it is not very practical, especially for the traffic they should be expecting......)
