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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 3980259" data-attributes="member: 20741">Ok. When looking over the website FAQ the following info is displayed:Q: What are the pre-registration dates for Gen Con 2008?Badge pre-registration begins Monday, February 3, 2008(12:00PM PST) Q: When does housing begin?Housing for Gen Con Indianapolis 2008 will begin on Sunday, February 3, 2008, at 12:00 PM (PST).Okay. The obvious point: Sunday is February 3rd, Monday is Feb 4. That said, it is very unusual for Gencon to be opening registration on a Sunday.So what's the correct date? Sunday Feb 3rd or Monday Feb 4??More insanity follows:Q: How do I get a hotel room for Gen Con Indy?A: Once you pay for your badge, you will receive an email with the appropriate housing code and instructions on how to book your reservation. In years past, we've bought badges ahead of the hotel Reservation blitz.&nbsp; Do I understand that I now have to not only spam the web at noon to get a badge - I then have to wait for the e-mail to then spam for a hotel room? Holy crap!!Gencon LLC: that's no damned fun. And for attendees at least - FUN is the point of Gencon. Your dual opening registration blitz for badges and hotel rooms both at the same minute in time promises to be a freaking fiasco - and makes it stressful as hell, too. Let us get the badges without a simultaneous rush for badge and room&nbsp; please. This is just bad bad news waiting to happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 3980259, member: 20741"] Ok. When looking over the website FAQ the following info is displayed: [B]Q: What are the pre-registration dates for Gen Con 2008?[/B] Badge pre-registration begins [COLOR=SandyBrown][B]Monday, February 3, 2008(12:00PM PST) [/b][/COLOR] [B]Q: When does housing begin?[/B] Housing for Gen Con Indianapolis 2008 will begin on [COLOR=SandyBrown][B]Sunday, February 3, 2008, at 12:00 PM (PST). [/B][/COLOR] Okay. The obvious point: Sunday is February 3rd, Monday is Feb 4. That said, it is very unusual for Gencon to be opening registration on a Sunday. So what's the correct date? Sunday Feb 3rd or Monday Feb 4?? More insanity follows: [B]Q: How do I get a hotel room for Gen Con Indy?[/B] [I]A: Once you pay for your badge, you will receive an email with the appropriate housing code and instructions on how to book your reservation. [/I] In years past, we've bought badges ahead of the hotel Reservation blitz. Do I understand that I now have to not only spam the web at noon to get a badge - I then have to wait for the e-mail to then spam for a hotel room? Holy crap!! Gencon LLC: that's no damned fun. And for attendees at least - FUN is the point of Gencon. Your dual opening registration blitz for badges and hotel rooms both at the same minute in time promises to be a freaking fiasco - and makes it stressful as hell, too. Let us get the badges without a simultaneous rush for badge and room please. This is just bad bad news waiting to happen. [/QUOTE]

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