OK, since this is my first year pre-registering, i have no idea so i need to ask. have the badges yet to be shipped out, or did mine get lost in the mail if i ordered it well over a month ago?
You won't get it until July, last year it was based on last names and I got mine at the end of the second week in July with a last name beginning with "J".
They don't start mailing until registration is closed.
Honestly, it's a million, bajillion times easier to do Will Call for badges. You get a better quality badge holding neck-accoutrement as well as the safety of knowing that your badge will be on premise so you won't lose it.
I've never had a problem with them mailing my badge. Of course I just bought mine the other day because I didn't know till last week that I'd be able to take time off from work.
Just to confirm, badge reg closes July 9th; and the Gen Con FAQ indicates that all badges will be sent within three weeks following the pre-registration deadline from Seattle, WA. so, no need to worry about your badge for quite a while!
i've spoken to a couple of others whom i'm meeting up with at the con and they don't have theirs yet either, but still that paranoid tinglin' in my brain gets me going every time...