In queue at 12:00:35 Still waiting at 1:29:38 Here are a couple of screen shots: <snip> I got in at 1:38 and got my ticket. The math is: in queue 35 seconds after noon = 98 minutes waiting time Here are more screenshots for those who are still in queue and curious: 1-38-28.jpg 1-38-44.jpg 1-41-00.j...

In queue at 12:00:35
Still waiting at 1:29:38

Here are a couple of screen shots:

Now that I'm not typing with my thumbs, the above post should read: Jonijet, you are not alone. I also carefully specified to have my tickets shipped to Canada, and they were processed as Will Call. I noticied this at some point, and had it changed at the last minute. I was not charged the shipping ...

....So i read the fine print on my order confirmation email and for some reason unbeknownst to me (I carefully specified ship when I ordered them) they are being held at will call. Jonijet, you are ot alone. I also _carefully_ specified to have my tickets shipped to Canada, and they were processed ...

Let's see BM grows less than 10,000 people a year, even shrinking one year, but when a Lottery is announced against a backdrop of last year's network news about $1600 tickets on Craigslist, we suddenly jump from 54k to 133k ticket requests. Oh I want to believe it is the message of Burning love and...

Bounce530 wrote:What if ... tickets for the '13 event were sold at the 2012 event?

/not serious
I love the fact that since there is no commercial vending that they would be gifted to us.
/ok, serious again

I know, I know - this whole ticket thing..... medium_what-a-bore.jpg No tix? No prob, I already got my playa art application in for this giant metal worm that looks like it's popping it's head out from beneath the playa. Kinda like the Playa pegasus from a decade ago, or lots of other art that looks...

To become a member of the Bohemian Club, you need a sponsor. I think that's a path to stagnation. YMMV OK, I understand, and I agree that a closed feedback loop like that would lead to stagnation. Having a small feedback loop would help groups be able to enjoy a burn together, and it could be restr...

(convoluted system) I find it completely ironic that you named yourself "lessrules". don't get me wrong, the best way is remove the population cap. and I've got a few other rules I'd love to pluck. But I believe this whole thing right now is about: 1. venting, and 2. floating ideas out there sorry ...

I don't love this. Tickets should be free-roaming and transferrable. But tickets would still be free roaming and transferable, just without a scalping charge and for those that will actually attend. There are some additional work-arounds that would need to be set up and can be addressed to minimize...

To backtrack a little... Really, everybody's got a system, and the point of each and every system is to make sure that the person who invented it gets a ticket. Not so much with this schema (crossposted from another thread): your 2012 ticket gives you 10% off 2013.... but, you must gift it to someo...

18xbrewer wrote:Kat FYI if there selling this early it's a scam, they won't pass on the money they will keep it all. They obv don't give a f*ck or they wouldn't be doing it right now anyways.

as much as I like your avatar, the sig line is pretty in-your-face for the poor ticketless folk...

What do you do when the scalpers have half of the tickets I'm willing to bet that scalpers do not have anywheres near half of the tix. There are so many burners without tix, that when someone tries to sell them at profit, that the sellers will be bombarded with pressure to sell at FV or put them in...

Not at all too late to make a positive change to this mess. Names can still be put on tickets . Ask those that won the lottery for the names, now. Either that, or it goes back into the STEP. A simple ID and ticket check at the gate won't overly slow down entry (hell, I've waited 4+ hours on the pla...

The whole ticket madness could have been easily solved by doing this instead... #1: Same price, no tiers. Make the tickets all the same price. If your money is so tight that you cant go because you need to save $80 on a ticket, then you probably shouldn't be going in the first place. #2: Make it a ...

no tix? no prob!

y'all can ride in with me in my new truck. you just have to conform to the dress code. What??? and you thought there were cops at BM? psshhhh!

Don't mind me while I think aloud some more... I would call this CLU MPI NG RAN DOM NESS . It's about keeping things random, while serving the needs of people who burn in groups Because we have more burners/burgins than can go: -very early on, we start the drawing -we draw smaller groups of tickets ...

Oy! That's a logistical nightmare to keep track of... OK, then what if we simplify it to: All tickets must be gifted. Of course that would be insane, but if we work from that standpoint.... where do we get? Initially, it would be funny to see a scapler trying to sell a ticket that has to be gifted....

Really, everybody's got a system, and the point of each and every system is to make sure that the person who invented it gets a ticket. Not so much with this schema (crossposted from another thread): your 2012 ticket gives you 10% off 2013.... but, you must gift it to someone or loose it. if at lea...

FlyingMonkey wrote: Less does rule!

I'll take WKRP over Jerky Shores any day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST01bZJP ... re=related

gadzooks!
an esoteric genius has blown my cover!

and here i thought the best place to hide was in plain sight

So, I have another idea: The pop limit is kinda sorta based on the amount of traffic 447 can handle. What if you sold one ticket for a vehicle, and another ticket for passengers. Tour buses, vans, etc would suddenly become a more viable option. While increasing the population limit, you wouldn't ha...

2013 tickets goto the people who attend 2012 O R . . . your 2012 ticket gives you 10% off 2013.... but, you must gift it to someone or loose it. if at least 3 burners gift you their 10%, then your ticket is CONFIRMED. ...and so on, 9 burners can gift 3 people 30% off, and those 3 lucky burners/birg...

What makes you think it is OK to require all of the wild and crazy burner-types to present their government issued ID to get in to Burning Man? Probably the same thing that made it OK to require everyone to use their corporate issued credit cards to buy tickets. Heh, we all know a buddy with a cred...

my buddy is gonna lend me his plane, http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2699/download6620680.jpg we all gonna git in at Reno, http://pacabo.com/fotos/skydive/Skydive_Sweeden_1997_boarding%20the%20C130_1a.jpg cruise out to the playa, http://pacabo.com/fotos/skydive/Skydive_Sweeden_1997_sitting%20in%20...

Allow people to only buy non-transferable tickets which have their name on them What makes you think it is OK to require all of the wild and crazy burner-types to present their government issued ID to get in to Burning Man? Is it not worth a little more for a little freedom over security? I would h...

out of the people I know:
6 tickets applied for
4 tickets awarded

I like where this is going. If you really want to have some fun with the scalper market, create a ticket system that does not have any independent means of verification. No hologram. No fancy printing. Just a very simple and very easy to forge ticket with a unique ID number. Tell everyone their tic...

ID-registered tickets = BAD unregistered (& freely transferrable) tickets = GOOD I want the kind of people who do not have ID to attend Burning Man. I want you to be able to burn anonymously if you want to. I want wealthy people to be able to burn anonymously if they want to (and also to sponsor bar...

no one mentioned that I would have to pre-set my email to accept (whitelist) email from "root@intic-stage-app1.inetuhosted.net"! I caught myself in a contradiction. I believe that even if I had whitelisted "root@intic-stage-app1.inetuhosted.net" that the email would still have been rejected mostly ...

I'll hijack this thread to throw in my hazy, late-night foggy-brained lotteryish-open-sale-merged idea: 0nce upon a time, there was this festival, and everyone was like - anyone who wants to come can come. Then it got big and people were like - this is as big as we can handle right now. Then people ...