theCryptofishist wrote:

NeophileB wrote:There are certainly ways to lessen the impact of this, such as random ticket checks during high volume entry.

I suspect that this is "gamible". I just can't figure out how.

Probably, but as long as you make gaming the system enough of a pain in the ass most people will choose not to.

Yes, checking named tickets would require more gate personnel. There are certainly ways to lessen the impact of this, such as random ticket checks during high volume entry. We could sweeten the deal volunteers, or hire people to do the work. Of course associating names with tickets will only be usef...

CO - 10 seconds per ticket x 53,000 tickets= An extra 8834 hours at the gate. That's some pretty wrong math there. I'll correct it for you. 10 s x 53000 tickets = 530,000 s. Now 530,000 / 3600s/hr = 147.2 hours. Not really all that much extra time if you divide it up over 7 days and multiple ticket ...

So yeah, less than 1% of Burning Man attendees ever post on eplaya. Statistically, that is not a representative sample. With all due respect AntiM, the fact that it is a small sample does not preclude it from being a representative one. Not saying that the eplaya is a representative sample for thes...