The Individual Sale has started!

[Savannah]

They indeed opened. Myself and about 5 other friends all bought our tickets simultaneously.

Simultaneous. How sexual revolution of you.

[media]

[Martiansky]

4 1/2 plus hours and countless crashes later.
I finally got to the order page!

Hang in there everyone!

[dietrichdr]

Got in que at 3:29pm, had 4 "lost connection errors" had to reenter code 4 times, got tickets at 4:45pm. See yall in the dust!!!

[9ah]

I definately agree with you on that one, beer!

"It'll be ok...probably! "
Good one 9ah!

4 hours and 5 minutes and....
Still in the "Queue"

Sounds like a line from a scifi movie!

Captain, we're stuck in the QUEUE and the engines are offline!

=] I like Martians...

I've heard of ppl in my camp getting in the queue now and waiting far less time (under an hour) to purchase tickets... Did you get one yet?

[twister5voy]

Clicked the link at 12:00:20 and just now at 5:04 pacific time I have my ticket. Lots of reloading and lots of waiting but it finally happened. Have the conformation number from the page but don't have the email yet.

[trilobyte]

twister5voy - congrats! As long as you've got your confirmation # you should be good to go. I imagine the email confirmations will get caught up in time.

[missprism]

thanks for all your help trilobyte

sooo glad there was no lottery this year! now that everyone is calm we see that everyone who wanted ticket was able to eventually get one today and i think that's dandy. good day!

[clocksnmirrors]

Congrats to those who've recently achieved success!

thank you for being such a great pillar of support! YOU ROCK

[motskyroonmatick]

The Q wait was short about an hour ago!

I can haz ticket!

[westnileraven]

couple of hiccups but I got em! As far as I know they are not sold out either.

[trilobyte]

Not yet, but I wouldn't expect them to be available for too much longer. If you've got friends/campmates who registered but have not yet purchased tickets, tell them to get on it.

[Martiansky]

I definately agree with you on that one, beer!

"It'll be ok...probably! "
Good one 9ah!

4 hours and 5 minutes and....
Still in the "Queue"

Sounds like a line from a scifi movie!

Captain, we're stuck in the QUEUE and the engines are offline!

=] I like Martians...

I've heard of ppl in my camp getting in the queue now and waiting far less time (under an hour) to purchase tickets... Did you get one yet?

Yes, it took 4 1/2+ hours and many times re-entering my passcode but the purchase page finally popped up!
Got my confirmation email and validation code!
YAY!

[Caltd]

BRING BACK THE LOTTERY!!

PLEASE DON'T!!

Edit: How about trying staggered purchase times? Does anyone know if this is in effect?

Seems like it would be possible, as we had to pre-register, to separate the registered in to groups and assign a time to which they can make the purchase. Perhaps even to offer multiple time slots for each registration, so that multiple schedules could be accommodated. When pre-registering, one might even be able to select the times they'd like to be able to buy. Early registration would result in a more desirable purchase time slot, and a more reliable experience overall. This would help with server load-balancing, and most likely result in a much smoother ticket purchase.

The thing I find interesting about the whole queue issue is that once you submit your unique code, your place in the queue should be set. At that point there should be no rush to purchase.

Send an email with your number in the queue and a time window when you can log in and purchase. No rush, no fuss, no browser issues and refreshing. The first 20,000 have 24 hours to purchase. After that an email goes out when you're allowed in. You have 24 hours to buy your ticket.

Another fantastic idea - hadn't seen this when I posted earlier!

However, if I've learned anything in reading up here and elsewhere, what's perfect for some will be a tragedy for others. Again, best of luck!