The Bar

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:51 am

hey, yg, can i borrow those shoes sometime? i have just the outfit for them ...

pinemom ... what day is fish day? i thought you said wednesday? i can't wait to see pics of your shrimp! i don't think i have ever seen those.

BamBam · Post by **BamBam** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:03 am

I am nummer 930 :-)))

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:30 am

Hooray! Yippee! We have ticketage!! This system is so good compared to what we used to have - it has been slick and seamless for us the last couple of years. I got in as #331 in line, AAARRRR was about a hundred behind me, both of us had tickets in minutes. I remember having to spend hours as the servers went up, down, up, etc......

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:33 am

i'm amazed at how fast this moves ... i got in at 2109, and almost got out, but now i'm 52! woo hoo!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:37 am

me to, ticket heaven.........

*I'm in, I'm in, whispering in her ear........*

hahahahaa

*happy dance*........

drinks for the house............

yeehaw.......

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:37 am

man gals...you got through hell of fast!

editted to say woops

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:06 am

I went through quickly .... one order failure, one "Your order may have been completed", then total failure.

I dunno if I got mine or not. Not smooth, and from the looks of the ticket threads, the system is hanging up or crashing.

It was better last year.

klondike_bar · Post by **klondike_bar** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:07 am

wow...the process wasnt nearly as tough as you guys made it sound.

well, im now attending my first burn in 2009!

btw, anyone get lower then 66 people in line in front of them? I mustav refreshed the tickets page every 1.5 second until i saw the link and clicked.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:20 am

klondike_bar wrote:wow...the process wasnt nearly as tough as you guys made it sound.

well, im now attending my first burn in 2009!

btw, anyone get lower then 66 people in line in front of them? I mustav refreshed the tickets page every 1.5 second until i saw the link and clicked.

good for you, be ready for fun...........yeehaw.......

and, yes, in fact, no one was ahead of me in line when I reached the front and bought mine...........giggle.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:21 am

that's great, klondike ... how fun.

i also refreshed several times, it hung up, refresh, click the link ... 2109.

30 minutes later i got through ... then got rejected 3 times, and was told to contact customer service.

not a good morning. but i am happy for those who worked .... anyone ever deal with customer service?

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:49 pm

some drinks for playaquest - wouldn't have wanted to be you today, but we do appreciate your posts

We understand there were some problems with the servers, but they're now flowing:

HURRAY!!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:54 pm

I do feel for playaquest! Eplaya is not for the faint of heart, we are mighty, sturdy snarkers!

I didn't end up with tickets. Ah, well, sometimes things just suck. I am still hanging out because I can consolidate the stray ticket threads ... took forever when the crunch was on. Did anyone else have eplaya crash on them?

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:57 pm

yes, eplaya crashed on me. nothing worked very well this morning ... and now i have a $1.01 charge from burning man on my credit card! suddenly this all seems very amusing ....

and yet, some people had no trouble at all. i wonder why?

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:58 pm

I think 1st Tier tix are still available, AntiM.

Eplaya has been very slow, but hasn't crashed.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:02 pm

Artemis wrote:I think 1st Tier tix are still available, AntiM.

Eplaya has been very slow, but hasn't crashed.

I could try, but after the third attempt dropped me, I ended up not in line ... I think I may have closed the wrong tab, but I'm pretty sure I didn't. I have errands to run soon, I'll find a way to get tickets. I rarely end up with first tier anyway.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:11 pm

eplaya gave me a database error a couple of times this morning at the peak of the ticket zaniness. Figured it was somehow related. I haven't had a drink in almost 23 years but this experience with ticketing may cause me to change that... boy what a mess. Nice to hear some folks got right in. I was Instant Messaging with a lady at 10 and her whole experience took less than 2 minutes... no muss no fuss... I wasn't even seeing the link yet and she was done. What do ya do? I now have 2 extra pairs of tickets according to my confirmations but it says on the site that BM will be reviewing duplicate orders and canceling them so I don't even know if I can offer these to my friends who still can't get in!

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:12 pm

shoegirl · Post by **shoegirl** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:11 pm

Fucking woooohooooo!!! I got tix, I got tix. One for Jewel too if she's good. Yah fucking hoo - I'm going to Burning Man!!
I think this calls for something celebratory.

See all you wonderful peeps in the desert!

shoegirl · Post by **shoegirl** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:21 pm

OK, here we go.

SonOfUgly · Post by **SonOfUgly** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:22 pm

4 1/2 hours and still waitin/sippin the JD

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:28 pm

well,
it could be worse, SOU..........

I was reading some of your trials and tribulations regarding ticketing......
Lots of folks had problems.....dang.
I got right in, luckily.
I'm wondering if some folks "refresh" feature closes and reopens the page instead of keeping it active.....? Just a thought.

But,
good on ya for patience..........

here, have one on me......

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:05 pm

i got my tickets! geez, it was so easy, less than one minute and everything worked beautifully ... i think next year i'll just wait a few hours and pay a little extra... what a crazy morning....

so NOW i'll take that drink! hooray!

did you get your tickets, antiM?

skibear · Post by **skibear** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:15 pm

Artemis wrote:some drinks for playaquest - wouldn't have wanted to be you today, but we do appreciate your posts

We understand there were some problems with the servers, but they're now flowing:

HURRAY!!

LOL My office paid $2k for these blue MAC's 8 years ago (plus $1K more
for I/O hardware-SCSI bus dropped)

I paid $25 for one blue MAC's last year at a thrift store.
Is it now only useful for dispensing beer?? !

PBR, Where's the PBR ? PBR, Where's the PBR ?
PBR, Where's the PBR ? PBR, Where's the PBR ?
PBR, Where's the PBR ? PBR, Where's the PBR ?

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:27 am

a call for PBR? and no one responded?

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:28 am

just in case you actually wanted to drink that

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:01 am

*wanders in, rubbing eyes*
*still got flannel PJ outfit, bunny slippers*

wow, I slept in........Thanks for the breakfast fuel, Artemis......
goes good on cornflakes.........

I'll just put a pot of coffee on...............

*noting breeze, realizes "no pants"*.......

uh oh.........

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:38 am

g'morning ..... happy day after ticket day ... is everyone sore from doing their happy dances?

PBR on cornflakes sound excellent! yum!

we have a new mystery ... where are ygmir's pants?

klondike_bar · Post by **klondike_bar** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:25 am

old computers have many uses. footstools, blockades in office wars, catapult ammunitions, and scrap metal come to mind.

ive got a 1.4ghz p4 next to me (i run a new laptop) that contains a 2.55GB hard drive. its so small, i cant even update SP1 to a fresh installed XP Pro. also, the hard drive makes more noise then all other components combined

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:12 am

klondike_bar wrote:old computers have many uses. footstools, blockades in office wars, catapult ammunitions, and scrap metal come to mind.

ive got a 1.4ghz p4 next to me (i run a new laptop) that contains a 2.55GB hard drive. its so small, i cant even update SP1 to a fresh installed XP Pro. also, the hard drive makes more noise then all other components combined

Donate it to the Nigerians Klondike. If it's as bad as you say it is, that will be one less Crown Prince King's General Wife bothering us

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:31 am

Bar-beerians?