Mecca wrote:How did I fucking lose tickets in my own hometown show? What the fuck?! This is the first time I've ever been shut out for tickets.
what city
Buffalo
whats your number
330xxx
might be why, way too many people with lower numbers in NY.
i'm in OK with a 193 and barely get tix, shall see when they draw leg 2, i still have no idea
Your number has absolutely no determination over whether or not you get selected for tickets.
Wonder why that is exactly...seems like that would be a good compromise to have your lottery chances weighted by 10C seniority (more ping pong balls to draw from for lower-# members), especially with the GA watering down seniority already.
Mecca wrote:How did I fucking lose tickets in my own hometown show? What the fuck?! This is the first time I've ever been shut out for tickets.
what city
Buffalo
whats your number
330xxx
might be why, way too many people with lower numbers in NY.
i'm in OK with a 193 and barely get tix, shall see when they draw leg 2, i still have no idea
Your number has absolutely no determination over whether or not you get selected for tickets.
Wonder why that is exactly...seems like that would be a good compromise to have your lottery chances weighted by 10C seniority (more ping pong balls to draw from for lower-# members), especially with the GA watering down seniority already.
Alternatively, they could bring back the system that worked for 8 years (minus three bad days).
Mecca wrote:How did I fucking lose tickets in my own hometown show? What the fuck?! This is the first time I've ever been shut out for tickets.
what city
Buffalo
whats your number
330xxx
might be why, way too many people with lower numbers in NY.
i'm in OK with a 193 and barely get tix, shall see when they draw leg 2, i still have no idea
Your number has absolutely no determination over whether or not you get selected for tickets.
Wonder why that is exactly...seems like that would be a good compromise to have your lottery chances weighted by 10C seniority (more ping pong balls to draw from for lower-# members), especially with the GA watering down seniority already.
Alternatively, they could bring back the system that worked for 8 years (minus three bad days).
cutuphalfdead wrote:You guys are idiots. Whether you find out now or later doesn't change whether you have them or not. The lottery doesn't change your odds of getting tickets from the old f5 system. This has no affect on the value of Ten club membership.
I find it amazing I now agree w/ almost everything you post re: Pearl Jam these days.
Whew, got my Baltimore tickets. This was the only show I could make this tour, so I was gonna be pissed if I missed out.
Even though I "won", I don't know if I like this approach. I never had any problems getting tickets to DC shows in years past. I didn't this time either, but I didn't like "entering" and waiting around to "win". Guess I shouldn't really complain, but the new way just seems weird to me. Maybe I just don't like change?
darth_vedder wrote:Whew, got my Baltimore tickets. This was the only show I could make this tour, so I was gonna be pissed if I missed out.
Even though I "won", I don't know if I like this approach. I never had any problems getting tickets to DC shows in years past. I didn't this time either, but I didn't like "entering" and waiting around to "win". Guess I shouldn't really complain, but the new way just seems weird to me. Maybe I just don't like change?
I put Baltimore as my #1. Haven't heard anything yet.
broken iris wrote:
Alternatively, they could bring back the system that worked for 8 years (minus three bad days).
Which may or may not help. The other outstanding issue is that the 10c seems to get access to less and less tickets every tour.
You would actually think that people would have a higher chance at getting tickets to their hometown show because of the preference system. (IE people who rate it #1 have better odds than someone who rated it #4).
I can't imagine the stingier nature of ticket agencies helps us out any.
broken iris wrote:
Alternatively, they could bring back the system that worked for 8 years (minus three bad days).
Which may or may not help. The other outstanding issue is that the 10c seems to get access to less and less tickets every tour.
You would actually think that people would have a higher chance at getting tickets to their hometown show because of the preference system. (IE people who rate it #1 have better odds than someone who rated it #4).
I can't imagine the stingier nature of ticket agencies helps us out any.
Well, I know that with the old system if you lost out on your local show, you could try again when the next closest show went on sale. With this, it's win or lose in one shot. Easy for the 10c, but tough on the fans who lose out in the lotto.
cutuphalfdead wrote:Spenno does have a point, this system does make it harder to go to multiple shows. But honestly, is that a bad thing?
Not necessarily. I think it was probably a conscious decision to enforcedly spread the ticket distribution around more than the old system.
I was mainly responding to Matt's point that it makes no difference - when I actually thought about how the system works in practice, I realised it really does make a large difference. Going forwards, people are going to have to get used to not relying on 10C as their primary source of tickets. It'll be a bonus if they score them, otherwise it's off to Ticketmaster.
cutuphalfdead wrote:Spenno does have a point, this system does make it harder to go to multiple shows. But honestly, is that a bad thing?
Not necessarily. I think it was probably a conscious decision to enforcedly spread the ticket distribution around more than the old system.
I was mainly responding to Matt's point that it makes no difference - when I actually thought about how the system works in practice, I realised it really does make a large difference. Going forwards, people are going to have to get used to not relying on 10C as their primary source of tickets. It'll be a bonus if they score them, otherwise it's off to Ticketmaster.
Also, it's not like the Ten Club has always allowed access to as many shows as you want. Back in the day you chose a primary and a backup and hoped for the best.
cutuphalfdead wrote:Spenno does have a point, this system does make it harder to go to multiple shows. But honestly, is that a bad thing?
Not necessarily. I think it was probably a conscious decision to enforcedly spread the ticket distribution around more than the old system.
I was mainly responding to Matt's point that it makes no difference - when I actually thought about how the system works in practice, I realised it really does make a large difference. Going forwards, people are going to have to get used to not relying on 10C as their primary source of tickets. It'll be a bonus if they score them, otherwise it's off to Ticketmaster.
Also, it's not like the Ten Club has always allowed access to as many shows as you want. Back in the day you chose a primary and a backup and hoped for the best.
