Burning Man 2013 Tickets Info

[junglesmacks]

Done. I'm getting a feeling that while multiple purchases would be ok, that only one place in line at a time is allowed. Just my hunch. I'll report back when hear back from ticketing..

[9ah]

That would also suck if someone was using public wifi somewhere and another person tried after them/folks at the same company... I know a few people that work/burn together (Googler's for one)....

[JohnG]

If the 40,000 general sale tix were pushed out first, it may well have shown that the directed sale would be unnecessary. It would have saved a considerable effort (aka sudden panic) trying to round up camp members, entering data, etc. If those 40,000 tix were promptly snatched up, then maybe the directed sale would prove to be needed. I'm not at all convinced that it would be.

At first I thought they had the ticketing mess fixed, but then the bombshell of the profile nonsense was dropped along with a ridiculously short time to collect and enter information. My camp members are scattered all over the US & Canada, plus several from other countries. It's no small feat to get them coordinated, particularly considering that we have been in idle mode for the last several months. To do it in three or four days with no prior notice is a real headache for the small group that are at the core of our effort. I personally very much dislike having to create a profile just to buy a ticket. I have no choice, regardless of where I get my ticket, because I'm the lucky one that has the link and has to enter the data.

[tamarakay]

It took about 15 minutes for my team members to verify email addresses and tell me what names they wanted to use. And I had them all entered 10 minutes after the link was available. Not a big deal. Really, if this is too much work...
The burner profile isn't overly intrusive. I expected a much lengthier process than what was presented.

[tamarakay]

Kendoll and I will be purchasing our tickets at the same time Sarah is purchasing hers, from the same house on different computers. Surely inticketing saw this issue coming.

[Rice]

one would hope that is the case. A simple way of dealing with multiple computers on the same IP address would be to issue a cookie for each user. -- then it does not matter what IP you are on. (there are some potential issues with this solution, but it would only occur on a particular computer)

[lucky420]

i've purchased tickets for my offspring and I on the different computers, same house. I think it is the names on the cc that attract attention...

[Rice]

i've purchased tickets for my offspring and I on the different computers, same house. I think it is the names on the cc that attract attention...

Word!! - Hopefully they didn't fix some issues and cause others. . .

[jkisha]

Trilo - Do you know of any kind of policy or safeguard in place against multiple ticket purchases from the same IP address?

On ticket purchase day, I was planning on buying 2 for me under my name but also helping my sister-in-law purchase hers since she has to work that day. I'll be hitting refresh on two different computers that are side by side but running through the same router of course. Would I have any issues with this?

Couldn't you buy your tickets, then turn off the router to recycle it? It would be assigned a new IP address when it rebooted. Unless you are paying for a static IP address.

[junglesmacks]

I posed this question to BM ticketing support and they confirmed that this would not be a problem.

Trilo - Do you know of any kind of policy or safeguard in place against multiple ticket purchases from the same IP address?

On ticket purchase day, I was planning on buying 2 for me under my name but also helping my sister-in-law purchase hers since she has to work that day. I'll be hitting refresh on two different computers that are side by side but running through the same router of course. Would I have any issues with this?

[5280MeV]

Couldn't you buy your tickets, then turn off the router to recycle it? It would be assigned a new IP address when it rebooted. Unless you are paying for a static IP address.

That is pretty inefficient. Much easier to fire up a few hundred micro instances on the cloud, buy a bunch of tickets with unique IP addresses, kill them all, and then start another batch. Wash, rinse, repeat.

That's how I bought most of the tickets last year.

[jkisha]

Couldn't you buy your tickets, then turn off the router to recycle it? It would be assigned a new IP address when it rebooted. Unless you are paying for a static IP address.

That is pretty inefficient. Much easier to fire up a few hundred micro instances on the cloud, buy a bunch of tickets with unique IP addresses, kill them all, and then start another batch. Wash, rinse, repeat.

That's how I bought most of the tickets last year.

Do you freelance?

[xjoeham]

Pre-registration for tickets. Will I do this through the 'www.burningman.com/' website?
thanks
joeh

[Eric]

Pre-registration for tickets. Will I do this through the 'www.burningman.com/' website?
thanks
joeh

Start here.

The radical self-reliance of actually looking at the link you posted would also have given you your answer.

[theCryptofishist]

Eric, that's just not fair. Burningman is a place for us all to come together and build a better world, not a place to work.

[Rice]

Trilo - Do you know of any kind of policy or safeguard in place against multiple ticket purchases from the same IP address?

On ticket purchase day, I was planning on buying 2 for me under my name but also helping my sister-in-law purchase hers since she has to work that day. I'll be hitting refresh on two different computers that are side by side but running through the same router of course. Would I have any issues with this?

Couldn't you buy your tickets, then turn off the router to recycle it? It would be assigned a new IP address when it rebooted. Unless you are paying for a static IP address.

Some internet providers give you back the same IP address.. At least, they do up here. Maybe in the larger cities that is not the case. But I would not rely on or expect that to happen.

YMMV

[Rice]

Eric, that's just not fair. Burningman is a place for us all to come together and build a better world, not a place to work.

And building a better world only requires us to get together and Partay??

Nothing good is easy!!

[kaicrown]

Well....partayin' is a lot of work...somebody has to do it.

[Rice]

Well....partayin' is a lot of work...somebody has to do it.

Some so-called burners believe that Partaying is all that Burning Man is!!!

{Rant}
So many people wandered up to my camp asking for water in 2012. they did not have anything but a cup with them. If they stuck around for my lecture i gave them water. (amazingly, about 1/2 walked away after I started talking ) [The only time I walk around without water is going to the porta potties...]

{End of rant}

[theCryptofishist]

Eric, that's just not fair. Burningman is a place for us all to come together and build a better world, not a place to work.

And building a better world only requires us to get together and Partay??

Nothing good is easy!!

'xactly!

[theCryptofishist]

Well....partayin' is a lot of work...somebody has to do it.

Some so-called burners believe that Partaying is all that Burning Man is!!!

{Rant}
So many people wandered up to my camp asking for water in 2012. they did not have anything but a cup with them. If they stuck around for my lecture i gave them water. (amazingly, about 1/2 walked away after I started talking ) [The only time I walk around without water is going to the porta potties...]

{End of rant}

Good in the bad: At least the carry the cup message is getting through!

[Rice]

Well....partayin' is a lot of work...somebody has to do it.

Some so-called burners believe that Partaying is all that Burning Man is!!!

{Rant}
So many people wandered up to my camp asking for water in 2012. they did not have anything but a cup with them. If they stuck around for my lecture i gave them water. (amazingly, about 1/2 walked away after I started talking ) [The only time I walk around without water is going to the porta potties...]

{End of rant}

Good in the bad: At least the carry the cup message is getting through!

I am sure the staff at the medical tents appreciated the fact that the dehydrated, sunburned, dust-coated idiot they were dealing with had their own cup...

[kaicrown]

Well....partayin' is a lot of work...somebody has to do it.

Some so-called burners believe that Partaying is all that Burning Man is!!!

{Rant}
So many people wandered up to my camp asking for water in 2012. they did not have anything but a cup with them. If they stuck around for my lecture i gave them water. (amazingly, about 1/2 walked away after I started talking ) [The only time I walk around without water is going to the porta potties...]

{End of rant}

Oh, I definitely believe there is more to BM than partying. Hard to catch my sarcasm through a post.

[Rice]

Well....partayin' is a lot of work...somebody has to do it.

Some so-called burners believe that Partaying is all that Burning Man is!!!

{Rant}
So many people wandered up to my camp asking for water in 2012. they did not have anything but a cup with them. If they stuck around for my lecture i gave them water. (amazingly, about 1/2 walked away after I started talking ) [The only time I walk around without water is going to the porta potties...]

{End of rant}

Oh, I definitely believe there is more to BM than partying. Hard to catch my sarcasm through a post.

I caught it, but had a rant that I had to get out there... 1. Get my camp set up, 2. Help neighbors set up theirs, 3. Relax, 4. Volunteer daily with the Org, 5. repeat 2-5 as necessary...

[kaicrown]

No worries, I understand. Haven't been a Burner long but even I have things to rant about so called burners.

[kaicrown]

Sorry for pulling off topic, is there already a design for the 2013 tickets?

[theCryptofishist]

Probably. But we won't see it for a while. Does anyone remember if we saw something before they were shipped?

[trilobyte]

Nothing you'd see before June or July

[Rice]

Probably. But we won't see it for a while. Does anyone remember if we saw something before they were shipped?

I dont think I saw a pic of last year's ticket until they were shipped... Keeps fakes from showing up for a while!!

[theCryptofishist]

Pretty much what I thought.