I was one of the (apparently) hundreds of thousands of people competing for the (apparently) five tickets to X-Wing Worlds. Needless to say, I didn't win the internet lottery and get one. I did manage to snag a ticket for Imperial Assault though--but this whole experience has left a sour taste in my mouth. And has me rather concerned.

I'm not a super competitive player. I'm actually surprisingly good at IA, but I'm nowhere near Worlds class. If I go to Worlds, it will be for the experience, not with any intention of winning. Also, the $1,000+ it will cost me to attend is a significant amount, for me. I had pretty much decided that for both X-Wing and IA, it would have been worth it. For IA alone? I'm not so sure.

And then there was this complete cluster@* of a registration process. If they can screw up registration this badly, what can I expect from the Worlds event itself? I currently don't have much faith that I would even enjoy the experience. I have a few weeks yet to decide whether to get a refund, and I will be contacting FFG directly later with my questions, once this mess dies down a little.

But for now, my question to the forum is this: for those that attended Worlds in 2015, what was it like? Was it great fun? Tolerable but the prestige made it worth it? As completely a @*up as the registration process but if you want to win just grit your teeth and go? Something else entirely?

For example, I want to attend the Hangar Bay event on Sunday. Judging by this experience though, I will have to wait in line at 10pm the previous evening, sleeping in a tent on the street, to even have a chance at playing in that Hangar Bay.

I guess what I'm asking is: as a reasonably good, but mostly casual player looking for a fun experience...am I the wrong person for Worlds?

I have gone in 2013, 2014 & 2015. It's a busy weekend, but quite well run. IA will be in the Hotel nearby (like a block away from the GC). Having a ticket to that will allow you to play in any side events, so you can still get an X-Wing fix. You will be able to offset the cost by selling promos, you get a set of all the promos for all the games.

If the Hangar Bays are anything like they were at Hoth it will run super smooth and anyone that wants will get in. Hangar bays are 8 person tournaments, 3 rounds, and the whole sheet is there for everyone to police themselves. They seated people in random pods and I'm pretty sure there were at least 15 pods that first night. Winner got a neat prize, 2-4th got another cardboard card, which they also got just for playing one. Hangar bays alone will be worth that IA admission You could even go sign up for 3 hangar bays and skip IA altogether if you really wanted...

I've been to Worlds the last two years and found then to be incredibly well organized. The side events have lots of seats, so all you have to do is show up an hour or so beforehand to sign up.

The registration has been terrible, but the event itself is great.

Hmm, okay. Good to know, and thanks guys. I am leaning much more towards going after all; I'll see how FFG answers my questions later before I decide firmly.

Have fun!