I had everything set up and ready to go and I, too, got steamrolled.

Well the silver lining is this game sounds like its gonna be a hit! My major issue with Conqust was no one locally was playing it, finding a game was near impossible half the time. I'm hoping L5R is strong, healthy, and with a ton of numbers playing it.

21 minutes ago, Ide Yoshiya said:

Or somewhere on the other side of the Earth

Nope, it was actually the first option. I work nights, and have for several years, so I really am nocturnal at this point.

I was 44 in line and got tickets for the Thursday and Friday tournaments

I got in for Friday but not Thursday at 50 in line.

43rd in line and no tickets either :/

I didn't see what my number was but I got tickets for myself and someone on my friends list for the thursday event. I got a sold out error when checking out, but the tickets were still in my cart so I reentered the CC info and everything went through.

Hopefully next year more of the die hard L5R fans will get in cause it won't be the FFG flavor of the month for those jumping game to game. The idea that those jumping from game to game are fighting us L5R fans for these slots really sucks.

8 minutes ago, Kakita Katai said:

Hopefully next year more of the die hard L5R fans will get in cause it won't be the FFG flavor of the month for those jumping game to game. The idea that those jumping from game to game are fighting us L5R fans for these slots really sucks.

I've been a L5R fan for a long time, but I don't see how that provides me with any sort of entitlement to a ticket, particularly when it's a completely new company and game.

So I emailed gencon, asking why the event tickets didn't show up in my cart from my wishlist, even though the site told me they were added to my cart, and their response was do not use the wishlist. Go directly to the event and add tickets to the cart from there. So I guess thats good to know for the future

Failed again to get tickets, still a bit bitter

If anyone has an extra ticket and still needs a room, I have a deluxe room at The Alexander I can share

2 hours ago, Malraza said:

I've been a L5R fan for a long time, but I don't see how that provides me with any sort of entitlement to a ticket, particularly when it's a completely new company and game.

Well I mean, it's still L5R...? And anyway, you certainly have more claim to a seat than those who plan to drop by, grab their Core Set, then walk away.

1 hour ago, Ide Yoshiya said:

Well I mean, it's still L5R...? And anyway, you certainly have more claim to a seat than those who plan to drop by, grab their Core Set, then walk away.

And that is what I meant. Thank you.

To All,

I have read posts on the FFG L5R forums, and other fan and reddit pages, about individuals who have bought tickets to this event (and the extra seats as well) in mass numbers only to purchase the game in advance of it's release without waiting in line in the Exhibit Hall (and selling them on eBay or store-front for increased price). Some people have been so bold as to state they are doing both to simply sell the game later for profit: getting in line at the Exhibit Hall & bought a tournament ticket with no plan to play.

In light of this I would like to ask, and suggest others do the same, that FFG ensure that the tournament spots are used by tournament players only: hand out the core sets and make the player open them directly on the spot as they are received.

This will cause those who seek to waste tournament seats they have no intention of sitting, simply to get their hands on more money via resale, to think twice about such practices in the future. It might even get back to the honorable spirit of what GenCon was supposedly all about some 50 years ago: playing games and supporting the developers who make them.

/bows*

14 hours ago, The Malcolm said:

To All,

I have read posts on the FFG L5R forums, and other fan and reddit pages, about individuals who have bought tickets to this event (and the extra seats as well) in mass numbers only to purchase the game in advance of it's release without waiting in line in the Exhibit Hall (and selling them on eBay or store-front for increased price). Some people have been so bold as to state they are doing both to simply sell the game later for profit: getting in line at the Exhibit Hall & bought a tournament ticket with no plan to play.

In light of this I would like to ask, and suggest others do the same, that FFG ensure that the tournament spots are used by tournament players only: hand out the core sets and make the player open them directly on the spot as they are received.

This will cause those who seek to waste tournament seats they have no intention of sitting, simply to get their hands on more money via resale, to think twice about such practices in the future. It might even get back to the honorable spirit of what GenCon was supposedly all about some 50 years ago: playing games and supporting the developers who make them.

/bows*

I kind of hope nobody went the honorless path and bought a ticket from the 19-ticket scalper, so he'd be out $900+ and only get a single Core Set out of the deal.

I know it's a fragile hope. But still, to quote the old masters, hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

14 hours ago, The Malcolm said:

To All,

I have read posts on the FFG L5R forums, and other fan and reddit pages, about individuals who have bought tickets to this event (and the extra seats as well) in mass numbers only to purchase the game in advance of it's release without waiting in line in the Exhibit Hall (and selling them on eBay or store-front for increased price). Some people have been so bold as to state they are doing both to simply sell the game later for profit: getting in line at the Exhibit Hall & bought a tournament ticket with no plan to play.

In light of this I would like to ask, and suggest others do the same, that FFG ensure that the tournament spots are used by tournament players only: hand out the core sets and make the player open them directly on the spot as they are received.

This will cause those who seek to waste tournament seats they have no intention of sitting, simply to get their hands on more money via resale, to think twice about such practices in the future. It might even get back to the honorable spirit of what GenCon was supposedly all about some 50 years ago: playing games and supporting the developers who make them.

/bows*

This would do nothing. People will still pay inflated ebay prices for an open box never used copy.

1 minute ago, Ide Yoshiya said:

I kind of hope nobody went the honorless path and bought a ticket from the 19-ticket scalper, so he'd be out $900+ and only get a single Core Set out of the deal.

I know it's a fragile hope. But still, to quote the old masters, hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

This was proved to be a troll. The poster saying he had 19 tickets did not have said tickets.

4 minutes ago, JRosen9 said:

This was proved to be a troll. The poster saying he had 19 tickets did not have said tickets.

Even better, then!

Regardless, there will absolutely be people who are using the ticket to buy a copy of the core set to immediately turn around and sell on eBay.

Opening the box in front of TO wouldn't matter anyway, you think "checked for contents" isn't a thing on ebay then you haven't ebay'd enough....It's not a vintage item where box integrity is rated. Also FFG has started to hand promos after third round (in some cases a bonus promo) depending on how long you keep playing. If you really wanted to maximize your money you would keep playing for the gencon only promos..

For myself and others in my group we are playing and playing all the way till 8 (or longer if someone of us get near the top) only because I have an event at 8. I am not selling my precious promos as i am a collector. But i'm just saying 'solutions' just seem like way to make yourself feel better than to actually curb if someone is attempting to re-sell. People are ravenous for product they won't care if it's open they want it as soon as possible without waiting (gamer curse?). A person can't also instantly ebay and ship it same day as you get more money by drawing out the auction as more "omg this game is great" travels the web and revenue increases.

On 2017-06-11 at 4:09 PM, Kakita Katai said:

Hopefully next year more of the die hard L5R fans will get in cause it won't be the FFG flavor of the month for those jumping game to game. The idea that those jumping from game to game are fighting us L5R fans for these slots really sucks.

This is such entitled bull ****. Be welcoming to those players instead of dismissive. Then they will stay.

18 hours ago, The Malcolm said:

To All,

I have read posts on the FFG L5R forums, and other fan and reddit pages, about individuals who have bought tickets to this event (and the extra seats as well) in mass numbers only to purchase the game in advance of it's release without waiting in line in the Exhibit Hall (and selling them on eBay or store-front for increased price). Some people have been so bold as to state they are doing both to simply sell the game later for profit: getting in line at the Exhibit Hall & bought a tournament ticket with no plan to play.

In light of this I would like to ask, and suggest others do the same, that FFG ensure that the tournament spots are used by tournament players only: hand out the core sets and make the player open them directly on the spot as they are received.

This will cause those who seek to waste tournament seats they have no intention of sitting, simply to get their hands on more money via resale, to think twice about such practices in the future. It might even get back to the honorable spirit of what GenCon was supposedly all about some 50 years ago: playing games and supporting the developers who make them.

/bows*

Ffg has said no matter how many tickets you bought you get one box of cards. So jokes on those guys.

Hopefully they withhold the promos till the end of the last round. That could get some people to play who weren't planning on it.

Just now, MoZi said:

Hopefully they withhold the promos till the end of the last round. That could get some people to play who weren't planning on it.

Usually you get some at the start and more for playing through the event.

3 hours ago, MoZi said:

Hopefully they withhold the promos till the end of the last round. That could get some people to play who weren't planning on it.

Kind of suck to be bumped out early and have to stick around several hours to get promos though.

At this point, I'm hoping that people do grab their box and make for the door. This way I can wait with generic tickets in hand and get a slot in the tournament.

The fastest internet available in Hawaii was not quick enough to nab tickets either time.