Tickets are all gone for fan fest

Meanwhile, those of us in the midwest with jobs and bills are pretty much screwed regardless...

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Originally Posted by Kai_Lee

So the people who have to work, who can't get online to buy tickets at work, who have to wait until they get home from work, can't get tickets anymore?

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Even some of us who worked from home couldn't get tickets. Only 4 out of the 7 people in my group that were planning to go were able to get tickets, and of those, 3 of those were purchased by one person.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Sigh... I'd been to both previous ones. Was planning on making this one too. My weeks already been crap, thanks for making it worse SE.

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At least you've gotten to go before. Some of us never had the opportunity and were looking forward to making it this year.

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Originally Posted by Archchancellor

Just remember something last fanfest took a few hours to sell out and that was at smaller venue. Something seems strange that a bigger venue sells out in 20 minutes.


And just for SE information this needs to be in a convention center like in LA or Orlando. A place that has room for more people.

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Actually the venue last year was larger. many don't understand why they went back to a smaller one.

I live in Las Vegas. I was honestly looking forward to finally going to the Fan Fest this year. I had the time, I had the money and I had the Code that Square Enix gave me. What I ended up getting was instant disappointment the moment I was able to access the ticket seller. I see posts and messages all over talking about how quickly the tickets sold out. I've seen messages and posts about how people bypassed the code entry entirely.

I... honestly don't have anything to say about all of this other than the fact this is a heartbreaking disappointment on Square Enix's part and how they handled the ticket sales. I waited in that dumb virtual lobby, only to get shafted the moment I have the chance to buy a ticket.

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Originally Posted by Kaidan79

Actually the venue last year was larger. many don't understand why they went back to a smaller one.

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Was the last fanfest not well received? Why downgrade the size of the venue?

I would suggest maybe have it in some other states sometime. I live in Oregon and Las Vegas is just to far to go to one of these.

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Originally Posted by Kai_Lee

Was the last fanfest not well received? Why downgrade the size of the venue?

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Last Fanfest was a mess, but the venue size is alright. Apparently they can hold 20k across the different rooms, but that was hearsay.

Make noise. This is unacceptable

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...as_to_why_the/

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Originally Posted by Kai_Lee

Was the last fanfest not well received? Why downgrade the size of the venue?

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Server limitations, I'm sure. /s

Either 1) they somehow think that allowing people to buy the mount and minion reduced the # who would want to attend, or 2) it's simply money. They don't care who gets to go, and it's cheaper for them to have a smaller venue. (Their venue of choice could be booked already, but that's such a lame excuse.)

I went to the last two Fan Fests and thought SE would have a better ticket purchasing system by now... How wrong I was... I was in queue for 20 minutes only to be shown "All Fan Festival 2018 in Las Vegas tickets have sold out!". Why provided the Access Code if people can just buy them without it?

Then separate the North American fanfest - split it into on on the West coast and one on the East coast.

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Originally Posted by dark494

This isn't funny anymore

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhxO9ODU8AAQQwa.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhxP_DOVAAA2j8H.jpg

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*Incredible*.

I never planned on attending, and I still think these people should get shot into the sun.

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Originally Posted by Kai_Lee

Was the last fanfest not well received? Why downgrade the size of the venue?

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IIRC there were concerns around the huge lines that formed before the doors opened and the merch line blocking exits and fire safety. It wouldn't surprise me if the paris didn't want them back. I don't see why they went smaller though. Definitely need to go with a convention center in the future.

As someone who lives in Vegas I am completely baffled at their choice to go back to the Rio. If anything they should have upgraded from the Paris and we /do/ have a full sized convention center here as well. Why they aren't using that is just beyond me. I was hoping to get a chance to go, but seeing as my first free moment at work was to see they are all sold out guess that won't happen.

At previous fanfests, I felt that SE was leaving ALOT of money on the table. I'm used to going to cons with a bunch of cash and leaving with an empty wallet and possibly a maxed out credit card, but both these two cons I left with ALOT of money in my pocket because merchandise sold out at both.

Both venues SE only booked a portion of the space available for the cons. It could have been bigger. Instead the leftover space was rented out to a weddings and random parties not related to the con. And there was not enough merchandise brought, period, alot of stuff sold out and the lines were badly managed, the local fire marshal rightly had a fit. I couldn't understand why the Japanese and Europe fanfests had con exclusive merch that attendees could order online, but the Vegas one did not.
Heck, the USA FFXIV concerts attendees were able to by exclusive merch online, so why not fanfest?

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Originally Posted by Vrankyl

As someone who lives in Vegas I am completely baffled at their choice to go back to the Rio. If anything they should have upgraded from the Paris and we /do/ have a full sized convention center here as well. Why they aren't using that is just beyond me. I was hoping to get a chance to go, but seeing as my first free moment at work was to see they are all sold out guess that won't happen.

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I'm a Las Vegas local too, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why they keep choosing to book small convention venues with the way tickets sell out, considering all the convention space we have in this town.

Not really good if proven true you could bypass the queue by someone providing a link. But otherwise, hopefully see some of you there.

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Originally Posted by Brill_

Given demand, they should have an east and west fanfest.

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And a central and mountain... It's a big country

Do you think this could have been a factor?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...3_03-07-29.png

I think SE reserved tickets for JP players and thus the NA tickets ran out faster.

I called ShowClix and told them what all happened. Told them people were able to bypass the queue, and get in without a code. And that Square Enix is responsible for it. showClix did say though that they would tell their engineering team about what happened.

But yeah. It's all SquareEnix's fault. (Though I still believe ShowClix is to blame as well still.)

They did say it will be broad cast and players will get items proved later on. So in reality the only thing your saving is the admission, travel expenses. Now unless this is the me time to get away from GF , Family, or Wife, just go on your own anyways lol

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Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

They did say it will be broad cast and players will get items proved later on. So in reality the only thing your saving is the admission, travel expenses. Now unless this is the me time to get away from GF , Family, or Wife, just go on your own anyways lol

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For me, this was about a chance to meet one of my former static members, and my EB partner, at somewhere we'd both be able to enjoy ourselves and feel safe going to. Given I'm UK and she's Finland, there is no chance in hell we're gonna go somewhere to meet up unless there's an event we're both going to. I hope the EU one isn't this catastrophic.

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Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

They did say it will be broad cast and players will get items proved later on. So in reality the only thing your saving is the admission, travel expenses. Now unless this is the me time to get away from GF , Family, or Wife, just go on your own anyways lol

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You miss out on the physical items, meeting people from your server, seeing the reveal trailer and panels with a ton of fans, the live concert, the art contests and all the other things that make the Fan Festival great.

Legacy player, been subbed for 1,680 days. Ex-Prog Raider, a very active PvPer, currently attempting to make it into regional Championship at Fanfest itself... Showed up at 12Pacific to buy a ticket, queue lead to a sold out page. I don't think I will be supporting SE after this, and many other disappointments over the years.

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Originally Posted by ThaiChi

Also, this is the same system for San Diego Comic-Con and it's causing the same kind of grief. I know it's supposed to be fair, but it sure doesn't seem that way.

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As someone who goes to SDCC, this is not the same and I actually prefer this system. This is a queue. It lines you up in the order that your internet connected. SDCC is entirely randomized. Everyone enters the waiting room, waits for however long the waiting room is open (usually an hour), randomly assigns everyone a number in the waiting room, then finally queues you in based on the random number you got.


If yall think this was rough you'll never survive SDCC's rush lol

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Originally Posted by Rokke

As someone who goes to SDCC, this is not the same and I actually prefer this system. This is a queue. It lines you up in the order that your internet connected. SDCC is entirely randomized. Everyone enters the waiting room, waits for however long the waiting room is open (usually an hour), randomly assigns everyone a number in the waiting room, then finally queues you in based on the random number you got.


If yall think this was rough you'll never survive SDCC's rush lol

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I don't have a problem with increased demand but the thing is, there's been reports of people being able to circumvent the queue altogether. I also find it somewhat hard to believe this game has grown to the extent that tickets are sold out within 30 minutes, especially when they were sitting there for several hours when Las Vegas 2016 Fanfest tickets were on sale.

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Originally Posted by ShanaMia

I don't have a problem with increased demand but the thing is, there's been reports of people being able to circumvent the queue altogether. I also find it somewhat hard to believe this game has grown to the extent that tickets are sold out within 30 minutes, especially when they were sitting there for several hours when Las Vegas 2016 Fanfest tickets were on sale.

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I dunno how popular the game is or if select tickets were reserved for the jp promo someone posted above. I was commenting on how FF isn't handled like SDCCs- It sucks when you come out empty handed, but (imo) this isn't half as frustrating as a lottery.

Sucked but yeah only took about 15min to get in but it was sold out. And now I hear you didn't even need a code. Dirt.

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Originally Posted by Rokke

I dunno how popular the game is or if select tickets were reserved for the jp promo someone posted above. I was commenting on how FF isn't handled like SDCCs- It sucks when you come out empty handed, but (imo) this isn't half as frustrating as a lottery.

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Yeah, by all means. I'm just frustrated at what seems to be a failure to execute as promised.

I didn't get to get a ticket either, and I was supposed to meet up with some friends there too.

On an amusing note, I will laugh if those of us who did buy tickets get there and there are a bunch of Black Mages just standing around, their lanyards showing names like "SDDSAFAF DSDAFFFS."

Considering the fiasco of the housing issue within the game, is anyone really surprised there are no more available spots?

But I feel for the people who tried

same, really want to go this yearv as well

Well, hopefully no one pays the scalpers and this event ends up half full. Yeah, SE still makes their money, but it'll look pretty embarrassing.

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Originally Posted by Blindheart

And a central and mountain... It's a big country

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Hey, if there's a venue they can hold it at there, I'm for that too. Why not? Would still be a lot cheaper than hauling far out West.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...y_the/e25pyuy/

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Thank you for contacting SQUARE ENIX support, We apologize for the delay in our response. We are aware of the complaints being made in reference to the Fan Fest tickets presale, and we are investigating the matter. At this time, we can only recommend that you visit the official FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone web site for any news regarding the FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2018 in Las Vegas. We also recommend that you visit the official FINAL FANTASY XIV Twitter page for all the latest announcements related to FINAL FANTASY XIV. - FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ - FINAL FANTASY XIV Official Twitter: @FF_XIV_EN

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Long shot I guess

Imagine if most of the tickets were bought by bots and there's barely 100 people that show up........those gil sellers are savage. SE should at least check that real people bought them instead of bots.

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Originally Posted by Ghastly

Imagine if most of the tickets were bought by bots and there's barely 100 people that show up........those gil sellers are savage. SE should at least check that real people bought them instead of bots.

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people who are using bots are specifically doing so to resell at a 300-500% premium

Ehh, it's NA Fan Fest. Ours is usually the worst of the 3 with the least amount of interesting information anyway.