FXIV Fan Fest 2023 Las Vegas Tickets

[PaulH]

Firstly congratulations to those who got codes to buy tickets I hope you have a fantastic time at fanfest and be it first or you third one I hope it is fun. Those who didn't get in, good luck in the general sales and ultimately it does suck for anyone who didn't get in and had high hopes of meeting fc mates or planned vacation etc.

The problem with that sample size it is not indicative of an absolute sample size of people who applied and far too prone to error to interpret anything too meaningful e.g. troll voting, people voting who couldn't even apply in USA area, we don't know how many people actually applied or those that even have twitter etc. The only thing we do know is that apparently there were 15k tickets available so potentially 7,500 lucky people with emails with to buy two tickets and that was based on a screenshot from showclix that has been floating around. So the approximate poll i would personally take with a pinch of salt, there are a certain amount of tickets that have been pooled and so many people will get to attend, working out the variables doesn't change any real outcome for me.

The preamble of the email did say that lucky winner emails would be sent out by a date (to me that is upto and including) and a tweet sent out when all emails are sent e.g. despite people not checking junk email etc. I think people are hoping they are being done in waves/batches etc. I have seen people upset about how they have played since 1.0 and subbed for ages, it felt like a fair lottery to me regardless of player type as I dont think anyone has more right than anyone else to attend personally. I just hope that bots were combated. This is about to happen for me and the EU lottery and if I win awesome, if not then I suppose I will save a few quid and buy some merch and watch online.