Greetings,
this short topic to express my disappointment about the FF14 stand, and especially the Battle Challenge part. I was actually very excited to go to the TGS for this purpose only. I don't really mind about video games in general anymore, but playing special FF14 bosses and getting goodies sounded really cool, the reason why I came there.
I came to the TGS first in 2013. At this time, there were the Titan Battle Challenge. I failed to participate because I came to the show rather late. "OK, next year."
Last year, I came to the TGS 2014. At this time, there were the Ramuh Battle Challenge. I decided to arrive 2 hours before the opening hour. At the moment I arrived inside, all the tickets for the Challenge were gone. "OK, next year".
This year is the edition 2015, with the Ravana Challenge. It seems the rules have changed, in order to avoid what happened the years before (c.f. Lodestone). This time, in order to be sure to do it (I spent a total of 50,000 yen for this...), I took the first train (woken up at 5:00...) in order to be almost one of the first to be there. It was not the case, since my train took time. Waiting, waiting, 9:45, the doors are opening, 10:00, I am in front of the Challenge zone. Then SE staff tells me: "it is too late, the queue is full for today". Are you kidding???? No he was not. So 50,000 yens and a weekend thrown away for nothing. So please, SE organisers of such event, please precise it is only for people with special tickets (journalists, supporters or whatever which allow you to skip the initial queue), it will avoid average fans like me to waste time. There will not have a "next year" this time for me, I understood... If you guys planned to participate such event next year, remind my words in order to avoid deep deception.