SDCC 2014

[The Josh]

From what I have heard so far, typically toward the end of one day, they will start a 2nd line for the next day. When that starts, there will be someone handing out wristbands. They'll continue to do that till 1am and then start again at 5am. So the forming of the line for the next day will be done the same way it's always been done, just that now they'll be handing out bands when they do it, and continuously except between 1-5am.

If that's the case I think getting in line around midnight probably should still be ok.

I'm looking forward to my 10th straight Con but I am also thinking the decision to take a break after this year was a good one.

 

[Mack]

I'm looking forward to my 10th straight Con but I am also thinking the decision to take a break after this year was a good one.

This will be 12 in a row for me and 13 out of 14 since I moved to San Diego (missed one due to deployment). I'm considering taking a break next year as well. The show is just so different from what it used to be.

 

[Wetanut]

From what I have heard so far, typically toward the end of one day, they will start a 2nd line for the next day. When that starts, there will be someone handing out wristbands. They'll continue to do that till 1am and then start again at 5am. So the forming of the line for the next day will be done the same way it's always been done, just that now they'll be handing out bands when they do it, and continuously except between 1-5am.

Call me a pessimist, but I'm thinking that the mob mentality will take hold and more folks will be lining up sooner. As with previous "improvements" to their process (many abandoned when proven as unworkable), I can't help but see this as another cluster. Hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

So around 1am is the wristband handout time?

 

[exodus]

If that's the case I think getting in line around midnight probably should still be ok.

I'm looking forward to my 10th straight Con but I am also thinking the decision to take a break after this year was a good one.

Well, @HallH will probably keep track of which colors are being handed out so you can have a better idea. If they start handing out blocks 3 or 4 before midnight, you'll know to head over sooner.

 

[The Josh]

This will be 12 in a row for me and 13 out of 14 since I moved to San Diego (missed one due to deployment). I'm considering taking a break next year as well. The show is just so different from what it used to be.

It's just the SDCC people keep making things more of a pain in the ass than they need to be. The con part is still as fun as always.

Call me a pessimist, but I'm thinking that the mob mentality will take hold and more folks will be lining up sooner. As with previous "improvements" to their process (many abandoned when proven as unworkable), I can't help but see this as another cluster. Hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

That's my worry. They just have to make everything so much harder than normal.

So around 1am is the wristband handout time?

That's the cut off for round 1.

Well, @HallH will probably keep track of which colors are being handed out so you can have a better idea. If they start handing out blocks 3 or 4 before midnight, you'll know to head over sooner.

We're talking about it.

 

[cofphoto]

I could be wrong but personally I don't see how the wristbands would cause a lot more people to line up sooner. What causes the hysteria and mobs of people lining up sooner and sooner is social media. Imagine if there was no Twitter or Facebook, and people just got there when they got there. Nowadays, one person tweets "OMG the HH line is a mile long" and everyone loses their minds and runs out there hours before they had planned.

 

[The Josh]

I could be wrong but personally I don't see how the wristbands would cause a lot more people to line up sooner. What causes the hysteria and mobs of people lining up sooner and sooner is social media. Imagine if there was no Twitter or Facebook, and people just got there when they got there. Nowadays, one person tweets "OMG the HH line is a mile long" and everyone loses their minds and runs out there hours before they had planned.

It is the social media that is the larger problem and how they announce it. If they just let people find out on their own it wouldn't be but they change things 9 days before the show and announce it on FB/Twitter has now caused people to start getting nervous.

 

[firefly2121]

It is the social media that is the larger problem and how they announce it. If they just let people find out on their own it wouldn't be but they change things 9 days before the show and announce it on FB/Twitter has now caused people to start getting nervous.

WOW...I do believe this will make it even worse...this is going to cause a mad panic..

So what about us parents? Do we got to miss Hall H because we want are kids to sleep in a bed, not on the grass or sidewalk to get a band? Or do I have to worry that my wife and my little girl show up later and get a different color band as I do? This is just stupid.

 

[cofphoto]

You just have to have all three of you there the day before to get three wrist bands. Then they can go home and sleep soundly and come back in the morning while you sleep outside.

 

[The Josh]

WOW...I do believe this will make it even worse...this is going to cause a mad panic..

So what about us parents? Do we got to miss Hall H because we want are kids to sleep in a bed, not on the grass or sidewalk to get a band? Or do I have to worry that my wife and my little girl show up later and get a different color band as I do? This is just stupid.

It very easily could. That is the fear. They just don't handle much well IMO. I mean the SDCC folks.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

Mmm. This makes going to the SS party on the Friday night fraught with danger if you have not yet got a wristband. Hopefully the first wristbands are handed out early in the evening.

 

[The Josh]

I still think if you're in line by midnight you're ok but it does make everyone come up with a solid plan b.

 

[cofphoto]

Mmm. This makes going to the SS party on the Friday night fraught with danger if you have not yet got a wristband. Hopefully the first wristbands are handed out early in the evening.

They're going to be handing them out all day, as soon as the line starts for the next day. Then they are stopping at 1am and resuming at 5am. I'm not sure why so many people are missing this detail, but that's how it's going to work. You're going to get in line just like you used to, the main difference is you have to have your whole group there with you to get wristbands for everyone. Then everyone but one person can leave if they want to, one person needs to stay and hold the spot.

At least now you have a better idea where you stand in line. Before, one person could sit there all night and 5 minutes before they open the doors, 25 of their friends could show up and you really couldn't do anything about it.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

Ok I understand. If it stops that sort of behavior then that's good.

 

[The Josh]

They're going to be handing them out all day, as soon as the line starts for the next day. Then they are stopping at 1am and resuming at 5am. I'm not sure why so many people are missing this detail, but that's how it's going to work. You're going to get in line just like you used to, the main difference is you have to have your whole group there with you to get wristbands for everyone. Then everyone but one person can leave if they want to, one person needs to stay and hold the spot.

At least now you have a better idea where you stand in line. Before, one person could sit there all night and 5 minutes before they open the doors, 25 of their friends could show up and you really couldn't do anything about it.

Nobody is missing that detail. I think some of us that have been there a few times don't have the faith to expect the SDCC people to pull this off without something going very wrong. They don't exactly have a great track record of things IMO based on how the changes they've made. Like I said I think if you're there to get a band by midnight you're cool. It's just with these guys any change causes people to wonder just what might go wrong.

 

[Irvy]

Comicqueue sounds like a ballbreaker tbh. Bring on the vids!

 

[cofphoto]

The post I replied to said "hopefully the first wristbands get handed out earlier in the evening" and I've seen plenty of people on FB/Twitter today that thought they weren't going to start handing them out until 1am (which would be ludicrous). So I think plenty of people are missing that detail. Probably because the article SDCC put out gave specific times about the 1am stop and 5am resume, but not for the initial start. Probably because THAT would most certainly start a panic.

I still think this move is for the better, overall. But of course it's SDCC and con goers don't like change.

 

[savageHULK]

SDCC is coming! Also, ktjn your mailbox is full! Haha

 

[The Josh]

The post I replied to said "hopefully the first wristbands get handed out earlier in the evening" and I've seen plenty of people on FB/Twitter today that thought they weren't going to start handing them out until 1am (which would be ludicrous). So I think plenty of people are missing that detail. Probably because the article SDCC put out gave specific times about the 1am stop and 5am resume, but not for the initial start. Probably because THAT would most certainly start a panic.

I still think this move is for the better, overall. But of course it's SDCC and con goers don't like change.

I know. I was just stating that at least people here seem to get that fact. I agree others on twitter have missed that but that's not how I felt your post read. Anything like this at SDCC could cause that I agree. Stating a start time could actually be a help but like I said with how things are it could just as easily start something. They're damned if they do and don't. I just don't think they handle any of this well. That's why I'm not find of when they change things.