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bags
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 12:22 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Kat on a Hot Tin Roof:
That seemed to be a pretty simple explanation for me. Tickets.com didn't see it coming (smart move there….)
I do not understand all this whining and complaining - the tickets were gone in 35 seconds, is it a wonder most of us didn't get tickets. it was a lucky hit, even if you tried at 4:00:10…. People at 4:00 GOT tickets. The system didn't crash, unable to sell tickets sitting there.

As for tickets.com, you do not build a system for the absolute peak usage, which may occur once or twice a year. If you want them to do that – to build enough server capacity for 10,000 hits simultaneously in 30 seconds, you better be prepared to pay for it. This should make ticket service charges more like $30, $40 or $50 per ticket instead of $5. Because you have to pay to sustain all that server capacity that's idle 99.4% of the time [note to literalists, the numbers here are EXAMPLES, they serve as an ILLUSTRATION of building out the tickets.com system for peak capacity).

Some folks got tickets, some didn't. This is life. Get over it.

JohnnyBlades, does it not occur to you that by getting passwords from SO many email lists that you should then multiply the number of recipients getting passwords as well? With three venues giving out the password, as well as having it posted on the internet at a free concert site, it was bound to happen the way it did.

I tried to get Simon & Garfunkel tickets, through TICKETMASTER, not Tickets.com, and though I was dialing in on a T1 line at the time the tickets went on sale – surprise, I didn't get tickets! Out of thousands, but there were that many more people trying. Do I blame Ticketmaster? No, I blame the 15,000 other people trying to get tickets too.
El Tee
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 12:41 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Kelly Pappas:
Fuck you punk
high five sonick! ;)
El Tee
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 12:43 AM UTC #
Originally posted by jamilynn22:
i got tickets to the show and i can't wait to go! anybody have any idea what a good time to get there would be??
now
kosmo
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 01:33 AM UTC #
oh the irony of it all… the ones most loudly complaining about not getting tickets because tickets.com dosen't have the capacity to handle the load. are the ones on the T1 with several browsers auto refreshing thus leading to the waiting rooms to appear because of the volume they are causing.

while at least one of the 300 or so people who did get tickets was doing it via a dialup connection. one would say that having a bit of good karma and luck wins out once and in awhile.
Chip Chanko
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:11 AM UTC #
I'm glad that I don't really like the Beastie Boys that much.
vansmack
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 04:22 AM UTC #
Originally posted by JohnnyBlades:
While I in no way think the Beasties're infalliable dudes, what does that point matter? Cut the mail list? The handful who'd use a Pre-Sale password to buy tickets and drive all the way down from Michigan, etc. for the show has the same fan enthusiasm as your local ticket camper, maybe more (maybe too much).
I'm sure nobody on the Beastie Boys mailing list from way outside DC called their one buddy in the area who isn't on a mailing list and said "Dude! You can't miss this show. You have to go and tell me all about it! I've got a presale password and everything!" He'll be the guy wearing the woolie or mesh hat in line to get his tickets - you can't miss him.

As Bags said, the more you disseminate the information, the less contol you have over it.
Shadrach
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 06:38 AM UTC #
Wow, we haven't had this many first time posters since Justin Timberlake played the club. I wonder if any of them will stick around and contribute to the stimulating debate and meaningless banter that typically takes place. Maybe some of you will have some cool ideas for topics, such as soccer or brit-pop. I for one welcome you to our little forum. Enjoy your stay.
m1
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 06:49 AM UTC #
I can dig the soccer - but what I would really like to do is join a good local team - anyone looking for a Division 1/ODP player - completely off the BB topic but oh well - sorry for the cross-post :p
sonickteam2
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 12:22 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Kelly Pappas:
"this aint ebay bitch. you should burn in hell for that post."

Fuck you punk
its funny how some bands bring so many losers to the message board at one time!
saco
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 01:55 PM UTC #
Originally posted by datskat:
[QB] whoa….

You mean this show was for the BEASTIE Boys? Well, sheeit. I was tryin' to kick it with the real B-Boys.

<img src="http://www.hakushouse.com/images/RnR45/0a0615a.jpg" alt=" - " />


I thought it was these guys…

<img src="http://www.bulletboysrecords.com/media/shoots/0012.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 02:00 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Kelly Pappas:
"this aint ebay bitch. you should burn in hell for that post."

Fuck you punk
its funny how some bands bring so many losers to the message board at one time!
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~kpappas/
chaz
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 02:04 PM UTC #
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~kpappas/ [/QB]
Nice homepage Kelly! Could you put me in touch with your web designers??? I'd like to hire them to do my homepage!

PS - I know being away from home for the first time is hard. Just give it time. It will get better.
MyraEllen
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 02:37 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Originally posted by jamilynn22:
i got tickets to the show and i can't wait to go! anybody have any idea what a good time to get there would be??
now
Yeah, get there as early as you can, since it's going to be a huge pain in the ass just getting your tickets before the show with every single ticket holder having to pick tickets up at will call. There will probably still be plenty of people waiting in line even after the Beasties hit the stage.
taylorjohnmark
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:27 PM UTC #
Somehow my girlfriend (I left her in charge of getting tickets this time)got shut out at first, and both of us got the Boston Red Sox thing . . . then at like 4:20 she got tickets. Weird. Looking forward to it though, except for the waiting in line part.
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:29 PM UTC #
I like waiting in line. I like painful stuff.
Venerable Bede
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:29 PM UTC #
wow. . .you know the whole thing is bad when the wallflower comments on it. . .from an email to me: "Hmmm. I was just writing to say that I had no chance in hell to get Beastie Boy tickets. Those things sold out in about four minutes. That's bullshit."

course, he's a tad impatient all in all. . .coddled government worker.
MaLo
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:42 PM UTC #
i got in and scooped up two right away

i am the champion!

i hate waiting in line tho…its supposed to rain tomorrow
cancleo
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:48 PM UTC #
My best friend won tickets on Saturday night, but she can't go. And of course since the tix are in her name, I can't go either. She had called in in moreso as a favor to me as she's not a big Beastie fan, and just got lucky. Stupid nontransferrable tickets! At first, HFS told us you could pick tickets up as early as 10:00 am the day of the show so I thought there was still hope, but now that doesn't seem to be the case. Tried the Net sale yesterday to no avail. So close, yet so far. :(
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 03:59 PM UTC #
Big beastie fans

more fans
sonickteam2
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Re: Beastie boys at 9:30 June 16, 2004 at 04:40 PM UTC #
Originally posted by MaLo:
i got in and scooped up two right away

i am the champion!

i hate waiting in line tho…its supposed to rain tomorrow
thats very beastie of you. :)
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