Official World Series Tickets online sales is a CLUSTERFAWKASAURUS Lunatic Thread!!!!

[Hardcor4x4]

If you where planning on standing in line in hopes to get tickets to the WS don't bother. Sit at home in front of your computer is the only way now.

http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/col/ticketing/postseason_2007.jsp

http://www.9news.com/news/top-article.aspx?storyid=79203

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/14360527/detail.html

[ColoradoSkier]

Didn't their system crash for NLCS sales? This ought to be just great...

[Jefe]

That website is gonna CRASH!!

[Jefe]

This is just gay....

[Jefe]

What's even more gay is that the ticket brokers and ANYONE around the US will have a better chance of getting tix, then jacking them up for resale!

[Jefe]

Gay!!!!!!!

[scottycards]

So when I bought Bronco playoff tix a few years back, I had my ticket account all set up, seats selected, all that, and I hit "Send"- and I got them.

3 other people in my office did the same thing, and they didn't.

Does anyone know the procedure that the Rocks will follow?

Are these through ticketmaster? If you have an account with TM, will you be able to get it all set up and hit the button?

[Hardcor4x4]

All and all I think it's a better idea and safer then possible pushing and shoving in lines and possible fights breaking out at ticket windows. A lot of people don't understand how the lottery sytem works therefore thinking they HAVE to be first inline to get the best tickets and if someone doesn't move fast enough or dily dalys tempers start and fights break out.

Online everyone has the same chance. If the system gets overloaded and goes down it goes down for everyone, when it's back up and running it back up for everyone. When the tickets are gone their gone and the poeple inline behind you wont be following you to your car.

[Hardcor4x4]

Are these through ticketmaster? If you have an account with TM, will you be able to get it all set up and hit the button?

from http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/col/ticketing/postseason_2007.jsp

Tickets for the World Series games at Coors Field scheduled for October 27, 28 & 29 (if needed) will go on sale ONLY online at www.coloradorockies.com. (http://www.coloradorockies.com.)

[Haire Ball]

Every rich schmuck in the state is now going to try to buy a ticket. Some guy who just got on the band-wagon and wants to take his trophy wife will get my ticket. Not to mention ticket scalpers nation-wide!!!

I was going to have much better chances when I actually went down to Coors and stood in line to get in the lottery.

The true fans are losing out!!

[zillacon]

If anyone gets some tickets that they might want to let go let me know. I'd like to fly my 80 Year Old Dad down from ND and take him to a game.

[Yota]

Ticket brokers do piss me off and they prevent lots of regular people from going to the game. I don't understand how crap like Stub Hub is legal.

In general, though, I prefer buying tickets online as long as the system doesn't crash and isn't rigged to allow the brokers to get huge amounts of tickets using straw purchases. I know scalping has gone on forever, but when it becomes rampant it ruins the game. Stub Hub just makes it easier. :(

[ColoradoSkier]

Just an FYI to everyone that thought their odds were better standing in line - the online system was going to run in conjunction with this too. So the odds were actually more favorable that, even if your line was called, they would be sold out by the time you got to the window.

This does even it out the best for everyone. I just hope they did some serious upgrading on the ticket sale system. It isn't Ticketmaster, and it will die a couple times that morning, bet on it.

[Tiffany]

I have everyone in my office on board to help me get tixs. This works out better for me...until the site crashes while I am ordering.

[jnschwie]

Stub Hub =/= Ticket brokers. Granted, a lot of brokers may USE stubhub. But you can use it to sell YOUR tickets as well, just as easily. It just facilitates it, and it actually works fairly smoothly. Much like eBay (only it is not an auction format), I actually like the idea of StubHub. It pretty much makes a "perfect" or "efficient" market for tickets the way Adam Smith would like. In other words, the tickets go for MARKET value rather than some scalper on the road changing his price radically based on how many hours before, or innings into, the game in question he sells for.

I wish I had developed that website/service.

[jredmond]

I have Mondays off so I have all day to get some tickets crashing system or not

[Oscar]

just to much money for tickets and associated costs

[Cruzin Illusion]

I liked the old days when you stood in line first come first serve. If you really wanted them bad enough and was willing to sleep out 5 nights then you deserved them. But then came along the scalper who payed bums to sleep in line for days to get tickets and now thats options gone.

I was never a fan of the lottery systems. Always seemed like alot of people and a big cluster trying to get everyone lined up in the correct order. Then people get to the front of the line and ask 50 questions about every section open and waste a bunch of time.

I liked when the old ticket master outlets would sell tickets. A guy would go down the line and ask how many tickets you wanted, was cash only, best available only, then when they would go on sale the guy running the machine would just start punching the number of tickets in till they were sold out and you would pay for them in the order you were in line. More people got tickets and it seemed to run smooth.

I wish the Rockies would have don it like other Major league teams. You had till a certain date to put your name in for WS tickets on line and they would enter you in a lottery. On a certain day they would randomly pick the names and contact you to purchase tickets in the order they pulled them. No lines, no systems crashing, no hassel.

[Yota]

I liked the old days when you stood in line first come first serve. If you really wanted them bad enough and was willing to sleep out 5 nights then you deserved them. But then came along the scalper who payed bums to sleep in line for days to get tickets and now thats options gone.

I was never a fan of the lottery systems. Always seemed like alot of people and a big cluster trying to get everyone lined up in the correct order. Then people get to the front of the line and ask 50 questions about every section open and waste a bunch of time.

I liked when the old ticket master outlets would sell tickets. A guy would go down the line and ask how many tickets you wanted, was cash only, best available only, then when they would go on sale the guy running the machine would just start punching the number of tickets in till they were sold out and you would pay for them in the order you were in line. More people got tickets and it seemed to run smooth.

I wish the Rockies would have don it like other Major league teams. You had till a certain date to put your name in for WS tickets on line and they would enter you in a lottery. On a certain day they would randomly pick the names and contact you to purchase tickets in the order they pulled them. No lines, no systems crashing, no hassel.

I actually hated that system. And it's still first come first served.

This way the stupid fanboys who have no life and can camp out for 5 days don't get any more precedence than I do. Screw the campers! Let us all start at once and the first ones to get tix get tix, the rest go to Stub Hub if they must.

Online is actually more equitable than in-line in my opinion.

[Cruzin Illusion]

I actually hated that system. And it's still first come first served.

This way the stupid fanboys who have no life and can camp out for 5 days don't get any more precedence than I do. Screw the campers! Let us all start at once and the first ones to get tix get tix, the rest go to Stub Hub if they must.

Online is actually more equitable than in-line in my opinion.

Everyone wants them but no one wants to work for them. Or you have to work a millon hours of over time to pay some scalper.

[jnschwie]

Why shouldn't *everything* go for market price?

Economically speaking, every other option is "leaving money on the table."

[Leon Phelps]

Stub Hub =/= Ticket brokers. Granted, a lot of brokers may USE stubhub. But you can use it to sell YOUR tickets as well, just as easily. It just facilitates it, and it actually works fairly smoothly. Much like eBay (only it is not an auction format), I actually like the idea of StubHub. It pretty much makes a "perfect" or "efficient" market for tickets the way Adam Smith would like. In other words, the tickets go for MARKET value rather than some scalper on the road changing his price radically based on how many hours before, or innings into, the game in question he sells for.

I wish I had developed that website/service.

:thumbsup: Would rather buy through StubHub through some pokie selling them on the corner.

No worse than picking up something via Craigslist or eBay.

[Haire Ball]

Just an FYI to everyone that thought their odds were better standing in line - the online system was going to run in conjunction with this too. So the odds were actually more favorable that, even if your line was called, they would be sold out by the time you got to the window.

This does even it out the best for everyone.

I'm sorry but, NO WAY!!
There will be a hundred times more people buying them online. So if I had a 1 in 20 chance or even a 1 in 100 chance, now I will have a 1 in 2,000 chance.

[jnschwie]

:thumbsup: Would rather buy through StubHub through some pokie selling them on the corner.

No worse than picking up something via Craigslist or eBay.

Better, IMO.

[Leon Phelps]

Better, IMO.

:beer:

Jebus, my gramatical usage is in the toilet this evening. Need to stop posting stuff when im sick and am on HIGH dosages of medication.

Now not to totally hijack this but if the Brewers make one in my lifetime, I WILL be there. :flipoff2: :beer:

[jnschwie]

:beer:

Jebus, my gramatical usage is in the toilet this evening. Need to stop posting stuff when im sick and am on HIGH dosages of medication.

Now not to totally hijack this but if the Brewers make one in my lifetime, I WILL be there. :flipoff2: :beer:

Likewise. :beer:

[deadjeep]

Already have 4 pair guaranteed.....

Will just have to decide how i'm going to allot the other 2.

[architect1]

Ticket brokers do piss me off and they prevent lots of regular people from going to the game. I don't understand how crap like Stub Hub is legal.

Just like OIL they are only tring to make a BUCK.. or 35 Billion, Now it is WRONG that they jack the customer/Fan. WTFE.:thumbsup:

I will be on-line, but I went to one game this year and if I don't get tickets so be it. My 60" HD will do just fine.

[Rhino95]

My 60" HD will do just fine.

Yay for Fox and over-the-air HD!

[Rhino95]

Wait, they just said on the news that roughly 18k tickets available...all others are accounted for through the organization...season ticket holders...etc. That's lame

[newracer]

18k per game?

[architect1]

Wait, they just said on the news that roughly 18k tickets available...all others are accounted for through the organization...season ticket holders...etc. That's lame


Nope that is the reward for being a season ticket holder.

[Rhino95]

From CBS:

"Though Coors Field can hold more than 50,000 fans, fewer than 20,000 tickets will likely be available for each game after the Rockies allot tickets for season ticket holders, both teams and Major League Baseball, Alves said."

Yes per game.

[jnschwie]

Just like OIL they are only tring to make a BUCK.. or 35 Billion, Now it is WRONG that they jack the customer/Fan. WTFE.:thumbsup:


:rolleyes:

[architect1]

They(Yota) see no problem with oil ripping people off, so why not get ripped off on everthing else. They have to feed their kid's.

[jnschwie]

They(Yota) see no problem with oil ripping people off, so why not get ripped off on everthing else. They have to feed their kid's.

1) Regarding the oil.... :rolleyes: again.

2) You don't think having a WS doesn't cost just a little more? Teams need to rake in this money. Every team in the bigs is going to try to raid their roster after the season, and you never know when you might suffer a 60-something win season causing you difficulty in making ends meet.

[ColoradoSkier]

I'm sorry but, NO WAY!!
There will be a hundred times more people buying them online. So if I had a 1 in 20 chance or even a 1 in 100 chance, now I will have a 1 in 2,000 chance.

That would only be true if they had been planning to sell exclusively via physical lottery, which they weren't. It was a combined physical line lottery and "anyone who comes online" type of sale.

If they wanted to really do it right, they would have done what Boston and Cleveland did, which was take names in advance and then randomly select out of that list - more of a true lottery. Time is running out for them to do this though. The other teams did this last week or the week before.

The load on the servers would be a lot less too, since a predictable and smaller number of people would be given the chance to buy.

[Tom N]

I think they would have had 25,000 people in line for 18,000 tickets and the ones who got picked could buy 4 each which would mean only a few thousand people or less who stood in line would get tickets. Sitting punching buttons on a computer will be less painful if you fail anyway. My wife and I both will be manning our keyboards Monday morning.:) Good Luck to us all!

[ColoradoSkier]

I think they would have had 25,000 people in line for 18,000 tickets and the ones who got picked could buy 4 each which would mean only a few thousand people or less who stood in line would get tickets.

They said that for the wild-card game, they were selling tickets online at a rate of 500 per minute. Demand for this game will be higher (though their capacity to serve may not be). So maybe the first 10 people in line would have actually gotten seats, and maybe less depending on how many questions the people that made it to the counter asked before making a purchase.

[Tom N]

They said that for the wild-card game, they were selling tickets online at a rate of 500 per minute. Demand for this game will be higher (though their capacity to serve may not be). So maybe the first 10 people in line would have actually gotten seats, and maybe less depending on how many questions the people that made it to the counter asked before making a purchase.

Wow.
There would be a riot for sure.

[scottycards]

Check this out. I didn't know Stub Hub was a part of Ebay.....

BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots have won a bid to get the
names of all the fans who bought or sold - or tried to buy or sell
- tickets to home games through online ticket reseller StubHub
Inc., a move one technology group sees as an invasion of privacy.
In a lawsuit filed last year against San Francisco-based
StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., claiming it encourages fans to
break state law and violate team policies, the team said it could
seek to revoke season tickets of people who use StubHub.
A lawyer for the Patriots wouldn't say what they plan to do with
the 13,000 names, which StubHub released to the team last week
after losing its appeal of a Massachusetts state court ruling.
The team's rules bar reselling game tickets for a profit. State
law, though rarely enforced, restricts ticket markups to $2 above
face value plus some service charges.
Patriots tickets have been offered on StubHub at prices many
times higher, including two 50-yardline seats for New England's
Dec. 16 game against AFC rival New York Jets listed Thursday for
$1,300.05 each. Their face value is $125.

[Leon Phelps]

Lurn something new every day!

[Jeff Mason]

Just found out our company has a suite for one of the games YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DylansMom]

<--- applying for a job with Jeff's company.

Sherie

[Jeff Mason]

<--- applying for a job with Jeff's company.

Sherie

If you're a project accountant with a background in surface mining, we'd hire you ;)

[oleblue]

Check this out. I didn't know Stub Hub was a part of Ebay.....

BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots have won a bid to get the
names of all the fans who bought or sold - or tried to buy or sell
- tickets to home games through online ticket reseller StubHub
Inc., a move one technology group sees as an invasion of privacy.
In a lawsuit filed last year against San Francisco-based
StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., claiming it encourages fans to
break state law and violate team policies, the team said it could
seek to revoke season tickets of people who use StubHub.
A lawyer for the Patriots wouldn't say what they plan to do with
the 13,000 names, which StubHub released to the team last week
after losing its appeal of a Massachusetts state court ruling.
The team's rules bar reselling game tickets for a profit. State
law, though rarely enforced, restricts ticket markups to $2 above
face value plus some service charges.
Patriots tickets have been offered on StubHub at prices many
times higher, including two 50-yardline seats for New England's
Dec. 16 game against AFC rival New York Jets listed Thursday for
$1,300.05 each. Their face value is $125.

Everyone that sold tickets then through them for a profit, just added $2000 "service charges". No problem...:flipoff2:

As far as ticket sales for the world ...... what ever it is goes. No matter how they decided to sell the remaining 18 to 20k tickets, someone would complain. They stated the the server would NOT crash.. Does not matter cause a very larger part of the population will not get tickets. There are just so many more people wanting them than the place can hold anyway.

[Big Dave]

I've got a ticket or two somewhere at home for the World Series at Coors Field . . . from 1995.

[DylansMom]

Well darn the luck, no need for a legal secretary or office administrator? (haha)

Sherie

[jnschwie]

Check this out. I didn't know Stub Hub was a part of Ebay.....

BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots have won a bid to get the
names of all the fans who bought or sold - or tried to buy or sell
- tickets to home games through online ticket reseller StubHub
Inc., a move one technology group sees as an invasion of privacy.
In a lawsuit filed last year against San Francisco-based
StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., claiming it encourages fans to
break state law and violate team policies, the team said it could
seek to revoke season tickets of people who use StubHub.
A lawyer for the Patriots wouldn't say what they plan to do with
the 13,000 names, which StubHub released to the team last week
after losing its appeal of a Massachusetts state court ruling.
The team's rules bar reselling game tickets for a profit. State
law, though rarely enforced, restricts ticket markups to $2 above
face value plus some service charges.
Patriots tickets have been offered on StubHub at prices many
times higher, including two 50-yardline seats for New England's
Dec. 16 game against AFC rival New York Jets listed Thursday for
$1,300.05 each. Their face value is $125.


Wow. This *IS* interesting.
Unsure how I feel about it.

[Matt]

I guess the Rockies wanted to WS tickets to be in the hands of the TRUE Rockies fans. Season Ticket holders were able to get in today at 12:30 for a prebuy.

That being said, if you're interested in WS tickets, PM me. We MAY have a pair or two. (I'd rather see them go to Rockies fans than put them on ebay/CL/or stubhub).

[Matt]

Great.... trying to pre-register and can't even get through. I don't see how at 10:00.000000001 anyone is going to get through.

[Leon Phelps]

most fans are fawked. Time to find a scalper.

[Joker]

most fans are fawked. Time to find a scalper.

So I guess that means we get fawked twice....:(

[Leon Phelps]

Yup.

[newracer]

I am able to access the site and log in fine. :shrug:

I pre-registered last night.

[Hardcor4x4]

I would suggest anyone trying to buy tickets shut down ALL firewalls, anti viruses, pop up blockers, spam blockers, spyware blockers, set your I.E. settings to wide open and accept ALL cookies. LOTS of people are having trouble logging in to the website. But most are finding it's because of the security programs they have on their personal computers and once they shut all the security crap off they have no problems at all. People trying at work through their companies network??? uhhh Good luck???

[RWPOTTER]

how do you preregister...I see no link for that.

[Yota]

Check this out. I didn't know Stub Hub was a part of Ebay.....

BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots have won a bid to get the
names of all the fans who bought or sold - or tried to buy or sell
- tickets to home games through online ticket reseller StubHub
Inc., a move one technology group sees as an invasion of privacy.
In a lawsuit filed last year against San Francisco-based
StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., claiming it encourages fans to
break state law and violate team policies, the team said it could
seek to revoke season tickets of people who use StubHub.
A lawyer for the Patriots wouldn't say what they plan to do with
the 13,000 names, which StubHub released to the team last week
after losing its appeal of a Massachusetts state court ruling.
The team's rules bar reselling game tickets for a profit. State
law, though rarely enforced, restricts ticket markups to $2 above
face value plus some service charges.
Patriots tickets have been offered on StubHub at prices many
times higher, including two 50-yardline seats for New England's
Dec. 16 game against AFC rival New York Jets listed Thursday for
$1,300.05 each. Their face value is $125.

This is what I was saying about StubHub. There are some serious legal questions - although honestly it should be limited to those who sell tickets for a profit.

[Conrad]

I have 8 machines refreshing right now....

[Matt]

how do you preregister...I see no link for that.

I had a hard time finding it too. It's at the top in small print.

[Matt]

One more hour.....

[Yota]

Mike Rosen just said he heard this (unconfirmed):

In order to prevent brokers and other scammers and straw purchasers, if you are logging on this AM and you are logging on from the same network, only one computer from the same network will be allowed on!! That may prevent scammers but it also totally hoses anyone trying to buy tickets from work (hello! That's most of us.)

If this is true, it's going to throw the baby out with the bathwater. :(

[Conrad]

its good being a Security Engineer.... /me locks down PIX to allow only my IP...

[newracer]

I had a hard time finding it too. It's at the top in small print.
Also after you register you can go to the "wallet" tab and pre-enter credit card info.

[ColoradoSkier]

Registration link:
https://secure.mlb.com/enterworkflow.do?flowId=registration.wizard&c_id=col

The problem with locking it all down to one IP is that scalpers are probably using people with connections at home instead of having them all in the office. You can get a far greater number of people to help this way.

[mrutledge]

Mike Rosen just said he heard this (unconfirmed):

In order to prevent brokers and other scammers and straw purchasers, if you are logging on this AM and you are logging on from the same network, only one computer from the same network will be allowed on!! That may prevent scammers but it also totally hoses anyone trying to buy tickets from work (hello! That's most of us.)

If this is true, it's going to throw the baby out with the bathwater. :(

That would explain some of the things we're seeing here at the office. Seems we're screwed.

For the record, this is what happens when non-technical people make technical decisions. Network Address Translation (NAT) is about the most common thing in the world these days. It is completely unrealistic to expect each visitor to a website to come from a unique IP address anymore.

-Matt

[Yota]

Agree :(


It's fawking MONDAY AT 10 AM!! Where the hell do they think people are right now?

Morons.

[Matt]

Good thing I'm not into scalping as a profession, this could get addicting.

Win, Lose or Draw... this is fun!

[longboy]

For those of you on the "refreshing" web page...is it still loading for you? I was on it a while back, and now it won't load the page.

...not like I expected this to work out anyways :rolleyes:

[Tiffany]

I get nada Austin

[ColoradoSkier]

Still working for me on one of my two separate connections. I have two PC's on two different networks, hopefully one of these works out.

[newracer]

For those of you on the "refreshing" web page...is it still loading for you? I was on it a while back, and now it won't load the page.

...not like I expected this to work out anyways :rolleyes:
That page states that there might be problems after it refreshes several times. I am not going to start refreshing until right before 10. Got three machine here at work since no one else is in right now.

Good luck everybody!!!!

[longboy]

Maybe I'll call my parents at home. They're retired and have nothing to do :idea:

[newracer]

I had no issue using 3 machines all on the same network here. :shrug:

ETA: at least not yet. :rolleyes:

[ColoradoSkier]

Seems like the ev15 server is staying up better than ev14. Both just stopped responding a second ago. The laptop connecting to ev14 is not back yet, but the desktop connecting to ev15 is.

The Rockies management is going to get hammered hard in the press tonight about this.

[Matt]

How man thousands of people do you think are doing exactly what were doing now... 150,000?

[Yota]

I was on the hold screen and it had been refreshing and suddenly now it gives page cannot be displayed. :(

Refreshed several times and it let me back onto the hold page. :shrug:

Looks like it load-balanced me back to the ev15 server - I'm on that one now.


Wife is on ev14 at work and it's giving page not found.

.

[Tiffany]

yup, same here Yota.

[newracer]

How man thousands of people do you think are doing exactly what were doing now... 150,000?Paper this morning said as many as 2 million might be trying to get tickets.

[Matt]

Im at home and I'm still refreshing. (guess this is one time working the graveyard does payoff).

[Matt]

Paper this morning said as many as 2 million might be trying to get tickets.

OH Fawk! I just as well go to bed! :rolleyes:

[Hardcor4x4]

I'm still getting the refresh screen just fine. i'm logged in for someone else here at work, If I get in i'll let him at it so he make his purchase.

[ColoradoSkier]

How man thousands of people do you think are doing exactly what were doing now... 150,000?

Many

[Haire Ball]

I get nada Austin

X3

edit: Scratch that it's working

[longboy]

I just scratched myself, and it's still not working.

[Matt]

This is like watching an ebay add you want to buy at the last minute X ELEVENTEENBILLION!!!

Good luck everyone, I expect to hear great things!

[newracer]

All three of my machine are stuck right now trying to refresh.:rant: :headbang:

[Conrad]

yup..... all mine are locked up....

[Hardcor4x4]

One guy here at work is logged in on his Apple Iphone ready to buy.

[Steve]

Good luck everyone, I expect to hear great things!

I don't. If there are really 2 million people trying to buy a grand total of 60,000 tickets (20k/game) and each person who gets through can buy 4, that means you have about a 0.7% chance of success at best. :shrug:

[ColoradoSkier]

From the Post article at http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7248448

Alves explained that people who saw a "page cannot be displayed" message "were IP addresses that we blocked due to suspicious/malicious activity to our website during the last 24 to 48 hours. As an example, if several inquiries came from a single IP address they were blocked."

It was unclear how this might impact people using the same IP address this morning ? for example, if several fans who work at the same business all log on at one time.

[ColoradoXJ13]

this is f'd

[Yota]

hell ev15 crashed too just before 10 am. :( :(


On POS ev14 now and it's page not found.

[ColoradoXJ13]

ev14 isn't responding

[Conrad]

the site is FUBAR

[ColoradoSkier]

What Do They Mean My Cookies Aren't Able To Be Set?????

[ColoradoSkier]

Hack the URL and go for a lower # server like 2-8

[Hardcor4x4]

Can't even get on the main page anymore. their site is gone. :shrug:

[Haire Ball]

I would like to talk to the idiot who decided this was the better way to go.

[IronMonkey]

I'm not feeling very optimistic...http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7311&stc=1&d=1193069138

[Haire Ball]

Hack the URL and go for a lower # server like 2-8

Do what here is the URL I'm getting:

http://ev14.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AROCKIES-ST%3APS07%3AWSB%3A&linkID=rockies-st&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=

[zillacon]

I got mine!!!!!!!!!!!































































JUST KIDDING! THIS SUCKS!

[Joker]

I'm not feeling very optimistic...http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7311&stc=1&d=1193069138



SAME HERE!!!:rant:

[Jeff Mason]

I think I'll just scoop up a bunch of parking passes, then sell those to ticket holders... lol

[willyb]

This is stoopid.... fawk.

[Haire Ball]

Which game are you going for? 3, 4, 5

[newracer]

I think I'll just scoop up a bunch of parking passes, then sell those to ticket holders... lol
:idea: I had the same idea, maybe work out a trade!!!

[ColoradoSkier]

Funny, the people at the Evenue (Paciolan) offices in California aren't answering the phone...

[formatt]

I'm rating this thread 5 stars for the pure entertainment factor! :)

continue...

[ColoradoSkier]

At this point, I feel kind of special that I even got to the error message about my browser not having cookies enabled (which was a lie).

[longboy]

Chester, you're not special. Getting an error doesn't mean you're special.

[newracer]

Chester, you're not special. Getting an error doesn't mean you're special.
Got more than I did.

[Tiffany]

SO everyone here just got the cookies error...yeah right! We all have cookies enabled.

[ColoradoSkier]

I just got the "Tickets will go onsale at 10am Mountain Time" message. :confused:

[Matt]

Copy Paste Copy Pase Copy Paste (url) it works, still getting the page..

OH and GO ROCKIES!!!!

[willyb]

I'm just so glad that they let us all to get the chance to bang our heads on our desks :flipoff2: :mad:

[Hardcor4x4]

1 person her at work has gotten through and is currently purchasing tickets now.

[Matt]

1 person her at work has gotten through and is currently purchasing tickets now.

See, that's the spirit.... there is HOPE!

CMON PEOPLE!

[willyb]

1 person her at work has gotten through and is currently purchasing tickets now.

Where's she at! Let's go hunt her down!!! :D

[jnschwie]

I guess I'm glad I'll be out of town. I'd be really agitated right now.

I was going to try to pick a few up and make a quick buck if I were in that 0.7%, but I guess not.

[jnschwie]

Actually, I'm surprised my employer hasn't blocked that website.

[Leon Phelps]

Timed out. Going to take a lap around the cold ass shop and scratch my ass.

[willyb]

I'm no computer whiz - but are all the tickets for each game being hosted on the same server [ev14]? Why the hell wouldn't they have a sepertate server for each game!!!

[Haire Ball]

1 person her at work has gotten through and is currently purchasing tickets now.

Were they waiting for the page to load or did they keep hitting Purchase tickets now?????

[newracer]

I saw at least two servers, ev14 and ev15

[ColoradoXJ13]

I get happy every time I get the "server is busy will refresh in 60sec page"

[ColoradoXJ13]

I'm no computer whiz - but are all the tickets for each game being hosted on the same server [ev14]? Why the hell wouldn't they have a sepertate server for each game!!!

I have hit 8, 14, and 15. I would guess there are more

[Dave McDonald]

Internet equivalent of

"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."
"Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold...""Colorado Rockies, please hold..."

[TJay]

I got the countdown timer but it fails to go anywhere after it reaches 1.

[ColoradoXJ13]

" To improve your ticket-buying experience and to make it as pleasant as possible, this site permits entry to a limited number of patrons at a time."

um, how is this improving my experience?

[Tiffany]

I have hit 8, 14, and 15. I would guess there are more
I have gone thorugh 1-15 manually...6 seemed a good chance, but finally died

[ColoradoSkier]

Section 238, row 2, seats 1-4. Trying to check out, but it can't find the server!

http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7312&stc=1&d=1193070651

Just got a hold of them on the phone (Paciolan) - they are "working on the problem right now". I know who my next ecommerce vendor won't be...

[Dave McDonald]

Just for grins, I let the counter run down without hitting the button again. It got stuck at 1 :)

[wileec]

just got to the count down refresh screen Yea!!!!

[newracer]

I got 20 tabs all trying to load right now. :headbang:

I AM NOT GIVING UP!!!!!!

[wileec]

yea it refreshed to the error

[Hardcor4x4]

Were they waiting for the page to load or did they keep hitting Purchase tickets now?????
She's been online just letting the auto refresh go since 9:30 this morning and got through BUT!!! update. she's screaming and yelling at her computer right now cause she put in her credit card info and hit submit and got the page connot be displayed!!! :spit: now she has no idea if she's got the tickets or not because she can't get a confirmation page or the page where you print the tickets

[Matt]

when it gets to one, click on the URL and hit enter. should refresh.

[jnschwie]

That poor server is rueing the day F5 was invented. :D

[Haire Ball]

Section 238, row 2, seats 1-4. Trying to check out, but it can't find the server!

CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK WITH CHECK OUT!!!

[Matt]

This is a waste of my time... I'm running out of beer and patience!!!

[Yota]

I saw at least two servers, ev14 and ev15

x2

[jnschwie]

In theory, these tickets should have been gone 30 minutes ago...

[Yota]

I think of the page cannot be displayed message as a sort of a (server) busy signal. Just keep F5-ing.

[Matt]

Section 238, row 2, seats 1-4. Trying to check out, but it can't find the server!

http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7312&stc=1&d=1193070651

Just got a hold of them on the phone (Paciolan) - they are "working on the problem right now". I know who my next ecommerce vendor won't be...


Fantastic seats, those will be worth a bundle!!!

[starbreaker666]

yep.. call stubhub.

[ColoradoXJ13]

In theory, these tickets should have been gone 30 minutes ago...

They were, scalpers got all 20,000 to each game. What happened to the other 35,000 per game, there are what, like 236 season ticket holders?

[longboy]

In theory, my F5 key should be broken. But it keeps on kickin'.

[ColoradoSkier]

In theory, these tickets should have been gone 30 minutes ago...

Except you can't get to the checkout screen!!!!

[ColoradoXJ]

This is a waste of my time... I'm running out of beer and patience!!!

i want :beer:

i'm :lmao: at all the guys in the GIS lab at school who are freaking out right now, running multiple computers trying to get tickets. heh heh

[Hardcor4x4]

back to the counting down auto refresh screen. think i'll just let it go and do it's own work...................... errrrr.

..........





........

...



.....
crap



Page connot be displayed

[Yota]

In theory, these tickets should have been gone 30 minutes ago...

Yeah. The servers are probably not down. People are probably getting on - just not most of the people on this board.

IBTIXGONEALREADY

[TJay]

I'm so thankful I have a new HD TV, cheap beer, and a gas fireplace. It's gonna make my game watching experience much better.

I was at the NLCS clincher and it was fun, but the actual experience of following wtf is going on with the game wasn't as great as it is on TV

[jnschwie]

They were, scalpers got all 20,000 to each game. What happened to the other 35,000 per game, there are what, like 236 season ticket holders?

MLB and the Red Sox lay claim to a bunch. Gotta get those hollywood types in.

In theory, that means there should be some Fenway tickets for Colorado fans, but :shrug:

[ColoradoXJ13]

Well, if ColoradoSkier got tickets, the other 99 of us are f'd

[Jeff Mason]

My boss next door is getting thorugh - just passed the screen with the letter identifier on it... I keep getting hung up on 4 bars just trying to get in :(

[Haire Ball]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Yota]

Got the hold page again - the one with the counter at the bottom. :(

Haven't seen that page since like 9:50 am - and then it was only on ev15. On ev14 now.

No wait - it now says ev8 (haven't seen that one) and back to page not displayed. Ugh. :(

I'm guessing that ev8 is the server that dishes out the please hold page. :shrug:

[ColoradoXJ13]

I may never go to a rockies game again after this fiasco

[newracer]

Just got the refresh screen two times in a row. :rolleyes:

Hey it's an improvement.

[longboy]

I've been on the counter page since about 10:05 and refreshing on 2 browsers. I can't even remember what game I was trying for.

[ColoradoXJ]

apparently, tickets are starting to show up on ebay... :P

[Hardcor4x4]

Well, if ColoradoSkier got tickets, the other 99 of us are f'd

He doesn't have confirmation though. he tried to check out and it couldn't find the server.

[jnschwie]

I'm so thankful I have a new HD TV, cheap beer, and a gas fireplace. It's gonna make my game watching experience much better.

I was at the NLCS clincher and it was fun, but the actual experience of following wtf is going on with the game wasn't as great as it is on TV

Are you kidding? The NLCS was amazing. I'd pay double to experience that again.

[Matt]

Is something going to say they're sold out. This is getting stupid!

[ColoradoXJ13]

the little green firefox bar is messing with me, it keeps jumping like it is actually going to load a page, then I get "connection has timed out"

[willyb]

Maybe I'll try later today. I'm done for now. Good luck everybody!

[Dave McDonald]

Work just blocked the site.

[Matt]

F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

[ColoradoXJ13]

Work just blocked the site.


Probably when the same site is loaded 10,000 times in the same office it auto-blocks it...:D

[josh j]

I want the last hour of my life back.....

[formatt]

oh you poor bastards.. :D

[Cruzin Illusion]

I have been on the count down screen over and over for 10 minutes.

[Haire Ball]

Just got the refresh screen two times in a row. :rolleyes:

Hey it's an improvement.

Or a bad sign. :(

[ColoradoSkier]

It didn't recognize my login from mlb.com - I wonder if I need a separate account for this sales system...

[Volcom]

Actually, I'm surprised my employer hasn't blocked that website.

We did. The log file keeps growing and growing :D

[OrangeCrush]

have 20 countdowns running at once maybe one of them will get through

[Tiffany]

I have been on the refresh screen for 10 minutes or so now...

[Matt]

This sucks! :thumbsdown:

[OrangeCrush]

at least I have a connection at mlb NY office and can buy some at those outrageous prices :P

[Hardcor4x4]

Anyone else gone to Ebay yet and look at all the bids on the tickets onsale they have there already?

[longboy]

I just had a bran muffin and 3 cups of coffee about 20 minutes ago. I can't try much longer.

[newracer]

oh you poor bastards.. :D
I am glad we could be your entertainment this morning.



























































Go draw some landscapes!!!!!! :flipoff2:

[Matt]

4 beers, up 22 hours and pissed, it may be time for bed!

[formatt]

I just had a bran muffin and 3 cups of coffee about 20 minutes ago. I can't try much longer.

company laptop in the "official office"...

[ColoradoXJ13]

i give up, good luck all

[bigkuh]

Anyone else gone to Ebay yet and look at all the bids on the tickets onsale they have there already?


512.00 for the rockpile on ebay!!!

[formatt]

I am glad we could be your entertainment this morning.

Go draw some landscapes!!!!!! :flipoff2:

mike. really. you have NO idea how entertaining this is.
i'm slammed at the office here but this thread is like a bad accident... i just can't turn away. :spit:

[jnschwie]

It didn't recognize my login from mlb.com - I wonder if I need a separate account for this sales system...

Yeah, I'm sure its different.

BTW, mlb.com is deadly. Once they have your CC number, its just click, click, order, confirm. :eek: :D

[TJay]

Are you kidding? The NLCS was amazing. I'd pay double to experience that again.

Maybe a little. Obviously, I'm not going to get tix so I'm preparing myself.

It was amazing being part of it. I wouldn't pay double to experience it again.

[Oscar]

This is one time I am glad to be broke and won't be disappointed

[ColoradoSkier]

I got quoted in the DenverPost article - but they called me "Tyler".

[jnschwie]

Maybe a little. Obviously, I'm not going to get tix so I'm preparing myself.

It was amazing being part of it. I wouldn't pay double to experience it again.

:D :beer:

Me being out of town has really softened the blow on this to basically not there. :( :)

[Yota]

http://www.9news.com/news/top-article.aspx?storyid=79459

No news here.

[ColoradoSkier]

Keep trying, because all of the tickets people weren't able to complete a transaction on are being put back into the pool now, if the timers were true...

[Yota]

I wanted WS tix but I couldn't get any so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head. :rolleyes: :(

[ColoradoXJ]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Boston-Red-Sox-10-24-World-Series-Tickets-Game-1_W0QQitemZ330178613312QQihZ014QQcategoryZ16122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

:eek: i know its for fenway, but DDDDAAAAMMM!!!!

[Hardcor4x4]

Keep trying, because all of the tickets people weren't able to complete a transaction on are being put back into the pool now, if the timers were true...
So you don't haven't confirmation yet whether or not you got the tickets?

[Hardcor4x4]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Boston-Red-Sox-10-24-World-Series-Tickets-Game-1_W0QQitemZ330178613312QQihZ014QQcategoryZ16122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

:eek: i know its for fenway, but DDDDAAAAMMM!!!!

LMAO, ends in 28 minutes and no bids yet. :laughing:

[Hippie]

:beer: :beer: :bbq: :popcorn: :drunk2: :beer: :beer:



:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[ColoradoXJ]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-COLORADO-Rockies-WORLD-Series-GAME-4-Coors-Field_W0QQitemZ330176157913QQihZ014QQcategoryZ16122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

for coors field. :rolleyes: i'm sorry, but no freakin way would i pay that much money for baseball tickets, even if i could afford it.

[Yota]

Nice avatar, Hippie. :D

[Matt]

Just

Can't

Stop

Hitting

F5....

[wileec]

got in but could not check out

[Jefe]

anyone get in yet??

[Leon Phelps]

Come on Tix! Had to peform a lap and decide I was not going to get tixs, but still gonna try again.

[Hippie]

Nice avatar, Hippie. :D


You have not seen that till now :flipoff2: You need to venture outside of the

" Webwheeling troll section " er I mean gen chit chat once a year or so :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

[Joker]

anyone get in yet??

Can't even get the countdown anymore.:mad:

[Swat]

It's a crock o Ka ka. Nobody gettin' through here.

[ColoradoSkier]

Nope, no confirmation. Still can't even make a payment. And now IE crashed. Fawk the Rockies.

[newracer]

I am not getting anything, again. :headbang:

[Joker]

http://www.9news.com/graphics/infobox-header.jpghttp://www.9news.com/genthumb.ashx?w=110&h=80&e=5&i=/assetpool/images/070103013607_01-03-07-DevelopingStory.jpgA spokesperson from the Colorado Rockies says tickets for World Series games are still available. Rockies fans can continue to try to purchase tickets. 9NEWS and 9NEWS.com will update this information as it develops. (http://www.9news.com/video/player_live.aspx)

[Hardcor4x4]

You guys stand a better chance probably of entering for free tickets here
http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/mlb/sweepstakes/y2007/ws/form.jsp?c_id=col

1 ticket is given to 1 person for each game.. boy that generous. probably rock pile tickets. but all well I entered.

[Tiffany]

My refresh screens are happily chugging along. Just got a call that said the news reported that the servers went down and there are still tickets available.

[wileec]

got here

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/576227/fullsize/rock-3.jpg

And could not get to the checkout got the network screen.:mad:

[Jefe]

naw, the servers went down?? But they said the site would be able to handle all of this with no problems....... YEAH RIGHT!!!

[Jefe]

That Sux!!

[jnschwie]

OK EVERYBODY.

Let's all stop hitting F5, and we'll do this one at a time. :)
























LOL, constant wailing on F5 is probably what killed ColoradoSkier's order.

[newracer]

Wife said she got a screen that wouldn't even allow to try and purchase tickets. :confused:

[MountainJeep]

got to the countdown screen like 12 times but nothin after that.....

I have 3 computers workin it :-P

[Jeff Mason]

my boss got all they way through the order screen as well, then asked for his Colorado Rockies username and password (or something like that), and it wouldn't take anything. so he got screwed, I believe.

[jnschwie]

Has everyone given up?

BOOO!!!! :laughing:

[Yota]

no

A spokesperson from the Colorado Rockies says tickets for World Series games are still available. Rockies fans can continue to try to purchase tickets. 9NEWS and 9NEWS.com will update this information as it develops.

If you have successfully purchased World Series tickets after 10 a.m. on Monday, e-mail us.

[Tiffany]

nope, pages are all still refreshing...I have a sliver of hope

[jdogg4]

I'm still working it. I thought I had a page pulled and then it timed out on me. It started to load the graphics. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!!!

I might have to set fire to some monfort property up here in greeley.

[Jefe]

Nope!!

[Jefe]

T H I S I S G A Y ! ! ! ! ! ! !!

[wileec]

still trying
2 refresh in a row

[ZappBranigan]

no

A spokesperson from the Colorado Rockies says tickets for World Series games are still available. Rockies fans can continue to try to purchase tickets. 9NEWS and 9NEWS.com will update this information as it develops.

If you have successfully purchased World Series tickets after 10 a.m. on Monday, e-mail us.

Of course they're still available. Nobody can get on to order them! :D

At this rate the World Series will be over before anyone can purchase tickets. :P

[POLLY]

Goooo.....................























BRONCOS!!

[josh j]

This is crap! I'm out...

[coloboardin]

Even if I can get in, I bet the only tickets I can afford (rockpile) are all gone...

[Yota]

9News is reporting that the Rockies spokespersons are denying that the servers crashed.

I can believe that - it's just overwhelmed.

Evenue didn't come close to gracefully handling the traffic here. I think the case can be made that Ticketmaster would have done a better job.

[Jeff Mason]

Even if I can get in, I bet the only tickets I can afford (rockpile) are all gone...


buy 4, sell three, make $$ and see the game...

[Jefe]

This is too funny!!:

~~~~~~ Willing to trade my meat for Rockies tix ~~~~~ - $14500

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reply to: sale-456341101@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-10-22, 11:33AM MDT


I am willing to give up my new, large, 9" penis for Rockies tickets.

My sergeon told me he would do the operation for anyone looking to trade for their tickets for only $14500, so I'm loosing out huge, literally.

Thanks For looking!
Will send pics to serious inquiries only.




Location: Den
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 456341101

[Big Dave]

I think the case can be made that JU's server would have done a better job.

Fixed. :cool:

[Jefe]

Clint is this you??


Rockies Tix

Reply to: see below
Date: 2007-10-22, 11:30AM MDT


Game 3 World Series tix. I am willing to pay face value plus 50% I need 4 seats together, even rock pile seats would be ok.
Clint at (970) 690-5213



it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 456335591

[newracer]

I cannot get anything now, bar just says "waiting for eve15.evenue.net......."

[Hobo Willy]

I'm stuck on the countdown screen!!!

[Yota]

Fixed. :cool:

:lmao:

[Hobo Willy]

Well, maybe noone getting in is a good sign?

114 minutes and counting!!

[jnschwie]

JU got a new server a long time ago. I don't think its crashed since. :confused:

Still sucks, though. But, it sometimes beats working.

[rch]

Anyone from the board have tix yet?

[BFMparts]

Have you successfully purchased Rockies World Series tickets after 10 a.m. on Monday?
Yes 7 Votes
No 359 Votes
I'm not trying to buy tickets 61 Votes

Total Votes Cast: 427

[newracer]

Have you successfully purchased Rockies World Series tickets after 10 a.m. on Monday?
Yes 9 Votes
No 782 Votes
I'm not trying to buy tickets 129 Votes
Total Votes Cast: 920


I am off to get some lunch, might try later.

[Yota]

honestly, though, ***IF*** their servers were really up and running normally, the tickets should have sold out in 15 minutes.

Their servers may not have "crashed" but they may be running extremely slow AND we know there have been problems between the ticket selection and e-commerce (checkout) servers.

[ColoradoSkier]

my boss got all they way through the order screen as well, then asked for his Colorado Rockies username and password (or something like that), and it wouldn't take anything. so he got screwed, I believe.

That happened to me, then the browser crashed. :mad:

[jnschwie]

Call Tom Martino. LOL.

[Hardcor4x4]

9news is doing a livewebcast right now and their showing poeple standing in line at the ticket booth at Coors stadium??????? WTF??

[Mojo_Risin]

HAA - Server too busy error trying to vote "NO" on 9news site.