Sasperella Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 5 hours ago, shuttlep said: I was on my iPhone , got to the page , hit refresh , got to the next page. Realised I didn't have the details ready. Went up stairs got a pen . Wrote them down . I then entered these. I thought this will have timed out now. Boom it went through . It now said enter card details my wallet was up stairs again . Off I walked up stairs got my wallet, came back down entered my details. Boom I had s ticket. Haha, I'm just amazed that you could forget to have your card next to you when you started refreshing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuttlep Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, Sasperella said: Haha, I'm just amazed that you could forget to have your card next to you when you started refreshing! I only refreshed once. I wasn't expecting to get anywhere near the ticket page. I've tried and failed at this so many times . I didn't expect today to be any different. Refreshed once straight on ticket got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 51 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said: Nerd alert! True....I'm already planning my approach for 2020 on the back of this. Perhaps I need to get out more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Nobby Burton Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 IIRC didn't the main sale take over 50 minutes to sell out, and this was attributed to loads of people using refreshinator slowing everything down? Previous couple of years had been 25/30 mins max, so it wouldn't be surprising if they'd taken steps to counteract such apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 4 hours ago, DeanoL said: So it stands to reason that there will be a point at which your manual refreshing becomes so fast it's assumed to be a bot. They shouldn't set the detect rate at that which can be reasonably easily achieved by a human though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madyaker Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 6 hours ago, shuttlep said: I was on my iPhone , got to the page , hit refresh , got to the next page. Realised I didn't have the details ready. Went up stairs got a pen . Wrote them down . I then entered these. I thought this will have timed out now. Boom it went through . It now said enter card details my wallet was up stairs again . Off I walked up stairs got my wallet, came back down entered my details. Boom I had s ticket. all on my phone whilst doddering around Hahaha reading this would've pissed me right if I didn't get tickets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidd Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I had the buy page open and reg numbers entered but no matter what it wouldn't let me enter my card details. Was in at 9:07 and thought we'd nailed it, gutted is an understatement and am planning a Barcelona break for that weekend. First one since 2006 i've missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetmark Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I was hammering away at 1-2 times a second and i got through today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raincatcher Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Mr.Tease said: Yes, but I suppose at different speeds. I thought I was rapidly refreshing until I read this thread- doubt if I clocked up more than one refresh per second for the most part, you fast-fingered fiends! The holding page did indeed switch from: http://glastonbury.seetickets.com/event/glastonbury-2017/worthy-farm/1100001 to http://glastonbury.seetickets.com/event/glastonbury-2017/worthy-farm/1035046 midway through. I don't think it was a straight forward server switch, because if you went back to the start (and typed in glastonbury.seetickets.com), then you'd go pack on the 1100001 path. 1035046 showed its face right about the time that people started reporting unavailability problems. I got the 1035046 url at 9:04 when I went through to the registration page, had issues with proceeding to the payment details page however was successful in the end. I think they may have added an extra step for allocating the tickets from the reg details to payment details pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosj Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I got moved from the 01 to the 46 URL quite soon, and didn't get the original URL even when I typed in the shorter URL of Glastonbury.seetickets.com. The issue I had was on Chrome, refreshing at less than once a second, I got the ticket page in 10 minutes, yet every entry gave me a "tickets aren't available" red text, no matter which of the groups I was trying for was typed in. Eventually, I got the message that the registration numbers had been used as the others in our group were successful, but I still got this no tickets available text, when plainly the tickets HADN'T been sold out at that point, and the people whose details I was using DIDN'T have tickets. The red text appeared on the ticket page, it didn't resolve back to the standard sold out page. I could even ctrl f5 and maintain the ticket page to try again. Anybody else see this? Cookies and pop ups were allowed in the browser. Gutted for one of our groups because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebella Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Once you got through to the payment page they reserved your tickets for about 3 minutes. Towards the end of the sale there would have been a few tickets going back into the pot which would explain why there was poor availability towards the end before it had sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 hours ago, parsonjack said: They shouldn't set the detect rate at that which can be reasonably easily achieved by a human though. If that is the only detect rate then it's easily subverted by a human too, and I think that'd be kinda the point. Honestly don't see it as anyone being wronged - it's just luck of the draw. The Glasto info section says that tickets bought using multi-hit software will be cancelled so we'll see if that happens to anyone pressing F5 constantly but I'd be amazed if it does. The Refreshinator was going at like 0.01 second a go and nobody is getting near that on their keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoL Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 3 hours ago, parsonjack said: They shouldn't set the detect rate at that which can be reasonably easily achieved by a human though. There will always be a balance though. My pages take longer than a second to load after I hit refresh so there's no way I could anywhere near 60 times per minute. And remember whatever they set it at, someone can just set an auto-refresher to that limit. So if it's 59 times a minute you can set the program to that and everyone can use it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flysheet Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Raincatcher said: I got the 1035046 url at 9:04 when I went through to the registration page, had issues with proceeding to the payment details page however was successful in the end. I think they may have added an extra step for allocating the tickets from the reg details to payment details pages. I think that happened to me as well. Clicked buy several times before the payment screen came up. When I confirmed the order, nothing happened, like it had frozen, then it timed out. Went back to reg page but couldn't get forward again, but it said my details had already purchased. Couldn't do anything till the email came through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2SO Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Just happened when I tested it. I have pretty quick internet, and a fast finger, so I managed to hit it within about 30 secs! That is very worrying. What even is the problem of refreshing really fast for Glasto tickets? It's not like touts can get a hold of them like normal gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verrymerry Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, K2SO said: Just happened when I tested it. I have pretty quick internet, and a fast finger, so I managed to hit it within about 30 secs! That is very worrying. What even is the problem of refreshing really fast for Glasto tickets? It's not like touts can get a hold of them like normal gigs. It's to stop people from using multi-hit software, but you'd think the rate would be set a little higher than was achievable for a person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somecoolusername Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, K2SO said: What even is the problem of refreshing really fast for Glasto tickets? It's not like touts can get a hold of them like normal gigs. Well they aren't supposed to block those that are just refreshing fast, if they are doing so manually. The idea is to block multi-hit software, which refreshes faster than a human can, thus giving an unfair advantage to those using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2SO Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 minute ago, somecoolusername said: Well they aren't supposed to block those that are just refreshing fast, if they are doing so manually. The idea is to block multi-hit software, which refreshes faster than a human can, thus giving an unfair advantage to those using it. 1 minute ago, verrymerry said: It's to stop people from using multi-hit software, but you'd think the rate would be set a little higher than was achievable for a person But I still don't understand why the software would really be a problem for GF, provided my understanding of it is correct (That is basically refreshes a page REALLY FAST)... Like, if you DO get through, there already measures in place to stop those fuckhead touts getting anything from it, such as the reg numbers and photo IDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, somecoolusername said: Well they aren't supposed to block those that are just refreshing fast, if they are doing so manually. The idea is to block multi-hit software, which refreshes faster than a human can, thus giving an unfair advantage to those using it. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somecoolusername Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, K2SO said: But I still don't understand why the software would really be a problem for GF, provided my understanding of it is correct (That is basically refreshes a page REALLY FAST)... Like, if you DO get through, there already measures in place to stop those fuckhead touts getting anything from it, such as the reg numbers and photo IDs Even if they are buying tickets for themselves, rather than touting, the system is supposed to be as 'fair' as possible, ie everyone competing on a level playing field. If using software designed to send thousands of requests per minute, blocking up the servers, it renders the system unfair. Yeah, some people probably have faster fingers than others, but they are still competing on more or less the same basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2SO Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Just now, somecoolusername said: Even if they are buying tickets for themselves, rather than touting, the system is supposed to be as 'fair' as possible, ie everyone competing on a level playing field. If using software designed to send thousands of requests per minute, blocking up the servers, it renders the system unfair. Yeah, some people probably have faster fingers than others, but they are still competing on more or less the same basis. I see. I suppose they should have set the bar a lot higher than that then, because I just did an online click speed test, and I can do 6 clicks a second, haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somecoolusername Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 minute ago, K2SO said: I see. I suppose they should have set the bar a lot higher than that then, because I just did an online click speed test, and I can do 6 clicks a second, haha! Well this is the question - are they locking out people that are manually refreshing, and just doing so very fast? I wasn't trying for tickets today so I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verrymerry Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, somecoolusername said: Even if they are buying tickets for themselves, rather than touting, the system is supposed to be as 'fair' as possible, ie everyone competing on a level playing field. If using software designed to send thousands of requests per minute, blocking up the servers, it renders the system unfair. Yeah, some people probably have faster fingers than others, but they are still competing on more or less the same basis. ^ this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 minute ago, somecoolusername said: Even if they are buying tickets for themselves, rather than touting, the system is supposed to be as 'fair' as possible, ie everyone competing on a level playing field. If using software designed to send thousands of requests per minute, blocking up the servers, it renders the system unfair. Yeah, some people probably have faster fingers than others, but they are still competing on more or less the same basis. Exactly. If you're going to make the playing field as level as you can you might as well remove all elements of perseverance, skill, endurance and determination and deploy a simple ballot - which ironically is being voted heavily against in a separate thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsonjack Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, somecoolusername said: Well this is the question - are they locking out people that are manually refreshing, and just doing so very fast? I wasn't trying for tickets today so I have no idea. It seems so. F5 more than 60 times in a minute and the holding page loads until you either wait 20 seconds for it to refresh, or slow your F5 rate before you hit the limit. Problem is that in a sale scenario you don't know if you are on the holding page because of overall demand, or because they don't like your fast fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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