Stu H
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1 hour ago, Sasperella said:
The 60 refreshes a minute thing.... Maybe you have a worry you can help me with.
During the resale I was refreshing as normal (definitely not more than once a second, I was waiting for the page to load and it wasn't a particilarly fast connection) and only ever getting the holding page. So far, so normal. But when the tickets had sold out, I was still refreshing and getting the holding off for a good few minutes. It was only after enough other people had told me it was all over and I checked online and then went out and back into the page that it said sold out. So what happened? Was I stuck in a loop i'd never have got out of?
I posted this after the resale in April and earlier today, but didn't get any answers and it's been making me fret!
I'm not sure about the timings of when they 'sold out' page goes live. It could be after every ticket is 'allocated' (i.e. on the payment page, but yet to take payment) or after successful payment. So perhaps the full quota were in the sales basket (so to speak) but then payments fail, or people close their browsers, or it crashes, technically freeing up that ticket.
Impossible to know - I'd keep trying until the site says you can't, rather than relying on Twitter etc - people were getting tickets after the official Twitter said they were gone.
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I think I post every year about some of the *potential* tech issues/obstacles - this is based on who I've worked for in the internet industry (and I work in Security, not web design).
SeeTickets will use a number of tech solutions to prevent 'attacks'. Basically mechanisms designed to prevent the site crashing (though they've failed many a time on that!). They need to find ways to allow proper buyers who are F5'ing like mad, but not letting bots or automated apps overload their servers.
If everybody used Refreshinator, there's barely a site on the planet that could cope with a million people doing that level of refreshing. Even if it's built with the best resilience. So my advice would be, don't use it. I can't confirm that they WON'T block your IP address (if they use a DDoS protection product or Web Application Firewall (very likely), which will be a third party app, it might judge it to be attack traffic and block). You do need to be mindful of that. It's not about how many times you can refresh in a given minute etc. I think it's already been mentioned on here that around 60 refreshes a minute has the potential to prevent you progressing).
VPNs won't get you any more joy than normal, other than if you have a number of you in your household trying, it's not the worst idea to split the traffic up across IP address ranges by using VPNs.
Annoyingly, See Tickets still don't seem to fully separate their booking flow from the main landing page servers. So even getting to payment pages can result in crashes. If the page hangs or you get an error message DON'T REFRESH. Click back and try and click through again. You'll have a cached page and won't get chucked back to the start. If you don't think payment has been taken, try the same thing - it should know that a purchase has or hasn't taken place.
One year, See made a screw up and had all their traffic going via one server, not load balanced across two. Which meant you could manually alter your settings and get onto the second one which had almost nobody on it. They're unlikely to make that mistake again! Setting yourself up to only point at one server this year will actually half your chances, not increase them.
There really aren't many tricks. Refresh at a steady rate, get your friends to try to increase chances, pool up with others, then just pray like f**k, if praying is your thing. While See's tech is still not quite Netflix, they've got a lot better and if 'cheating' were possible, trust me, we techies would be all over it and not posting it here, haha!
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54 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:
whats a slack idea ? it was asked earlier ... I'm none the wiser either ?
A collaboration tool, mainly used in companies, but more and more people using it in personal life too
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Ok, this has turned into something I wasn't expecting!
DM me if the Slack idea for ticket sale day appeals!
Ciao.
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30 minutes ago, jimbarkanoodle said:
Mate, if you don't get a ticket, it doesn't matter. Just bunk in, its easy enough to do.
I have never so much as even registered for tickets, yet gone for the last 4 years it has been on. October, or whenever it is the tickets go on sale, is far too early to be getting organised to get a ticket. Besides, breaking in is often far cheaper.
I'd actually love to see my 62 year old Dad, who I go with, trying to get over that fence and out-sprinting the security!
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So, in my continued sulking of having missed out on tickets this year, I've been wracking my brain to think of ideas that could help not just myself, but many others on here, get tickets for next year.
The fact so many lovely genuine people on here want to help others, is awesome and there have been some great success stories. While I think the spreadsheets serve a purpose, it feels like it needs a new approach on the day.
So here's my suggestion (and this is in no way designed to obviously move any traffic away from here, it'd be used purely for ticket sale day!) - has the idea of using Slack been broached?
Basically, you have private invites to a Slack group and then there could be individual private channels of 6 people (ticket max).
Then you have a real-time conversation on the morning of ticket sale with those 6 people, with you all trying for one-another. You can quickly share success, or go to the main channel if/when you get lucky and help others.
The idea is that alongside your other helpers, you have at least 5 other dedicated people trying for you, all with the same aim.
Thoughts? I'm happy to drive it, I do similar in my day job. We use it for incident response and team comms and it's great.
Neil - shout or DM if this goes against any forum T&C's or simply isn't the thing to do!
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I'm really struggling with not being there!
I had to travel from London to Bristol on Wed morning and seeing everyone with backpacks at Paddington was a nightmare.
I feel a wee bit sick every time I think of where I should be at this exact point in time!
Ho hum - roll on October for the 2020 sales!
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The Social announce their winner tomorrow.
Did anyone else on here apart from me, enter?
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Have The Social announced their DJ mix winner?
Can’t see anything
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2 minutes ago, debted said:
Its back I can't believe it what on earth is going on this is unheard of Im sure
Someone on a coffee break in the Glasto offices is pissing themselves at this thread!
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Right, proper piss takers! Haha!
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Heart went crazy for two seconds when I refreshed the page - then came on here - doh!
Oh well, it's eaten up a few days!
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42 minutes ago, maelzoid said:
HeatWorld seems such an odd partner for the festival. It's so vacuous I find it quite vile and cannot imagine that it's typical reader would have much interest in the festival other than an opportunity for 'sleb-spotting'. Maybe that'll work to our advantage...
EE have obviously got a stack of tickets and are punting them to their partners for maximum exposure. It won't be a direct link to Glastonbury.
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1 minute ago, Funkyfairy! said:
I downloaded the metro app, then yestedats newspaper and it was on the first page of the newspaper
weird, came up 2nd time! Thanks!
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22 hours ago, GlastoDrums said:
Not sure if this has been previously mentioned but there is a metro newspaper competition that closes tomorrow at 5pm. You have to enter via the metro app, download today’s paper and then it directs you to another page to enter.
1 pair of tickets to be won.
Tried this - can;t see it, any more info?
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What ones are left to announce then?
The Social DJ comp said 'early June'
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nah, no chance now
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After 2 days of refreshing and clicking 'proceed', I'm about done.
I will try sporadically tomorrow, then that's it.
Sad face.
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1 minute ago, pentura said:
Making alternative plans is the ultimate downfall. The minute you book any other gig / festival / holiday / piss up / Dentist appointment or whatever for those dates....BAMMM the resale will hit
Actually now that I write this, that sounds like a good idea. Quick someone book something for the last week of June!! ?
I have a new job to start in a few weeks, I had a potential start date of 8th July or 24th June. Of course when I missed out on resale tickets, I told them I could start on 24th June. Oh how I would love to be emailing them to tell them to put it back two weeks!
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anyone else still seriously trying?!
I am - and probably will into June! ?
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40 minutes ago, andyb66 said:
There appears to be a considerable amount downheartedness and dejection in the room at the moment. What you all need is some good news.
Well let me tell you, i don't actually have any good news.. But if i get some you guys/girls will be the first to hear it ?
re-sale at 4pm?!
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8 minutes ago, eFestivals said:
not had a reply yet, mebbe they don't want to go...?
Just keep drawing until you get to me, ta, appreciated.
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14 minutes ago, eFestivals said:
2426 entries.
The winner has been mailed.
</cue screaming somewhere
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I even checked my junk email, in complete desperation. Damn you Glastonbury for doing this to me this year!
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Why am I still refreshing web pages?! Just put me out of my misery!
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Very much considering WV for 2020. It'll be my 8th, my second with children (took a 3 month old in 2017) but this time it'll be a 3 year old and a 9 month old.
I've had probably every kind of Glastonbury now; the proper party one (all day and night in the SE and "sleeping" in Pennards) through to Wicket Ground with a wife & baby.
I'll be honest, I want to make the experience as easy as I can and WV ticks lots of boxes in that regard. It's an added expense and people keep telling me the hill is so bad they wouldn't try it with kids (meh, strap 'em to your back, get on with it!).
I'm a pretty seasoned festival go-er, so it's not particularly daunting to do it the 'normal' way, as I have done every time, but if there's some extra comfort, I don't see it as a bad thing. I wouldn't pay for it if I was going without my kids (or even if they were a bit older and could essentially take care of themselves).