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  1. That bit is 100% true - they were telling people at signings only a few weeks ago they weren't playing at all. Suddenly changed in the last two weeks.
  2. It's weird really. There is no edginess at the top of the bill at all, everyone is a pretty safe and ok booking. But that's it really; nothing more. Not that it matters too much, I'm just worried elsewhere is going to be way busier than normal. I can see West Holts being dangerously cramped for Justice if that Sunday plays out.
  3. That's quite a big risk actually - I hadn't thought of that. Now the idea that changing files on your machine to get tickets is out there and effective its not a big stretch to imagine scammers creating a fake booking page and sending people to it. In the desperation for tickets I can guarantee people will fall for it. The PR fall out from that would be huge. They might be better off acknowledging the issue now and making an example of those who purchased 50+ via the exploit and taking a firmer stance in the future.
  4. Devils advocate on the vibe thing... Like it or not, it has changed over the years I've been going. I think a lot will agree that the vibe around certain areas of the site in the early 90s was not a good one and be thankful it changed. It's shifted again in recent years, especially after covid and not in a good way. There are different types of organised groups hoovering up tickets; if you look around social media there is something to suggest that one of those groups are the type that are likely to be ketted up morons who wee on the land and get a bit fighty - some of that has had an especially high profile in the press this week. You could argue that those people are a negative for the festival overall and fewer of them being successful in the ticket sale would be better. But no one has a god given right to go the festival and the thing is going to change over time. Its the natural order of things.
  5. Which comes back to the 'where does it end' argument. It feels that, until recently, you have had a good chance of success with commonly available things - mostly a laptop and a bit of knowledge. I get the argument that anyone so inclined can gain that knowledge and have a good chance. I think we are past that now; having a lot of sessions, internet connections and people trying for you is a requirement to even get a look and - and it is only going to get worse now that people are charging for access. The current system has had a good innings, but it's heading towards the end of its life. We're due a shake up, even if it just shifts the advantage to a different group.
  6. I mean it's pretty much guaranteed now? There are plenty of people out there saying they got tickets by paying someone £50 and that's a whole new thing. The genie is out of the bottle and it's now a known thing that you can pay a few quid and get a ticket. Even when this particular exploit is patched the nature of the current system does make it brute forcible and now you'll have people willing to do just that, either being successful or getting scammed. It's bad for everyone - if this happens your big syndicate isn't getting in either.
  7. Same reason we have the registration system in the first place - the Eavae care about the long term future of the festival over a yearly sell out. They knew that if touting carried on it would only have one type of attendee and that's no good a few years down the line. With exploits now known on the current system it won't be long before we see scams originating to guarantee a ticket. Festival will definitely act then. You can mitigate that one pretty easily. Registrations are manually approved as it is, so it's not a challenge to pull up all existing registrations at that address and see if they are the same person. Sure there are fringe cases like twins, people with multiple address but they can be dealt with (such as forcing tickets to go the registered address with a long drawn out system to change it after allocation). Won't be perfect but there are huge flaws with the current system too. Perhaps all we really need is a pre-batching of registrations before the current refresh fest, but only allowing one session per group.
  8. I think we are due a change - and I say that as someone who has been successful 5 ticket sales on the trot. Success in the current system is becoming less about luck and more by the resources you have available; more devices, faster internet and more people. All things that favour a particular demographic at the expense of another which isn’t what the festival is about and isn’t good for its long term health. I question how many are actually tying for tickets. If we take the 2.5 million the BBC claim but say the average person has 5 connections (taking into account some who are just one vs those who are very organised with 20+) then it could well be that there are fewer than 500,000 actual humans attempting. I play the game; I have over 10 connections trying to bag me a ticket across various devices and networks and it’s successful so far. But I recognise it’s unfair and you have to acknowledge that there is an environmental impact to all this in terms of scaling up the server capacity. Now there are huge groups of 100s of people who don’t know each other aside form ticket day and known exploits its feels like time for a change. I don’t think a queue or a ballot system is the answer, Glastonbury needs something bespoke. Perhaps something like: 9am on ticket day: log in, enter up to six registrations into a pre ballot. Individual registrations may only be in one entry and each person may only have one registration each. 9.30: ballots are randomly assigned the opportunity to pay a deposit, with payments processing in order. It still rewards being there at the right time, but it removes the impact of having 10s of connections and 100s of people trying so that the little, less tech savvy person still has a chance. Whatever the answer maybe, it does feel the days of the current system being fit for purpose are numbered.
  9. Seen quite a few reports on Twitter, Reddit & elsewhere that people were charging between £20 - £100 to secure tickets, presumably via the hosts exploit. Seems some suggestion that it's not new and has been going on a year or two, it's just only now that word has got out. There are definitely places that are trying to keep a lid on discussion about it.
  10. Imagine the chaos if they made unannounced changes like that. Would be hilarious in a way. Maybe a mixup would do us good.
  11. Yeah, there are ways around it. But not everyone has credit cards or whatever or may not be able to get one in two weeks. Doesn't impact me so I'm not arsed, but it might change the dynamic a bit. Or it might not. Who knows?
  12. It's fine if you are booking for yourself, but if you are part of a group it might be an issue. If you are trying to six people, you need £450 to cover all the deposits. If all six are trying you don't know who will get through first so all six need the full amount to cover the deposits. For a lot of people that's easier at the start of the month, before they've spend money on general life expenses, than toward the end.
  13. The argument I've seen is that its having the cash to pay multiple deposits that their mates would then pay back. If you are doing six then you've gotta fork out £450, which is easier at the start of the month than after 2 weeks of spending on shopping and generally surviving.
  14. From the sound of it you were going to get 100s, if not 1000s, getting through to the booking page and finding they don't have a valid registration despite following the instructions back in August. Delaying getting in £10m of deposits by a few weeks isn't something the festival are going to do lightly. It's clearly a big issue on their end. Interesting that some of the big booking groups are kicking off, saying they won't have the cash to pay 6 deposits towards the end of the month. It could change the dynamic somewhat.
  15. They were pushing out Facebook Ads to get people to sign up for access to early bird tickets as late as last week. The land definitely took a battering - visited Jodrell a few weeks ago and they've laid a load of new turf and have signs up apologising for the state of things after 'a brilliant (but muddy) bluedot', so there is certainly an element of truth that the ground needs to recover. They've got good financial backing and the festival is partly justified as outreach by the university so I'm perhaps more confident it will return than I would be if most other festivals took a break like this.
  16. Checks at GM have always been on the light side; it's a condition of the premises licence that they don't allow own drink in but it's nowhere near as enforced as most other festivals. Either way, the security chap stood in the middle of the Walled Garden entrance got a stern talking too from a festival official and was never seen again. I saw someone get stopped on Thursday for trying to bring a fork through into the arena. God knows what that security guard would have done if he found you could buy a literal axe from the Tools for Self Reliance stand.
  17. Info packs are out. Main thing is alcohol must be brought in on the first run from the car park...
  18. I skipped Elton on Sunday and it struck me how chilled the rest of the site was for those few hours. Walked straight up the Ribbon Tower with no queue and watched a bit of Alt-J from up there, went to Stonebridge for a Guinness, had loads of random chats with people. The crowed for QOTSA were such a good spirited bunch - none of the hard work or aggro I had seen at other points. Whole weekend was, of course, amazing. But those few hours were the best I've had on the farm for years.
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  20. I would be surprised if the heavy rain overnight caused too many issues. We've had 20mm of rain here in North Wales over the last 24 hours (and another 20mm or so over the week before) and the ground is still absolutely rock solid. Some roads flooded because drains were blocked, but the farm land is all good.
  21. Some agreement forming this morning on the overall flavour of weather to expect: Until Tuesday: Heavy showers. GFS is too low resolution to manage these, so just puts slabs of rain across entire regions. What we will likely see are heavy localised downpours; so the farm my score a direct hit or stay completely dry. Warmer than average, but not as hot as this week. Tuesday - Thursday. Likelihood that we will see some rain at some point but probably light. Remaining warm. Friday onwards: Early signs of a southerly influence brining some heat. Still very far out. I think it's going to be ok.
  22. Honestly that article is a wild ride. Wasn't expecting the sudden mention of measles at all. All the talk of water bottles then BAM measles in the next paragraph left me feeling bewildered.
  23. Met office have touched on Glastonbury in their 10 day trend. Also provide a far better explainer of the Box & Whisker chart than I ever could. Gist is showers early next week, increasing sign of drier weather into the weekend of the festival itself. Generally warm, especially at night.
  24. The met office say... It's too early...
  25. Still bags of uncertainty at the moment around the specifics of what will happen. Latest Meteograms are showing a higher chance of rain Monday/Tuesday, with classic sunshine and showers Wed-Sat and Sunday likely to be dry. Temperatures are looking to be low to mid 20s throughout. Whilst 50% or so of the model runs are showing some light rain, with the odd outlier for something heavier, quite a few are showing none at all. It really is all to play for at the moment; the next few days may start to trend toward a drier regime (as has happened frequently the last few weeks) or stick with sunshine & showers.
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