Oh my goodness

[Funkyfairy!]

Apologies if this has already been posted - I am nervous enough about tickets this year (had a really rubbish last few months) and this has added to my nervousness

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/ll-tougher-festival-fans/story-19819131-detail/story.html

Good luck everyone - think we're gonna need all the luck we can get !

[stardustjunkie]

I know, it's a scary thought

[jeffie]

Oh bollocks

[whisty]

Anxiety levels rising

[bsolxiv]

F*ck it

[Funkyfairy!]

Some 'interesting'points in the article though that say it doesn't matter about the speed of your broadband, it's about the geographical spread of people applying - can they really do that ?

If yes I am moving to somewhere really remote for the weekend so I have a unique postcode or somehow I show as being in a remote location ;-)

Can someone techie please explain if this is possible ? thanks

[russycarps]

if you dont get a ticket, just bask in the fact that it's nowhere near as good as it used to be...

then down 2 litres of vodka and weep uncontrollably

[Thearg]

So who's still not going for the early coach tickets then!?

[bsolxiv]

Some 'interesting'points in the article though that say it doesn't matter about the speed of your broadband, it's about the geographical spread of people applying - can they really do that ?

If yes I am moving to somewhere really remote for the weekend so I have a unique postcode or somehow I show as being in a remote location ;-)

Can someone techie please explain if this is possible ? thanks

[lendan]

I always assumed it was that high. Good luck everyone

[dingbat2]

Do they mean 1 million new registrations since the last festival, or 1 million people registered in total. If it is the former then that's completely mad.

... If they mean the latter when its still mad but less so - I wonder how many of those registrations are older ones who might not try for tickets this year

Edited September 19, 2013 by dingbat2

[5co77ie]

"Michael Eavis has suggested that the headliners will be bands who have never done so before" - that's different to never played before.

[Moon Monkey]

Number of registrations probably rocketed with bbc coverage last year, making it more radio 1 dogshit mainstream

[russycarps]

Do they mean 1 million new registrations since the last festival, or 1 million people registered in total. If it is the former then that's completely mad.

... If they mean the latter when its still mad but less so - I wonder how many of those registrations are older ones who might not try for tickets this year

[LondonTom]

"Michael Eavis has suggested that the headliners will be bands who have never done so before" - that's different to never played before.

[stardustjunkie]

The article is pretty poorly written anyway, so I wont put too much faith in it.

[dingbat2]

I read as being one million in total, rather than extra.

I actually thought it would be a higher number than that

[milly16]

I can't take it anymore and we haven't even started.

[Field Commander Jefferson]

Unpopular view maybe, but time for a washout year?

[Thearg]

Its got to be a mill this year.

Hopefully most of them wont know about the hoops you have to go through to secure the golden ticket and give up at the first hurdle.

[Guest]

Its got to be a mill this year.

Hopefully most of them wont know about the hoops you have to go through to secure the golden ticket and give up at the first hurdle.

[Thearg]

my brother phoned me up last year, after about half an hour saying

"I don't know what to do, I can't get through"...

"errr... keep trying"..

"but I am trying and I can't get through, I think I'll knock it on the head, it's too difficult"

"what, pressing F5?"

"Having fast or slow broadband does not affect people's chances of getting a ticket. The chances of success are equal."

so someone on a slow connection, that manages one request every 10/20 seconds or so has as good a chance as someone with a fast one, who might be effectively getting through every couple of seconds??

[coma girl]

my brother phoned me up last year, after about half an hour saying

"I don't know what to do, I can't get through"...

"errr... keep trying"..

"but I am trying and I can't get through, I think I'll knock it on the head, it's too difficult"

"what, pressing F5?"

]

[LondonTom]

so someone on a slow connection, that manages one request every 10/20 seconds or so has as good a chance as someone with a fast one, who might be effectively getting through every couple of seconds??

[eFestivals]

Apologies if this has already been posted - I am nervous enough about tickets this year (had a really rubbish last few months) and this has added to my nervousness

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/ll-tougher-festival-fans/story-19819131-detail/story.html

Good luck everyone - think we're gonna need all the luck we can get !

As ever, I have trouble believing those quoted numbers.

If that many people were in the sale year after year then most of us wouldn't succeed in getting tickets year after year.