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Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#31

Post by kzrdude »

StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

Usually you'll have to get a ticket a month in advance. I'm just speculating, but the conference already has a lot of attendees and maybe doesn't feel it gets better with more. And word of mouth seems to work pretty well..

That said: https://tickets.events.ccc.de/34c3/

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#32

Post by _wmd »

StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

CCC is so heavily oversubscribed that there is an insane race every year when tickets are released, usually involving downtime for the ticketing app. If finding the app itself already presents too much effort for you (hint: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ccc%20tickets ), it's unlikely you'll succeed in acquiring a ticket.

Your best bet is to source one through some affiliated group, if you know of one, otherwise spend a few hours familiarizing yourself with the ticket app, and have at least 2 browsers with at least 10 tabs each open on the app ready for the second a release happens

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#33

Post by d33 »

StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

It IS shitty marketing, I do agree. You might be interested in their Wiki:

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki

And they announced CFP on the blog, where they communicate a lot of news:

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=34c3%20cfp

Given that they manage to attract thousands of hackers anyway, I guess it's just not their priority to make this clear.

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#34

Post by StavrosK »

d33 wrote: post #33
StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

It IS shitty marketing, I do agree. You might be interested in their Wiki: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki And they announced CFP on the blog, where they communicate a lot of news: https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=34c3%20cfp Given that they manage to attract thousands of hackers anyway, I guess it's just not their priority to make this clear.

I was on that wiki earlier. I only managed to find the location when I clicked on the "travel" link:

> The Congress takes place at the Messe Leipzig / Congress Center Leipzig (CCL) near Wiederitzsch and Eutritsch

> Given that they manage to attract thousands of hackers anyway, I guess it's just not their priority to make this clear.

I guess that's exactly the reason.

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#35

Post by StavrosK »

_wmd wrote: post #32
StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

CCC is so heavily oversubscribed that there is an insane race every year when tickets are released, usually involving downtime for the ticketing app. If finding the app itself already presents too much effort for you (hint: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ccc%20tickets ), it's unlikely you'll succeed in acquiring a ticket. Your best bet is to source one through some affiliated group, if you know of one, otherwise s…

Why would I need a billion tabs? Don't you only need the one?

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#36

Post by StavrosK »

kzrdude wrote: post #31
StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

Usually you'll have to get a ticket a month in advance. I'm just speculating, but the conference already has a lot of attendees and maybe doesn't feel it gets better with more. And word of mouth seems to work pretty well.. That said: https://tickets.events.ccc.de/34c3/

Yeah, if they're already oversubscribed it makes sense that bringing more people in would have zero benefit for them (unless they wanted to raise the price). Thanks for the link!

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#37

Post by _wmd »

StavrosK wrote: post #35
_wmd wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CCC is so heavily oversubscribed that there is an insane race every year when tickets are released, usually involving downtime for the ticketing app. If finding the app itself already presents too much effort for you (hint: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ccc%20tickets ), it's unlikely you'll succeed in acquiring a ticket. Your best bet is to source one through some affiliated group, if you know of one, otherwise s…

Why would I need a billion tabs? Don't you only need the one?

When you're competing against bots (or people, not sure which) making a few hundred HTTP POSTs/sec, having a few extra horses in the race helps immensely, especially when >50% of those requests are going to fail anyway

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#38

Post by StavrosK »

_wmd wrote: post #37
StavrosK wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would I need a billion tabs? Don't you only need the one?

When you're competing against bots (or people, not sure which) making a few hundred HTTP POSTs/sec, having a few extra horses in the race helps immensely, especially when >50% of those requests are going to fail anyway

You're assuming I wouldn't just write my own script ;)

Re: 34th Chaos Communication Congress Live Streams

#39

Post by jlg23 »

d33 wrote: post #33
StavrosK wrote: post #28

Does anyone know how you can actually attend? The talks look interesting and I'd like to look into going next year, but I spent a few minutes online and on their site, blog and wiki, and couldn't even find where the damn thing is , let alone a ticket website! It's like they don't want people discovering it, I can't figure out why they don't have a more accessible marketing website.

It IS shitty marketing, I do agree. You might be interested in their Wiki: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki And they announced CFP on the blog, where they communicate a lot of news: https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=34c3%20cfp Given that they manage to attract thousands of hackers anyway, I guess it's just not their priority to make this clear.

> It IS shitty marketing

It grew by word of mouth to, IIRC, 12.000 attendees last year; it outgrew several locations and is now at a size where it is actually hard to find a location that can house the event.

Maybe it is not "shitty marketing" but an attempt at crowd control ;)

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