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Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

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Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

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Post by richiezc »

china wrote: post #13

I just got sent back to the registration screen after 6 minutes... no luck.

fvck me too, clearly they could implement a lottery system but then they wouldn't get all the press: "google i/o sells out again in record time - site mostly doesn't crash this year!"

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

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Post by robflynn »

schuon wrote: post #15
robflynn wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would think you would need multiple Google+ accounts. Their language on the site says that connecting multiple times from the same account will reset your position in the queue.

yeah, that would have been the plan. But anyone has a ticket so far? Maybe their backend totally broke down.

From what I understand with talking to a few folks, they're released in batches of 100 or so every few minutes. So, in theory, it's possible to "run out of tickets" only to have another batch of them be released in the system a few minutes later.

I'm sitting in the queue and just got kicked back after 6 minutes and started the process again.

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

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Post by kevincrane »

Clicked Register right at 7am, spun for 6 minutes, booted back to the home screen. Jesus, I've been to massive music-festivals that were easier to get into than this conferences. Plus those you can at least scalp tickets later if you need to.

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

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Post by kristjan »

lgleason wrote: post #16
bthomas wrote: post #9

Something won't keep me signed in. I'm all signed in, go to "waiting for an available ticket", and there's a "Sign In" link at the top

same here....I'm assuming that it is still working correctly but may be wrong.

Opening google.com/+ shows the cookie is still intact. There's also a ping every 30 seconds to https://developers.google.com/events/register/waitlist/statu... that returns {"status":"waiting"}. Trying that URL from a remote console returns {"status":"reregister"}, so the Sign In header appears spurious.

Re: Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT

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Post by Andrex »

Chronicling as it happens...

1. First time, got into the "Waiting for available ticket..." screen, got kicked after about a minute.

2. Second time, got into the "Waiting for available ticket..." screen, got kicked after six minutes (maximum time you can spend on that screen.) Was redirected to a "No More Tickets Available" page, but went back to the main page and saw it said "There might be tickets still available!"

3. Third time, got into the "Waiting for available ticket..." screen, kicked after six minutes again, but was redirected back to the main page and told "There might be tickets still available!"

4. Fourth time, see third time.

5. Fifth time, see fourth time.

6. Sixth time, see fifth time.

7. Seventh time, see sixth time.

8. Eighth time, see seventh time, except when I got kicked I was also told I needed to sign into Google+ again.

9. Ninth time, got to the Google Wallet screen after a minute, paid, and registered! I'm going to Google I/O 2013!!

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