ANATOMY OF A TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT 1) Initial flurry of selfings, ranging from tour date predictions to mistaken venues 2) Complaints about tour dates, venues, ticket price, and the band itself 3) Noob influx, as noted by the second round of selfings - multiple orders on same card, etc. General inability to read instructions becomes apparent 4) Sporadic conflicts erupt over perceived abuse of the lottery system, coupled with demands that a merit system / old mail order system be put in place 5) Noob anxiety escalates as the lottery closes. Within hours, people demand to know when the results will be announced. 6) General chaos ensues, as holds appear and disappear from cards, cards are lost, ex-girlfriends cancel cards. 7) Results come out. The Haves mercilessly taunt the Have Nots. More fights break out over multiple orders, and scalpers flood the board. Noobs begin to chart StubHub prices. 8) Preparation begins for the great TicketMaster rodeo. Practice threads pop up, along with potential backdoor links. Noobs crowing about scoring on StubHub, and not having to worry about TM. 9) Ticketmaster onsale. Server crashes immediately, 23 f*** TM threads simultaneously appear on PT. 10) Three minutes later, all shows sold out. First 15 pages of PT consumed by ticket trade offers. People lick their wounds, exchange TM queue wait times. Back door link folks rejoice, thank Bassman. 11) PT slowly devolves back to normal. Random outbreaks of anger and selfings occur as ticket trades go south.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:56:25 +0000
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