[Zolomon]

The ticketing system was horrible, it really was not fair this year around.

[sevg]

Out of curiosity, what was horrible and unfair about it? (Genuine question, I don’t know anything about how it was done.)

[jazzyjackson]

It's really a pretty strong web of trust system, if you know anyone who's volunteered previous years there are vouchers floating around by word of mouth.

If you don't know anyone in the community, purchasing a ticket online is a crapshoot. IMO this is a feature not a bug.

[weinzierl]

From what I have heard it used to be quite easy to get tickets in the previous post-pandemic years. Before the pandemic and especially before Leipzig it used to be very hard sometimes.

Now is the first year that seems to me where demand picked up it was not a given to get a ticket. This might have contributed to find the system unfair.

[zhouzhao]

Also curios, since I got 3 trickets for me and friends. It's as always, go somewhere with a good ping, refresh at the specific time. Worked in every sale..

[Eduard]

first come first serve principle on three occasions.

refresh the browser a few milliseconds too late, and you will not be able to get a ticket.

The "slide the slider" captcha is an accessibility barrier.

[dewey]

If you are part of a hacker space you could always get tickets through that quite easily. I think it’s great that they are supporting their original core audience like that.

[pantalaimon]

Those hacker spaces only get a limited contingent too, and the hacker space will expect you to help set up their assembly if you get the ticket through them.

[croemer]

I tried to become member of my local one and they never replied to my application for membership.

[DanielleMolloy]

The underlying problem is the lack of tickets.

The only way accommodate more attendees and grow would have been to move permanently to a fairground like Leipzig. Unfortunately, there seems to be no willingness to do so. I found the Leipzig events phenomenal and would like to understand the reasons behind this decision, but can only find speculation.. maybe fairgrounds are simply too expensive?

Leipzig’s hotel situation is worse due to having to connect to the fairground outside town. However, due to Leipzigs location at the intersection of two major historic European trade routes (fyi: via imperii and via regia, still has the largest head railway station in Europe), it has much better connections than Hamburg to the rest of Germany and Europe, including Berlin. Also Leipzig (and the fairground itself) have train connections to three airports including BER..

[dlmotol]

The hotel in Leipzig was easy because the tram went straight to the city center 24/4 .

As far as I know people don't like the huge space and I agree. The magic of the Congress in Berlin or Hamburg wasn't there in Leipzig.

Also the logistics center of the CCC is somewhere around Berlin.

The size of Leipzig also motivated a few not so fitting people to that conference too.

[towawy]

I'm also still searching. If anyone is looking to part with a ticket, feel free to send me an offen. Contact is in my profile

[gsich]

The system was the same as last year.

[jdndene]

How was it not fair? While I would prefer limiting the attendence by price and not by come first, get first, I understand their reasoning

But getting a ticket this year was very easy, I got three on two separate occasions.

[seb1204]

By price? So only the rich kids can go? Sounds really the opposite attitude than what I hear from CCC folks