Got a ticket reserved, but then Google Wallet was failing to load my credit card data. After 4:30 of waiting, it finally kicked in and I kicked off a purchase, only to have the timer run out before it finished.
So now I've got a pending $900 charge on my Google Wallet account. Guess I get to see if that actually goes through and I get a ticket.
Edit: Google has cancelled the $900 charge and I now do not have a ticket. Cool. /s
Got in, pressed purchase, got the modal, pressed the pay button, "Your purchase will complete momentarily ...", sat for a while, closed modal, started over x2, tried waiting for 3 minutes, timed out, no pending charges. How annoying.
Same here -- my payment window timed out, I was told to try again, and now I have two charges on my account with no verification of registration. Something is off with Google Wallet.
"Things are really busy right now, and we're assigning tickets as they become available. We'll keep trying to get you a ticket for up to 6 minutes. After that, if we don't have a ticket for you, we'll send you back to the main page and you can try again.
Don't do any of the following. They'll decrease your chances of getting a ticket.
Refresh this page
Try to register in a new tab
Try to register in another browser
Hammer the JavaScript endpoints using the JS Console"*
I got in once after 4 6 minute waits. I was stuck on the wallet loading screen as I watched the timer go to zero.
I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merchant error. Tried again, and my ticket timed out after hitting buy but before anything happened.
FYI, it appears that if the page times out but successfully posts a "pending" Wallet transaction, you are not registered.
On this suspicion I tried again, and eventually paid again. This transaction succeeded, and the page took me to a registration form. After filling out the form, only then did I get a confirmation number and e-mail.
Got a ticket! I canceled the payment a couple times, if it took more than a minute I canceled. Got stuck in the processing payment, it failed, and tried one more time and it worked. After that it took me to a signup form, with a long questionaire. I guess if you didn't see that, you don't have a ticket.
> Why do they have to do this at 7AN Pacific? What engineer is getting up at this unearthly hour?
Surprisingly, some engineers do live outside of California. Last year Apple put WWDC tickets on sale at 5:30AM PDT without notice...the rumour mill suggested this was deliberately done by Apple to ensure more attendees from outside the west coast.
Whatever time you put tickets on sale, somebody is going to complain. There are certainly two sides to the coin here...
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!!
I've got the same issue. I was signed in at 7am, waited for a ticket for a minute and then it kicked me back to the main page to sign into G+ again. Still waiting for a ticket.
You can ignore the "Sign in" link on the ticketsearch page. When the 6 min passed and throws you back to the first page, it will correctly show that you're signed in.
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.
Last year's Google IO conference sold out in minutes, and it looks like this year's is even more hectic. I wonder how long it'll be until they decide to switch to an alternative approach. What about ticket raffles or an online-only event?
They do stream all the sessions online, along with the I/O extended sessions around the world. I think Google do a good job of making the actual material available...although I will accept that is no substitute for the networking/experience you get from being there. That's one reason why the Extended events are quite good, as you're generally able to meet a wide range of people.
To be honest, I think the best solution would just be to lottery it, but then again I suspect if they were to lottery it there'd be a lot more people entering than attempting to get tickets in such a short space of time.
It seems like the best option would be to stop giving out freebies with high dollar value. Since the I/O sessions are streamed live and are archived on youtube, there's no real reason to attend outside of networking and getting the freebies for most folks.
I wonder if they are doing some kind of an artificial delay in handing out tickets instead of just making them available at the start. Really, a better way to handle this is the way that the World Cup does it: you enter a lottery and if you win you can buy a ticket. That is a bit more fair, and probably easier on their servers.
Got one!
I was delayed and didn't login until 7:30.
Waited a few minutes for a ticket to be allocated and then needed to open and close payment window a few times before redirected to the survey.
Do you think preference is given based on location? Am currently in Vietnam.
at 7:01 after the "Waiting for an available ticket" I got the message "We couldn't find you a ticket, but there still might be tickets left!".. I'm curious if anyone got through yet.
I got kicked out in my fifth round. I had to sign in again to get back to registration. I guess their Google I/O session server is so congested that my token got expired...
I think it will be interesting to look at the numbers and the queuing challenges faced by Google during Nexus4/10 launch and io2013, if they ever release it
[+] [-] jonursenbach|13 years ago|reply
So now I've got a pending $900 charge on my Google Wallet account. Guess I get to see if that actually goes through and I get a ticket.
Edit: Google has cancelled the $900 charge and I now do not have a ticket. Cool. /s
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5368574
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:(
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"Things are really busy right now, and we're assigning tickets as they become available. We'll keep trying to get you a ticket for up to 6 minutes. After that, if we don't have a ticket for you, we'll send you back to the main page and you can try again.
Don't do any of the following. They'll decrease your chances of getting a ticket.
[+] [-] lgleason|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] metajack|13 years ago|reply
I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merchant error. Tried again, and my ticket timed out after hitting buy but before anything happened.
http://imgur.com/opR63hx
UPDATE: And registration closed without me getting another chance. :(
[+] [-] mik3y|13 years ago|reply
On this suspicion I tried again, and eventually paid again. This transaction succeeded, and the page took me to a registration form. After filling out the form, only then did I get a confirmation number and e-mail.
http://i.imgur.com/jvcbpxP.png
[+] [-] robflynn|13 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] stevep98|13 years ago|reply
Why oh Why do they have to do this at 7AN Pacific? What engineer is getting up at this unearthly hour?
[+] [-] objclxt|13 years ago|reply
Surprisingly, some engineers do live outside of California. Last year Apple put WWDC tickets on sale at 5:30AM PDT without notice...the rumour mill suggested this was deliberately done by Apple to ensure more attendees from outside the west coast.
Whatever time you put tickets on sale, somebody is going to complain. There are certainly two sides to the coin here...
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[+] [-] Andrex|13 years ago|reply
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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To be honest, I think the best solution would just be to lottery it, but then again I suspect if they were to lottery it there'd be a lot more people entering than attempting to get tickets in such a short space of time.
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[+] [-] Legend|13 years ago|reply
-Attempt through multiple tabs -Attempt through multiple browsers -Attempt through multiple machines
Looks like Google is keeping its promise :)
[+] [-] Legend|13 years ago|reply
http://i.imgur.com/DYPcEe9.png
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Do you think preference is given based on location? Am currently in Vietnam.
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