We all knew when fanfest would be. Tickets been on sale awhile. Why you waited so long to finally get around to buying them is beyond me. Ill come up with an excuse for your procrastination on this matter later.

(some who have already reserved hotel rooms or bought plane tickets)

Doesn't that seem ... well ... a bit dumb to you? Horse before the cart, chicken before the egg, gatecamp before the cloak - those kinds of things.

We all knew when fanfest would be. Tickets been on sale awhile. Why you waited so long to finally get around to buying them is beyond me. Ill come up with an excuse for your procrastination on this matter later.

Is this the first time they sold out?

There definately should of been alot more warning that tickets were getting low. A log in splash screen on the day the tickets sell out is a bit of a joke.

We're looking into what options we can explore to resolve this issue. We naturally want everyone who can come to Fanfest to be able to attend, but there are limitations at the moment, especially this late in the planning.

We're looking into what options we can explore to resolve this issue. We naturally want everyone who can come to Fanfest to be able to attend, but there are limitations at the moment, especially this late in the planning.

BREAKING NEWS: A video game convention ended abruptly today as the convention center's floor caved under the weight of more people than it was designed to hold. Investigators are on the scene and have not yet released any figures for casualties. A structural engineer was quoted as saying that the game company had sold a few extra tickets at the request of their customers, not taking into account the higher than average body weight of each attendee, and that the building quickly exceeded design stress tolerances.

BREAKING NEWS: A video game convention ended abruptly today as the convention center's floor caved under the weight of more people than it was designed to hold. Investigators are on the scene and have not yet released any figures for casualties. A structural engineer was quoted as saying that the game company had sold a few extra tickets at the request of their customers, not taking into account the higher than average body weight of each attendee, and that the building quickly exceeded design stress tolerances.

(some who have already reserved hotel rooms or bought plane tickets)

because there was no warning that demand was so high this year (i mean seriously, sold out only 7 days after early bird specials are done?)

Need a ticket !

Is it legally possible to buy fanfest tickets from people who bought one but change their mind about going there?

I am really sad to see that there are no tickets left so early.

Tickets have been on sale for 6 weeks. Why would you buy plane tickets and book hotel rooms to attend an event to which you haven't purchased tickets?

in order to ensure that you could actually attend and not sleep outside? Booking the airline tickets is a bit of a PITA for me (multiple connections, making sure I am not commint to staying overnight, ensuring enough time between connections) as well as making sure rooms are available to stay in and that these are affordable (some rooms are EXPENSIVE). Holding off on the thing that people didn't expect to sell out is not suprising (i mean really, outside of the 1 day warning who expected tickets to sell out 1 week after the early bird ended?)

For those that have bought flight tickets and hotel rooms. Just purchase the online steaming of fanfest, and watch it as you fly in and out and stay at the hotel. Should be a blast!!!!!

We're looking into what options we can explore to resolve this issue. We naturally want everyone who can come to Fanfest to be able to attend, but there are limitations at the moment, especially this late in the planning.

Get a bigger venue. Just do it.

**** the cost, make the extra tickets cost 2x as much, whatever...

You've never tried to actually rent a venue large enough to hold several thousand people, have you? It's not like you can just reserve one a few days out. Hell try renting a hall for a wedding reception for a couple hundred people, and you could easily have to schedule it 8 - 12 months out.

Now try doing that for 5 or 10 thousand. And then try changing it at the last minute.

Let me know how that works out for you.

Who cares, just ******* do it. Eve is only 10 once.

Who cares, just ******* do it. Eve is only 10 once.

Who cares, just ******* do it. Eve is only 10 once.

in order to ensure that you could actually attend and not sleep outside? Booking the airline tickets is a bit of a PITA for me (multiple connections, making sure I am not commint to staying overnight, ensuring enough time between connections) as well as making sure rooms are available to stay in and that these are affordable (some rooms are EXPENSIVE). Holding off on the thing that people didn't expect to sell out is not suprising (i mean really, outside of the 1 day warning who expected tickets to sell out 1 week after the early bird ended?)

What if you were only able to afford the hotel a week ago and were waiting for next month to get the ff ticket?

How does one fit 10000 ppl in a venu that only holds 5000?

I thought CCP had mastered the Planck generator.

"It is bigger on the inside."

Booking airline tickets and hotels does not take 6 weeks.

Holding off on purchasing the tickets that represent the entire reason you're going is pretty surprising. Especially when they don't represent a very large portion of the total price (I'm not going because a plane ticket would cost me something like 3 Grand, but if I were, I'd make damn sure I had a fanfest ticket before dropping that 3 grand on a plane ticket.).

Because common sense is too hard for them.

Who cares, just ******* do it. Eve is only 10 once.

Fine we get you would have done things differently, and you think their choice of purchases was not the ideal way of going things, but who gives a ****, they want to go to Fanfest, CCP fanfest has never sold out before, and they are looking for other options. Just because you have the money to buy everything right away doesn't mean everyone else does.

How does one fit 10000 ppl in a venu that only holds 5000?

They just need to sell additional batch of 5000 tickets and then decide the winner with h+¦lmganga at reception. Another cool show for Fanfest live stream!

Oh and BTW, James Amril-Kesh for the next CSM . . . :P

Or maybe those who bought lodging and airfare before confirming they had a seat at Fanfest should suck it up, because they really have nobody but themselves to blame for their poor planning.

I already have a fanfest ticket, but many of my friends and others do not. CCP, you gave hardly if any real warning that tickets were low on quantity (when I logged into EVE tonight I got an advertisement saying 100 were still left). You should do more. I understand Harpa likely has fire safety limits, but maybe it's time to look at adding additional venues or some other option, as to have so many who want to come(some who have already reserved hotel rooms or bought plane tickets) because there was no warning that demand was so high this year (i mean seriously, sold out only 7 days after early bird specials are done?)

Your players deserve more, more so those willing to take the financial commitment to fly out to Iceland to chill with you guys.

If it's a matter of space, how about you guys take the bullet and start axing press badges to let players come instead.

I've been to Fanfest 6 times now, and every time I loved it. Don't break my heart on number 7 CCP.

That they had 6 weeks to correct.

If anyone has a spare ticket they have cause thye cant make it i will be willing to purchase it off them for full price just send me a mail.

Anyway, I think that is beside the point - no status or waring was given. Sure, "it's the 10 year anniversary, duh it's gonna be popular" and all. But this event has never been sold out before - it being sold out in February was not expected. And I suspect that's also why CCP fumbled the announcement.

What I don't understand about this is that If say it was a Justin Bieber concert (He's popular right?) you would be mad to book Flights,food and sleep before you got the concert ticket! MAD!!!!

The fanfest ticket was ALWAYS going to be the most scarce part of the equation and you should have known that.

Maybe issue 500 more, but require proof of plane ticket/hotel purchase prior to the date the first 5000 sold out.

I already have a fanfest ticket, but many of my friends and others do not. CCP, you gave hardly if any real warning that tickets were low on quantity (when I logged into EVE tonight I got an advertisement saying 100 were still left). You should do more. I understand Harpa likely has fire safety limits, but maybe it's time to look at adding additional venues or some other option, as to have so many who want to come(some who have already reserved hotel rooms or bought plane tickets) because there was no warning that demand was so high this year (i mean seriously, sold out only 7 days after early bird specials are done?)

Your players deserve more, more so those willing to take the financial commitment to fly out to Iceland to chill with you guys.

If it's a matter of space, how about you guys take the bullet and start axing press badges to let players come instead.

I've been to Fanfest 6 times now, and every time I loved it. Don't break my heart on number 7 CCP.