Secret resales 2015

[rachelhop]

Just now, chronicideas said:

im about to give up

Me too my Husband is bring the kids home in a minute and I need to go shopping etc and then to the pub!

[dj matt james]

Just now, funkyuk said:

Excellent stuff fella

thank you. This has been super stressful for everyone involved. Just don't see an easier way of them releasing tickets

[cb4747]

Just now, Abijones said:

what was that page change at 3.24? I can't see any difference....

changed something from Sold Out to 'On Sale June 22 blah blah' 

[Michaelgball]

2 minutes ago, mocoworm said:

Many people get through on 3G on their phones.

There is NO conspiracy or preference on connection speed. It literally comes down to total luck on the exact millisecond your request (F5) hits the SEE server and whether the packet gets through among the millions of hits they are getting at that same exact moment.

Servers can only handle so much data. Some has to be bounced back. This is why people spam F5 as much as they can, to increase their chances. 

I always just assumed they had a list of all the devices in the queue and let random devices through as the bookings are complete.. I can't imagine F5 helping at all, just helps you get through 10 seconds faster if your device is lucky enough to be let through

[musky]

5 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Nah. IP traffic is IP traffic, first come first served. 6 IPs or 1 IP should make no difference at all, unless See have specifically written a rule into their fancy anti-attack system (which someone one posted some details about), tho I can't see any meaningful reason why they'd do that.

A sale is a sale to them, why should they care about the specifics of the IP address that brought the person to their website?

 

My brother is a senior systems analyst at a company that does traffic management systems, and I asked him how he'd handle the sort of traffic equivalent to a medium scale DoS attack, but keep the system fair. He said he'd cycle through IP addresses, which would limit the number of requests hitting the server at any one. For him it was a no brainer. 

That's not to say the See do it this way of course but if they did, a range of IP addresses would be an advantage. Although to really exploit that you'd have to know how they cycled through the IPs. 

[chronicideas]

I shall not take part in this pagan ritual anymore. See Tickets are the 1%, laughing at the rest of us.

[chronicideas]

just joking i will die with my finger on the F5 button, i think im going crazy

Edited May 13, 2016 by chronicideas

[cb4747]

Is anyone hopelessly F5ing knowing that nothing will happen but doing it anyway? 
 

Edited May 13, 2016 by cb4747

[Levitz]

10 minutes ago, Shiftyp9 said:

It's because they jump the fence

You can fuck off with that shit right now. 

[Woz101]

Just now, cb4747 said:

Is anyone hopelessly F5ing knowing that nothing will happen but doing it anyway? 
 

Yes 

[Gnomicide]

Yes

[Shiftyp9]

Just now, Levitz said:

You can fuck off with that shit right now. 

Forgive my bored sense of humour made worse by constantly pressing f5 in utter desperation

[chronicideas]

fuck this shit i give up

[kellly]

1 minute ago, cb4747 said:

Is anyone hopelessly F5ing knowing that nothing will happen but doing it anyway? 
 

Yep

[clarkete]

4 minutes ago, Michaelgball said:

 I can't imagine F5 helping at all, just helps you get through 10 seconds faster if your device is lucky enough to be let through

If you're on that page which says it will refresh in so many seconds, but you can refresh manually, then it certainly helps.  Twice I succeeded on the browser I was pushing F5 on before the one which was just waiting to refresh.

[mocoworm]

Just now, chronicideas said:

fuck this shit i give up

PING! PING!

[funkyuk]

2 minutes ago, cb4747 said:

Is anyone hopelessly F5ing knowing that nothing will happen but doing it anyway? 
 

sorry, I was too busy f5ing to reply there

[freshhamuk]

4oc will probably be my last attempt at this shit. Looking forward to having my life back.

Eavis owe's me a shit load of missed deadlines.

[cb4747]

1 minute ago, mocoworm said:

PING! PING!

ooooohhhhhhh an alert i wonder what that mustbe

[funkyuk]

1 minute ago, chronicideas said:

fuck this shit i give up

you'll be back.  poor flounce

[Lucy92]

The old like I had where I submitted reg details for general sale and then could re submit when I refreshed (but got error not found) has now disappeared for some reason I can't click submit anymore

[marcoolio]

Just now, Michaelgball said:

I always just assumed they had a list of all the devices in the queue and let random devices through as the bookings are complete.. I can't imagine F5 helping at all, just helps you get through 10 seconds faster if your device is lucky enough to be let through

I believe that's how it currently works for TicketMaster (in the Netherlands at least). A few minutes before the start of the sale, a waiting list is created and everyone who goes to the site is added to the waiting list. Then when the sale starts, the entire waiting list is shuffled into a new, random queue, giving everyone (or at least every device / IP) the same chance. Pressing F5 there would actually send you to the back of the queue.

However, that's not the system Seetickets use for Glastonbury. Here, the waiting page refreshes automatically every 20 seconds, or sooner if you press F5.

[chronicideas]

i wont be back cos i cant get myself to leave in the first place, sigh...

[clarkete]

[theDandy]

14 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

There's a theory I've seen knocking about that the reason there are so many scousers at Glastonbury is because the broadband connection in Liverpool is so good

 

Incorrect, Sir!