Ticket Line

Jacob '06 · September 28, 2004, 10:02:08 AM

They make it kind of easy to wait for a week. Waiting between the hours of 10pm-6am is not that hard. You don't have to miss class or prelims. Its easy to get a friend to hold your spot if you need to study or get some rest, especially since 1 person needs to be there for ever 4 tickets. Its not that big of a deal to wait all week.

KateWithThe8 · September 28, 2004, 10:34:59 AM

Really I think that Athletics needs to coordinate with the weather gods and use rain and chilly temperatures to weed out the "tough" fans. :-) A quick check of the Ithaca forcast and I see that the line is once again blessed with wonderful fall weather ( missing it as I speak......)

DeltaOne81 · September 28, 2004, 10:53:59 AM

One for every two people. Though I wouldn't mind if some people got that wrong

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Jacob '06 · September 28, 2004, 11:00:32 AM

According to the press release, theres 2 tickets to every line number and 1 person can hold 2 line numbers. Thats 1 for every four people has to be there.

calgARI '07 · September 28, 2004, 11:05:32 AM

Just read the article in the Sun today and I must say that I'm impressed with Gene Nighman, certainly more than I was last year. The guy is taking a hard lining stance against a preline and is determined to do this thing fairly and efficiently.

KeithK · September 28, 2004, 12:19:13 PM

People wait on line for a lot longer than a week at some other schools. If someone wants to do it, why not? As for "getting a life", I can see how camping out for a week might be a lot of fun.

Basically, relax.

Facetimer · September 28, 2004, 12:58:26 PM

I just heard from a close friend of Gene Nighman. They will announce later tonight the line will start at the Vet school auditorium up by B lot. I don't know about you, but I am going there now.

Lets go Red!

French Rage · September 28, 2004, 01:10:44 PM

Ari, did you say they didnt disperse the line? If so, didnt that defeat the whole purpose.

And Facetimer beat me to it. Damn.

J Sze · September 28, 2004, 01:19:23 PM

Just a quesion:

Since Tuesday and Thursday are both prelim nights, am I correct to assume that the line numbers won't be given out on those nights (at least until after 9:00)??

J Sze

Chris 02 · September 28, 2004, 01:29:40 PM

I heard they're having the line in the same spot as before, along Alumni fields.

calgARI '07 · September 28, 2004, 01:42:45 PM

They did disperse the line. French Rage, are you confirming the Vet School location rumor? Regardless, Nighman has insisted that he will not hand out numbers if there is a preline.

DeltaOne81 · September 28, 2004, 01:54:15 PM

[Q]Jacob '06 Wrote:

According to the press release, theres 2 tickets to every line number and 1 person can hold 2 line numbers. Thats 1 for every four people has to be there.[/q]
Ah, except no. You can't do a line number check (at least this is the way it used to be) unless your name is on one of the line number tickets.

Setup:
Person A comes along and gets a line number with 2 tickets.
Person B gets a line number with 2 tickets.
Person C and D are there too.

Result:
Person C and D are entirely useless, and either A or B has to be there for line checks all the time. Hence one out of every two people always has to be there. Person C and D can be eye candy if they want. Otherwise, what prevents you from paying a friend $10 to sit in for you for a couple hours? And how does that prove you're a committed fan? It wouldn't.

calgARI '07 · September 28, 2004, 02:03:12 PM

Was just up at the vet school and nothing going on. I very much hope this doesnt leak so the process can be done correctly and fairly.

Facetimer · September 28, 2004, 02:07:28 PM

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

Was just up at the vet school and nothing going on. I very much hope this doesnt leak so the process can be done correctly and fairly.[/q]

Thanks Ari, you made my day. :-}

KeithK · September 28, 2004, 02:35:19 PM

[q]Person C and D are entirely useless, and either A or B has to be there for line checks all the time. Hence one out of every two people always has to be there. Person C and D can be eye candy if they want. Otherwise, what prevents you from paying a friend $10 to sit in for you for a couple hours? And how does that prove you're a committed fan? It wouldn't.[/q]Good point. Possible solution to this is to optionally take down a second name for each line number, corresponding to the second ticket. That way you can trade off line sitting. Haven't thought enough to decided whether this would be a good idea or not.