hockey line forming

[Will]

[Q]mtmack25 Wrote:

 Oh yeah, and one ticket per person is supposed alleviate what exactly?[/q]

It's supposed to better satisfy high demand.

Great job. ::rolleyes::

[Liz '05]

[Q]mtmack25 Wrote:

 This concept of surprising everyone has gotten absurd.  I understand that they want to make it fair to people who choose to stay in class all week.  As I understand, that was the problem with the scheduled Friday line format.  But the problems that have arisen by changing it far outway the problems that existed with that system.  If I had it my way, I would schedule the line formation for 4pm like they used to, let the line form whenever it does (be it Tuesday night or Friday morning, something they did not allow), and choose a weekend before prelims begin.

Tonight's exhibition also showed a complete lack of understanding by the ticket office as to the demand for these tickets.  Is anyone reading this surprised that 2000+ people showed up tonight?  I am pretty sure that the ticket office did not, or if they did, they have no idea how to manage an event of this magnitude.  Ten police officers may have been there... to manage thousands of people?  Why is there not a roped entry way?  Or an entryway that is not on a staircase, at least?  

Whatever the problems of the old line system, I do not remember people getting hurt.  Does anyone else?[/q]

Tell people that tickets go on sale Sunday evening, let the line form mostly over the weekend, and get everyone out of there by Monday morning.

And no, I'm not at all surprised by the number of people that came.  I want to see their plan for this so I can rip it apart.  They clearly did not think this through.

[TCHL8842]

The thing that really pisses me off right now after I got the number is that each person can hold up to 4 line numbers for line checks.  What the hell is this, if they are going to go through the trouble having each line number per person at least make everyone show up for their damn line checks.  The administration just does not make any sense at all.  They allow 100s of facetimers to get tickets, screw over the faithful, caused injury and seriously probably pissed off over 1000 ppl in the process.  Good going Cornell for the ppl that got line numbers I will see you in Ramin Room this weekend, hopefully they can at least get this right.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Alex Wrote:

 How much do you pay for section c, out of curiousity?[/q]

http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,67858,67858#msg-67858

[French Rage]

It seems athletics will never realize they have to put a little more resources into this procedure.  They'd never pay for people to watch a form-when-you-want line, they were never able to enforce the old starts-at-4pm-friday line, and here they didn't have people to ensure an actual line formed after the announcement, and not a mob.

[French Rage]

[Q]TCHL8842 Wrote:

 The thing that really pisses me off right now after I got the number is that each person can hold up to 4 line numbers for line checks.  What the hell is this, if they are going to go through the trouble having each line number per person at least make everyone show up for their damn line checks.  The administration just does not make any sense at all.  They allow 100s of facetimers to get tickets, screw over the faithful, caused injury and seriously probably pissed off over 1000 ppl in the process.  Good going Cornell for the ppl that got line numbers I will see you in Ramin Room this weekend, hopefully they can at least get this right.[/q]

Sadly the camping out has become a facetiming thing to do, hijacked by those in charge, and not what it should be, which is simply people staying there as long as they can to gaurantee as good seats as possible.

[Alex]

I'd just like to say that I have been on the opposite side of Lynah the past two years, Sections F and G, and there are plenty of people who know how to cheer there. B has the advantage of proximity to the band, which gives them their cues, but otherwise I think that every year for the first several games people are pretty bad. Personally I think that the best place for leading cheers is up in F, where your voice acoustically can carry to the most fellow faithful to respond. Also, if you recall, last year the Red scored most of their points in the 2nd period when the opposing goal is towards F and G. Basically I think that anywhere in Lynah is a great seat, so if you get seats you are golden.

[Will]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 It seems athletics will never realize they have to put a little more resources into this procedure.  They'd never pay for people to watch a form-when-you-want line, they were never able to enforce the old starts-at-4pm-friday line, and here they didn't have people to ensure an actual line formed after the announcement, and not a mob.[/q]

Actually, I would wager that they fully realize the best way to reward the best fans, but are unable and/or unwilling to devote the necessary money/resources (e.g., paying the Athletics employees, paying the CUPD as necessary, probably liability as well).  This is probably the best system they can implement given the circumstances in or out of their control; however, they chose a truly poor location in which to execute the system.

[TSB \'08]

Maybe someone should make a shift with "Lynah Faithful absent" in front and a "I got screwed over in the line" in the back as a parody of last year's t-shirt.

Then again, it may be that I'm just a bit bitter right now...

[mtmack25]

I like the idea.  Anyone with a spare photo of Gene Nighman?

[Matt \'06]

After being a member of the Big Red Pep Band for 3 years, I decided to instead go for season tickets so I can enjoy all of the games my senior year.  I got line number 1120, and trust me when I say that wherever I sit I know all the cheers, songs, etc. I'm ecstatic to even get a line number.

[Q]The thing that really pisses me off right now after I got the number is that each person can hold up to 4 line numbers for line checks. What the hell is this, if they are going to go through the trouble having each line number per person at least make everyone show up for their damn line checks.[/Q]

You have to realize that there are people this weekend that have to do things that cannot be rescheduled - taking the LSAT on saturday for example.  I'm taking the GREs on Friday and have to drive an hour away, and there is no way that I can get back by 6.  

[bigREDwings]

first time poster, long time troll

what a mess.  i listened to vbr in my studio in kennedy, sprinted and arrived at the mob within two minutes.  no organization, no safety, and no effort to weed out the facetimer.  after pushing and getting pushed in the mud at the bottom of the stairs for 40 minutes, i got through inside.  i'm fourth on the waiting list, which is as good as nothing.  michigan now has the best fan section.  the faithful will have no unity, no one will know the cheers, and the stands will be half empty most of the time.  a lot of my older friends who have had tickets every year didn't get a number either.  it's all a joke. at least now i have money to spend on nhl center ice.

[MB]

Why don't you take it a bit further and say that tickets will go on sale at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, October 11th?  It's during fall break, so you won't have to worry about missing classes to go camp out, and it can also be a real line.  Once you show up at Athletics, you stay there.  You move, you get bumped out of line.

It may be a good idea, it may not be, but it's sure as hell a lot better than what just happened tonight.

[French Rage]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 [Q2]French Rage Wrote:

 It seems athletics will never realize they have to put a little more resources into this procedure.  They'd never pay for people to watch a form-when-you-want line, they were never able to enforce the old starts-at-4pm-friday line, and here they didn't have people to ensure an actual line formed after the announcement, and not a mob.[/Q]
Actually, I would wager that they fully realize the best way to reward the best fans, but are unable and/or unwilling to devote the necessary money/resources (e.g., paying the Athletics employees, paying the CUPD as necessary, probably liability as well).  This is probably the best system they can implement given the circumstances in or out of their control; however, they chose a truly poor location in which to execute the system.[/q]

That's a better way of putting it, they know what it'll take but will never do it.

In theory (having graduated in '04) it seems this method is the best way other than the obvious let-people-line-up-whenever-they-want choice.  However, they still need to do work; specifically, it seems, when the line is announced, they need to ensure that there is a line and not a random mob.  Otherwise, they're right back to where the old (pre '04) method was at 3:30 on Friday afternoon.

[Josh '99]

In the real world, there's a concept called "accountability".  I wonder if we'll finally see that here.

Right.