I just went to sit down and register for some sessions, only to discover that all six of the ones I had my eye on are now sold out. Serves me right for having real-life stuff pop up on the day when registration opened.
Kinda wondering why I'm spending hundreds of dollars to go to this thing when I'm not going to get to do the stuff I wanted to do. :-/
Get generic tickets and show up *early* for the events at the times you want to play them.
Especially in the first couple of days, there tend to be a lot of open spaces. Even with high-demand tables and events.
I'm going, but I'm going to be volunteering helping out in the Sagamore Friday night, Saturday day, Saturday night, and Sunday morning, so my 'free time' will be rather limited.
Sounds like good advice. Any other tips?
If you can find a table to pre-muster with, past mustering has taken full tables of six *first* then other tables.
... mustering? What's that?
This is the experience from previous years, and I do not know if it will change this year.
Roughly a half-hour to fifteen minutes before a given slot, a series of individuals will start assigning folks to tables to sit at, with the goal of filling all the tables before the start of the hour.
If (and when) there are spaces left over, that is where generics can shine, as well as if there aren't enough 'actual' ticketed tables for a given slot.
Folks who have tickets for the event get first pass, but with larger groups getting seated, then smaller ones down to four players. Once all people present with 'actual' tickets for events are seated, the process is then repeated with generic tickets, to fill in any gaps at the smaller tables as well as full tables of folks attempting to sit with generic tickets.
Paizo and their volunteer staff make every effort to get as many people seated as possible, so it requires a little bit of luck and patience -- every table has a GM that is obligated to run during a given slot, and the GM that don't get used will be released, typically fifteen minutes to half an hour after the slot starts, if there are no other pressing needs in the Sagamore Ballroom.
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Show up to muster early, find the area where your scenario will be mustering, and let people know what character, or characters, you have to play. You can often find a group of 4 or 5 looking for a cleric or an arcane caster. Sometimes even looking for a skill monkey to cover trap finding. Getting yourself added to an existing group before the Marshal even asks for groups is a big help to the Marshal and gets you seated faster.
I'm slotted to run The Confirmation all day Thursday, as well as Friday and Saturday afternoon. Stop on by if you have a new character for me to torment. ;)
I will be attending Thursday through Saturday. Hope to see many of you there!
Here's a link to my schedule:
http://www.elainecunningham.com/upcoming-events-2/