Does anyone know what they got? I have not found anything that tells me what events I will be in. Wondering if I didn't get any. If you know anything about "How they will post everyone", let me know.
I've seen no notice that we will find out any time before 2 p.m. PST on Friday.
Does anyone know what they got? I have not found anything that tells me what events I will be in. Wondering if I didn't get any. If you know anything about "How they will post everyone", let me know.
I don't see any indication on the events page either, so I'm guessing the results have not been posted.
Also eagerly awaiting the news...
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We haven't run the lottery yet. There's a small chance we might post lottery results early, but the current plan is to have them go live when the first-come, first-served open registration begins Friday at 2 p.m. Pacific time.
That makes sense for games and seminars, but for events involving participants submitting writing samples like the fiction and PFS scenario workshops, notification would be nice as early as possible. (I say this hoping I get into one of them, but would have the same opinion even if I don't win the lottery for these.)
We haven't run the lottery yet. There's a small chance we might post lottery results early, but the current plan is to have them go live when the first-come, first-served open registration begins Friday at 2 p.m. Pacific time.
It might just be me, but that sounds a little chaotic. You might have several hundred people trying to rapidly check what events they already have in case they need to sign up for new events at the same time. If you post the results early, participants will know whether it's worth joining the scramble or not.
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We haven't run the lottery yet. There's a small chance we might post lottery results early, but the current plan is to have them go live when the first-come, first-served open registration begins Friday at 2 p.m. Pacific time.
I would also like to have a bit more of a heads up as to what I managed to get into. Aside from the time constraints for those the writing workshop, it would help with organizing open gaming times. Also, if one doesn't need to hop into the fray of the first come first serve, the sooner it's known the better.
We haven't run the lottery yet. There's a small chance we might post lottery results early, but the current plan is to have them go live when the first-come, first-served open registration begins Friday at 2 p.m. Pacific time.
While I echo the concerns mentioned above, it actually occurs to me that my method of ranking probably exhausted absolutely every event I would wish to attend.
As the lottery runs for each day until *no* results were added, even if I was the only person with picks remaining open, it would run until all of mine were exhausted.
So, while I'm intensely curious, I don't think there will be any open spots that I'll have an interest in, unless people drop ones they already had.
My other concern is that the first-come, first-serve sign ups come at 5pm EST when I am usually on the road home to pick up the kids. If I knew in advance that my events looked reasonable, I wouldn't bother trying to get online at that time. But I'd really like to get into some seminars if I ended up getting any duplicate Pathfinder events or open slots.
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Lottery results are now visible. Go to the events page and click the "show my schedule" button (below the instructions) to see what you got.
Lottery results are now visible. Go to the events page and click the "show my schedule" button (below the instructions) to see what you got.
You totally rock Gary (and not just 'cause I got a good pick!)
Well, I wasn't lucky enough to get into any of the PFRPG games, but hey...I still get to play Cthulhu, run a monster in an arena battle, and get slaughtered in Paizo fight club. Add in the seminars and the open games, and it sounds like a fun weekend.
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Apparently my buddy and I didn't get into anything. The only thing showing on my scheduled events is the banquet on Saturday. Much sadness ensues. :-(
Seems that running each day separately is what did this. Out of 250 possible ticket holders, there just weren't enough events, and all it would take would to be in the bottom half of each day's draw to be left out of stuff entirely. Did you have a lot of things marked 1 or 0?
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Well... this might help explain some things to people.
We have 250 attendees (assuming it sold out).
Fri 12-4 slot there are 116 openings
Sat 8-12 slot there are 102 openings
Sat 1-5 slot there are 115 openings
Sun 8-12 slot there are 108 openings
Which means that over 50% of the people will not be in a game then. The odds of not getting into something is higher than getting in, especially with the rating system figured into it.
(No, I'm not actually going to do the stats on that.) :]
Also keep in mind that the 36 people PFS games are in those slots also, which you cannot play in again. So if you get into one of those your choices go down by 36.
I am happy that I was lucky enough to get into the Fight Club slot.
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Apparently my buddy and I didn't get into anything. The only thing showing on my scheduled events is the banquet on Saturday. Much sadness ensues. :-(
Sorry dire elf, If you care for an open game on friday morning, I have two slots open for my Terminator True20 game, you and your buddy are welcome to join.
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Director of Brand Strategy
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Well... this might help explain some things to people.
We have 250 attendees (assuming it sold out).Fri 12-4 slot there are 116 openings
Sat 8-12 slot there are 102 openings
Sat 1-5 slot there are 115 openings
Sun 8-12 slot there are 108 openingsWhich means that over 50% of the people will not be in a game then. The odds of not getting into something is higher than getting in, especially with the rating system figured into it.
(No, I'm not actually going to do the stats on that.) :]
Also keep in mind that the 36 people PFS games are in those slots also, which you cannot play in again. So if you get into one of those your choices go down by 36.I am happy that I was lucky enough to get into the Fight Club slot.
The lesson here would be to make more events next year so that a higher percentage of people can get into something in each block.
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Well... this might help explain some things to people.
We have 250 attendees (assuming it sold out).Fri 12-4 slot there are 116 openings
Sat 8-12 slot there are 102 openings
Sat 1-5 slot there are 115 openings
Sun 8-12 slot there are 108 openingsWhich means that over 50% of the people will not be in a game then. The odds of not getting into something is higher than getting in, especially with the rating system figured into it.
(No, I'm not actually going to do the stats on that.) :]
Also keep in mind that the 36 people PFS games are in those slots also, which you cannot play in again. So if you get into one of those your choices go down by 36.I am happy that I was lucky enough to get into the Fight Club slot.
You're not taking into account that volunteers don't play in those events they are helping with, leaving spots open for others, but yeah, more events is the real solution.
There's only so many events that we can organize--PAIZOCON relies on the attendees to run events as well. That said, for the second year of a small show, we had a LOT of events, seminars, games, and open gaming. There'll be plenty for folks to do.
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I will be bringing several older Pathfinder Society Scenarios with me. If you didn't get into anything and want me to run stuff for you, just let me know. After hours, before hours, whatever. I'll run a game at four in the morning if someone needs me to.
I'm sure I'm not alone--there will be lots of folks willing to run stuff that is not on the official schedule.
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I will be bringing several older Pathfinder Society Scenarios with me. If you didn't get into anything and want me to run stuff for you, just let me know. After hours, before hours, whatever. I'll run a game at four in the morning if someone needs me to.
I'm sure I'm not alone--there will be lots of folks willing to run stuff that is not on the official schedule.
Awesome! I will try and take you up on that.
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I will be bringing several older Pathfinder Society Scenarios with me. If you didn't get into anything and want me to run stuff for you, just let me know. After hours, before hours, whatever. I'll run a game at four in the morning if someone needs me to.
I'm sure I'm not alone--there will be lots of folks willing to run stuff that is not on the official schedule.
Awesome! I will try and take you up on that.
Likewise ... always up for late gaming.
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Director of Brand Strategy
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Likewise ... always up for late gaming.I will be bringing several older Pathfinder Society Scenarios with me. If you didn't get into anything and want me to run stuff for you, just let me know. After hours, before hours, whatever. I'll run a game at four in the morning if someone needs me to.
I'm sure I'm not alone--there will be lots of folks willing to run stuff that is not on the official schedule.
Awesome! I will try and take you up on that.
As will I. I've played almost everything so far and run most of them at least once. So I can do some after hours GMing too, if people need it.
Well... this might help explain some things to people.
We have 250 attendees (assuming it sold out).Fri 12-4 slot there are 116 openings
Sat 8-12 slot there are 102 openings
Sat 1-5 slot there are 115 openings
Sun 8-12 slot there are 108 openingsWhich means that over 50% of the people will not be in a game then. The odds of not getting into something is higher than getting in, especially with the rating system figured into it.
Well, actually over 85% of people could have gotten into a game on Saturday, if everyone had ranked the games highest.
Since the rankings were only relative to the individual, they don't have much impact on who gets a choice, just when you get your first choice, what will it be. I personally ranked almost every game higher than almost everything else, so that if there were a game open, I'd get that (of the two slots I had open to play in that is). Then I just hoped some seminars, etc., would be open the second time around.
More events would help, but that would mean more people needing to run things instead of playing. I guess we'll see what's still open shortly. I think everyone will have a blast, regardless of whether they make it into an official game or not. Plus I'm sure some people will miss/sleep-in - be on the backup lists :)
Well I just looked, there are *lots* of games and a few events left open - I think everyone will have a chance to play, no problem.
The open event sign-up is open currently by error. It will close shortly. Any changes made to that system before Monday won't actually change.