The aftermath of signups...

[breakinglight11]

So I'm sure most of you experienced the madness that was signing up for Festival last night. The site experienced technical difficulties that infuriatingly prevented people from registering for games until they were dealt with. Fortunately natbudin heroically stepped in and straightened things out, allowing things to proceed at 7:30 instead of 7. I am really sorry for the trouble, and I hope it didn't screw up anyone's plans too badly. I received no fewer than five phonecalls at once at one point, which I apologize I didn't answer, but I was already on the phone with Nat trying to understand what was going on and what I could do to help. And, you know. There were lots of you at once.

I was kind of upset about it happening at the time. I've been working really hard to get things going well for the con, and that felt kind of like a disaster. But you know, if I wanted to be responsible for this thing, that means I need to be ready to deal with the problems that arise as well. And I think things ended up okay, though much more thanks to Nat than to me. I hope nobody was too mad. I am feeling better about it now, but at the time I felt pretty horrible that things screwed up on my watch.

As usual, things filled FAST. Most games already have a complete roster, and in fact there are already some timeslots that are totally full. Still, there are many great games that still need players, so I encourage you to jump into those if you haven't already. I plan on watching how the schedule goes from here on to see if anything needs help, or if any adjustments should be made. For on, I just want to admire the mostly-full con and send out my casting questionnaires. Both Resonance and The Stand are good to go, so I'd better take advantage of all the advance notice we GMs have got.

Comments

[twilighttremolo.livejournal.com]

I apologize for the desperate / angry tone of our phone communications. Last night I wasn't really in a mental state for anything else to go wrong in my evening, so when it did, I lost my cool.
I do have a question -- or more of a do-you-and-Nat-and-whoever-else-who-should-know-know-about-this. I signed up to pinch-hit on Friday night, a time-slot when I am also on a waitlist. I tried do do the same for Saturday afternoon, when I am also on a waitlist, but it gave me the you're-already-signed-up-for-something error. Huh?

[natbudin.livejournal.com]

It appears that the "can people sign up for this event at the same time as other events" setting is different between the two pinch-hitter lists, which is what's causing the issue for you. I'm not sure which one is the intended setting, though.

_dragonwolf_, should these be allowing people to do simultaneous signups, or not?

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Yes, they should be able to sign up simultaneously. Fixed that.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. The issue should be fixed now.