This year we’re holding our third MINECON event, and now that tickets are sold out and we are deep into planning I thought I’d give a little bit more info into the event and how/why we do some of the things we do for it. MINECON is exciting to us. It’s a chance to bring together thousands of Minecraft players all in one place and give them a chance to meet each other and Mojang, and give people a really amazing experience involving a game that is so integrated into our lives.
TICKET SALES We choose to keep MINECON limited to a relatively small group of people so that we can interact with them and give them the best experience possible. We split the ticket sales into 3 batches of 2500 to give people the most chance of being able to buy them when they are available, whether they have jobs, school or other things that could get in the way of any one specific time or day. Tickets are completely sold out, and we don’t recommend buying them second hand from scalpers, because they are terribly expensive and there’s no way to guarantee that you will be getting genuine tickets. We also won’t be selling tickets at the door, because tens of thousands of people could show up, and our venue is planned for the 7500 tickets we sold. While it would make us all happy to have everyone who wants to come be able to get tickets, it’s just not feasible with the size of community we have, so we had to choose what felt like it would be the best number for the event we want to give you.
AGE RESTRICTION When the event company we hired looked into the minimum age requirements for an event like this, they were informed that 16yo and under should have an adult with them. After hearing from the community and doing a little more research we have decided to lower that to 13, so you don’t need a ticket for your parent if you are over 13. If you bought a parent ticket because of this age restriction and want a refund, contact us and we will put those tickets back up for sale.
LIVE STREAM Like last year we will be live streaming much of the event. The entire time the show is going we will stream content, from the main panels to the show floor, sharing as much of the event as possible, as it happens, to people at home. After MINECON we will have the stream AND all the panels available to view on YouTube. We’ll give more information on the live stream as we get closer to the event, but we want as many people to know about and enjoy it as possible!
PRESS PASSES Also like last year, we will not be giving out press passes. We wanted as many community members to be able to come as possible, so giving out free tickets to press didn’t make sense to us. Our community gets much of its Minecraft related news from YouTube Minecrafters anyway, so traditional press isn’t even the right channel for what we have going on, which is for the community and largely BY the community.
LET THERE BE CAPES! Yes, there will be capes again for all ticket purchasers. We don’t have information on how that will happen or what they will be like, but you’ll hear before MINECON.
CONTENT We will be announcing more about the event as plans get more solidified, we have some really cool things coming this year and as soon as things are confirmed we’ll get the word out to all of you. We want MINECON to be an event you’ll always remember, and we’re doing everything we can to make that possible. More information on volunteers, panels and exhibitors is coming soon!
So, what do you guys think minecon 2013 capes will look like?
I think it will be
A. 3rd cape not chosen from minecon 2011
B. A cape with diamond or Emerald associated with it
C. A cape that looks like a grass block, or crafting table to represent the new launcher.
For all of you that also didn't know, you will get the capes at minecon, not via email
*Feel Free to post pics, any pics posted will be added directly to post with thanks and your name beneath.*
If your really looking into it, "you have to go to minecon to get a cape" could also mean that you have to buy tickets, like he said, no official info. Not that it really matters to me though since i'm actually going, didn't buy just for cape.
Uhum, it is quite stupid how Eventbrite deals with large crowds. That was NOT first come, first serve at all. Eventbrite puts people on a "waiting list" then they kick them out minutes later, even though there were tickets still out there! As a result of that, I picked up tickets a couple minutes before they completely sold out. So, when you think about it, I kinda cheated and got what was supposed to be some other person's tickets. But I actually didn't cheat because I was on that waiting list also and got kicked out, but got lucky and found an open spot at the last minute. I could've just as easily not have waited beforehand and gotten the tickets anyway, though.
Anyway, the solution is for Mojang to rent out a larger space. Too late now, but they really should've thought about that earlier. They need to realize this a rapidly growing game and there is a HUGE difference between the amount of players from 2011 and 2013. They sold, I believe, 4500 tickets in 2011 and they're selling 7500 now. Not much increase, I must say..
I agree, but eventbrite also wasn't expecting such high traffic within 3 seconds. Reason it kicked you from waiting list
1. Tickets were already gone
2. So much traffic it overloaded
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https://twitter.com/...037009272082432
And for people trying to purchase off ebay
https://twitter.com/...049570722234368
And at door Sales
https://twitter.com/...063219981090816
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This year we’re holding our third MINECON event, and now that tickets are sold out and we are deep into planning I thought I’d give a little bit more info into the event and how/why we do some of the things we do for it.
MINECON is exciting to us. It’s a chance to bring together thousands of Minecraft players all in one place and give them a chance to meet each other and Mojang, and give people a really amazing experience involving a game that is so integrated into our lives.
TICKET SALES
We choose to keep MINECON limited to a relatively small group of people so that we can interact with them and give them the best experience possible. We split the ticket sales into 3 batches of 2500 to give people the most chance of being able to buy them when they are available, whether they have jobs, school or other things that could get in the way of any one specific time or day.
Tickets are completely sold out, and we don’t recommend buying them second hand from scalpers, because they are terribly expensive and there’s no way to guarantee that you will be getting genuine tickets. We also won’t be selling tickets at the door, because tens of thousands of people could show up, and our venue is planned for the 7500 tickets we sold.
While it would make us all happy to have everyone who wants to come be able to get tickets, it’s just not feasible with the size of community we have, so we had to choose what felt like it would be the best number for the event we want to give you.
AGE RESTRICTION
When the event company we hired looked into the minimum age requirements for an event like this, they were informed that 16yo and under should have an adult with them. After hearing from the community and doing a little more research we have decided to lower that to 13, so you don’t need a ticket for your parent if you are over 13. If you bought a parent ticket because of this age restriction and want a refund, contact us and we will put those tickets back up for sale.
LIVE STREAM
Like last year we will be live streaming much of the event. The entire time the show is going we will stream content, from the main panels to the show floor, sharing as much of the event as possible, as it happens, to people at home. After MINECON we will have the stream AND all the panels available to view on YouTube. We’ll give more information on the live stream as we get closer to the event, but we want as many people to know about and enjoy it as possible!
PRESS PASSES
Also like last year, we will not be giving out press passes. We wanted as many community members to be able to come as possible, so giving out free tickets to press didn’t make sense to us. Our community gets much of its Minecraft related news from YouTube Minecrafters anyway, so traditional press isn’t even the right channel for what we have going on, which is for the community and largely BY the community.
LET THERE BE CAPES!
Yes, there will be capes again for all ticket purchasers. We don’t have information on how that will happen or what they will be like, but you’ll hear before MINECON.
CONTENT
We will be announcing more about the event as plans get more solidified, we have some really cool things coming this year and as soon as things are confirmed we’ll get the word out to all of you. We want MINECON to be an event you’ll always remember, and we’re doing everything we can to make that possible.
More information on volunteers, panels and exhibitors is coming soon!
-Vu (@vubui)
https://mojang.com/2...minecon-2013-2/
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LOL, sorry, thought I would spruce this answer up.
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Example-
You go to entry with the name Steve Blocks on the ticket, you also bring your 3 family members named John Creeper, Bob Creeper, and Suzy Creeper.
If Steve Blocks is there with his ID they can all enter, If steve blocks isn't there then they cannot.
They will ask for ID for Steve Blocks while John Creeper brings his out, they are not allowed in.
As long as someone who originally bought the tickets was there, then they can enter.
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https://twitter.com/...037009272082432
And for people trying to purchase off ebay
https://twitter.com/...049570722234368
And at door Sales
https://twitter.com/...063219981090816
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I think it will be
A. 3rd cape not chosen from minecon 2011
B. A cape with diamond or Emerald associated with it
C. A cape that looks like a grass block, or crafting table to represent the new launcher.
For all of you that also didn't know, you will get the capes at minecon, not via email
*Feel Free to post pics, any pics posted will be added directly to post with thanks and your name beneath.*
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Not saying your a lier, but do you have the link to that. Even the support said they hadn't given official info.
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Minecon is actually on a weekend guys
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I agree, but eventbrite also wasn't expecting such high traffic within 3 seconds. Reason it kicked you from waiting list
1. Tickets were already gone
2. So much traffic it overloaded
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To eliminate spam I am making this post so all of you can discuss your every ranting need about minecon (Not trying to sound mean).
Just Post anything you have a problem with, or petition sites and then we can relieve the minecon section of the same posts.
Hope this Helps
Summit
*If you have something that you want to add on directly to the post, like repetitive questions or Petitions PM me*
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*Ranging from flying there to leaving.*
Im looking forward to meeting all of the Mojang Staff and famous youtubers.
Im looking forward to my goddie bag of awesome and my cape of magnificent, im just all excited.
I will post any info I get on minecon here.
*Please refrain from ranting about not getting tickets*