Registration for Google I/O 2013 will open on March 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM PDT
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So now I've got a pending $900 charge on my Google Wallet account. Guess I get to see if that actually goes through and I get a ticket.
Edit: Google has cancelled the $900 charge and I now do not have a ticket. Cool. /s
"Things are really busy right now, and we're assigning tickets as they become available. We'll keep trying to get you a ticket for up to 6 minutes. After that, if we don't have a ticket for you, we'll send you back to the main page and you can try again.
Don't do any of the following. They'll decrease your chances of getting a ticket.
Refresh this page
Try to register in a new tab
Try to register in another browser
Hammer the JavaScript endpoints using the JS Console"*I got in again and hit buy, only to be told there was some problem talking to the merchant account. Kicked back to the "we found you a ticket" screen. Got stuck for a minute or so on the wallet load again, then kicked back. Got back to the buy screen, entered a new card just in case, and got the same merchant error. Tried again, and my ticket timed out after hitting buy but before anything happened.
UPDATE: And registration closed without me getting another chance. :(
On this suspicion I tried again, and eventually paid again. This transaction succeeded, and the page took me to a registration form. After filling out the form, only then did I get a confirmation number and e-mail.
Why oh Why do they have to do this at 7AN Pacific? What engineer is getting up at this unearthly hour?
Surprisingly, some engineers do live outside of California. Last year Apple put WWDC tickets on sale at 5:30AM PDT without notice...the rumour mill suggested this was deliberately done by Apple to ensure more attendees from outside the west coast.
Whatever time you put tickets on sale, somebody is going to complain. There are certainly two sides to the coin here...
I think you're right, it must be deliberate!
(sigh - another 500 Server Error - haven't had one of those in ten minutes - things are improving!)
1. First time, got into the "Waiting for available ticket..." screen, got kicked after about a minute.
2. Second time, got into the "Waiting for available ticket..." screen, got kicked after six minutes (maximum time you can spend on that screen.) Was redirected to a "No More Tickets Available" page, but went back to the main page and saw it said "There might be tickets still available!"
3. Third time, got into the "Waiting for available ticket..." screen, kicked after six minutes again, but was redirected back to the main page and told "There might be tickets still available!"
4. Fourth time, see third time.
5. Fifth time, see fourth time.
6. Sixth time, see fifth time.
7. Seventh time, see sixth time.
8. Eighth time, see seventh time, except when I got kicked I was also told I needed to sign into Google+ again.
9. Ninth time, got to the Google Wallet screen after a minute, paid, and registered! I'm going to Google I/O 2013!!
To be honest, I think the best solution would just be to lottery it, but then again I suspect if they were to lottery it there'd be a lot more people entering than attempting to get tickets in such a short space of time.
-Attempt through multiple tabs -Attempt through multiple browsers -Attempt through multiple machines
Looks like Google is keeping its promise :)
Do you think preference is given based on location? Am currently in Vietnam.
I'm sitting in the queue and just got kicked back after 6 minutes and started the process again.
"Sorry! There are no available tickets at this time"