I fully understand why its in the system that you can't have overlapping events, but with being onliine, I'd like to see the ability to overlap events Lots of events I have tickets for are watch alongs not as interactive. Would be nice to be able to have a game event and a entertainment event at the same time.

Just a thought. But again, I understand why it isn't that way.

We specifically don't want to allow folks to book overlapping events for a variety of reasons, including ensuring that more folks get a shot at events they would like to participate in and the expectation that you'll be focused on one event at a time anyway.

When you're playing a game, you won't be able to watch a stream simultaneously, or at least not for a long period of time.

Play games online can already come with plenty of distractions built into it, we didn't want to set the system up to encourage more.

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Derek Guder
Senior Event & Program Manager
Gen Con LLC

I'll add to this - There's a 500 person stream for 1.5 hours.  I have a conflict for the last 30 min.  More than 400 tickets are currently available.

It would be great to be able to watch the first hour for non-sold-out sessions.  I can't imagine the logistics (oof).

That said - are events on twitch "ticket-only"?  

Generally no, if it's on a public platform, like Twitch, you don't need a ticket, though we encourage you to get one so you don't forget it's in your schedule.

Marian McBrine
Event Manger
Gen Con LLC