Something else I thought of: What's going to go live first, event submission or badge sales? Because if people submit events to run and get accepted, they'll obviously need a badge to get in. And with limited attendance, the possibility of someone having an event accepted but being unable to get a badge sounds very real.
Just to avoid further confusion will there be a lottery system for those of us that have rolled or donated our badges from 2020 or are all of the donated and rolled over badges automatically attending unless they specifically say they can't attend this year?
So I just checked my account page, and it said that I have a badge for 2021. Is this correct, or just a glitch in the website form?
I'd post an image of the page, but I'm not in a position at the moment to upload it to a server in order to link it back here.
Mike
Priority for attendance will be given first to attendees who donated or rolled over their 2020 badge, and then available to all. If we believe that we can safely hold the convention for additional attendees, we may offer additional waves of badge availability.
If you rolled over your badge and plan on attending we advise that you hang onto it.
I assume that the Staff are going to include badge allowance for those of us that run enough events to get one?
I'm from Canada abd i always go to Gencon by car, but for now the border are closed so, even if i want to be there, i don't know if i will be able. I got until when to decide if i go or if i roll my badge to next year? And on a second topic, are we gonna have a list of the companies that will show up in the vendor hall because that's a huge draw for me as i usually buy around 40-50 games
The possibility that people who have been volunteering for decades, and thus did not even formally get badges for 2020 despite being "part of the [cancelled] show," might not end up being able to go this year due to the badge limitations... well, even mentioning it sounds like whining no matter how I phrase it.
So, well, I guess this is me whining.
I am now done whining, I promise.
Here is to hoping I can get a badge! Plus, I can then refund it if the Auction does happen and I end up being able to get a badge that way, opening that slot back up for someone deserving!
We will have a list of companies, but that won't be for a while.
This might be asking too much, but worth a shot. I have at least one kid with a rolled over adult badge who will not be able to make it in September.
Can we transfer/gift a rolled over badges to another attendee without a badge?
Is a simple way to confirm that our rolled over badge from 2020 is all good to go, is if it's still in our cart from last year? Many of my group rolled over and just wanting to verify.
Thanks!