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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Events / Hump HUMP! Tickets On Sale NOW!

Posted by on Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:00 AM

 

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emilythehaikubot 1
aaand the server is already starting to crash. Didn't you guys learn from last year?
Posted by emilythehaikubot http:// on October 1, 2011 at 10:07 AM
wisepunk 2
yeah, it's frozen
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:07 AM
3
ugh. the fucking server's are slow!!!!!!!
Posted by apres_moi on October 1, 2011 at 10:08 AM
4
Been stuck on the spinning wheel of doom for 8 minutes. Still can't get through.
Posted by BlagHag on October 1, 2011 at 10:08 AM
wisepunk 5
this is the part where Anthony realizes that the ticket server shouldn't be run on a 1999 iMac.
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM
6
Took forever but i finally just finished putting in my billing info.
Posted by sponic on October 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM
7
I'm going to make a porn next year in the time it takes to order tickets.
Posted by Humper on October 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM
8
try adding inventory to the shoppng cart and the damn thing chokes
Posted by apres_moi on October 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM
ago 9
Has anybody successfully bought tickets yet?? No luck here.
Posted by ago http://www.google.com/reader/shared/coolmoose09 on October 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM
10
looks like the page timed out when I went to submit my payment... but I received an email confirmation of purchase so I'll take that as a yes.
Posted by sponic on October 1, 2011 at 10:11 AM
11
I haven't been able to even select tickets yet.
Posted by clint on October 1, 2011 at 10:14 AM
wisepunk 12
Of course I have a women that wants to go with me that I have been chasing since high school, so I already know I am not going to get the tickets I need.
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:16 AM
tim 13
I'm still on the "add tickets" spinning wheel of doom, and have been for 15 minutes.
Posted by tim on October 1, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Simply Me 14
There are these things called servers.... they help websites "serve" their audience. You should get some for stranger tickets...
Posted by Simply Me on October 1, 2011 at 10:16 AM
emilythehaikubot 15
@10 The same thing just happened to me. I'm really glad that it worked, since last year I spent 5 hours trying to get tickets.
Posted by emilythehaikubot http:// on October 1, 2011 at 10:16 AM
internet_jen 16
"add to cart" and nothing happens. I can do this many times though.
Posted by internet_jen on October 1, 2011 at 10:16 AM
17
Stuck on "add to cart", no way to view cart. Will probably have 16 tickets in the cart when it finally appears. sigh.
Posted by Hegemony Cricket on October 1, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Lose-Lose 18
Wow. i'm not the only one complaining about the server crashing.
Posted by Lose-Lose on October 1, 2011 at 10:19 AM
wisepunk 19
Well, fuck. I am gonna roll a joint if I just have to stare at this, might as well make it fun while I wait.
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:19 AM
20
@17 - I must have clicked on that "add to cart" button 50 times before it finally worked. Don't give up!
Posted by sponic on October 1, 2011 at 10:20 AM
21
geezus christ Stranger! you knew there would be a large volume of people purchasing these tickets this morning. Get your shit together!
Posted by biatchplease on October 1, 2011 at 10:20 AM
22
Just got my confirmation email. Huzzah!
Posted by BlagHag on October 1, 2011 at 10:20 AM
23
I finally made it through, even the the page timed out I did get a confirmation email. Ugh, so painful every year.
Posted by humpfan on October 1, 2011 at 10:21 AM
24
fuck, i take a weekend trip to sf from seattle and i fucking wake up early to fucking buy tickets on a site who's shopping cart is fucking overloaded. fml....
Posted by apres_moi on October 1, 2011 at 10:23 AM
wisepunk 25
You know that all of us commenting here are going to get screwed on these tickets.
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM
secret south 26
Should I keep waiting if I have the spinning wheel? It has been 26 minutes!
Posted by secret south http://www.secretsouth.net on October 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Simply Me 27
If only we lived in a city where people knew how to make websites and scalable. If only there were only people who knew how to build site where hundreds -- even thousands of people could visit at once.

Alas, we only live in Seattle home of Strangertickets.com
Posted by Simply Me on October 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM
28
I watched the wheels spin for almost 25 before everything clicked. Tickets are now printed and ready for humping.
Posted by dicon on October 1, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Simply Me 29
This is what it feels like trying to buy hump tickets http://animalsbeingdicks.com/page/5
Posted by Simply Me on October 1, 2011 at 10:30 AM
30
Alright. Tickets Bought. Same thing happened to me as 10 and 15.
Posted by clint on October 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM
31
Couldn't get the confirmation page to show up after payment info, but I got an email confirmation so I think it worked for me!
Posted by SeattleSeven on October 1, 2011 at 10:32 AM
internet_jen 32
worked finally, the final check out screen didn't load but i did get a confirmation email. Had them mailed cause I don't want humpy things printing around the office.
Posted by internet_jen on October 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM
33
fuck. this reminds me of this year's fiasco with cascade bike club's servers opening for the stp/rsvp orders
Posted by apres_moi on October 1, 2011 at 10:37 AM
34
It is way too early in the morning to stare at a tiny spinny thing for me. If there were multiple days I could go, I wouldn't care so much, but I really can only make it to the QA showings, so I'm a little worried...@26, shut your mouth! You'll jinx us all!
Posted by zobot http://wsu.academia.edu/zoealeshire on October 1, 2011 at 10:38 AM
35
After 30 min on the computer I tried the iPhone while waiting for the "spinny wheel of doom". It worked perfectly! No waiting what-so-ever. Try your smartphones!
Posted by lindseykit on October 1, 2011 at 10:41 AM
care bear 36
I just bought two with absolutely no problems.
Posted by care bear on October 1, 2011 at 10:45 AM
37
uhhh, i meant @25, of course
Posted by zobot http://wsu.academia.edu/zoealeshire on October 1, 2011 at 10:47 AM
secret south 38
Thank you @35! Totally worked. I still have the spinning will on my computer and is has been 49 minutes. Ordering on my iPhone worked like a charm.
Posted by secret south http://www.secretsouth.net on October 1, 2011 at 10:50 AM
wisepunk 39
OK iPhone got me in to the checkout window!
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM
wisepunk 40
confirm email in my inbox. @37 I almost want to buy more just to make sure you get yours.
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 10:55 AM
41
Hooray for iphones!
Posted by zobot http://wsu.academia.edu/zoealeshire on October 1, 2011 at 10:55 AM
42
@35 you are my savior!!!!!
Posted by apres_moi on October 1, 2011 at 11:06 AM
biju 43
See you sluts on thursday!
Posted by biju on October 1, 2011 at 11:08 AM
44
Thanks so much for the iPhone tip! I had over an hour of spinny wheel of doom.

Hey Stranger Staff - if you can't afford a decent server set up at least have a physical point of sale for these tickets. Jesus.
Posted by bellelaide on October 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Anthony Hecht 45
Hey, thanks for your patience everybody! We have lots of servers, I swear! LOTS! And they're fancy! The demand for these tickets is several orders of magnitude more than you may realize, so things inevitably do get a little slow, but our monitoring has shown tons and tons of successful orders, nothing even close to the situation we had last year (sorry!), and after a minute or two of tuning at the very start, things have been humming along. Sorry if your order was one of the stuck ones, please try again, and don't forget to check your email. If you got a receipt, you got your tickets.

Thanks!
Posted by Anthony Hecht on October 1, 2011 at 11:20 AM
MacCrocodile 46
Dearest Olive,

It has been twenty days since I went to buy tickets for HUMP, and there seems to be no end in sight. We're running drastically low on supplies. We only have enough fresh water for another day, and we finished the last of the pie days ago. If I should never see you again I hope that you find this letter and will know my last thoughts were of you.

Love,
MacCrocodile
Posted by MacCrocodile on October 1, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Arsenic7 47
Persistence is key.
Posted by Arsenic7 on October 1, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Explorer 48
Worked great for me, no wait or wheels at all.
Posted by Explorer on October 1, 2011 at 11:38 AM
wisepunk 49
@46 Donner, party of 2
Posted by wisepunk on October 1, 2011 at 11:41 AM
AmyC 50
jesus christ, 49 comments and every single one was about the wait to buy tickets. keep beating that dead horse, guys.
Posted by AmyC on October 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM
MacCrocodile 51
@50 - And to round out an even fifty, a complaint about the lack of variety in the comments. Way to bring some life to this party.
Posted by MacCrocodile on October 1, 2011 at 1:13 PM
TreGibbs 52
classy....
Posted by TreGibbs on October 2, 2011 at 8:08 AM

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