Here we go guys…

I’m clicking on the T icon in the schedule and getting a blank page.  Does that mean I need to retry to get in the virtual waiting room?

I’m worried that my work computer lacks the necessary software to work this thing (it lacks Flash Player for example).

I’m getting the same issue.  Maybe at 10:00 things will change?

Same problem here.  It says the VRM opens at 9:30.  Doesn’t appear to be the case for some reason.

Everyone here knows the trick to beating the VWR, right?

Working now…

Weeks T. Olive - 22 February 2008 11:53 AM

Everyone here knows the trick to beating the VWR, right?

I’ve got 90 tabs open as we speak.

OK, working now.

I thought the VWR loophole was repaired?

OK, the old trick doesn’t work now.

What’s the new trick?

Obviously not, Pops.  It worked last year.  Not sure how they would “repair” it anyway.

Game on!

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 11:58 AM

OK, working now.

I thought the VWR loophole was repaired?

It wasn’t last season when playoff tickets went on sale.  I had tickets to the LDS and the LCS within minutes by using only 20 or 30 tabs each time.  I don’t know if anything changed over the offseason (I’m not trying to buy tickets today due to an impending home purchase).

Sadly, I never got to use those playoff tickets ....

So, no real trick… just keep clicking on the ticket icon?

Seeing the word “virtual” so many times makes it look very odd and misspelled.

OK… maybe I need to refreshed on what the “trick” is… I haven’t done this since 2003

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 12:03 PM

OK… maybe I need to refreshed on what the “trick” is… I haven’t done this since 2003

Just open as many windows or tabs that your computer can handle.  Then each one of them is in the queue.  Doesn’t matter which game you go in through, they all end up in the same place.

Moses Taylor - 22 February 2008 12:05 PM

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 12:03 PM

OK… maybe I need to refreshed on what the “trick” is… I haven’t done this since 2003

Just open as many windows or tabs that your computer can handle.  Then each one of them is in the queue.  Doesn’t matter which game you go in through, they all end up in the same place.

Sometimes I would get a message preventing me from opening a new window when I tried… but going to the sortable schedule and opening from that page allowed me to do as many as I wanted.

Moses Taylor - 22 February 2008 12:05 PM

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 12:03 PM

OK… maybe I need to refreshed on what the “trick” is… I haven’t done this since 2003

Just open as many windows or tabs that your computer can handle.  Then each one of them is in the queue.  Doesn’t matter which game you go in through, they all end up in the same place.

If you have IE 6.0, you can just do Ctrl+N while in one VWR to open a new one (it’s my understanding this functionality changed with IE 7.0).  I’m not sure how to do it in Firefox - when I tried to open a new window or tab, it took me either to a blank page or my home page.  Which browser do you use, Moses?

I wonder how many people are trying to get in.  And what % of them knows the “trick.” So basically how many windows/tabs are open to get in. 

Not a bite yet.

Weeks T. Olive - 22 February 2008 12:09 PM

Moses Taylor - 22 February 2008 12:05 PM

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 12:03 PM

OK… maybe I need to refreshed on what the “trick” is… I haven’t done this since 2003

Just open as many windows or tabs that your computer can handle.  Then each one of them is in the queue.  Doesn’t matter which game you go in through, they all end up in the same place.

If you have IE 6.0, you can just do Ctrl+N while in one VWR to open a new one (it’s my understanding this functionality changed with IE 7.0).  I’m not sure how to do it in Firefox - when I tried to open a new window or tab, it took me either to a blank page or my home page.  Which browser do you use, Moses?

I’m using Firefox for this.  Installed Tab Mix plus, so I can just have rows of tabs and see the heading.  I made the VRM a bookmark, and then control + clicked on the bookmark and it opens the new tab to that page.

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 12:08 PM

Moses Taylor - 22 February 2008 12:05 PM

Pops Freshenmeyer - 22 February 2008 12:03 PM

OK… maybe I need to refreshed on what the “trick” is… I haven’t done this since 2003

Just open as many windows or tabs that your computer can handle.  Then each one of them is in the queue.  Doesn’t matter which game you go in through, they all end up in the same place.

Sometimes I would get a message preventing me from opening a new window when I tried… but going to the sortable schedule and opening from that page allowed me to do as many as I wanted.

Interesting - that’s a good tip.  No need to mess around with browsers that way.

No games sold out yet.

And… done.

That was easy.

So has anyone seen/talked to retro of late?

He guys, I’ll be in Chicago the night of Friday May 16th.

Couldn’t get any tix to the White Sox games.  Got 4 to StL 8/9 Sat.