ghostrye wrote:kappait wrote:ghostrye wrote:
Even though I won two of the autograph signings, it didn’t appear that they were letting any standby people in because they don’t seem to want people standing around in the area. It seemed like it was just winners and no stand by.
That's what they did at SDCC last year too. I won a few signings that people obviously won and didn't show up. They said there was a standby line but they never let them in. I have a feeling this year a lot of people won't even sign up and they may actually have a plan for standby. At least that's how I'd run it.
The challenge is that it’s so hard to allocate space inside the con to a standby line when space is already at a premium.
I'm just not sure that's the case anymore. A lot of the line management seems to be cleaned up. Sails and out side sails could easily handle that traffic. They didn't use it for exclusives last year and could provide the location for that over flow. Another thing they could do is have a time limit in the morning to pick up a wrist band for a signing and have a stand by line out side sails. If they have any left over badges at say 930 when the floor opens they could pass out the remaining on a first come first serve basis.