#Ticket Scam

[indianfasttrack]

lodged a complaint against BookMyShow, Coldplay 'Ticket Scam'

A lawyer from Mumbai has taken legal steps against BookMyShow, claiming a ticket scam involving Coldplay in India. He intends to submit a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to the Bombay High Court. Indian Fasttrack (News Desk)Mumbai:- A legal representative based in Mumbai has lodged a complaint with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), alleging that BookMyShow and Live Nation Entertainment have…

[clouds-of-wings]

[emile-hides]

Thinking about a Drawtectives OC named Ed Erring who's like the Larry Butz of Drawtectives. Constantly way too personally involved with the crime, bumbling, compulsive liar, guy failure type with a heart full of romance and a dream of being an artist. He didn't do it but he sure was there and yet he never has any helpful information.

[maeamian]

For the love of god, do not let anyone convince you that Jill Stein is a serious person or serious candidate.

[goldenpinof]

no offence but why are you hounding people demanding to know how the upgrade works? those who are lucky enough to get it will be contacted and it will most likely be an email from ticketmaster/axs as that's usually how these things work, it's not like them or their team are personally choosing people. it's just kinda weird that you're trying to make out it's some kind of scam or something

because we have the right to know the terms of this thing. and Kelly, unlike you, understands this.

and no, i really doubt it's on the ticket sellers (aka ticketmaster, axs and others). because the Danish ticket seller didn't know about the contest happening.

this contest must have a time limit. and we don't know when it is. everyone who buys tickets after the winners are selected isn't participating in the contest. so we MUST know about this. dnp communicate this thing as if everyone who buys a regular ticket has a chance. but it can't be true, at least because the winner has to be selected a few hours before the m&g. and all tickets are available for purchase until the time of the show.

and the fact that venues and promoters don't know anything is very strange. they are organising the events as a whole. it takes more than 2 days to figure out the easiest things ever, aka the terms of a small contest. isn't it weird? we should have known all ins and outs the moment it was announced. it's a marketing tool, and it should be transparent for anyone who wants to participate. and as someone who has 2 regular tickets, i automatically am a participant, and i have the right to know. so as anyone else. especially those, who has to travel to the show on the day of the show, and if they are selected as a m&g winner, then must be able to get to the venue by 16:00. frankly, not everyone can if their busses/trains/planes get to the city closer to the time of the main show.

that's how marketing events work, anon. this shouldn't be hidden from everyone.

*applies to European leg only (since the tickets bought only within September and before that are participating)

[xylophone888]

actually headcanon: right after the agatean empire turned into a republic (maybe a federation or some other fancy word to describe not being a cruel tyranny anymore) open for trade rich people thought for some reason that they're gonna make an easy buck since "they just started trading so they must have zero experience" but were quickly disproven when they found out that over several centuries the agateans have created the most confusing disgustingly complicated viciously elaborate bureaucratic system in the entire history of the disc just because they had nothing else to do; any attempt to scam this government would be forced to go through at least fifteen different circles of paper and ink based hell controlled by people wearing square glasses and formal black and white attire strangely resemblant of the traditional clothing executioners wore before death penalty and all (known) methods of torture got banned... and then if even those found nothing the request to sell five tons of birch for three tons of gold landed right on twoflower's desk and no matter how naive this man is in interpersonal matters he knows precisely what birch is worth due to years of making sure he doesn't have to pay if the owner intentionally burns the entire forest down

in fact, these people know their worth ever since climbing out of the womb, trying to scam even the most average agatean will get you cussed out with some of the most detailed but uniquely non-obscene wordings known to anybody ever; they value themselves and their time and don't like getting lied to, that's why it was pretty easy to convince them the old empire deserved to be overthrown once they saw the first batch of foreigners come in not looking like cruel barbarian demons whatsoever; nowadays even the most conservative auntie will tell you that the old emperor was a total [redacted for legal reasons to avoid paying moral damages] and of course an absolute [redacted out of fear of invoking the emperors vengeful spirit] for trying to mess with his people about these weird backwards folks who had trouble understanding the most basic paper money before a wet guy made some for them

[elibeeline]

*without falling apart* will the universe stop ruining this holiday

[plethoraworldatlas]

GenCon Crit Awards situation

The Crit Awards are a relatively new Awards ceremony focused on Actual Plays. They recently announced that, supposedly due to safety concerns, they will not be hosting their ceremonies at GenCon 2024. This announcement has been met with numerous tabletop gaming personalities to cancel their appearances and trips to GenCon, as well as many others voicing support for the Crit Awards and condemning GenCon. As well as others doing the opposite.

For more information, the Crit Awards released back in mid June that in addition to banning known racists, Homophobes, misogynists, Transphobes, and the like from being eligible for nominations for their awards, they would ban outspoken zionists as well. The initial statement, admittedly, is a bit vague.

This happened supposedly because the staff found out one of the then proposed nominees either was or was once part of a controversial actual play group that was explicitly zionist; Again, no major details were revealed for privacy, though further statements allude to said controversial actual play group supporting illegal settlements in some way.

Supposedly they communicated with the nominee and came to a peaceful resolution where the nomination was removed; Said nominee has not come forward at this time. The ban announcement happened shortly after.

Since the announcement of the ban, both the Crit Awards and GenCon received numerous threats of violence from numerous sources. After phone calls with GenCon representatives on Jun 24th, the Crit Awards would announce they will not be at GenCon 2024. They released a statement revealing these things, as well as condemning "harassment, violence, and terrorism" as well as stating "we take issue with the pro-imperialist, antisemitic rhetoric that conflates Judaism with zionism" and reaffirming their condemnation for the genocide.

The organization did not call for a boycott, but many individuals have announced they will not attend GenCon in solidarity.

While the Crit Awards haven't said much recently, and their statements claim it was a peaceful agreement with GenCon Staff, many individuals connected with the Crit Awards, Including the Host of the awards ceremony, who are not bound by NDAs, have gone public and stated that GenCon forced the Crit Awards to release their statement and were in fact banned and kicked out by GenCon.

It is important to note that GenCon is held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana, since 2016, has TOUGH Anti-BDS laws. Part of that is banning any and all public or state funding for any group that supports any form of boycotting or BDS, as well as banning all funding from groups that support groups that support BDS.

GenCon is a massive moneymaker for Indy, so much so that the extremely conservative state government has in the past canceled planned restrictions on Abortion rights because GenCon announced it would leave Indiana if they passed said bans. The Indianapolis Convention Center is currently undergoing major renovations to nearly double its floor space and connect to both existing and new hotels, and the area is currently building multiple new hotels and other amenities; While there are many events they are making these expansions for, the fact they announced them immediately after last year's GenCon, which was the largest yet as well as heavily criticized for overcrowding and a poor initial response to it, and they were announced mainly in the context of GenCon shows that these major investments are motivated in no small part by GenCon.

However, after the aforementioned event where GenCon protested the state's government and threatened to leave, GenCon has changed tune over the years, soften criticism despite the government being more overtly anti-choice than before, and most crucially, has signed massive partnership extension deals with Indianapolis and Indiana. These contract mean GenCon is planned to stay in Indiana until 2030; These contracts are often renegotiated often, so there are no plans to leave the state soon.

It has been suggested that GenCon was either pushed to kick out the Crit Awards, or did so preemptively to avoid backlash from the state government, which would definitely include threats to the multi-year multi-million deals with the state. While GenCon is still one of the largest annual moneymaking events in Indianapolis, there are many more events scheduled to take place in the Indy Convention Center as part of a wider plan to expand the number of events in Indy. This includes the 100th anniversary meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the National Eucharistic Conference, the first in nearly half a century.

The point is, things have clearly changed, and GenCon both is no longer inclined to protest the state government and no longer as large a player despite making more money every year due to the sheer amount of other events, meaning the state government now has more power in the relationship and can threaten GenCon with cutting funding as well as outright expulsion from the state.

The Crit awards initial statements were very vague and were understandably criticized, and their later statements go out for their way to emphasize that they are against antisemitism and antisemitic individuals were already banned under the previous rules, and they stress that they want to avoid conflating Judaism with zionism. The massive amounts of threats sent to both the Crit Awards and GenCon are unacceptable, and some have reported that it was coordinated by various online groups after reports of the Crit Awards updated rules were done by newsites.

GenCon is getting criticized for the situation, the Crit Awards are being criticized as well, people have been realizing that GenCon notably puts up less of a fight with the conservative state government which gets them criticized more, and people are both pulling out and some are even planning on attending with pins that support the Crit Awards (as GenCon can be a big financial investment and some simply can't afford to not go after buying badges and/or booths)

GenCon starts in less than a months time, August 1st through the 4th. The Crit Awards will be held virtually.

[killakalx]

is ticketmaster safe or are they gonna steal my money… 😣

[iilines]

I love Chappelle Roan and the effort she is willing to put into her fans

In a time where an event like this is completely unfathomable to some, and even if it is fathomable to few, scalpers and ticket resellers will just jack up prices and make them unattainable.

So the fact that she as an artist is willing to risk the loss of seats or profits, is just a simple yet amazing gesture to her fans.

I really hope this news gets the appreciation it deserves.

[tibby]

did u go to eras tour??

yeah admittedly the blonde demon got a win on me on that one. i can try and escape the swiftieism but unfortunately a haunted x exile piano mashup will be there to knock me out cold

[hellfiredemon]

God please let me see Ethel Cain next week

[rosew1ther]

It should not be a widely accepted thing for music festivals who function entirely off of extremely expensive badges to exist. Literally classist and a scam on top of that. And directly against the very thing they claim to celebrate, as freedom of art can not exist if locked behind an intense financial barrier

[pearmagz-fr]

trading post lesbians

[quatregats]

Okay well that's enough RENFE website time for the day! <- still needs to buy literally all his tickets

[ilostyou]

i have reached a new low (making a twitter account to go look for concert tickets there)