[Deptheads] Game pre-registration limits

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

We allow people over the 2/3's to attempt to pre-reg as people do drop and we allow alternates. We do not allow events to fill up via pre-reg for precisely the reasons you stated.

Right now the sytem of approvals is entirely manual. One of the goals is to make it automatic with manual override. Thankfully pre reg's in the queue are listed in the order that they come in, so first come first served. The biggest crunch by far is on the roleplaying side of things.

Eric

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 01:57:47PM -0700, Victor B wrote:
> Are there official rules for pre-reg allowance in games? Basically if an event has 5 slots ,can 5 people pre-register for it and be approved and thus allowing for no sign up at the convention? I have been asked this about collectable, miniature and? role playing events. 
> The site states this:
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> 	* You will not be able to preregister for any events that list as "Prereg Full". This means the event has reached 2/3 of capacity rounded down. e.g. 3/5, 4/6. 
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> This is read by many people as?meaning that you should not be approved as a pre-reg past the limit even if you are allowed to pre-reg because system allows. 
> So Susan was deciding to come to strategicon despite the parking but noticed that 3 of the roleplaying event she wanted to play in were full. So no reason to come to the convention and get in line to grab a slot in at least one of the 2?events when pre-regs?were allowed to fill the events.?(She figured 4 of 6 players allowed to pre-reg, and 2 slots would be left for on-site sign-up). 
> I played with the system and it will allow pre-regs over 2/3 and even allow pre-reg over limit of game. You can sign up as player 9 in an 8 player game. 
> I?just do not approve of players past the 2/3 capacity for the event.
> Parking is already having an effect on day attendees and full events will add to discouraging people to come. I feel no event should be full from pre-reg. Otherwis we have a handful of pre-regers filling up?many destination events. Since majority of con-attendees?are walks-ins it is important to make sure all events are not full before convention even starts; especially when it?implies it limits ?2/3 to pre-reg (system allows?unilmited pre-reg?until?players are?approved- it does not disallow on it's own- approver has to disapprove of players beyond limit which is no fun).
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