Malcolm-Edge Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Well My name is Malcolm smith, 17 years old. Grade 11 and attened Thomas Haney Secondary. I also work at Save On Foods by London Drugs. Another obvious is Im a guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOS Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Anyone know what the $50 tickets will get you? Is it upper bowl, or a certain place on the upper bowl or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I dont know, I got shit and paid $200 after service charges for 2. minus 7 or so dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOS Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 So, was it facing the stage straight on in the upper bowl or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Upper bowl, each corner, 2 rows from the wall. Try for the sunday show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Coldplay tickets not impossible to snag Tickets to see Coldplay's much-anticipated Vancouver shows were not impossible to buy online this morning. You just might be sitting alone. Despite concerns that the tickets could sell out in minutes, snagged by online hackers, a Vancouver Sun reporter was able to get single tickets to the June 20 and 21 show within minutes of online availability at 10 am. Although multiple tickets were more difficult to find, at 10:15 it was still possible to reserve at least two seats for the June 21 show. The Vancouver Sun reported today that hackers are able to program a computer to circumvent Ticketmaster's website security and automatically buy tickets. There are concerns many tickets are not being sold to real fans, but rather to scalpers who post them to on-line ticket auctions. Just before 10 am, there were 163 tickets available at TicketsNow for Coldplay's Vancouver show, ranging in price from $106 to $1284 each. Within 15 minutes of the tickets going on sale on Ticketmaster.com, 40 additional tickets were posted to TicketsNow. http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Coldplay+tickets+impossible+snag/1390449/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hackers complicate online ticket purchases Software gets past Ticketmaster security, making it difficult for ordinary buyers to get through If you're hoping to score tickets to Coldplay's Vancouver concerts when they go on sale Saturday, you could find yourself up against computer hackers who can order up hundreds and even thousands of tickets in the time it would take you to punch in a single order. Scalpers looking to jump the online queue can program a computer to circumvent Ticketmaster's website security and automatically order tickets at speeds far beyond ones the ordinary buyer could hope to match. But even if the hackers don't get there before you, regular ticket buyers could flood the online ordering site in such numbers that all the tickets could be sold out in minutes, or even in less than a minute depending on how tickets are being released. "Maybe it takes you a minute and a half to click through to buy a ticket, in that minute and a half the hacker could have made 100,000 ticket requests," said Ryan Purita, a forensic examiner and security specialist with Sherlock Forensics. "You cannot beat a hacker script. "Nobody can type that fast and that's where the advantage comes from." Despite the ticket giant's success in getting an injunction against a U.S. company, RMG Technologies, that was selling software to automate ticket purchases through the Ticketmaster site, Purita said the practice is still wide open to any hacker who wants to follow instructions freely available online. "You get rid of one company, so what?" he said. "It doesn't mean the scripts don't exist. "It doesn't mean anyone with a few hours to burn won't be able to do it. While Ticketmaster says it is in a constant "cat and mouse" game trying to keep one step ahead of hackers, chief technology officer Brian Pike said ticket buyers for the June 20 and 21 Coldplay concerts are more likely to find themselves competing against other fans than against a bot (a robot computer) operated by a hacker. "I would like to think there are no bots there, but I know a few get through," he said. "If Coldplay is coming to Vancouver and there are 5,000 or 10,000 people hopping on the website to get tickets, they are outweighing anything the bot might try to do." The effect might be the same for wannabe concert-goers who could find all the tickets sold within minutes, if not seconds of the online sales opening. "When it is put on sale, we could be servicing 1,000 consumers form the very beginning and if 1,000 people get two or three tickets each, that could be thousands of seats handed out in the first few seconds or half-a-minute," Pike said. The first step for hackers wanting to bypass the limitations on ticket sales is defeating the "captcha," which stands for "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart." That's the little box on websites where you have to type in a phrase that supposedly can be recognized only by humans and so is meant to block computer-generated responses. However, captchas can be defeated, and Purita said that allows hackers to automate ticket purchases, masquerading as many buyers with different credit card numbers and mailing addresses. "You want a ticket for the show, you are at the website within five minutes of it opening, and you'd expect to get a ticket," he said. "But they have found a way to blow through it and get as many tickets as they want, and there are none left for anyone else." One computer can deliver multiple requests, each one ordering the maximum number of tickets available for individuals. The hackers also easily block or spoof the IP (Internet protocol) address of the computer making the requests. Purita said hackers are adept at disguising their identity and other distinguishing information such as postal addresses. "They use different addresses, different credit cards and different identities, but it is one person manipulating it." Pike said while he doesn't want to tip off hackers to all the measures the company takes to try to thwart their methods, the company has taken both legal measures and other strategies that have slowed the hackers down. "We increase their costs and decrease their ability to get any real edge against anybody else," he said. "It is definitely a cat-and-mouse game. There's a lot of money in tickets, so we do attract some ingenious people." Pike said the captcha is the first line of defence, and if that succeeds, hackers are reduced to hiring people in Third World countries to type in the captcha. Or they can hire people in a phone room here to make the calls, which raises their cost of doing business. "If they are hiring 20 people, they will be able to get 20 people's worth, but shouldn't be able to get 1,000 people's worth." http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Hackers+complicate+online+ticket+purchases/1388990/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intelpentium4 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Same thing happened with the Edmonton show ticket sale. By 10:05am you couldn't get 2 seats together. Only singles were left. Ticketmaster is a huge scam and has weak security in order to make it easier for those scalper websites to get the tickets first then, I'm sure, Ticketmaster gets a kickback or something from them for this service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecaddie Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'm curious to know who got pairs (or more than 2 together) on the floor. From all I've seen from people and a furious 2 hours during the presale and public sale (continually trying both shows) it seems that nobody got anything in the first 20 rows on the floor. It seems to me that people even had trouble getting seats in the close sections on the sides of the arena (104-108 and 115-118). I ended up with a pair for Sunday night in sec 109. Just how many great tickets did these computer programs get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCfan Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I snatched up 2 on the floor row 13 a couple months back. They released blocks. Check back often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCfan Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Only 27 hours more to go!!!!!!! Anyone know where the guys are having their barbeque tonight????? LOL :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystyna Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 i still have one spare ticket for this show. Row 26 Floor! Will basically just take best offer for it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfit00 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 There are a lot of CP fans in Vancouver then! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftell Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Well My name is Malcolm smith, 17 years old. Grade 11 and attened Thomas Haney Secondary. I also work at Save On Foods by London Drugs. Another obvious is Im a guy. You go to Thomas Haney? You guys are getting a new principal for next year :D Can't wait for tomorrow!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Have fun everyone who is going :dance: Get lots of pics and tweet if possible! I'll be here updating the tweets during the show :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxKels Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 :dance::clap::flutterby::singer::guitarist::drummer::guitarist::flutterby::clap::dance: Have fun Krystyna!!:kiss: (and everyone else going!) Will be waiting to hear about more:flutterby: Coldplay Karma:flutterby: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 You go to Thomas Haney? You guys are getting a new principal for next year :D Can't wait for tomorrow!!!! 3 in fact! They are all really nice. Having a meeting with them in a few days. Very excited about Coldplay!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftell Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 3 in fact! They are all really nice. Having a meeting with them in a few days. Very excited about Coldplay!!! Haha, yeah. One of them is from the school I work at. He's a really great guy, so you guys are all lucky :p Yes, Coldplay! Wooooo :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystyna Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 SQUEEE!!!! TONIGHT! :D :D :D !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rstarz Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 OMG TONIGHT!!! I CANT WAITTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Follow me if you want updates at http://www.twitter.com/malcolm42 I'll keep you posted about sets and what not. I have not studied the setlist so I wont really be able to confirm set list order. I do bet Gary Lightbody comes on stage with Coldplay though. More likely tomorrow though. He loves Glass of Water and plays guitar....do I sense an Hammond Jr. like moment. Plus these two are too big to not do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Followed! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Have fun tonight everyone! :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 So it is upon us! Vancouver is the center of the Coldplay world for two days. And all eyes are on us. We have the most popular threads for the next two days. I dont know If I should updae you guys live or leave you hoping for news of a setlist change. Im very evil. Just kidding. Im getting very excited. Listening to Snow Patrol right now. I love these guys and would be willing to pay $100 to see them by themselves. I was very excited when they were announced as main support. I'll update you guys when Magnificent is played! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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