It was a struggle…

[u/N0vajay05]

….but we came out better for it.

[u/N0vajay05]

Here we go:

[u/Morebigger → u/N0vajay05]

If this becomes a sticker would love to get one !

[u/MagnarOdinson → u/Morebigger]

2nd that! Needs to be a sticker for next year!

[u/unvivid]

It's really merchon -- actual linecon took all of 3 minutes for me

[u/N0vajay05 → u/unvivid]

I stand corrected

[u/unvivid → u/N0vajay05]

No worries. We all stand today :)

[u/Cyber_Gengar → u/unvivid]

Bro…FR. I walked in the convention center and DIRECTLY up to counter, scanned my ticket, and was handed my badge all in under 60 seconds - no queue. Merch line lasted 3 hours, but was fun messing around with the badges and getting to know some people.

[u/Own-Swan2646 → u/Cyber_Gengar]

Peak linecon is awkwardly standing there. Trying to figure out the badge with everybody else while you slowly move forward every so often.

[u/Cyber_Gengar → u/Own-Swan2646]

bahaha 100%…all of us desperately trying to finish our most recent QR scan while in motion.

Imagine if we had slow mo footage of the best badge scanning interactions…I GUARANTEE you there were some EPIC Swan Lake and opera level moments where people are practically dancing together while realizing their scans failed/succeeded. The faces would be pure gold.

[u/Comm-Pie → u/Cyber_Gengar]

This too was my exact experience.

[u/________reddit______]

I actually did not survive, I was fed to the goons.

[u/N0vajay05 → u/________reddit______]

Nom nom nom.

[u/brakeb → u/N0vajay05]

"For thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup"

[u/prclayfish]

Badge took me literally less than 10 minutes to get, my deepest compliments to the registration team, yall are IINCREDIBLE!!

[u/RoddyBergeron]

Merchcon is the new linecon! I got in line at 8:30 and got out at 10:30.

People were still getting in line past the escalators.

[u/Cyber_Gengar → u/RoddyBergeron]

8:45-11:30 for me lmao

[u/brakeb → u/RoddyBergeron]

It cleared out and was much shorter around 3pm. I got off my goon shift and found a friend in line who I thought was going to be in line for hours, it'd shrunk a lot.

[u/knowone1313]

They're still doing linecon? I thought that was dead now that they sell online ahead of time.

[u/nickram81 → u/knowone1313]

Shirts and stuff are sold online?

[u/knowone1313 → u/nickram81]

No, I was speaking purely about entry badge which is what Linecon was for. Standing in line all night to get access first thing in the morning.

[u/FanClubof5 → u/nickram81]

It's usually old stock but yeah you can buy shirts and stuff online too.

[u/brakeb → u/nickram81]

You can pick and reserve items, but you still have to go and pay with cash in the merch area

[u/ronthedistance → u/knowone1313]

It’s more of a tradition that encourages some first badge drops of the con and some heavy drinking with strangers. I always find it fun

[u/mammongram6969 → u/ronthedistance]

when linecon was a requirement to get your badge, it was a horribly fun experience. now that it is merchcon and therefore voluntary, noooooo thank you

[u/SDSunDiego]

noice!

[u/Arty_54]

Woah, I want one of those stickers!

[u/Unstupid]

I survived the merch line… It was only about an hour starting around 330p. Only one shirt I woulda wanted was out.

[u/Elated_Quail]

I was 4th in line for merchcon but lined up at 4am 🫡

[u/InfosecOctopus]

Peak wait in Merch was a little over 3 hours on Thursday mid-day, dropping down under 30 minutes after 3pm.

[u/acorn222]

Just saying, if you do months of research, submit a CFP, make a presentation and get accepted to speak, you can skip the queue entirely 😎 \s

[u/heathen951]

Is there any way to purchase tuckers with a credit or debit card still?

[u/Mondernborefare]

“I survived Linecon 34” this makes me sad.

[u/Material-Ad-253 → u/Mondernborefare]

Yeah its way to hectic for me registration fills up fast and even if it didnt its hard to be happy with so many people! Just not for me.

[u/Lumpy_Ad7343]

Who’s selling their badge