Still with the connection issue.
Here is the error code I get…
Network Error (tcp_error)
A communication error occurred: “”
The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time.
And this smug fucker is just asking for a smackdown…
Colorado Rockies spokesperson Jay Alves just spoke to the media regarding the ticket sales situation. He tried to assure the public that fans are getting through to buy tickets but that it is “slow” right now.
“It was slow at the beginning and it has now picked up,” said Alves from a press conference at Coors Field at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
Fuck you and your candy assed attempt to sell online. I swear to god, these people couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.
UNCLE!
After two hours of trying, and feeling my blood presure and stress levels go through the roof, I give.
You win, Rockies managenment.
It doesn’t matter to you who gets the tickets, as long as they are sold.
Fuck you in the ass with the shotgun Ty Cobb’s mom used to kill his father. With every corked bat and steroid needle in use today.
Fuck you if you think for a minute I’m giving you any more money.
Who am I kidding? I’ll still be there on opening day, still pay way too much for a watery beer and a soggy dog, because I love baseball.
I loved playing it, I love sitting in the sun and watching it, I love hearing it on the radio while working in the yard.
The game is bigger than you and your smarmy PR guys. Your seats that only the rich and corperate america can afford, your stadiums built on the backs of tax increases for your fans and incentives for you, and your utter, complete contempt for the fans.
Fuckityfuckshit
As far as I am concerned, this is strike 3 for MLB.
Strike 1: A revenue sharing/wage cap system that means it is miraculous for a small market team like the Rockies, Pirates, or Godforbid the Brewers to make it, while no one even notices how often teams like the Broncos, Steelers, or Packers make it.
Strike 2: Players threatening to strike over steroid testing.
I made it years w/o giving a shit about baseball, until the Rockies and my hometown Phillies both made great runs. And now
Strike 3: This shit, which everyone will go through next year. When a Peruvian has as good a shot as a local of buying your product as someone who will actually use it, your right to borrow oxygen should be revoked. There are tickets for sale for $17K!!! This kind of thinking will put MLB right up there with the NHL in popularity. (I suppose I could call and ask both of them, but I don’t have the time.) At this point, I have no intention of using the tickets if I manage to buy them. I’ll just sell them to the highest bidder, preferably a very loud, obnoxious Red Sox fan worse than any four Steeler fans at the Broncos game Sunday night.
The biggest mistake that the Rockies and anyone else involved in this has made is not owning up to the fuck up.
Don’t tell everyone that it is a malicious attack - nobody believes it.
Sack up and say that you were not fully prepared to be able to meet the demand - people will believe that, but every hour you put it off, the harder it will be to get forgiveness from the fans you are screwing.
What I don’t understand is why they (and not just this instance but what seems like all instances) let so much money get away?
If people are willing to spend huge gobs of money for these tickets, why don’t they try to get it? Hold some sort of auction. Sealed bids and the highest 20,000 bidders get their tickets at that price.
Locally, everytime I try for tickets to an event…even if I hit it in the first hour, there are no tickets left or the tickets left are for the 490th row up with no view of the stage. Something is wrong…why not sell the tickets for 2x or 3x + the price (or have some sort of sealed bid)? I’ve given up on going to any events here because it is ALWAYS sold out…but plenty of people wanting $500 on Ebay or whatever.
Why do these people let so much money go? Note…I assume their MUST be a reason. So many people are not going to be that stupid on so many events for so long…especially about $$$…so their must be a logical reason. I just can’t see it, for the life of me.
ESPECIALLY Rockies WS where you KNOW there will be high demand.
Curses! Foiled again! Me and both my buddies got shut out. My friend who works at Cisco says that he thinks it’s a DoS attack by MIT nerds. My super rich other friend says he ain’t going to pay 4 figures for a friggin’ ticket. It’s looking grimmer and grimmer as to whether or not I will ever see a World Series game live.
Let me add:
Strike 4: the way the Nats (and, I’ve been informed, many if not most MLB teams) bombard you with loud promotions and entertainment between half-innings. You want to watch the game while it’s being played, then talk with your companions between innings? Forget it; you won’t be able to hear them.
Strike 5: the entire first round of the playoffs was blacked out from broadcast television, as was the NLCS. Of the two playoff series on the airwaves (ALCS and WS), the damned things start too late to bother to watch, knowing that I’ll be asleep by the sixth inning if not earlier.
I’ve been calling it the Invisible Postseason. If they don’t want me to watch, I’m to the point where I’m not especially bothered by that anymore. (I briefly considered a Pit thread about it, then realized I just didn’t give enough of a damn to bother.) Besides, there’s plenty of football to watch during October, and the NFL apparently does want me to watch their games.
I hate all the fucking noise they insist on inserting into the experience, both between innings and during them. An afternoon of watching baseball should be exciting, but also relaxing. It’s about being able to chat between plays and between innings.
I also hate the way they try to get the crowd to make more noise. Fuck off already. Baseball doesn’t need constant yelling and screaming in order to be interesting, and when it really gets exciting people will cheer without your stupid encouragement.
