Let’s answer the big question first: How fast did tickets sell out this year? There were 1400 tickets released across all three rounds. All tickets were held in 13.62 seconds The waitlist filled up 1.79 seconds after that In other words ShmooCon 2020 sold out in 15.41 seconds. Remember – this isRead More →
Here are your Round 3 stats. We’ll have end of year stats for you in a day or two. 250 tickets were released this round. All tickets were held in 3.4 seconds. The waitlist filled up .52 seconds after that. So, by our definition, we sold out in 3.92 seconds.Read More →
That was a quick one, folks! Round Two Ticket Stats: 650 tickets were released this round. All tickets were held in 5.18 seconds. The waitlist filled up .56 seconds after that. So, by our definition, we sold out in 5.74 seconds. At this point all tickets are accounted for andRead More →
Yesterday we sent out notifications to all Shmoozer and Student applicants. This year we were able to accept 50 Shmoozers and 98 Students (up from last year’s numbers). Here is the list of schools that will be represented by the Shmooze-A-Student program in January. Bio-Med Science Academy College of Southern MarylandRead More →
Some of you saw a 404: A quick note about our bot catching mechanisms. We’re constantly updating our process to try to catch as much automated reservations as possible while also taking into account user feedback and trying to streamline the experience. This round we had an intermediate page we usedRead More →
Last week we posted some quick tips on twitter to guide you as you write your CFP submission. Posting them here as well: CFP Submission Tip #1 – Follow CFP instructions and submission format. Give us what we ask for, in the order that we ask for it. CFP SubmissionRead More →