5:07pm: A few people are saying that sales reps on the phone are claiming that Blizzard is selling tickets in phases, and that there’ll be a period of sales today until all the tickets are gone. Note that this is all rumor, and we won’t have confirmation of anything until we hear from Blizzard themselves. Even if it is true that they’re selling tickets in phases, we don’t see how that helps, especially since people are getting cut off in the middle of their purchase every time the “sold out” flag comes up.
5:43pm: Aylii from Shamanistic Rage says she chatted with a Blizzard service rep, and he said that only 10% of the tickets have been sold so far — 1200 out of 12,000. That lines up with what we know already — that they sold 8000 tickets last year and opened up a third hall besides the two last year. So all hope is not yet lost.
However, she also heard that there would be a five minute period between ticket phases, and it’s definitely been five minutes since the last phase ended. Still no word from Blizzard, though we have no idea why.
6:30pm: Here’s another pretty believeable thread, supposedly with info from Blizzard’s phone sales support staff. They won’t confirm or deny batch sales, but they do say that they’ve told the CMs and blue posting staff to get communication running between players and Blizzard. The fact that we haven’t heard anything official from Blizzard for the last couple of hours is very frustrating. Not wanting to tell your customers anything unless you’re sure of it is one thing, but completely ignoring them, especially when they’re so frustrated, is something else completely.
