2006 Cubs Ticket Successes and Failures Thread

[Garwilly]

I did pretty well, 11741. Think I can go and still get to work by 9 (only five red line stops away from work)?

[ZiggyTaxi]

Boy did I do terrible. 2,938 and 4,333 aren't very close.

[UMFan83]

I suck, I had 5 friends draw wristbands, all between number 4000-8000. I don't think we are getting anything good

 

BTW, sethuel1 was 6 OFF meaning hes the 6th to last person to get tickets :(

[Garwilly]

I suck, I had 5 friends draw wristbands, all between number 4000-8000. I don't think we are getting anything good

 

BTW, sethuel1 was 6 OFF meaning hes the 6th to last person to get tickets :(

 

11546?

[UMFan83]

So any of you lucky guys want to pick up a couple of opening day tickets for me? I'd be willing to come to Wrigley to drop off $ :)

[UMFan83]

I suck, I had 5 friends draw wristbands, all between number 4000-8000. I don't think we are getting anything good

 

BTW, sethuel1 was 6 OFF meaning hes the 6th to last person to get tickets :(

 

11546?

 

Whoops its 6AM my math is off :)

[ZiggyTaxi]

Wouldn't it be 11,144?

 

Turns out the real starting number is 11,150 because no one got the 11,152.

[Garwilly]

Wouldn't it be 11,144?

 

Turns out the real starting number is 11,150 because no one got the 11,152.

 

Seems to me the starting number would go the other way (be 11,153 or 11,154, etc)

[ZiggyTaxi]

Oh, well that is Spike said on 720. Who knows? Doesn't really matter to me anymore. :x

[UMFan83]

I think 11,150 is the winner for the WGN contest, but 11,152 is the winner. They couldnt draw a number that wasn't called

[UMFan83]

Alrighty, anyone want to clue me into the ins and outs of the VWR? Never done it before

[ZiggyTaxi]

Well, last year I had three computers set up with hundreds of VWR windows open and I got TERRIBLE luck.

 

Here is to hoping it is different this year.

[sethuel1]

11152

 

What time (or should I even bother) going down with 12079?

 

Go down there at about 8

[sethuel1]

I did pretty well, 11741. Think I can go and still get to work by 9 (only five red line stops away from work)?

 

pretty close, but you'll probably be a bit late.

 

I can't believe I nailed it again...hopefully this luck continues for my optometry school decision letter...

[cl smooth]

for those rocking the VWR like i am, the "ctrl + n" trick still works.

 

*waiting patiently*

[fulldeck]

for those rocking the VWR like i am, the "ctrl + n" trick still works.

 

*waiting patiently*

 

I did that last year and was shut out on tickets. A coworker only had one window open and was buying tickets in about an hour. Can they block multiple windows now?

[cl smooth]

Can they block multiple windows now?

 

that's what i kept hearing, so i gave it a shot and it worked. i did the multiple window thing and got in twice last year on that friday. it might work now, but maybe they'll disable ctrl + n once the tickets actually go on sale.

[Mizzou]

God I can't believe I'm up this early on a Friday.

 

I'll be happy if I simply get tickets to one Cubs-Cards game, but I'm hoping for much more.

[cl smooth]

i'm going after the 3:05 cubs/cards saturday game in late july. it's easy for me to fly over to chicago from NYC. and i'm tired of purchasing tickets for late spring/early summer and the game ends up being hella cold. i did that for a cubs/astros game in 2003..."oh, late may! should be warm!"

 

yeah, right.

 

16 innings, 35 degrees, 40 mph winds blowing IN, got a cold, but a cubs W made everything worth it.

 

but being cold for close to 5 hours sucked. :(

[Chocolate Milk]

The time for my eminent failure to get tickets is at hand!!!!!

[cl smooth]

ctrl + n doesn't work, but if you go to file--->new--->window, that works.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

cntrl-n doesn't appear to be working for me. Is it working for anyone else?

[Mizzou]

Where do you go to get into the virtual waiting room? Or do you just have to click on the game you want on the schedule?

[E.J.]

Looks like they disabled the ctrl-n trick. I can't do it once I got into the actual VWR. :x

[Mizzou]

Guys, you can also just copy and paste the address into a new window.