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Monday, February 7, 2011

Comic Con: Someone Forgot This S$%t Was Popular

Comic Con: 40 Years of Artists, Writers, Fans, And FriendsSaturday, sales for Comic Con International in San Diego sold out at a record pace, halting Ticketleap servers and ticking off a great many nerds.  The CBR website reported Ticketleap CEO Chris Stanchak saying “our platform experienced capacity issues for a 4 hour period."  


I have one question.  "Duh?" Comic Con regularly caters to tens of thousands in the brief time it graces us with its presence.  Couple that little tidbit with the fact that there are more scifi and comic book movies coming out this year than really should be possible (and the fact that they actually look watchable) and you have on your hands a reason to throw some backup servers on the grid.  This could have been avoided, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe they expected the Internet to be patient.  Yeah, that could happen.