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When Saturday rolled around at SDCC , the number of Hall H wristbands issued exceeded the capacity ; as many as 400 hoi polloi had used counterfeit wristbands .
From Bleeding Cool reporterWill Romine :
I just have out of the Hall H " talkback " dialog box . Like any successful organization , Comic Con International solicits feedback from their attendees . This year , attender unfavorable judgment focused on Hall H line management on Saturday .
Hall H is the 6,000 - electrical capacity room which hosts some of San Diego Comic - Con ’s most talked - about panels . I ’ve been going to SDCC for the past eight years and have seen the requirement for Hall H admittance explode . I call back line up at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday morning to get in for a 11:00 a.m. panel . At the time , I thought it was a bit excessive . How naïve I was . SDCC 2017 attender at the talkback panel reported line up Thursday night to guarantee Saturday entry into Hall H.
Hall H will never expatiate to accommodate requirement , but several adjustments in late age have at least systematised and legitimised the waiting unconscious process and saved folks from a night ’s slumber on hard asphalt . In 2014 , Comic - Con International introduced tune wristbands . The wristband arrangement ensured that those lining up the dark before could get a wristband and see to it a seat in Hall H for the next morning .
This yr , Comic - Con security start handing out wristbands at 8:30 p.m. Those who got a watchstrap could go back to their hotels and get a full night sleep before return in the morning . In theory .
When Saturday cockcrow rolled around , many attendees find that the number of wristbands issued exceeded the capacitance of Hall H. Stalwart Hall H denizens who gave up their Friday for a hazard at Hall H came up short . The effort ? As many as 400 masses figure into Hall H with counterfeit wristbands . Four hundred mass who be after their entire year around go to marquee presentations from Warner Brothers and Marvel Studios were leave want .
As compensation , Comic Con International Director of ProgrammingEddie Ibrahimpromised to give out attender four - daytime passes for SDCC 2018 .
Vid from my sis@kellylynn_esqof VP Eddie Ibrahim promising Hall H note wristbands costless 4 day passes for SDCC2018@SD_Comic_Con@HallHLinepic.twitter.com/8NBzBNXM12
— 🦇 Carrie Anne 🦇 ( @carriehudson)July 22 , 2017
In 2016 , Comic - Con International fought forger by bring out RFID badges . These new badges create an extra layer of mundaneness and seems to have frustrated counterfeiting efforts . At the SDCC talkback venire , several of the slighted attender suggested RFID potentiality be added to the wristbands . Comic - Con International PresidentJohn Rogersagreed with the need to heighten Hall H line integrity . Might we see this certificate upgrade for 2018 ?
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