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Gamercon Chaos In Dublin After Heavy Rain Meets Overcrowding, Hours Of Queues And Shut Down Show

Published Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:27:03 -0500

Last updated Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:27:04 -0500

This video of the queue snaking around one side of Gamercon in Dublin today gives you some extent of the problem.

There are allegations of mass overselling of tickets to the show, over 20,000 tickets for a venue that holds between 7000 and 9000, leading to many people unable to get through the doors, and reports that the show was shut down by safety officials as a result of overcrowding.

Oh, and it was raining.

Waiting 2 hrs in line got nowhere told be another 2 hrs waiting and it pissing rain. Terribly organised #gamerconDublin #GamerCon #shitcon

— Mark O'Connor 🇮🇪🔴 (@markoconnor47) March 18, 2017

And the website that contained terms and conditions over refunds and the like has been taken offline.

#GamerCon

Current scenes pic.twitter.com/aC22MppCdA

— Craig Jocelyn (@CraigOJocelyn) March 18, 2017

GamerCon was an upset. Took about 4 hours until we could play one game.🤔

— Furu 〽️ (@furuTV) March 18, 2017

https://twitter.com/larsson007/status/843099028044890112

@GamerCon_Europe @LittleCarlyYT very disappointed little girl not meeting her favourite youtuber today due to bad management

— Mark Cox (@coxmark39) March 18, 2017

@GamerCon_Europe Was a big disappointment not even going tomorrow even though I have a ticket on the way home… 😞😥

— Buffalo (@OfficialBuffalo) March 18, 2017

Didn't even get the chance to go to #gamercon because the line was SO long it went around three buildings, and the wait was more than 5HRS

— Mal'therion (@Maltherion_) March 18, 2017

#gamerconDublin @GamerCon_Europe complete FARCE!! 2 hour Q in rain to be told doors closed by security as too many people inside. JOKERS pic.twitter.com/XO30TkMk7i

— Andrew Dalton (@mr_13b) March 18, 2017

after 3 hours in the queue with my 7 year old we gave up and left. #Frustrating #GamerCon sux. Never again

— Guilherme Macedo (@guilmacedo) March 18, 2017

Founder Ferdi Roberts said in an official statement that they had underestimated traffic flow for the event. "GamerCon sincerely apologises for the significant delays that our attendees experienced this morning. As a first time event we underestimated the traffic flow that we forecast for the event and have very strict health and safety related capacities which we must adhere to. That temporarily impacted our ability to process the queue which resulted in longer than expected wait time for our attendees."

And for those who want refunds,

https://twitter.com/GamerCon_Europe/status/843096288799457282

You know what's going to happen when you click that link though, right?

Yup, 403 error!

Day Two tomorrow…

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