Like a zombie outbreak, Burning Man culture is exploding to pandemic proportions. Many of us are still fighting to make sense of the ticketing chaos. To those of you who…
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The STEP Program: Thoughts, Opinions, Information and What’s Next
On Friday, March 2nd 2012, Burners looking to get tickets to the Fertility 2.0 Burn took to the internet as they anxiously awaited the opening of the Secure Ticket Exchange…
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Theme Camps and the Lottery: What Happens Next?
This Thursday, March 8th, is the deadline for all ticket-requesting theme camps to submit their placement questionnaires. If you are not requesting, tickets placement questionnaires are not due until April 26th. Theme…
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STEP Hysteria: Realistic Answers for Rational Burners
[I]t was 12:45. Friday March 2nd and I had something important to do. I had to register for STEP. I was at work and in the midst of a project.…
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Don’t Panic: One Burner’s View of the Lottery
I realize there is a lot of hurt and anger over the ticketing debacle. I’m not going to beat the optimist drum because optimism doesn’t spontaneously generate tickets…but then neither…
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TICKET SCHMICKET- STOP WHINING AND PARTICIPATE DAMMIT!
RULE #1- NO WHINING. I am hearing a lot of negativity on the lists these days. Everyone’s talking about how the lottery was lame, STEP is insensitive, and the 10,000-ticket…
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New Burning Man Lottery Closes, Leaving Many Concerned
[T]he main lottery sale for 2012 Burning Man tickets has officially closed. Although 40,000 tickets have been sold, there are many burners who were not chosen in the new lottery…