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Change of start time for WCOAP Main Event
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Jon MW on August 15, 2009, 12:21:19 PM ---
It"s certainly not ideal when a lot of hotels, like the one I"m at, have a checking in time of 3pm.
When it was booked an hour and a half was plenty of leeway to get there in time for the start - and wasn"t the reason to have the early registration so that people could make their plans?
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An excellent point Jon and, whilst not a deal breaker for me, is one worthy of emphasis.
kinboshi:
--- Quote from: Jon MW on August 15, 2009, 12:21:19 PM ---
It"s certainly not ideal when a lot of hotels, like the one I"m at, have a checking in time of 3pm.
When it was booked an hour and a half was plenty of leeway to get there in time for the start - and wasn"t the reason to have the early registration so that people could make their plans?
Was there much point in letting people have so much time - then changing the details at the last minute?
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Doesn"t bother me at all personally - in fact, I"d prefer the early start.
BUT, that"s not important. Jon has a very valid point, and people who are travelling from a distance and have planned their travel arrangements to tie-in with the start time might be penalised by any change. However, the start isn"t changing that radically, and people should already have included some slippage into their plans in case they are held up with their flights/car journeys, etc. Of course, if you arrive late, you aren"t penalised other than being blinded away slowly.
It"s not ideal - and it"s a shame the earlier start wasn"t sorted and announced earlier.
Ant1966:
--- Quote from: kinboshi on August 15, 2009, 15:13:29 PM ---
It"s not ideal - and it"s a shame the earlier start wasn"t sorted and announced proposed earlier.
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Bainn:
--- Quote from: MSKelly on August 15, 2009, 08:53:16 AM ---
I might struggle to get there for a 3pm start but if it has to be then it has to be. I"ll just have to work super fast and drive super quick to get there as early as I can
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Jon MW:
--- Quote from: kinboshi on August 15, 2009, 15:13:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: Jon MW on August 15, 2009, 12:21:19 PM ---
It"s certainly not ideal when a lot of hotels, like the one I"m at, have a checking in time of 3pm.
When it was booked an hour and a half was plenty of leeway to get there in time for the start - and wasn"t the reason to have the early registration so that people could make their plans?
Was there much point in letting people have so much time - then changing the details at the last minute?
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Doesn"t bother me at all personally - in fact, I"d prefer the early start.
BUT, that"s not important. Jon has a very valid point, and people who are travelling from a distance and have planned their travel arrangements to tie-in with the start time might be penalised by any change. However, the start isn"t changing that radically, and people should already have included some slippage into their plans in case they are held up with their flights/car journeys, etc. Of course, if you arrive late, you aren"t penalised other than being blinded away slowly.
It"s not ideal - and it"s a shame the earlier start wasn"t sorted and announced earlier.
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Not worth reiterating too much, but just to highlight:
"... However, the start isn"t changing that radically, and people should already have included some slippage into their plans ..."
An hour and a half is a significant amount of time to allow for "slippage".
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As I said 3pm is a significant time as a number of hotels use that as their checking in time.
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