Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle 2015 - entry transfers closed - do not request entries

aquinn · 07-04-2015 02:27PM

touts wrote: »

They are answering questions to comments on their facebook page. One of those answers is:

"There was testing being done prior to 1pm, it was opened at 1pm, thank you, ROK Team"

If you think you registered at 11am this morning you should double check as it seems you may have been a test application rather than an actual application.....

I didn't pay €85 for a testing phase!

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 02:31PM

They keep insisting there's tickets:

There is still plenty of space available, really sorry for the delays people are experiencing, this is something we will most defiantly fix for next year but for now we advice you keep trying, again except our apologies, thank you, Ring of Kerry Team

Maybe i'm being cynical...

Mycroft H · 07-04-2015 02:33PM

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5p9arw38djv2b4 · 07-04-2015 02:35PM

Mycroft H wrote: »

wouldnt worry about that message - i was getting that back at 12.30, i think its one of the deefaults. they are still updating the fb page to say spots available. ... spots i cant seem to get!!

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 02:36PM

Not convinced there tickets left, not one success report on the FB page over the last 2 hours by any poster, or here.

ItsLikeThis · 07-04-2015 02:36PM

Wish it was always this difficult to part with money....

xxyyzz · 07-04-2015 02:39PM

jon1981 wrote: »

Not convinced there tickets left, not one success report on the FB page over the last 2 hours by any poster, or here.

that's because they are trying to do the IT equivalent of routing the M50 down a kerry bohereen. The server is gridlocked. That doesn't mean there are no tickets left.

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 02:41PM

xxyyzz wrote: »

that's because they are trying to do the IT equivalent of routing the M50 down a kerry bohereen. The server is gridlocked. That doesn't mean there are no tickets left.

I would have thought eventmaster would be well able for that traffic... their a big enough crowd no?

update: obviously it can't...

Our system has experienced unprecedented demand for entries to this years Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle and this has resulted in a slow down of the system to process registration applications.
We are currently working our way through the issues, with registrations being processed in smaller batches .
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused for the organisers or participants.

willabur · 07-04-2015 02:48PM

in fairness it is a significant enough load.

Probably dealing with at least 100 concurrent users.

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 02:51PM

willabur wrote: »

in fairness it is a significant enough load.

Probably dealing with at least 100 concurrent users.

I would expect them to handle that if dealing with events that can register upward of 8/9 thousand ppl.

Eamonnator · 07-04-2015 02:56PM

I am glad, I registered with a charity. For 15 extra Euro, I think, I've saved a lot of hassle.

ItsLikeThis · 07-04-2015 03:19PM

From FB;
Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle There are in the thousands still available but this is changing by the minute.
Like · 1 · 2 mins

ghogie91 · 07-04-2015 03:43PM

I camp in Fossa, its ideal and cheap

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 03:46PM

update

Online registrations for the 2015 Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle are temporarily suspended. Due to the high volume of people continually refreshing their pages Eventmaster cannot get to the bottom of the technical issues.

We will update our website home page and facebook page this evening with information as to when the online registration will open again.

Once again we apologise for the inconvenience caused but wish to reassure everyone that there are still plenty of places available.

Thank you for your patience

The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee.

07-04-2015 03:48PM

jon1981 wrote: »

update

Roughly translated, they went with the cheap option for ticket sales.

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 03:49PM

Pretty poor display given the increase in price tickets this year, you would think the registration would have been bullet proof...it's not a mickey mouse event anymore.

joeKel73 · 07-04-2015 04:03PM

Suspended until tomorrow at the earliest....

Online registrations for the 2015 Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle are temporarily suspended. Due to the high volume of people continually refreshing their pages Eventmaster cannot get to the bottom of the technical issues.
We will update our website home page and facebook page at 6pm this evening with information as to when the online registration will open again. Please note that the system will NOT be open for registrations until tomorrow at the earliest.
Once again we apologise for the inconvenience caused but wish to reassure everyone that there are still plenty of places available.
Thank you for your patience
The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee.

Axel Lamp · 07-04-2015 04:07PM

Yip, got this error message on the eventmaster page:

Online registrations temporarily suspended. Please go to www.ringofkerrycycle.ie for updates. Thank you for your patience.

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 04:12PM

They stated on FB just now that there a few thousand still left.

07-04-2015 04:55PM

jon1981 wrote: »

They stated on FB just now that there a few thousand still left.

I know a few people who were trying since before 12 and none of them got tickets.

Has anyone manged to get tickets?

jon1981 · 07-04-2015 04:58PM

ronoc wrote: »

I know a few people who were trying since before 12 and none of them got tickets.

Has anyone manged to get tickets?

yeah myself and a few others i know got them just after 11am. Then about 10 mins after that nobody could get them.

rtmie · 07-04-2015 05:21PM

Westportif anyone?

rtmie · 07-04-2015 05:54PM

From their facebook just now:
"Online registrations for the 2015 Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle are temporarily suspended. Due to the high volume of people continually refreshing their pages Eventmaster cannot get to the bottom of the technical issues.

We will update our website home page and facebook page at 6pm this evening with information as to when the online registration will open again. Please note that the system will NOT be open for registrations until tomorrow at the earliest.

Once again we apologise for the inconvenience caused but wish to reassure everyone that there are still plenty of places available.

Thank you for your patience

The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee."

touts · 07-04-2015 06:22PM

They have now said on Facebook that a "statement" will be issued on Thursday on when registration will reopen. Shambles. Someone in eventmaster is getting their ass kicked.

well spoken man · 07-04-2015 06:45PM

Every year without fail this is my favourite thread....anyone got anything positive to say....

Eamonnator · 07-04-2015 07:06PM

well spoken man wrote: »

Every year without fail this is my favourite thread....anyone got anything positive to say....

I booked my accommodation, for this year, a week after last year's edition. I got it for 30 Euro per person per night for B + B., half a K from start/finish.
I registered two weeks ago with one of the charities.
I feel really positive (and self satisfied) about this year's event.
In fact, I'm delighted with myself.

well spoken man · 07-04-2015 07:15PM

Eamonnator wrote: »

I booked my accommodation, for this year, a week after last year's edition. I got it for 30 Euro per person per night for B + B., half a K from start/finish.
I registered two weeks ago with one of the charities.
I feel really positive (and self satisfied) about this year's event.
In fact, I'm delighted with myself.

that's the spirit......

funnights74 · 07-04-2015 07:39PM

Same here, the only way to go.:rolleyes:

thesimpsons · 07-04-2015 07:41PM

well done to ye for positivity except I just couldn't afford the charity direct route and usually drive up and down same day to keep our costs down. hope to still get in when it opens again.

Roger Hassenforder · 07-04-2015 07:58PM

jon1981 wrote: »

yeah myself and a few others i know got them just after 11am. Then about 10 mins after that nobody could get them.

Thought booking opened at 13.00?
You sure they're "real" tickets?

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