[1.Local]: The Failoc-alypse edition

May 31st, 2009 by BitTaurent

Reader comments – ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week.

I titled this week’s [1.Local] on Saturday, in a fit of frustration. At the time, it seemed more than appropriate: “BlizzCon ticket status” (sold out) was still at the top of the WoW.com posts, the comments were seething with queue rage, and I was still smarting from an epic fail at click-refresh for the concert tickets I really, really wanted to score for my vacation week this summer. Gah.

But things are looking up. As it turns out, a lot of folks had a fair bit of fun playing Blizzard’s Failoc-alypse game while they sat in the ticket queue. (Give it a try; it’s kinda fun, actually.) And speaking of queues, just as I sat down to pop [1.Local] into the post queue, I decided to hit Ticketmaster one last time – and voila! Two seats at a great price, lusciously close to the stage. Take that, Failoc!

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