It's going to take more than radical self reliance to get tickets to Burning Man this year, as, like last year, the sale promised to be a minor technical disaster crapshoot. We'll update this post with gloating remarks from those who do, by luck alone, get theirs, and of course with the frustrated wails of those Burners left out to dry. Good luck!
Update 12:45 p.m. : As you may have noticed if you've been wasting precious work hours, all tickets are in other registered Burners carts. Per the site:
"All tickets are already in other people’s carts. Hold tight, there is still a chance tickets may become available. If ticket buyers ahead of you do not complete their purchase, those tickets will be released for sale.
So, it looks like many are SOL!
60K @BurningMan tix just sold in about 30 minutes--one ticket sold/0.5ms. Feel lucky that @burning_mind will be heading back to the desert!
— Morgan Benton (@morphatic) March 23, 2016
See you all there! Good luck!#BurningMan pic.twitter.com/pnm4om3j2W
— Camron Saleh (@CamronSaleh) March 23, 2016
@burningman pic.twitter.com/Eaf7dEHgCS
— ily (@drugsalad) March 23, 2016
As you likely know, each registrant is allowed to purchase up to two tickets and one parking pass, $390 and $80, respectively.
That guy in the Burning Man Waiting Room. #burningman #burningman2016 pic.twitter.com/5WIjHmIymN
— Gianluca Santangelo (@giangy) March 23, 2016
As many have observed, this little green man is not moving very quickly. But he's working hard! He likely has to regulate activity on servers and payment processors. Still, hurry up, tiny guy!
Here's one success story we can all rally behind.
I'M GOING TO BURNING MAN )'( pic.twitter.com/MEHZPYfbNA
— ginger (@astoldby__ging) March 23, 2016
As you'll notice )'( is an emoticon symbol signifying the man who is to be burned. If I could burn you and take your ticket, @astoldby___ging, you know I would!
I hope I get a ticket... #burningman pic.twitter.com/83iwv9z45S
— Robert Stigers (@RobertStigers) March 23, 2016
CRYING BC ITS TAKEN ME 5 YEARS TO FINALLY GET BURNING MAN TICKETS BUT 2016 IS MY YEAR!!!!!!!!!! 🔥)'(
— Bronté Simpson (@BronteSimpsonn) March 23, 2016@BronteSimpson, we too are crying for you, mother earth is crying for you, for you have at last ascended. Goodbye forever!
As the clock ticks on, many have become cuddle puddles of emotion. And yet we wait!
Some have even succumbed to utter madness at the prospect of missing the man as he burns.
Dreaming of the @burningman mirage! soholights beautiful little light footed creatures https://t.co/UhTxtGYY22
— Zee_West (@Zee_West) March 23, 2016
Yet there are those upon whom the BM gods smile.
Yes! Got my tickets. #burningman pic.twitter.com/fG4JzRe4g1
— Tammy Camp (@TammyCamp) March 23, 2016
How do you know if someone is a Burner? Don't worry, they'll tell you. Also, they are having a public anxiety attack at the moment.
Oh no! Thanks for playing, but looks like you will be stuck in civilization. Do we hold out hope?
Nooooooo!!! Every year I try so hard for #burningman tickets, and again it's looking like it's not going to happen pic.twitter.com/eWU3xidG3B
— moonshdw19 (@moonshdw19) March 23, 2016