VIP Event Tickets
On Sale
Saturday, Oct. 18th!
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The Response to our Announcement was AWESOME!
We would like to thank everyone for their enthusiastic response to our announcement of True Realm! We were floored by how much the gaming world has embraced our idea of True Realm, and it is great to see many blogs and podcasts broadcasting their support for the event. Special thanks goes to Wil Wheaton (uber-geek of Star Trek: Next Generation fame) for telling the world that True Realm “sounds like the greatest thing for gamers since they put dice in a bag.” I guess it does not get any better than that! You can read the whole blog HERE.
VIP Tickets Go On Sale Saturday at 11:55am (Central)
I know everyone has had some frustrating times in the past getting True Dungeon tickets. We have explored many options to try to make the process as painless and as quick as possible – without overloading the servers. We are rolling out the availability of tickets over a two week time frame. First, on this Saturday Oct. 18th, you can buy whole 8-player slots of VIP tickets for the big two dungeon adventures (True Dungeon: Director’s Cut and True Dungeon: Retro). On Saturday, Oct. 25th, you can buy whole 8-player slots of non-VIP (normal) tickets for the big two dungeon adventures as well as whole slots for the new TD mini-events: True Grind and True Raid. Finally, on Saturday, Nov. 1st, you can buy individual tickets of all four events (if there are any left over). The events are:
True Dungeon: Director’s Cut – an expanded version of our 2008 Gen Con Indy adventure with new surprises and multiple paths (Normal and NIGHTMARE XP available)
True Dungeon: Retro – an updated version of the first TD adventure ran at Gen Con Indy in 2003 (Normal and NIGHTMARE XP available)
True Grind – an 8-player 30-minute combat “hack and slash” where your teams must battle a host of monsters to survive and proven your combat prowess
True Raid – a 4-player one-hour intro event that challenges groups with physical and mental obstacles as they try to steal a chalice from a local temple
There is no True Realm badge to purchase. You only have to pay for the TD events, and you can enjoy the True Realm cityscape (”City”) for free between your TD events - provided you have a ticket for an event on that day. So, if you want to enjoy True Realm on both days, you need to purchase event tickets for both days.
Starting at 11:55am on Saturday, October 18th, we are only selling whole 8-player slots of VIP tickets. This sale will end at 11:55am on Friday, October 24th. After that time, VIP tickets will no longer be available to purchase. Each “1″ slot you purchase is made up of 8 VIP tickets. You must buy out an entire VIP slot of 8 tickets. With this purchase you are buying an entire group of 8 VIP tickets that make up one whole time slot in the True Dungeon: Director’s Cut OR the True Dungeon: Retro event. To insure against a big sellout at this high price, we are only putting 40% of the available slots up for sale on Oct. 18th.
The benefits of buying VIP tickets include:
(Each of the 8 VIP team members receive)
(1) EXTRA set of 2009 Treasure Tokens - $10 value
(1) TD:DC Tshirt (up to 3XL) - $20 value
(4) $5 TD Silver coins to be spent at event (store, food, drinks, etc.) - $20 value
The cost for each VIP ticket is $89 - so the entire slot will cost $712. There is also a $1.25/ticket fee ($9.95 for the whole slot) added on by the Eventbrite website that provides the ticketing service. In addition to the above benefits, you will be the first to receive special discount links to the official True Realm hotels where you can make reservations for $74/night. The hotels feature free hot breakfast, free evening adult beverages, free high-speed Internet, free parking, pool, etc. These links will be emailed to you immediately after you purchase your tickets.
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At 11:55am on Saturday, October 25th, and until 11:55am on Friday, October 31st, we will start selling whole 8-player slots of normal (non-VIP priced) event tickets at the price of $39/ticket - or $312 per slot. There is also a $0.98/ticket fee ($7.80 for the whole slot) added on by the Eventbrite website that provides the ticketing service. These whole slots will also include all unsold ticket slots from the previous VIP week - so they will be converted to non-VIP status. This is $10 off per ticket (normally $49) but we are offering this discount as a way of saying thanks for organizing yourselves into 8-player groups. Another way to look at it: Buy 6 - get 2 free!
Also at this time we will start to sell whole slots of both TD mini-events - True Grind and True Raid. The True Grind price for a full slot of 8 tickets will be $80, and the True Raid price for a full slot of 4 tickets will be $76.
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At 11:55am on Saturday, November 1st, we will start selling INDIVIDUAL tickets to any left over slots of the two True Dungeon adventures at a rate of $49 per ticket. There is also a $0.99/ticket fee added on by the Eventbrite website that provides the ticketing service. We will also sell any remaining mini-event tickets at this time for the price offered the previous week. These tickets will remain online until they are sold or until March 1st.
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PAYMENT: Our ticketing system will accept Paypal, Google Checkout and any credit card. Credit cards are processed at the Paypal website, but you don’t need to have a PayPal account to do this. We just use PayPal to process our credit cards. We have been doing this with our TD store for a few years and it works great.
Approximately two months after your ticket purchase you will receive (via USPS registered mail) the tickets you purchased in the form of “concert” type tickets. There are no refunds for any tickets, but you are allowed to resell the tickets to other parties. Please be sure to bring your tickets to the event. They are your only proof that you can enjoy the event. At this time you will also receive all your VIP goodies (if you ordered any VIP tickets) as well as a voucher (for your free pack of 2009 tokens) that can be redeemed at True Realm.
Refunds and Physical Tickets
To repeat, you will be sent “concert-type” tickets via registered USPS mail in approximately two months. There are no refunds of tickets unless the event is canceled for some reason, but you are allowed to re-sell your tickets to whomever you wish if you cannot attend the event. Be sure to treat your received event ticket like gold. WE CANNOT REPLACE ANY LOST TICKETS!
Last Chance to Buy 2008 Treasure Tokens
This is your last chance to get any of the 2008 Treasure Tokens. Once they are gone…they are gone! CLICK HERE
Final Word
Thanks again for all your enthusiasm! We very much appreciate the support, and we are working hard to make our collective gaming dreams come true. True Realm is going to be something very special!
Jeff Martin
Director