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WWDC 2014 Ticket Lottery Ends, Winners Being Notified Via Email [Update: Losers Too]

conradwt

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dmelgar said:
Did you receive this? I haven't received anything so far which I assume means I didn't get accepted to give them a bunch of money.

I wonder what will happen if someone doesn't buy by the end date. Seems they need to choose someone else. Wonder how long those will get. If they don't buy wonder if someone else gets a chance. Could run out of time before the conference.
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The winners will need to purchase the ticket by April 14, 2014 @ 5pm (PDT). Otherwise, they will randomly select people that didn't win in the first round for a chance to win in the second round and so on. Thus, there's still a lot of time left before the conference starts.
 
brinary001

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seamer said:
I'm part of the developer program... My manager isn't. He wouldn't authorize my request unless he was guaranteed a ticket, and if he won and I didn't then it'd be a waste of $1600.

I didn't want him to go with me so I didn't sign up. :D More fool me, huh?

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Journos would be treated as part of a different pool of attendees.

And there's GDC for developers trying to break out.
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So wait would MacRumors be in the journalist pool? I just feel like that would be awkward for whoever is deciding who goes and who doesn't to see to that name pop up. I mean, it's not a neutral site who just reports news as it's received (at least for the most part) like The Verge or NBC News Tech. MacRumors reports official stories as well as speculation.
 
bchery21

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What happens if you are randomly selected to purchase a ticket and you decide not to for whatever reason. Is another person who originally lose the lottery now notified that he has a second chance or do they sell in some other fashion or...?
 
OrangeSVTguy

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jeremysteele said:
Tim Cook:

Today we announce iOS metro - iOS with a Microsoft's metro interface - they stole our gui so we stole theirs! :D

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if Apple could release a decent 4k display for less than $2,000 - I would buy 2 of them in a heartbeat. Even though it may mean selling a kidney. It would be worth it.
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I'm thinking of a 28-32" 4k 60hz display for same $999 Thunderbolt Display.
 
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wilhoitm

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Peace said:
Denied !!

arghhhh..
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I didn't get my rejection notice until I renewed the Developer Program for another year! My old developer program was scheduled to end in mid April 2014.

This may be why other developers are not getting notified.

I renewed my developer program and the rejection e-mail came immediately after my "Thanks you for renewing your developer membership" e-mail.

I guess in theory you could get a winning invite that might be stuck because it is waiting for you to renew also!
 
alphaod

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Damn, my Internet was down last night and I was stuck on a train before that, so I guess I lose.
 
Peace

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wilhoitm said:
I didn't get my rejection notice until I renewed the Developer Program for another year! My old developer program was scheduled to end in mid April 2014.

This may be why other developers are not getting notified.

I renewed my developer program and the rejection e-mail came immediately after my "Thanks you for renewing your developer membership" e-mail.

I guess in theory you could get a winning invite that might be stuck because it is waiting for you to renew also!
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You had to have renewed it before this morning because "You need to be a current member of the iOS Developer Program, iOS Developer Enterprise Program, or Mac Developer Program as of the announcement of WWDC (April 3, 2014 at 5:30 a.m. PDT) "


My program memberships don't expire for several months.
 
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wilhoitm

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Peace said:
You had to have renewed it before this morning because "You need to be a current member of the iOS Developer Program, iOS Developer Enterprise Program, or Mac Developer Program as of the announcement of WWDC (April 3, 2014 at 5:30 a.m. PDT) "


My program memberships don't expire for several months.
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I was always a current member. I've got two active selling Apps in the store. I did get registered for WWDC2014.

For some reason the rejection e-mail did not come until I renewed to April 2015.
 
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gatortpk

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smulji said:
There's quite a few potential items that could be announced at a developer's conference. Things like;

4K Thunderbolt Display
4K (or retina iMac)
new Apple TV with SDK
12" rMBA

Take your pick. No one really knows. Maybe there will no new hardware @ WWDC this year.
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I understand the excitement for 4K displays, but that would be for a Retina 21 inch iMac. The Retina 27 inch iMac should be 5K display.

I know it's the difference between 8.3 MP and a much larger 14.7 MP display, but Apple has surprised us before!
 
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Xiph0s

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I'm going to WWDC -- I'm all paid up. A dream come true

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macpro2000

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Does that splash screen for WWDC mean display pixels? Maybe retina MacBook Air and new thunderbolt displays?
 
lostngone

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Peace said:
Denied !!

arghhhh..
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I as well...

I guess the denial e-mails had lower proirity or maybe they just wanted to string us along.

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Next year I am going to break my Mac OS X and iOS dev accounts apart so I can have better odds.
 
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cicero66

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Success!

This is what the winning message looks like.
See you there fellow developers!
 

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goMac

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seamer said:
I'm part of the developer program... My manager isn't. He wouldn't authorize my request unless he was guaranteed a ticket, and if he won and I didn't then it'd be a waste of $1600.
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That's stupid. You can't even enter the lottery unless you're a part of the developer program before the lottery started, so he couldn't have won something he could never have entered from the start.

I hope your job is worth dealing with that sort of thing...
 
diddl14

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Attended WWDC last year and joined the lottery for fun this year.

Now I got informed by Apple that I 'won' and can purchase but not sure yet if i will attend again...
WWDC ticket price is fine but travel expenses are huge.
 
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litchie

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I registered and happen to be one of the lucky few, unfortunately I can't go due to the visa application issues.
 
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ninjadex

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diddl14 said:
Attended WWDC last year and joined the lottery for fun this year.

Now I got informed by Apple that I 'won' and can purchase but not sure yet if i will attend again...
WWDC ticket price is fine but travel expenses are huge.
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Just "for fun"? You do realize you've taken the opportunity away from other developers, correct?
 
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