World's 2017 Tickets?

Phase·Aug 22, 2017·1 votes·3,566 views

Whats the deal, are these going to be available to international people hoping to attend Worlds 2017 in China?

So far I've seen nothing said about it. I have friends in China who are looking daily and they've told me that this week there has been a website advertising to reserve your ticket for 400-1200 RMB (about 100-400 AU) which seems incredibly steep, but with the disclaimer that when tickets are actually released the price may even be higher. It sounds dodgy to say the least, so we chose to wait for something more concrete to be announced from Riot, but there's nothing.

For people hoping to visit China to see the event, it's becoming increasingly more difficult to plan with the blanket silence regarding ticket availability and pricing.

Can we get some clarity regarding this please.

Phase

22 Comments

a10goesBRRRTonCNAug 23, 20172 votes

Yeh tbh its kinda disgusting. I know they are probably trying to make it a surprise but there are people who have booked flights and accommodation to an international event and less then two months out we 0 information on tickets.

LurosAug 26, 20172 votes

Well there is a guy who answered me on this post. Play in and group tickets were already sold in China the 24th of August. I don't really care about those, but still nothign was said about it nor do we know if there is going to be a batch for foreigners. I booked for Shanghai for the semi-final, so I'm pretty pissed about the situation.

YsemanAug 29, 20172 votes

Same for me plane and hotel booked but just see that you can't buy ticket if you don't live and have an account on chinese servers to buy tickets... The lack of communication is wonderful this year and riot support can't help and don't know much than us

LurosAug 30, 20172 votes

Hey my friend, we are going to get some ! Look !

Well it's only play-in and group stage but that means we'll definetly get a batch for knock-out ! And it's a chinese price so it's super cheap ! What a time to be alive !

YsemanAug 30, 20172 votes

That's a good news thanks :) I think only the bad seats are still available xD I will be there for the semi and final and hope tickets will be easy to buy... let's see how it's gjoing

YsemanSep 23, 20172 votes

Any other news for the other stage of the worlds ? quarters/ Semis/ Finals? WIll have to cancel flight and hotel if I can't get tickets for that :/

LurosSep 28, 20172 votes

Still waiting too. But I stay positive though. If they posted it for Wuhan they should post it for group stage/knockout round.

Can't really cancel now that I paid €126 for my visa, glory to China^^

YsemanSep 29, 20172 votes

Update on damai website tickets for quarter/ semifinals This sounds good :)

LurosSep 30, 20172 votes

Here you go, October 2nd :)

Hope we'll get it :)

YsemanSep 30, 20172 votes

will update the page every 15Min to get them xD

LurosOct 3, 20172 votes

Did you got it? I felt asleep unfortunatly (it was 4 AM in Europe). My friend who live in China was on time but couldn't get some either.

YsemanOct 3, 20172 votes

didn't get any ticket I came 30min after and all was already sold out :/ what the hack ??

LurosOct 3, 20172 votes

Ah well fuck it. My friend told me he was 3 minutes late so maybe they did went sold in an instant. It's okay though, I'll still enjoy 1 week in Shanghai. I hope you'll be able to refund your plane tickets :/

YsemanOct 4, 20172 votes

I see many people are complaining about the same thing for the tickets sold out... anyone can't get tickets and they already book everything :/ So I just cancel hotel and flight in China and I'm moving to Singapore instead xD Hope next year worlds will be in EU ! Enjoy your Shanghai trip :)

PhaseOct 11, 20172 votes

Asked this question 2 months ago, which honestly deserved a genuine reaponse. It's now 2 weeks until the event and still absolutely ZERO information about the ticketing situation.

I guess if ignore it until it's over then you don't have to address it. At first I just thought Riot were being inept, but it's bordering on intentional neglect at this point.

Someone fucked up, so you need to make it clear to us international players who have flights and hotels booked and are in some cases already in China, what our situation is. We need to know if there is any possibility where we have access to tickets or whether they are all sold already due to the terrible management of this event.

In what world is this lack of information acceptable?

What is it going to take to get an answer? Do I need to start flaming tyler1 on discord for riot to take notice?

a10goesBRRRTonCNAug 25, 20171 votes

UPDATE, put a support ticket in to see if i could get any info at all and this is the response. http://prntscr.com/gcz31y

PhaseOct 5, 20171 votes

HOLY FUCK, its a month later and Riot have basically screwed any international attendee planning to go to any of the events. At this stage my trip to watch the LoL World Championships, is probably going to be an expensive trip to watch it on a computer in a different country.

I cant even fathom how you fail at such a basic principle. It's disgusting the lack of communication and organisation.

YsemanOct 5, 20172 votes

the tickets selling was a total joke this year.... Ok they want favored the local fans there but all other fans have to look in a hole ? WTF ?!?!? And specially for people who have booked flights/ hotels in advance

PhaseOct 15, 20171 votes

3 more days and still nothing.

Good times

PhaseOct 15, 20171 votes

An actual update 2 weeks later:

UPDATED: Due to unforeseen circumstances, international ticket sales for Semis in Shanghai were delayed. International tickets will be available starting on Monday, October 16 at 7:00 PM PT until October 23 at 7:00 PM PT.

YsemanOct 15, 20171 votes

if you want some just get ready at 6:50 ! tickets will be gone after 5min like last time as local fans can buy tickets for international fans too (Did I say WTF to this ?? xD)

PhaseOct 17, 20171 votes

So the only tickets available were the 180¥ seating so all the rest were already sold previously.

All available international tickets were gone in under 2 minutes. Filled out my details and clicked to checkout and error, already sold out. GG.

Absolutely fucking awfully managed from start to end.

Fyi my friend in China was also trying to buy these "international" tickets and didn't manage to get them either so you can be sure the rest of china was trying as well.