If you had issues, please go to the following URL and follow the directions. KCBS appears to be trying to resolve some of them.
http://www.kcbs.us/news.php?id=450
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http://www.kcbs.us/news.php?id=450
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I entered my team information, then the site timed out before I was asked to pay. I went back to start over and got a message that my team name or member number has already been registered. I don't know if I'll get an email to pay or if I'll be able to call the office tomorrow, but I hope my team gets into the contest 5 minutes from my house.
Update-I got screwed. There was one team registered when I went through the previous steps and after calling the 800 number on the site I was told that I wasn't registered. By the time I got back through, the contest was full. What a crock of ****. Two damn years in a row we've been screwed out of competing in our hometown by ****ty technology. Here's an idea for the KCBS, get a website that can handle the traffic this is going to generate. What a joke. Woodbury, MN here we come again. This pisses me off beyond all measure.
I have access to the database where MMA stores the registrations so I checked the database to see if we were in it. The only entry I found in the database was my registration from last year. All of last year's registrations were still in the database.
I have access to the database where MMA stores the registrations so I checked the database to see if we were in it. The only entry I found in the database was my registration from last year. All of last year's registrations were still in the database.
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so only you were in the data base or everyone?
The problem is that the registration process was poorly thought out and inadequately tested.
Multiple devices, from the same IP probably didn't help either...and there were a few One member/team drawing the same data as 2+ teams in some cases. Lessons learned for sure.
We had two Macs, two iPhones and an iPad at the ready :redface: We didn't need them since I was able to connect with only minor waiting. Once the database issue with last year's info was figured out it went smoothly. I'm not sure why some folks were getting timeouts and others, like me, didn't have issues. It may be tied to local bandwidth or tied to a specific ISP.
Your feedback regarding the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour registration has helped us try to improve the registration process. In an effort to improve the current waiting list system for local event registration, teams are now able to remove themselves from a previous waiting list when they attempt to register for a new event that has open positions.
Simply click on the local event that is open, fill-in the required fields and agree to the on-screen prompt that will ask you if you wish to register for the new event. At that point you will be registered for the new event and removed from your previous waiting list.
If you would like to remain on your current waiting list in anticipation that a spot may become available, simply do nothing, you are on that waiting list.
Thank you again for your feedback.