Tickets

Important dates

• November 10th 2010, Creative Ticket, Foreigner Creative Ticket and Pro Gamer (NO SEAT) will be available through our ticket service geekevents.org
• December 10th 2010, the ordinary participant tickets will be available at geekevents.org
• March 16th 2011, seating starts for those with seven or more tickets to seat. March 18th, seating opens for those who are seating six tickets or less.

Ticket Options

1 - Creative ticket
If you want to spend this easter pursuing your creative passions, learning new skills and meeting inspiring people, this is the ticket for you! The Creative ticket allows you to be seated in the Creative Lounge - an area in the Vikingskipet dedicated to creative people such as musicians, graphics artists, demo coders, game designers and hardcore programmers from all over the world.

To order this ticket, you will need to write a short application, explaining why you wish to have a Creative ticket. This ticket does not require that you participate in the creative competitions, but your primary motive for attending The Gathering should be for the creative events such as demo shows, seminars and creative competitions. If you are new to the creative scene at The Gathering, but are eager to learn and meet new people, you are also welcome to order this ticket! 
You can attend all competitions with this ticket.

2 - Foreign Creative ticket
This is the ticket for all the Creative participants that do not live in Norway. The same rules as for the Creative ticket apply, and proof of residence outside of Norway will be required - a recent letter to your foreign residence will suffice.

3 - Participant
This is the regular ticket for all other participants that want a seat at The Gathering 2011. This ticket sale will start on December 10th 2010. Please follow the information provided from geekevents.org to place an order for your ticket. A KANDU membership is included in the price. 
You can attend all competitions with this ticket.

4 – Foreign Participant
This is the regular ticket for all other foreign participants that want a seat at The Gathering 2011.
This ticket sale will start on December 1st 2010. Please follow the information provided from geekevents.orgto place an order for your foreign ticket .Proof of residence outside of Norway will be required - a recent letter to your foreign residence will suffice.
You can attend all competitions with this ticket.

5 – Pro gamer ticket:
This is a special ticket for all the professional gamers out there.
This ticket is new as from 2011, and needs some explanation. With this ticket, you will have complete access to the arena all days, as with all the other tickets. What you will not get is a seat on any row in the Vikingship.

Why is this ticket introduced?
Well, because many of you professional gamers will not bring your own computers, and will not need a seat.  All of our game competitions will be held on computers provided by us, so that you don't have to bring your own. If you want to practice with your team for the competitions, you should buy a regular ticket (3). The only requirement when buying this ticket, is that you do not bring your own computer to the event. You will not be able to convert this ticket to an ordinary ticket at a later time. 
You can attend all game competitions with this ticket. The computer hardware specs will be provided at a later time on our website; www.gathering.org

The idea behind this ticket is that many gamers leave the arena straight after the game competitions - and leave an empty seat for another participant. In order to get as many people as possible into
the Vikinghip for the duration of the event, table spaces are reserved for participants that wish to stay for the duration of The Gathering.

Why does this ticket cost the same as the creative ticket?
This is due to the fact that the table space is not the biggest expense at The Gathering. The bulk of the budget is divided between Entertainment, Workshops, Lectures, Prizes, and of course Network infrastructure - all of which a pro gamer visitor will be able to enjoy and benefit from.

6 – Meal ticket
This ticket gives you 3 breakfasts and 3 dinners at Nordre Sving during TG. The breakfasts are buffets (coldcuts, bread, eggs, milk, coffee). In addition you get 3 dinners (Last year it was filet of chicken, pork patties and tacobuffet respectively complete with sidedishes)

You save about 20% on individually priced meals, excluding the ticket fee. This service is provided by Nordre Sving.

7 – Participant (Without KANDU membership)
This is the same ticket as number 4, the participant ticket, except you will not become a member of KANDU, the organization behind The Gathering.