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This instructable will show you many ideas on how to sneak into large events. Large enough to have crowds of people. Please join me with real life ideas that have worked.
Disclaimer: I do NOT condone cheating/sneaking your way into a paid event and will not be held accountable if you get caught attempting to do so.
Disclaimer: I do NOT condone cheating/sneaking your way into a paid event and will not be held accountable if you get caught attempting to do so.
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The very first step, depending on the event, will be to secure an identity. If this is a business event/meeting of a competitor, this is your best option. This step is also very handy for conventions (AX, ComicCon, etc...).
Find a trash can/recycling can near the exit. When leaving events such as these, people are very likely to throw out their ID badges as soon as they are done with the event. Wait for the crowds to thin a bit and do some dumpster diving.
The badge will be found most likely in two forms: pin or around the neck. Figure out which it is by looking at visitors.
You may also want to keep in mind that there may be (for the conventions) a freebies bag. People are likely to put their badge inside the bag before throwing it out, keep this in mind and search the bags you find in the trash.
Once you have secured a badge, you may be worried that the person's name may be well known. To remedy this, slightly obscure it with clothing and walk inside.
Find a trash can/recycling can near the exit. When leaving events such as these, people are very likely to throw out their ID badges as soon as they are done with the event. Wait for the crowds to thin a bit and do some dumpster diving.
The badge will be found most likely in two forms: pin or around the neck. Figure out which it is by looking at visitors.
You may also want to keep in mind that there may be (for the conventions) a freebies bag. People are likely to put their badge inside the bag before throwing it out, keep this in mind and search the bags you find in the trash.
Once you have secured a badge, you may be worried that the person's name may be well known. To remedy this, slightly obscure it with clothing and walk inside.
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Costumes are rad and everywhere, but if you're trying to be a nobody that doesn't want to get stopped for pictures/questions then you'd be best blending.
Besides, who hasn't snuck in somewhere you shouldn't have? ;)
like no cameras etc. or leave bags outside. These are very easy to enter, just find someone to latch onto as checking is being done. I had a great success with this to see a travelling museum collection. This was desperation as the tickets had been sold out and I had no alternative other than to sneak in.
One day I'm headed to work and as I'm taking the corner by the roadhouse bar just 500 feet from my office I notice 20 people in line at 8:30 AM. I knew right then. Called the guys at work and we all stood in line until 10 AM and bought wristbands for $10 each for the show that night.
Turns out that Neil and Crazy Horse are using this for a warm up to his next major tour, and he booked this bar for 13 nights over a 3 week period.
As soon as I got to work that morning with my wristband I flipped it over and got the name of the wristband manufacturer. I got their phone number/info of the internet and called them up right away. "Im in charge of ticket sales for a festival we will be putting on later this summer with an expected audience of 20,000 and need some samples TOMMORROW for my presentation to the festival board. Could you send me up samples of the different plastic, paper, metallic type wristbands you manufacture?" As a matter of fact, please send two samples of each so that I can pass them all around the boardroom table. I'll need pricing also based on a quantity of 20,000"
A day or two later they fed-ex'd me two bags of samples, with each bag holding about 40 different types, colors of wristbands, paper and plastic. So now i always take the bags with me and match up the closest wristband color/material I can from observing what people are wearing and just waltz in. It has worked numerous times over the years.
Note: RFID tags on the new wristbands (like at Bonnaroo this year) will put the squash on this for larger events with bigger wristband and technology budgets. Figure the more expensive the ticket them more they hae probaly invested in some technological solution. It's up to you to figure out how to one-upTicketmaster !
Oftentimes it's not the badge that's important - it's the badge HOLDER. Big fan conventions like San Diego Comic-Con and Anime Expo have switched over to color coded plastic badge holders (i.e. a different color each convention day, a separate color for all-con). And both SDCC and AX badge holders are custom printed with the convention name and year to prevent re-use. Even the smaller cons are doing printed foil stickers, holograms, watermarking, embossed paper, etc. Just remember: if you're caught with a forged badge you could be banned for life. And using an ID with a 'fake' name is identity theft - which may be punished more severely by local authorities, not just con security.
get a Clipboard...
Just walk in... ignore anyone checking badges or anything... your supposed to be there, you have nothing to worry about right?
Just be thumbing throuh the papers on the clipboard.
If you REALLY want to be fancy get a copy of something that has their letterhead and then print out a few pages with some BS on it, and put that on the clipboard that way they can see the letterhead as you are flipping through it.
they have wristbands
i just printed off the Download barcode style logo onto a piece of plain paper and had the Festival logo for that year on it as well
did it so it printed just the outlines of them, no colour, and made it the same size as one of the previous years wristbands
went up to the gates and sat near them (carrying lots of luggage = knackering!) and then quietly observed the colour of peoples arm bands, stopping them and asking where the ticket office was etc so i cud get a better look
3 minutes with felt tips and i was in, just flash it to them, hold arm upright so sleeve fell down so guard saw it, then grabbed luggage as was gettin nearer (heavy luggage require two hands) he then checked the luggage (cos im blatez a terrorist) and let me on through
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