I also attended AX this year, which has roughly the same attendance as D*C, but they had a much more efficient badge pickup system:
* The registration confirmations included barcodes.
* When you got to the front of the registration line there was a bank of computers & bar code scanners. If you had your registration confirmation you just scanned your barcode; otherwise, you typed in your name and other identifying information on the computer to locate your registration.
* After you scanned your bardcode or selected your name on the computer, you walked over to the registration table, where a badge printer had just printed out your badge. You just show your ID, get your badge (which they don't have to look for, because it just came off the printer), and you're done.
Total interaction time: 15 seconds (with barcode) to 60 seconds (look up name on computer). Another bonus: no need to divide up by last name, so the queues are much more efficient.
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Date: 2009-09-16 08:43 am (UTC)* The registration confirmations included barcodes.
* When you got to the front of the registration line there was a bank of computers & bar code scanners. If you had your registration confirmation you just scanned your barcode; otherwise, you typed in your name and other identifying information on the computer to locate your registration.
* After you scanned your bardcode or selected your name on the computer, you walked over to the registration table, where a badge printer had just printed out your badge. You just show your ID, get your badge (which they don't have to look for, because it just came off the printer), and you're done.
Total interaction time: 15 seconds (with barcode) to 60 seconds (look up name on computer). Another bonus: no need to divide up by last name, so the queues are much more efficient.
Why can't Dragon*Con do something like this?