Anatomy of a tour announcement,
Brace yourselves....

1) Initial flurry of self'ings, ranging from tour date predictions to mistaken venues

2) Complaints about tour dates, venues, ticket price, and the band itself

3) Noob influx, as noted by the second round of self'ings - multiple orders on same card, etc. General inability to read instructions becomes apparent

4) Sporadic conflicts erupt over perceived abuse of the system.

5) Noob anxiety. Within hours, people demand to know when the results will be announced.

6) Results come out. The "Haves" mercilessly taunt the "Have Nots". More fights break out over multiple orders, and scalpers flood the board. Noobs begin to chart StubHub prices.

7) Preparation begins for the great TicketMaster rodeo. Practice threads pop up, along with potential backdoor links. Noobs crowing about "scoring on StubHub", and not having to worry about TM.

8) Ticketmaster onsale. Server crashes immediately, 23 "f*** TM" threads simultaneously appear on PT.

9) Three minutes later, all shows sold out. First 15 pages of Toolnavy consumed by ticket trade offers. People lick their wounds, exchange TM queue wait times. Back door link folks rejoice, thank Bassman.

10) Toolnavy slowly devolves back to "normal". Random outbreaks of anger and self'ings occur as ticket trades go south.