The official MST3K Twitter account tweeted to the public yesterday and several days ago about the Jackbox showdown tonight. Following the link ( mst3k . com/jackbox ) takes you to a Gizmoplex page: “SPECIAL: Meg-Monster Jackbox Showdown” with a “Buy” button. Clicking “buy” takes you to a Gizmoplex Pass: 6 months (3/4 - 8/31) for $40,000 (forty thousand dollars). That time period only has 1 month left in it.
So … I guess that’s a sign that the business side is … ailing?
(No hate here, just concern.)
Yes, but this is a link to the general public, who were never sent a reward code. Further, some might have been willing to spend the $8 or so to watch. But they got a 5-months-old 6-month pass offer for kickstarter backers only.
Apologies—I was still working my way through those links so we can run this up the line to @Ivan for a fix and wanted to at least share the link about the purposely crazy pricing.
I’m seeing the same issue you are (“And best of all, IT’S FREE” followed by a link to get tickets which ends up at the $40K price). I’m going to separate this issue into its own bug report.
If you click on the link attached to the artwork that appears above the description of the Crow Vs. Servo event, it takes you to a “page not found” error message:
The abovementioned link in the MST3K Twitter account now takes you to the event page that has the ticket image in the background.
(EDIT: Ignore all this; I just tried the Buy button at the bottom of that red ticket page while logged out and was directed to the Gizmoplex 6-month pass purchase page for $40K.)
I just tried the Buy button while logged out, and yeah, that’s the culprit. It’s got that misdirected link to the Gizmoplex 6-month pass, like the original post said.
I don’t know if it’s a case where that red ticket image will automatically change over to the video of the event like the livestream premieres or if it’s something where you -have- to click Buy to gain access to that.
Reload and give it another shot now? It should work as long as someone signs in with a free Gizmoplex account. No redirect to a purchase page, no buy button.
Hey, @ivan where is the Jackbox Showdown going to be if you’re just going through the Gizmoplex.com site (Or, in my case, through the MST3K app on Fire TV)?
I don’t see it in my Gizmoplex pass or anywhere else. Am I just looking too early?
