Gamescom Cologne 2016 - Waiting in line for the "Waiting In Line Simulator" in VR

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Another year. Another Gamescom. On [B]18.08.-21.08.2016[/B] (17.08.2016 for the press) (It's [B]DDMMYY[/B]) Gamescom returns to Cologne again as one of the biggest gaming trade-fairs in europe.

Why am I already creating this thread even though the event is like 6 months away? Because since yesterday the ticket shop has been opened for the public.

[U][B]Tickets[/B][/U]

You can purchase tickets from their online store ([URL="https://tickets.koelnmesse.de/cipp/fmkm_visit/custom/pub/content,oid,4578/lang,2/ticket,g_u_e_s_t/~/Edit_your_personal_data.html"]Here![/URL]). The prices for the tickets will rise for each passing month so get them while they are hot.

This year they have a new type of ticket:

[QUOTE]
NEW - Pre-entry Ticket

For only 29.00 EUR you have the possibility to visit the entertainment area at 9:00 a.m., one hour prior to official admission for private visitors on Thursday or Friday.
Holders of an exclusive Pre-entry Ticket are asked to exclusively use Entrance North.

First come, first serve applies, as only a very limited contingent is available!
[/QUOTE]

Are they worth the money? I don't think so...

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[B][U]Transportation[/U][/B]

[QUOTE]Arriving by public transportation

Underground Lines 1 and 9: “Bahnhof Deutz” station
The South Entrance is approx. 3 minutes walk from the platform at this
station.

Underground Lines 3 and 4: “Koelnmesse” station
Lines 3 and 4 stop directly at the East Entrance.

Arriving by the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways)

Cologne “Messe/Deutz” train station
(Distance Koelnmesse: approx. 0.3 km)
We recommend you to arrive at Cologne “Messe/Deutz” train station.
From there the South Entrance is approx. 3 minutes walk away.

Cologne Main Station (Distance Koelnmesse: approx. 1.5 km)
If your train arrives at Cologne Main Station, there are four ways to get from
there to Koelnmesse:

1. By foot over the “Hohenzollern” bridge

Leave Cologne Main Station via the main entrance. The way onto the
“Hohenzollern” bridge is behind the Cologne cathedral. At the other end of
the bridge, please follow the signposts to Koelnmesse.

2. Crossing the Rhine by ferry

Leave Cologne Main Station via the “Breslauer Platz” exit. Turn right and go
down to the bank of the Rhine. Here you will find the ferry mooring. After
the crossing, please follow the signposts to Koelnmesse. The ferry runs
during the period from Easter to the end of October. Departure times can
be requested at [phone] (Personenschiffahrt Linden).

3. By “S-Bahn” suburban rail from Cologne Main Station to Cologne
“Messe/Deutz” station

The “S-Bahn” lines S6, S11, S12 and S13 leave Cologne Main Station from
platform 10 towards Cologne “Messe/Deutz” at regular intervals. This station
is opposite the South Entrance.

4. By taxi to one of the four entrances
(Entrance North, Entrance East, Entrance South, Entrance West)

Leave Cologne Main Station via the main entrance. Here you will find a taxi
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I will update/revive this thread whenever new info is available (Conference dates, exhibitor list etc.).

Got any question about Gamescom, Cologne or anything else? Feel free to ask me.

[Jakkalen]

Gamescom was way more fun when it wasn't as overrun as last year.