The event is free to visit, but convention-goers must first obtain tickets or, previously, wait in a queue for delayed entry. This caused problems in 2012, when fans were unable to gain access to a limited pool of tickets, with them selling out extremely quickly on each wave.
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| - The event is free to visit, but convention-goers must first obtain tickets or, previously, wait in a queue for delayed entry. This caused problems in 2012, when fans were unable to gain access to a limited pool of tickets, with them selling out extremely quickly on each wave.
- Buoyed by the relative success of the initial event, Joscelyne went on to plan a one-day event to be held at a venue in London, England, during the summer of 2008. This gained the attention of SEGA Europe's Community Manager, Kevin Eva - known as "ArchangelUK" or "AAUK" to fans, who himself had been thinking of the possibilities for such an event and agreed to co-organise SoS. As a result the pair were able to secure a degree of backing from SEGA Europe, though the event is closely tied to the online Sonic community and Joscelyne and Eva's hobby projects, fan sites The Sonic Stadium (TSS) and Sonic Wrecks. Since 2008, London was and still is the locale for the one-day Summer of Sonic event.
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| - Buoyed by the relative success of the initial event, Joscelyne went on to plan a one-day event to be held at a venue in London, England, during the summer of 2008. This gained the attention of SEGA Europe's Community Manager, Kevin Eva - known as "ArchangelUK" or "AAUK" to fans, who himself had been thinking of the possibilities for such an event and agreed to co-organise SoS. As a result the pair were able to secure a degree of backing from SEGA Europe, though the event is closely tied to the online Sonic community and Joscelyne and Eva's hobby projects, fan sites The Sonic Stadium (TSS) and Sonic Wrecks. Since 2008, London was and still is the locale for the one-day Summer of Sonic event. Joscelyne and Eva are considered the lead contributors to the convention's success, however the event relies on a great deal of community participation from volunteers. The Summer of Sonic is officially recognised by SEGA Of Europe and by the current Sonic Team, and following the success of 2008's convention this led to a more official presence in subsequent conventions. Other divisions of SEGA have expressed their wishes to host their own Summer of Sonic event. The 4th Annual Summer of Sonic was held in London on 25 June 2011. This event was the first in SEGA's SOS convention history not to be held in August. This was explained by Eva at the 2010 event so that it can be as close to Sonic's twentieth anniversary (June 23) as possible. Guinness World Records 2014 Gamers Edition has listed Summer of Sonic as the first official fan convention for a video game character.
- The event is free to visit, but convention-goers must first obtain tickets or, previously, wait in a queue for delayed entry. This caused problems in 2012, when fans were unable to gain access to a limited pool of tickets, with them selling out extremely quickly on each wave.
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