I was in a work meeting when the passes went up, I used to go as a Special Guest, so I only had to worry about passes in 2012 and now, but I used to(on my old twitter account) have PAX alerts, but when I deleted my Twitter and restarted, I forgot to add them back.
So I use Twitter a lot less now, but there was a lull in the meeting and I checked my phone, and I saw the tweet about tickets 5 minutes after it went up, I was stressed and had to excuse myself to the restroom. I managed to get 3 individual days, and it was pretty lucky on my part, because I don't usually check Twitter in my daily meetings.
Honestly, I was prepared not to go to East this year because I went to NYC this summer, Toronto a few days ago, and I've spent a lot of money. I knew because I wasn't getting passes handed to me, I probably wasn't gonna get them and I didn't budget myself accordingly. But oh well, I like the "pax game" where you try to get the tickets, it's fun. Though I imagine losing isn't fun.