San Diego Comic-Con 2017 Registration Day Freaks the Internet Out

Saturday was Registration Day for Comic-Con’s repeat customers, and geeks everywhere are freaking out.

They’re freaking out over getting badges for San Diego 2017, they’re freaking out over not getting badges, and they’re freaking out about what the difference between returning and open registration even is. As per usual, Twitter is capturing all of the frenzied fanboy and fangirl emotions in real-time.

Below are some of the best memes and worst meltdowns on the social media site — let us know in the comments section if you scored tickets today, or what the plans are going forward.

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Everyone in the waiting room? #RETREG2017 #SDCC2017 pic.twitter.com/iZ732IfF6S

— Push Your Glasses Up (@PushGlassesUp) March 11, 2017

The stress we feel about Comic-Con registration has to be one of the top 5 First World Problems ever. #RETREG2017 #sdcc #sdcc2017

— Jerry Ballas (@kryptokal) March 11, 2017

#SDCC2017 this must be the same feeling as parachuting for the 1st time and the relief when your 'shute opens#SDCC #RETREG2017

— aeroferret (@aeroferret) March 11, 2017

That feeling when you get #sdcc badges but remember you still have #hotelpocalypse to look forward to. ???? #RETREG2017 #SDCC2017 pic.twitter.com/PLrwLhNeFz

— Corgi Kohmander (@CorgiKohmander) March 11, 2017

me @ the open registration because I couldn't get tickets in the #RETREG2017 of #SDCC2017 @HallHLine pic.twitter.com/btx0ds36SZ

— ✖ (@dianaa_duraan) March 11, 2017

Got 'em! #SDCC2017 pic.twitter.com/AVUmhppyK3

— Sarah (@sarahtv3) March 11, 2017

Me waiting to buy tickets after 9am #SDCC2017 pic.twitter.com/yQt64pEquF

— Max Franco (@max_vancouver) March 11, 2017

#SDCC2017 registration day!!! Let the stress & anxiety begin! I want tickets!! pic.twitter.com/dOC8lQSelu

— JaneInSD (@JaneInSD) March 11, 2017

Computer charged to 100%:✔️
Java up to date: ✔️
Email with link and code open and ready to go: ✔️
Panic setting in: ✔️#sdcc #SDCC2017

— Megan M (@Mugsy211) March 11, 2017

When you get that four day badge #SDCC2017 #RETREG2017 #sdcc pic.twitter.com/x5JEUw9qvw

— GG (@VIPLastra) March 11, 2017

#SDCC2017
The anticipation. … pic.twitter.com/ylnzBOtr2W

— Kerry Jazmine (@KGullic) March 11, 2017

So its not open registration for #SDCC2017 right now? Just return registration? Please tell me I still have a chance.

— Mrs. Amy Gillies (@SlaveForGillies) March 11, 2017

when u forget to set ur alarm and wake up 6 minutes after the cut off for pre reg comic con tickets???????????? #SDCC2017 pic.twitter.com/ODWkK9558v

— Ruby Tuesday (@GreenDayU294) March 11, 2017

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Registration today was only for Comic-Con 2016 customers to get first dibs on 2017 tickets. Starting at 9 a.m. PT, returning fans could purchase badges for up to three people.

Open registration for everyone else is scheduled to take place in early-to-mid April 2017.

Comic-Con International: San Diego returns to the San Diego Convention Center this summer, beginning with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 19, and running Thursday, July 20 through Sunday, July 23. This years marks the show’s 48th year, making it the country’s longest continuously-run comics and popular arts convention.

19 Stars Who Went to Comic-Con in Disguise, From Ben Affleck to Lupita Nyong'o (Photos)

Since Comic-Con is a hotbed of superfans, stars like to go into stealth mode in order to experience the fun. See the celebrities who have walked in disguise at the annual fan fete in San Diego, California.
In 2011, Esquire magazine writer Chris Jones accompanied Justin Timberlake at Comic-Con dressed as beloved "Sesame Street" duo Bert and Ernie, respectively.
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While attending 2011's Comic-Con to promote "The Amazing Spider-Man," Andrew Garfield pulled a double-fake by dressing as... Spider-Man.
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Former "Doctor Who" star Matt Smith put on a Bart Simpson mask to walk the floor at the 2013 event.
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Bryan Cranston surprised his co-stars at a "Breaking Bad" panel in 2013 with a creepily realistic Walter White mask.
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Former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe left his invisibility cloak at home and donned a Spider-Man costume to attend the 2014 Comic-Con.
In 2014, "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson posted pics of himself on Facebook strolling through San Diego as an evil jester.
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Jack Black walked the floor of the 2014 event wearing a Stormtrooper mask but admitted that he didn't fool many people. "Everybody's just like, 'Jack Black, you in there?'" he told MTV News. "And I'm like 'No, it's not me. I don't know what you're talking about.'"
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Samuel L. Jackson mysteriously tweeted this bemasked shot of himself with his castmates from "Kingsman: The Secret Service" in 2014.
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According to science blogger Phil Plait, "Mythbusters" host Adam Savage built this elaborate costume for the 2014 event.
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Former "Hills" star Audrina Patridge went blue as the X-Men character Mystique at the 2014 convention.
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Simon Pegg put a "Star Wars" mask on top of his "Shaun of the Dead" outfit for the 2014 Comic-Con.
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"Game of Thrones" actress Maisie Williams went all out for the 2014 convention, putting on both a Spider-Man mask as well as a Guy Fawkes disguise.
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Marvel star Mark Ruffalo pulled on this creepy mask to wander Comic-Con in 2015.
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While there were plenty of fans who dressed as Jared Leto's green-haired Joker at the 2015 Comic-Con, the "Suicide Squad" star himself went undercover in a baboon mask. "He had no idea. :)" the star wrote in his Instagram caption.
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Josh Hutcherson even surprised his "Hunger Games" co-star Jennifer Lawrence with this old-man mask at the 2015 Comic-Con.
Big-screen Superman Henry Cavill put on a Guy Fawkes mask and walked the convention floor in 2016 -- and even fooled Will Smith and other stars of DC Comics' "Suicide Squad."

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When she wasn't promoting "Black Panther" in Hall H, Lupita Nyong'o went running around the convention floor in a Pink Ranger outfit at Comic-Con 2017.
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"Batman" star Ben Affleck avoided Batman questions in 2017 by walking around the convention floor in a Sesame Street shirt and a hideous green mask.
In 2018, Mark Hamill hid among fans on the convention floor disguised as a First Order stormtrooper. nd yes, he joked about Leia’s infamous “Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” line in his Instagram post.
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Celebrities avoid the mad crush by going undercover at the San Diego fan event

Since Comic-Con is a hotbed of superfans, stars like to go into stealth mode in order to experience the fun. See the celebrities who have walked in disguise at the annual fan fete in San Diego, California.

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