Yah, we've had the talk about being a tourist in the past. If you decide to get an account, set up a refer-a-friend deal with Tracy, Karena, me or some other friend. If they start a character at the same time as you and you group, you get 300% experience. You can level a character to 60 (high enough to see all of the original game world w/o being hassled by monsters) in less than two weeks of casual play. Then you can be a tourist as much as you want.

On extra tickets? No way this year. The few folks I know who ended up with spares had them snapped up within hours of the sellouts.