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shantee: the tables in the back are purposefully smaller and targetted for people with laptops (which nowdays becomes more common) and who dont need as much space. if you bring equipment needing more space you should secure a place on the half of the hall closer to the screen, those tables are bigger. if we only had big tables we would end up with less overall rows/seats available.

We got to the party much earlier this year (30 mins+ before opening) and settled in our usual-ish laptop spot on the smaller tables. However I did note that by the time we got in there were already a significant number of "reserved for X" signs on the vast majority of forward facing seats on the larger tables towards the front of the hall. I don't mind folks saving a spot or two for someone in their party that is arriving later but it seemed quite prevalent. I don't have a comparison to last year so I don't know if this is a regular or "accepted" (or "not supposed to happen but it does anyway") thing?

Beer hose anyone? :-P

Feel free to ignore any "reserved for" signs (apart from the "reserved for Meteoriks nominees" signs on the Kuschelstufen before and during the awards).
Just talk to the people, tell them that you bought a ticket just like they did and that you'd like to also have a good view of the big screen.