Every overpriced ticket has a charge nobody itemizes: the markup the bots and speculators added by getting there first. Here it is, itemized. Then ban them.
It is not a trick. When the only buyers who can reach the front of the line are real, verified humans — and the only agents allowed are ones with a human standing behind them — the speculator economy loses its fuel. No bulk-account armies. No anonymous reseller flips. No artificial scarcity. The price drifts back toward what a ticket actually costs.
A private, on-device glance confirms a real, continuous person — no signup, no face leaving your phone. One human, one identity.
Buying agents are welcome, but each one carries a revocable link back to the person who authorized it. An agent with nobody behind it does not get in line.
Strip the bulk accounts and anonymous flips and the markup they manufactured goes with them. What is left is closer to face value.
Join Humans First — the ticket line bots can't enter. Prove you're a real human, add what a ticket cost you, and stand in a line that's provably theirs to lose.