There's a ton of featured events that aren't full yet that I can't register for because I'm lower-class silver. I can deal with that; I registered for my badge late. But seeing a Jim Ward event only have 1/6 people in it and not being able to register for it because of the 1-event limitation makes me cry IRL *getting tissues*
Recommend that you stop by the event(s) you want about 5 minutes early to see if a seat might be available. Also, some people running games might be able to add you if you ask them nicely.
I'm hoping that this will work (stopping by tables that might not be full). It's a bummer, being as - for at least some of us - the only reason we didn't buy Gold passes is because there were none available.