Born at VBE 2026: Why Live Events Belong in the Future
Picture this: It's the grand after-party and gala dinner of the VBE 2026 (Vietnamese Badminton in the EU) tournament. Hundreds of ecstatic badminton players, celebratory drinks flowing, and an electrifying hall waiting for the grand lucky draw. But then - classic party-killer reality knocked on the door.
Tired volunteers were frantically slicing paper strips with blunt scissors. Guests were squinting in dim party lights trying to decipher unreadable handwriting on crumpled paper stubs. And ticket slips were mysteriously vanishing into pockets, handbags, or drink cups. Waiting in a snaking queue just to drop a slip into a plastic box? In 2026? That felt like running a tournament in 1826!
I looked around and thought: Joy should never wait in line. Why insist on friction when pure synchronicity is right here?
So right then and there, acting on the highest excitement, I (Đào Công Thành) engineered FairDraw on the spot. No apps to install. No user accounts to fill out. No passwords to remember. No cookies. No spam. Just one crisp QR code beamed across the projector screen: guests aimed their cameras, entered a fun display name, and had an encrypted digital lucky pass sitting safely in their phone in five seconds flat.
What happened next was pure magic: the slot machine reels spun on stage in synchronized real time, every smartphone lit up in unison, and winners leaped out of their seats to claim prizes live on screen. Total chaos dissolved into collective ecstasy. That spark proved that live gatherings deserve to be effortless, transparent, and exhilarating. That is why I created FairDraw - built to bring highest excitement and zero friction to stages everywhere.