scough
Man-Eating Higabon
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Post by scough on Nov 21, 2010 21:40:44 GMT -8
premier camping used to be promised free coffee and pastries in the morning but they never delivered on that as long as I was there ('09 and '10). I bet people that pay for terrace camping would throw a hissy fit if they didn't get their free shit
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Post by Gruncle Stan on Nov 23, 2010 0:53:57 GMT -8
premier camping used to be promised free coffee and pastries in the morning but they never delivered on that as long as I was there ('09 and '10). I bet people that pay for terrace camping would throw a hissy fit if they didn't get their free shit Yeah premier camping was ruined in 09. It was like smaller normal camping basically. 08 it was fine, quite small, constant security, etc. It was supposed to be the campground you could sleep in. I had wound up sleeping in my car in 09 cause the assholes from Vancouver who could "see the pain"(coke) in the singer from Kings of Leon's eyes had to play "Sex on Fire" 10,000 times. When I told security: *shrug*. Bullshit. Wildhorse was a great choice this year.
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Post by topspin on Nov 23, 2010 1:28:30 GMT -8
I saw that pain (coke). It was real
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Post by wolfhat on Nov 23, 2010 1:35:26 GMT -8
I saw that pain (coke). It was real Topspin for mayor!
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Post by Lump on Nov 23, 2010 7:27:50 GMT -8
Well, it seems since they wanted to play Sex on Fire all the time, the pain behind his eyes they could see was probably the pain resulting from the ghonnorea that that song is about.
Oh Kings of Leon fans. You worry me sometimes.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 23, 2010 8:13:09 GMT -8
In '09, a bunch of drunk yahoos tore down the fence that divides regular camping from premiere in several places. A bunch of the security guards (also drunk yahoos) ended up walking off the job. Seriously though fuck KoL.
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Post by thedude on Nov 23, 2010 9:27:32 GMT -8
I'm actually on board with camping per person, it'll save money if you get in a situation like I was last year---six people in two cars, so we had to get a second camping pass and I ended up paying for half it with one other guy.
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2010 17:23:21 GMT -8
there's a good chance that i'm just going to drive myself out there this year and meet my friends in vantage before we all drive in. this way i'll be able to carry more camping equipment in my little car, so i'm definitely on board for individual camping passes! that said, sasquatch must have given up on their carpooling "green credit" bullshit for this year haha
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Post by emptyfox on Nov 23, 2010 19:20:59 GMT -8
there's a good chance that i'm just going to drive myself out there this year and meet my friends in vantage before we all drive in. this way i'll be able to carry more camping equipment in my little car, so i'm definitely on board for individual camping passes! that said, sasquatch must have given up on their carpooling "green credit" bullshit for this year haha That may be a decent way of getting more space as well...
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2010 19:27:27 GMT -8
good call!
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Post by taperjeangirl on Dec 7, 2010 0:05:14 GMT -8
The new camping strategy is insane. They would get way more people to buy the 4-day passes if camping was not included. My best guess is that camping is not per person. However, the all-inclusiveness pretty much means only one person in your group should buy the discount pack which is not fair. I love Sasquatch but they need to step up their game and not be trying to trick more people than necessary into buying pricey camping passes.
HEY SASQUATCH ADMINS: THIS THREAD=CLARIFY YOUR CAMPING SITUATION OR WE'RE NOT BUYING DISCOUNT PACKS
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Post by Horned Gramma on Dec 7, 2010 8:37:36 GMT -8
Nobody who has anything to do with the festival can hear you, but it doesn't matter because you don't seem to know what you are talking about.
We don't want the extra 5000 people coming to hang out in the campground just to party. It causes overcrowding as well as health and safety issues. There are no camping passes, there are festival passes, which means you are paying for YOUR OWN ability to camp. If you have one person buy the 'discount pack' to get camping, then that one person is going to have access to the campground and you're not going to have anywhere to go when the show is over. The camping situation is perfectly clear, it's just different and people can't seem to wrap their heads around it.
Lastly, this is a large-scale music festival and it is growing in popularity as well as in scope. Anticipate the price continuting to rise, every year. Anticipate them finding every way to get money out of you they possibly can. Anticipate taking it up the ass like a champ, or anticipate making other plans for Memorial Day Weekend, but please god please let the bitching about the camping passes end.
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Post by wolfhat on Dec 7, 2010 12:15:25 GMT -8
Nobody who has anything to do with the festival can hear you, but it doesn't matter because you don't seem to know what you are talking about. We don't want the extra 5000 people coming to hang out in the campground just to party. It causes overcrowding as well as health and safety issues. There are no camping passes, there are festival passes, which means you are paying for YOUR OWN ability to camp. If you have one person buy the 'discount pack' to get camping, then that one person is going to have access to the campground and you're not going to have anywhere to go when the show is over. The camping situation is perfectly clear, it's just different and people can't seem to wrap their heads around it. Lastly, this is a large-scale music festival and it is growing in popularity as well as in scope. Anticipate the price continuting to rise, every year. Anticipate them finding every way to get money out of you they possibly can. Anticipate taking it up the ass like a champ, or anticipate making other plans for Memorial Day Weekend, but please god please let the bitching about the camping passes end. This pretty much sums it up. Seriously, people: know what you're talking about. The camping details are written in (good enough) English on many websites (http://www.gorgecamping.com/, www.sasquatchfestival.com/#/gorge/camping) so just take a few minutes and read them. You might find answers to many of your questions. The wording is a little ambiguous at times, but the information is decipherable.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Dec 7, 2010 13:00:49 GMT -8
THERE ARE NO CAMPING PASSES.
BUYING FESTIVAL TICKETS GRANTS YOU ACCESS TO THE CAMPGROUND.
YOU CAN NOT BUY CAMPING PASSES INDIVIDUALLY.
YOU CAN NOT CAMP IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL.
YOU CAN NOT SPLIT THE PRICE OF CAMPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. CAMPING IS BEING CHARGED ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND FAIR BASIS.
And you're certainly not going to teach anyone a lesson by not buying a 'discount pack'.
If ANYONE else has ANY more questions regarding this, please shove them up your ass because all of the answers are right there.
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Post by thedude on Dec 7, 2010 13:14:23 GMT -8
HG, you are just the bee's knees.
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Post by Pea on Dec 7, 2010 13:30:59 GMT -8
I'm thinking some of us regulars need to put our heads together and create a thorough "read first" FAQ sticky so these kind of things don't keep repeating themselves for the next 6 months.
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Post by know ID yuh on Dec 7, 2010 13:46:46 GMT -8
I've been working on one.
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Post by topspin on Dec 7, 2010 14:28:33 GMT -8
Just let HG interview all potential new posters.
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Post by wolfhat on Dec 7, 2010 15:19:57 GMT -8
I'm thinking some of us regulars need to put our heads together and create a thorough "read first" FAQ sticky so these kind of things don't keep repeating themselves for the next 6 months. Agreed. I'm willing to input.
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Post by Pea on Jan 23, 2011 9:13:46 GMT -8
Assuming everything works out well with the all-inclusive camping this year, I think Sasquatch really has the right idea going on. Coachella attendees are absolutely losing their shit right now because camping is completely sold out but festival tickets are still for sale. The result of asshole scalpers, people going just to party and not attend the fest, and overall poor planning on the organizer's end. I love that Sasquatch took the initiative to keep non-festival attendees out of the property.
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