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Posted by BTG on Aug-28-2008 04:01:

Idea for event listings

I think it would be a good idea if we had an email alert that comes whenever a particular artist of your choice is coming to toronto.

i would have seen chris liebing had we had this feature.

Posted by chico on Aug-28-2008 04:11:

Re: Idea for event listings

quote:
Originally posted by BTG
I think it would be a good idea if we had an email alert that comes whenever a particular artist of your choice is coming to toronto.

i would have seen chris liebing had we had this feature.

you could just add the artist on myspace, then when they have an event it emails you, although you would get all the events for countries that you have no likelihood of visiting too. given that there are uncountably many artists it would be impossible for someone to implement a fully comprehensive master database organised by artist, it can therefore best be done by events that are actually confirmed, hence the events listing. it would be useful if the events listing page were to email all TOTAs when the event is coming up, i'm not sure if this feature is available as i've never investigated it. even then it's flawed since not all promoters will necessarily use TA.

Posted by Owen M on Aug-28-2008 04:43:

check in regularly, perhaps?

a suggestion that would clean things up around here (and I've seen it suggested many times), is group all "reviews" and "roll calls" in seperate pages similar to the "events" section...right now it's not that bad. There only 5 threads on the first tota page. Normmaly it's %25 roll calls and reviews.

...not that doing this will really help much. The other %75 is garbage anyways. It would just make it %100 doo doo butter.

a good slogan if that ever happens. "TOTA. Now %100 doo doo buuter and roll call/review thread free!"

Posted by zoogla on Aug-28-2008 05:32:

i think the problem here is that you live in milton.

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Aug-28-2008 15:26:

quote:
Originally posted by fayraree
i think the problem here is that you live in milton.

don't be dissing my hood...my hommies represent.

Posted by kaniz on Aug-28-2008 15:33:

Perhaps I'm just OCD, but I tend to check the upcoming events forum on here / tribe / om forums a few times a week.

Posted by LKD on Aug-28-2008 15:42:

if u use gmail/google services, u can note the event in ur calendar and get it to remind u

Posted by kotsy on Aug-28-2008 15:55:

quote:
Originally posted by kaniz
Perhaps I'm just OCD, but I tend to check the upcoming events forum on here / tribe / om forums a few times a week.

a few times a day for me (TA)

Posted by CAKE on Aug-28-2008 15:56:

I already get 100 emails a day from promoters on FB..... just join the righ FB groups

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-28-2008 15:59:

quote:
Originally posted by kaniz
Perhaps I'm just OCD, but I tend to check the upcoming events forum on here / tribe / om forums a few times a week.

Unless you felt distress or anxiety if you didn't check the events, then you're not OCD. Just ghey.

Posted by activate on Aug-28-2008 17:43:

I would like it if people that have nothing to do with and event didn't start event listings for it. leave that to the club/promoters lol

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-28-2008 17:46:

quote:
Originally posted by activate
I would like it if people that have nothing to do with and event didn't start event listings for it. leave that to the club/promoters lol

good in theory, but how does the person know if the promoter will ever get around to posting the event? Not all promoters post on TA. But for major events like LOL, I agree.

Posted by Intangible on Aug-28-2008 17:49:

quote:
Originally posted by activate
I would like it if people that have nothing to do with and event didn't start event listings for it. leave that to the club/promoters lol

I really don't think it matters. I rather know asap (especially now that school is in - helps for planning) than wait for a promoter to get to it. Promoters can still post and the details, and people who start the event thread will update the first post with the flyer and info.

Posted by LKD on Aug-28-2008 17:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Intangible
I really don't think it matters. I rather know asap (especially now that school is in - helps for planning) than wait for a promoter to get to it. Promoters can still post and the details, and people who start the event thread will update the first post with the flyer and info.

it does matter for the guestlist aspect...

Posted by Intangible on Aug-28-2008 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by El K Dee
it does matter for the guestlist aspect...

Not really... each week there seems to be more and more guestlists available.. there has to be at least 4 or 5 for an average FW night. So even if one promoter starts the thread, all the others will still post their guestlists...

I really don't see a difference except we may know about an event a couple weeks earlier.

Posted by FunkyCrew on Aug-28-2008 18:01:

Posted by kotsy on Aug-28-2008 18:04:

quote:
Originally posted by El K Dee
it does matter for the guestlist aspect...

Guestlist info can be sent to the original poster via PM to add to the top of the thread. I've been asked to do this before

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Aug-28-2008 18:18:

Posted by Intangible on Aug-28-2008 18:50:

quote:
Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
how much time do you need to plan if you are going out on a Friday or Saturday....I would think a month to a month and a half is more then enough time.

Once school starts I have to plan partying into my life.
I work and go to school so my weekends arent exactly free.
Plus I love to procrastinate...

So it helps knowing a month or more in advance that there is a party I want to go to, it allows me to make sure I can keep that weekend free.

.... I am going to miss summer

Posted by Swamper on Aug-28-2008 19:13:

quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
Guestlist info can be sent to the original poster via PM to add to the top of the thread. I've been asked to do this before

Yea but only the original poster has access to see all the names added to the list -- the person who PMed will get the email notifications and still have to add it/cut+paste them manually

Posted by DigiNut on Aug-28-2008 21:24:

Or you could just check the tour schedule of the artist(s) you really want to see, which typically go several months ahead.

I can't see this working. Half the time events are posted with names spelled wrong, incorrect dates, incomplete information, and so on. It would cause more problems than it would solve.

Sounds like the kind of idea one of our account execs would dream up. Great idea in theory when you don't concern yourself with details - in reality, totally unsuited to the technology, environment, and culture.

Posted by BTG on Aug-30-2008 01:36:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
Or you could just check the tour schedule of the artist(s) you really want to see, which typically go several months ahead.

I can't see this working. Half the time events are posted with names spelled wrong, incorrect dates, incomplete information, and so on. It would cause more problems than it would solve.

Sounds like the kind of idea one of our account execs would dream up. Great idea in theory when you don't concern yourself with details - in reality, totally unsuited to the technology, environment, and culture.

even if you just had a drop down menu (like TAs top DJs of the year) when people post events?

pretty simple stuff.

but it doesn't matter, nobody likes this idea but me.

Posted by DigiNut on Aug-30-2008 02:24:

quote:
Originally posted by BTG
even if you just had a drop down menu (like TAs top DJs of the year) when people post events?

pretty simple stuff.

First of all, nobody wants to pick from a list of 10,000 DJs.

Second, what happens if there's more than one DJ?

Third, what if it's a local party or a DJ that isn't on the list?

Is this going to be an "optional" dropdown? If it is, what's the assurance that any promoter would bother using it as opposed to just typing the thread title?

It's never simple. Again, it's a good idea, but I don't think that a forum is the appropriate medium on which to implement it.

Posted by zoogla on Aug-30-2008 06:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
the person who PMed will get the email notifications and still have to add it/cut+paste them manually

whatever nerd. tuesday wings?