ive also met a shit ton of tas... plenty who came down for conference and many where ive gone up to party. atlanta, tampa, orlando, jacksonville, gainesville, etc. new york tas, tas from texas, tas from dc, tas from chicago, etc etc. ive met a bunch of european tas too. from germany, to holland, to england. ive even met a ta from australia. its really not difficult.

and when i mean i met these tas, i dont mean, oh yea we exchanged names and said hi. no these are tas that i talked to for years and some which i still talk to today.

contrary to popular belief, this isnt an elitist club. its VERY easy to join. come one, come all. thats the way its always been. it sucks when we put in all the effort and someone cant even introduce themselves and have a conversation for the simple reason that it may be awkward. this isnt a crack at you steve, its just a statement in general. while i understand your point, because sometimes it can be awkward, i just dont understand how one cant get over that. so what if its awkward for a couple mintues. eventually you get over it. and if the awkwardness doesnt go away, then okay, you tried and it didnt work. so what? what have you really lost? you didnt lose an opportunity thats for damn sure.


and +1 to everything manny said. the bbqs are for members of this site to get together and talk outside of online. its not the same as any other party thats promoted on this site. therefore it deserves a sticky and all the attention it gets.

I just think 1 event thread is more organized then a million all over.

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Originally posted by MeLLyMeL I just think 1 event thread is more organized then a million all over.

but but people like to see pictures with pretty fonts and explosive graphic effects and dj names and the clubs address. oh no... how will they ever find the club without the address????

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Originally posted by MeLLyMeL I just think 1 event thread is more organized then a million all over.

yeah that's true.(i'm only posting in this thread b/c i'm procrastinating at work lol)

cmon lets all shake hands, no one needs to be offended.

seriously someone let me know whos taking offense to this?

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Originally posted by PatMcGroin but but people like to see pictures with pretty fonts and explosive graphic effects and dj names and the clubs address.

well, actually, YEA!

an event with its own thread has room to put pictures/vids afterwards to show how it went down. and also room for discussion about that event. but because someone has poor social skills they are not entitled to have such luxury and instead they have to punch in an entry into a super long mega thread? BOOO!

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Originally posted by stevö well, actually, YEA! an event with its own thread has room to put pictures/vids afterwards to show how it went down. and also room for discussion about that event. but because someone has poor social skills they are not entitled to have such luxury and instead they have to punch in an entry into a super long mega thread? BOOO!

that would be fine if that actually happened.

Again, we are talking about promoters who bump their own threads or have 0 replies or just 1 reply.

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I do not know any of these promoters and really could care less what happens to their threads, up-or-down. If I am not interested I can & do easily ignore their threads. Yet the standard is obviously subjective and discretionary as to which event threads get closed & which get to stay open, so the "rules" are by no means concrete.

I think Manny (MJM) already does a very good job of closing threads when a promoter continually overspams & bumps their own threads for no reason. I have seen him do it & also warn repeat offenders b4 in a very civilized manner. I am sure some PMs may have been sent as well. If those particular promoters that have been warned keep it up then they should be dealt with, and possibly banned all together. But we should not just systematically close every event thread from promoters that 'are not known enough,' or 'not liked enough,' while letting other promoters we like or know do the exact same things.

And all DJs that post event threads on Florida TA must DJ for free and provide free food at the next TA BBQ or be banned 4 life

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Originally posted by stevö thanks for the professional PR response. the TA beach bash was not a good example and im not pointing at you, the idea is that its ok for chatty people to make an event thread but people who just come in here to ad their event is not ok ... i think that's hokey with too much grey area.

So if they promote their parties.... Why not post a couple of times in other threads or even participate in the forum?

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Originally posted by stevö meeko for example does not throw events to make money, i for example made an ad for a weekly night which does not profit me or the djs, its just to get the word out and get heads to show up. we didnt PM you because we live in the Tampa bay area, 273 miles away.

Thats fine & I wouldn't expect you too but I wasn't naming a specific or particular promoters. I was refering to promoters in general. especially local ones.

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Originally posted by stevö well they come in and even if they read the rules thread they still see a bunch of seperate event threads with lots of pages of replies, so they probably think "oh those rules are obviously outdated or not enforced anymore, probably a relic from the old days when the scene was huge and active". credibility? in what regard? credible at throwing good events? just because they break the rules of advertising on some board doesnt mean they are un professional hacks at throwing events..

So then what you are sayng is I need to crack the whip & tighten my belt a little more around here? If so I can & the individual events threads will be no more. If thats what you are suggesting... I am a fair MOD & listen to everyone's opinion. I don't take sides & show no favortism regardless of how well I know a fellow member. It can be done w/o any problems whats so ever.

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Originally posted by stevö it seems like this is more about a circle of friends who have been here a long time and when suddenly a non chatty person comes out of nowhere and ads an event they get the outsider treatment. it really doesnt sound like an issue of spam/clutter because there hardly is any.

I beg to differ on this. This issue comes up every so often & you can look up in the archives & this topic has come up before. Ive let the memebrs speak about this & I take the best resolution & put it into effect.

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Originally posted by stevö well, look at it this way, all these seperate event threads i see right now on "tranceaddict Forums > Local Scene Info / Discussion > USA > USA - Florida >" are threads that have lots of pages of discussion in them. whats wrong with that? it encourages activity in the forum. so what if its discussion based off some money making production companies that bring sasha or lee burridge to town? its still "Local Scene Info". And the little guy spreading the word about his no cover dive bar event deserves to be right next to them, even if they dont have time to chat on the board.

Some or alot of the individual threads are not posted in the events thread as being instructed many times before. You know I have no idea who any of these promoters are here on TA. Riotgear is prob the only one who I have spoken to by PM out of all of these promoters. Heck he even has posted a few times here & there. Why can't some of these other promoters do the same?

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Originally posted by stevö btw im not new i just created a new account, my old one was "stevesto". ive been here for like, since 2004 i think, and ive never made friends with anyone here on a personal level, and i like it that way (ive met people in person on message boards before and it was an awkward disturbing experience)

Dude then Y be a part of a message board that u talk to people on a reglar basis about something you have in common EDM & not wanna socialize with them. For that just lurk like alot of people do & keep up with the parties in your area & be done with it. (not that im suggesting you do this)

Ive met a hell of a lot of TA's & near & far & have become friends off the board as well. Yes grant it there may be a few odd balls that you may not like their beliefs or way of being but hey someone may not like you for who u r as well.
If you've been around since 04 then Y do u seemed surprised this topic came up?

I have been leniant & when things like this come up I need to step up & find a fair solution & take action so things can go as they were. Trust me being a mod for a forum is not as easy as u think it may be... Especially when WMC time comes around. That alone is very time consuming, But if everyone plays by the rules & plays fair things run smooth & this section will always be a fun section to visit.

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Originally posted by MJM74 So if they promote their parties.... Why not post a couple of times in other threads or even participate in the forum?

well there you go, maybe add that to the rules: to start a thread for an event you must post a couple times in other threads.

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Originally posted by MJM74 So then what you are sayng is I need to crack the whip & tighten my belt a little more around here? If so I can & the individual events threads will be no more.

yea but if you did that this place would be an empty page with almost 0 threads.

p.s. i dont post often, but you know how this place can be addicting