Originally posted by henryv
greedy?, Please explain?
Maybe he didn't know he could get the unused portion on the card back? Or the process wasn't convenient for people? Just guessing here. We didn't use the card system.
Here's my short and limited experience of the night:
THE GOOD
- SvD RAWKED as usual
- Mainstage location/setup was great. Insomniac should have the same layout in all of their future NOS events
- Two windows open for guestlist and no line at all when we got there around 10:45pm. The usual depressed guestlist girl who seems to hate her life wasn't working in either window so that might be the reason too for no lines
THE BAD
- Parking charge had gone up to $20
- Girls' "bathrooms" looked too scary so I'm glad we didn't have to use them
- It made no sense to have SvD play before PvD because the energy went just downhill when PvD got on the decks, but of course the set times never make sense at these kinds of raves
- PvD's set was too fluffy :tongue2
- Insomniac had their guestlist info wrong but this happens a lot at their events so I was prepared
All those negatives were pretty minor so we still had a lot of fun. Did I mention Sander kicked ass? :p Btw, nice meeting doubleA, Johnny Monsoon and Michael! :)
bscarbro
Had a blast!!!
I didn't even realize it was sold out when we got there and 2 people that I was with didn't have tickets. They bought some off this guy on the sreet and as soon as they showed them too me I realized they were fake. Good fakes though. There was only one flaw I saw that was easily noticable. Luckily we went to give our tickets to an older gentlemen who didn't even examine the tickets and we all got in. Would have been a real downer if some of us had to go home.
Anyways. I'll keep it short and sweet. Sander killed it!! as did Groove Armada, Wippenberg, CL, and Robbie for what I saw of the end of his set.
doubleA
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Originally posted by technofriik
Maybe he didn't know he could get the unused portion on the card back? Or the process wasn't convenient for people? Just guessing here. We didn't use the card system.
Nice meeting you as well! Sander did in fact kill it... but I don't know what you're talking about with the fluffy stuff
;) We'll have to agree to disagree!
I'll be in Miami on Friday/Saturday at Space, and then will be catching SvD again at Perfect's night in Vegas on 4/24... Are you planning on catching either show?
Til next time!
--Adam
anomalies
The music was great, I wasn't even considering this event until the very last minute, one of my friends couldn't make it so he sold me his ticket for cheap. Like another poster said, my only complaint is that SVD should've played after PVD because the energy wasn't there (similar to edc with PVD and Guetta). After Saturday, I will def be checking out SVD when he comes to the OC in April, hope to see some of you guys there!
I personally didn't have any problems, but Insomniac really needs to get their **** together when it comes to security and what you can and cannot bring in. A buddy of mine wasn't allowed to bring his camera in so we had to walk all the way back to the car so he could return in. As I was going in the second time, I saw security take some guys backpack from him. Apparently he had his keys in there, and kept repeating that to the security, but instead of returning it to him the security guard got one of the cops over and threatened to kick him out. I'm not sure what ended up happening but hopefully he got the keys back.
I could careless about bringing in things like back packs, cameras, glow sticks, etc, but Insomniac really needs to enforce their rules better. If they say NO BACKPACKS, then take away EVERYONES backpacks. Same with cameras, obviously they didn't confiscate everyones cameras because there are some pretty good videos on youtube of the event already.
Maka08
I would love to know why there is a card system now, it's highly inconvenient. How many people actually bothered to get their money back at the end of the night when they are tired from dancing? Great way to make some money Insomniac. Also my friend gave his card to get a bottle of water but the idiots operating the water cart gave his back to someone else, nice. Also saw some guy walking past me after he got stabbed in the shoulder while in line. More security maybe?
The music was pretty good, the tent was great. Queens Domain was way too hot. As much as I wanted to see Bart B More I just couldn't stay in there for too long. SVD was great, and PVD was better then his usual boring set. But coming back at the end to play Seven Nation Army for 5 seconds was a dick move. But he was nice enough to stick around to sign some tickets.... too bad no two signatures on any tickets actually matched, mine and my friends' looks completely different. Any word on EDC line up?
fantasyexctasy
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Originally posted by henryv
greedy?, Please explain?
They kicked everyone out before everyone could get their money back. And all they had was a tiny window handling the matter.
Look, I don't see the advantage of having it. It makes you wait twice as long and look retarded having to run back to reload it after having just waited 30 minutes. I swear the thing stole at least 8 or 9 dollars because of an error by the handlers. Just stick to what's worked for over 5000 years: Cash. You know damn right they won't be able to handle this for over 100k people at EDC. I have the highest respect for Insomniacs. This is their first error and I hope they have the brains to fix their mistake and get rid of their cards
Sanam25
Can anyone ID this song that was played during Robbie Rivera's set ...
I rather like the card idea, but it would be better if it were optional rather than mandatory. I put just enough on my card where I didn't need to worry adding more money and having extra, but I could see the long lines at the reloading stations, not to mention the extra time it took to pay with the cards, amounting to longer lines in general.
Any idea why they weren't allowing any gloves into the venue? They let people bring in photon lights, but not gloves? New rules or something?
And what happened with the laser art piece thing? I checked out and was so disappointed, pretty sure it was broken when I got there.
I had a good time despite the small qualms. SVD was amazing, glad I got to see him live finally.
zerotonin79
yeah the card idea was terrible and reeks of money grubbing. i could see if that card was reusable for future events it could be something possibly good but according to the back of the card, its not.
i knew better and didn't bother but my lady friend got one and left without getting her 5 dollar balance back. really nothing in the big scheme of things but i bet Insomniac was counting on that...
also i heard some people complaining that the refund issuers were low balling the amounts on the card and when called on it, they gave back the full refund. not a good system at all. and as stated above, the lines to the concessions were in fact longer thus negating any added benefit.
fun party for sure, but i will boycott any future Insomniac events if they include this crooked system. im sure there will be other noobs waiting to take my place but its a stand on principle in a scene that is increasingly lacking in them. :rolleyes:
DaveT
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Originally posted by Sanam25
NEED TRACK ID PLEASE!!!!
That's def some remix of Robbie Rivera - Float Away. I don't recall which remix of it 100%, but if it's a release remixed it might be the Brian Cross remix. My bet, though, is that it's an unrelease remixed.
The track is actually very old. 7 or 8 years old. But I remember how most of the remixes I wanted didn't come out until the past couple years, though I heard them years ago.
I love the track. Gabriel & Dresden did a pretty awesome remix of the track.
LoSkI
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Originally posted by Sanam25
NEED TRACK ID PLEASE!!!!
