I've been doing porta potty enhancement at my home regional for the last 4 years, as well as a few times at some other nearby regionals and events. We're fortunate that we haven't really had any problems with stuff that doesn't belong in the potties getting tossed in them (but we've had signs inspir...

Were there really that many more newbies than usual? I just don't buy the "unprecendented number of newbies in 2012" thing that everybody keeps kicking around. My memory is that ~40% reported they were newbies when buying tickets. I've since heard ever increasing numbers; "half newbies", "more than ...

This isn't any different from previous years, is it? If we can turn in agreements at Rangers or Playa Info, then we're not actually going to have greeters forcing everybody to wait in their vehicles to fill out a form prior to entry, or administering lie detector tests to make sure people are tellin...

There were a few that got lower tier tic's mentioned on (I believe ) the I got a ticket awarded thread.. I'm pretty sure I looked through every post in that thread (there were a lot of them, and I was skimming) and didn't see anybody directly state they had received lower tier tickets. There was so...

I wish I'd read the terms and conditions at the time I registered more closely. Looking at available information now, I think the mechanics of ticket sales may have been changed since the JRS where they were announced (volume 16 issue 5). Specifically, I don't see any mention of a 10k, 15k, 15k dist...

We've got a pretty active burner community here. Like ben-no said, there are weekly meet-n-greets every Wednesday at the Handlebar (4127 Manchester), starting around 9ish. Attendance varies, but typically most of the people there at 10:00 are burners (later in the night, the bar fills up with other ...