VIP parties at the burn

[Ugly Dougly]

Yes, Ygmir, dress for success.

[theCryptofishist]

You know, 2011 was my first and only burn. I think I had really high expectations based on meeting burners off playa and having a great experience with them. Then we got there and i really had a hard time with it socially. I felt like the whole "welcome home" shit was fake and there was so much exclusion that by the end of the week I was pretty done with it. It was only a couple of months ago that I began to reconsider returning. Now it feels like the playa is calling me back, so we're going to give it another try. But, for me, the VIP exclusiveness is really shitty. People do this all the time in the world and its too bad they feel they need to work so hard to bring it all the way out to BM.

Try getting on any of the major art cars as a single guy... my experience in 2011 was "Oh, sorry, we're full..." on the empty-ish cars, or "Sorry, camp night on the car (three nights in a row on one)," etc etc etc. I've decided - fuck the major raver/"art" busses. But hey, I'm also ridiculously new to all of this stuff, but who knows... then again, when I brought my Girlfriend, she was invited on any car, anywhere... great to see the looks on faces as I followed her on.

right with ya there Ano. being an old single guy, rarely is there a spot for me on the bigger "party barges". Some of the smaller ones are super friendly, but, the big "rave" cars, seem only for sparkle ponies and Frat boys, unless you have an 8 ball and hookers to share.

...I have a feeling that if you had big boobies, they would make room for you.

If you're young, and flirty, and dress in a way that accentuates the boobs. I think the only mv I ever rode in was the Dangling Participle. Or Overcompensation--I'm a little hazy on that. Oh yeah, Playafrog.
And I have big boobs.

[Simon of the Playa]

seriously.

[ygmir]

"occupy VIP parties"

[VultureChow]

You know it's funny. I never had any issues getting on any of the mv's, and I am neither young, nor flirty, nor dressed racily. I'll admit that I have rockin' tits, but of the natural variety. They are balanced out by my not so rockin' fat ass.

But, I didn't try Friday or Saturday nights, and it was usually earlier in the evening. I really thought I'd have a hard time, but in the end it was fine.

[BIGSEXXY]

Sorry if we all got the wrong idea about big camps asking for money...

[Eric]

Sorry if we all got the wrong idea about big camps asking for money...

oh yeah. Ibiza in the dirt, with bikes.

Not everyone wants us to turn into just another stop on the rave circuit, this picture sure as hell doesn't change my mind.

[gaminwench]

^^^ what he said.

[Simon of the Playa]

what "bigsexxxy" is not so coyly referring to is Root Society's Indiegogo page last year...

not my idea...didnt like it...big fucking mistake...first one to admit it was crass at best...especially considering the circumstances....


you wanna bitch about it "bigSexxy"? take it up with you know who and go fuck yourself....talk to the generals asswipe, dont blame the bad lieutenant.



and i am not with Root Society anymore, so double go fuck yourself....

[Roberto Dobbisano]

come at me, Frat Boys, i double dog dare you.


i will knock you down like bowling pins in the polish section of buffalo, ny.

[H.G.Crosby]

"bite the hand, BITE THE HAND!!!"...



stick it in my mouth, you bet your ass i will.

[theCryptofishist]

i will knock you down like bowling pins in the polish section of buffalo, ny.

*ahem!*

[theCryptofishist]

No one is to take the above post as any sort of support for bigEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXy's position.

[trilobyte]

I'm going to go ahead and stick a fork in this one and call it done. BIGSEXXY has left the site, at this point I think it's either preaching to the choir or just feeding trolls. Still, there were some good points made, and I encourage any camps considering the idea of public fundraising to read through the thread to get a feel for what people consider to be acceptable/unacceptable.

I'll also point you in the direction of a couple other good links - the Burning Blog post on crowdsourcing and fundraising for art projects by Will Chase, and our own post about fundraising on ePlaya.