As always, i'm sure some vets will jump on and correct me if i'm wrong

When possible, I like to camp on the outer streets because they're quieter, about a block from the bathrooms. Avoid 10pm and 2pm near the large raves. Watch out for fancy-looking places with stages.While sobering, I'm reading these to not be an asshat my first time this year. Just bought my ticket today and can't get to sleep... almost 5 am. What's a generally low-douche-baggery place to set up?
Tamara, you are totally right about not leaving too much space! A small group of weekenders can sneak their little Geo Metro, 4 lawn chairs and two person dome tent right in while your not looking. Then once they are there, they'll realize that you have a pretty sweet setup and all the supplies to survive. They're sorta like leeches, if you're not paying attention the sneak up your legs and before long their sucking you dry.tamarakay wrote:It also seems to me that the last few streets would be overrun with them as from what i've read the "weekenders" coming in the final few days make camp there. Also when you set up, be respectful of those already there, but don't leave TOO much room or latecomers try and squeeze in and what you thought was your buffer zone becomes someone's camp.
Yeah, I wasn't sure. Cause it seemed like on Wednesday all sorts of folks showed up randomly.Dr. Pyro wrote:Illy, how the hell did that happen last year? You were in BDV and we stake out everybody's space! You should have let me or Felony know so we could 1) kick their asses out of the Village; and 2) confiscate all of their beer. Not necessarily in that order.
A few of us tried to figure out wtf to do with them, but it was a giant space we weren't ever going to use. We didn't have much argument for making them pack everything back up and move. They did stop me from being able to use my little fire bucket though, that was kind of annoyingilly dilly wrote:Yeah, I wasn't sure. Cause it seemed like on Wednesday all sorts of folks showed up randomly.Dr. Pyro wrote:Illy, how the hell did that happen last year? You were in BDV and we stake out everybody's space! You should have let me or Felony know so we could 1) kick their asses out of the Village; and 2) confiscate all of their beer. Not necessarily in that order.
If you remember where we were camped, and how our camp was set up, somebody just through up their dome tent right between our shade structure and the camper trailer that was sorta in front of us. I wasn't sure if they should be there or not.
Do you remember how Drew was gonna bring that super tall pole with the time lapse camera then ended up having some trouble and wasn't able to get it there. Some folks moved into that whole 50' space that was gonna be used for the pole and guy lines. I figured if a whole camp moved in that wasn't supposed to be there you or Felony and especially Frost woulda noticed.
The whole map got a little screwy even when we arrived Monday afternoon. So I figured it was a change of plans. But the way they snuck in under the cover of darkness was not soo cool.
deathray wrote:Here is my list of biggest assholes at BM 2010
Costco bar dumbass with shaking hand who didn't understand the laws regarding how not to get busted serving minors.
Beggars standing by will call looking for cheap tickets. Do some grunt labor and earn one, maggot.
ZaphodBurner wrote:
The difference between buying a ticket from a scalper and prostituting yourself for one is, if you suck dick for a ticket and brag about it, burners will still respect you.
Hmm, a French douche bag... I translated "douche bag" on Babelfish and got: sac de douche.AntiM wrote:Hehehe, perhaps the spammer hawking designer bags here a moment ago would qualify as a Douchey de Baggette.
If it's climbable, or even looks potentially climbable, it will get climbed. Period. Burning Man isn't a museum, and people like to get up close & personal with the art; it's part of that whole "interactivity" thing. There's a reason most pieces out there are built strong enough to survive the zombie hordes- it's the one place on earth you're guaranteed the zombie hordes will come. As for whether or not thats a good thing... depends on who you ask. I only rarely climb things, generally the ones I do have stairs. One of my camp-mates will scramble up any surface that looks like he can get his boots on it.atomicray wrote:The thought of drunk/high roaches climbing on art installations because they want to, regardless of if it was ment or designed for climbing pretty much makes me less than interested in the project...having to build in special considerations to account for the worst case situation of "wooooo" takes away from the design.
Like AntiM said- wait until you get boots to dust before you decide what the current vibe is. It truly is something you have to experience to understand, and not in a crazy spiritual sort of way but in a "holy shit, what's that" sort of way.It does seem that the current vibe is nearing a spring break situation...lots of tits and ass, drinking and wooooo, and worst of all roving clusters of belligerent roaches looking for handouts.
Thanks...that is what I suspected was the right answer. Just jump in with our mutant vehicle and check it out.Eric wrote:If it's climbable, or even looks potentially climbable, it will get climbed. Period. Burning Man isn't a museum, and people like to get up close & personal with the art; it's part of that whole "interactivity" thing. There's a reason most pieces out there are built strong enough to survive the zombie hordes- it's the one place on earth you're guaranteed the zombie hordes will come. As for whether or not thats a good thing... depends on who you ask. I only rarely climb things, generally the ones I do have stairs. One of my camp-mates will scramble up any surface that looks like he can get his boots on it.atomicray wrote:The thought of drunk/high roaches climbing on art installations because they want to, regardless of if it was ment or designed for climbing pretty much makes me less than interested in the project...having to build in special considerations to account for the worst case situation of "wooooo" takes away from the design.
Like AntiM said- wait until you get boots to dust before you decide what the current vibe is. It truly is something you have to experience to understand, and not in a crazy spiritual sort of way but in a "holy shit, what's that" sort of way.It does seem that the current vibe is nearing a spring break situation...lots of tits and ass, drinking and wooooo, and worst of all roving clusters of belligerent roaches looking for handouts.
IMHO, this isn't exactly the best thread for you atomicray. There are more productive threads to discuss your project ideas, and the main website explains the interaction aspect of projects...you can/should start your own thread when you're more familiar with the overall flavor of the event from eplaya (eplaya is NOT the playa, the 2 are different)atomicray wrote:Here is for hoping that all this is just in my head![]()
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oh hell no! That takes the fun out of it!atomicray wrote:burn slow and safe![]()