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endedcoverage · Post by **endedcoverage** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:32 pm

My friend and I are 17 and want to go this year, but we're curious if there is any way to get in under the age of 18. Do they really check?

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:57 pm

endedcoverage wrote:My friend and I are 17 and want to go this year, but we're curious if there is any way to get in under the age of 18. Do they really check?

Yes, I'm 50 and I get ID every year...

Might be cuz I act 15 once I'm on the Playa.....

Go find a adult to bring you or wait till your 18...

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:31 am

I dont think you'll have a prob. Theres a thread here that already covered this topic as well.

good luck

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:01 am

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=23259

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=15579

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=16585

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=11887

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=3921

Read and learn. And don't fuck up my burn.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:06 am

If you find blather on the eplaya legally unsatisfactory, try the FAQ & Terms & Conditions linked here, which you should have read when looking to buy tickets:

http://tickets.burningman.com/

lonestoner916 · Post by **lonestoner916** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:44 pm

endedcoverage wrote:My friend and I are 17 and want to go this year, but we're curious if there is any way to get in under the age of 18. Do they really check?

Just catch a ride with someone over 18 and you shouldn't have a problem.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:33 pm

No. All persons in the car are carded. And under 18s have to be with at least a 21-year old person.

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:56 pm

I have never been carded or had anyone in my car carded - doesn't mean it wont happen though.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:04 am

mdmf007 wrote:I have never been carded or had anyone in my car carded - doesn't mean it wont happen though.

They don't card people who are already going everywhere with a minder.

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:38 am

Oh - I get it now Gyre. If you look young and are in a car full of nothing but young-uns they card you. Not if you look like you have two mortgages, a stressful job, an ex that hates you and are escaping to BM for your allotted freedom per year?

Thats why I have never been carded.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:55 am

No, I actually wasn't being that subtle.
I mean you need a minder to keep you out of trouble.
Anyone at any age with a keeper, probably won't have trouble at the gate.

You really thought this through.
I could have probably been much funnier.

An ex that hates you?
No revenge like living well, is there?

And I thought you loved your job?

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:58 am

Gyre - Love the job in the field, can do without the paperwork and report writing, Hours kinda blow, and theres nothing like the phone ringing at 3AM on Wednesday letting you know your leaving for 2 months, and you need to be at the airport in 2 hours.

The ex doesn't get BM either, im just venting - been a shitty week.

see you playa side Gyre

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:45 am

endedcoverage wrote:My friend and I are 17 and want to go this year, but we're curious if there is any way to get in under the age of 18. Do they really check?

I wouldn't risk driving all the way to BRC and sitting in 3 hours of traffic at the gate only to be turned away because you got carded. Find a friend who is over 18 to go with you or get a fake ID.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:57 am

My friend and I were both carded at the gate. She was so overjoyed though 26 and still getting carded. Mind you shes 5 foot tall and looks like she is about 12 though. I think I just got carded by association.

If you are 17 you have to know people over 21 that want to go. Offer to pitch in for their ticket and supplies if you can afford it. Also think about that as well. It is not an inexpensive experience.

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:37 pm

go next year!!! practice. save money. work on some art. work on your patience. get better. read up. go to regionals. anticipate great things. don't try and talk anyone into escorting you. enjoy your youth. did i mention SAVE MONEY for next year.

.....that's what i have to say.
i'm not so sure you're even still around here on eplaya since you've not yet responded to these folks from the community who have given you their advice.

lonestoner916 · Post by **lonestoner916** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:26 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:No. All persons in the car are carded. And under 18s have to be with at least a 21-year old person.

That wasn't the case for me last year, I didn't even bring any I.D. with me, and not one of the six people in the truck were asked for I.D. they only took our tickets and briefly poked around in our gear looking for stowaways.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:13 pm

Maybe it's a priveledge of early entry. "Are you sure you are who you say you are?"

*shrug*

At any rate, I'm okay with being wrong.

Sorta.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:19 pm

They always check id for early entry.

Thanks Tokyo Jake for knowing who I was last year, when the computer didn't.

Barbie · Post by **Barbie** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:06 am

I Love TOKYO JAKE!!!!! He is soooooo very nice and super handsome!!!!!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:51 am

Not if you look like you have two mortgages, a stressful job, an ex that hates you and are escaping to BM for your allotted freedom per year?

Thats why I have never been carded.

omfg.....i wonder if this is a major demographic at burning man....i thought you were describing me.

white, middle aged, divorced...........wait a second.......that sounds like....

LARRY!

holy shit....wow......revelation......skies opening.....

BURNING MAN IS MOSTLY WHITE MIDDLE AGED DIVORCED MEN!

and who else would set up a post-modern naked fuck-fest with
Drugs and Booze in the middle of nowhere so they can play with fire, blow shit up, and get their joliies, sexual, chemical, or otherwise?

wow.....who would have guessed.

Orchid · Post by **Orchid** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:21 am

Simon of the Playa wrote: and who else would set up a post-modern naked fuck-fest with
Drugs and Booze in the middle of nowhere so they can play with fire, blow shit up, and get their joliies, sexual, chemical, or otherwise?

Divorced women?

Boijoy · Post by **Boijoy** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:48 pm

and who else would set up a post-modern naked fuck-fest with
Drugs and Booze in the middle of nowhere so they can play with fire, blow shit up, and get their joliies, sexual, chemical, or otherwise?

JOSEPH SMITH ?? :lol: [/quote]

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:07 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote: who else would set up a post-modern naked fuck-fest with Drugs and Booze in the middle of nowhere
so they can play with fire, blow shit up, and get their jollies, sexual, chemical, or otherwise?

Who wouldn't?

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:53 pm

gyre wrote:
mdmf007 wrote:I have never been carded or had anyone in my car carded - doesn't mean it wont happen though.
They don't card people who are already going everywhere with a minder.

minder:

That must be the person on the other end of the leash.........the one without the studded dog collar

honeyfire · Post by **honeyfire** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:06 pm

"BURNING MAN IS MOSTLY WHITE MIDDLE AGED DIVORCED MEN!
and who else would set up a post-modern naked fuck-fest ..."

Well, and who else can afford it? *laughing*

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:11 am

Simon of the Playa wrote: and who else would set up a post-modern naked fuck-fest with
Drugs and Booze in the middle of nowhere so they can play with fire, blow shit up, and get their joliies, sexual, chemical, or otherwise?

Uh, besides teenaged boys?

nocturnal_steve · Post by **nocturnal_steve** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:24 pm

Just say you are with the car ahead of you (unless they look 17, than two cars ahead of you).

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:24 am

blow the gatekeeper....

(what? you suck a couple a dicks and all of sudden you're a faggot?)

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:35 am

yes, you are no longer "Pierre, Zee Grrreat Brrrreedge Buildairrrrrr"

NeonBunny · Post by **NeonBunny** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:20 am

Did anyone mention how annoying it is that Burning Man gets a bad rep because so many parents call the local sheriff and say "my kids have run away and are most likely at burning man"?

Or how about the fact of so many kids trying to get free booze at camps, that it really makes for a logical reason for the feds to send in undercover cops to check that camps are carding?

Less kids = less problems.

Not saying all kids are problems, but if you're 17 and you still live with your parents, and your parents do not know you're going to be at burning man, that's not just a problem for you and your parents, but for everyone else at this event.

Although I guess many kids do it anyways. The camp I hear they end up hanging out at the most, where they are treated very well, is a camp called Jiffy Lube. If you get your parents permission to go to BM, and have an adult with you, so that you arn't breaking any laws by attending, make sure to check out Jiffy Lube. They'll treat you right.

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Well, trust fund brats, but we don't receive them...

just say....