EspressoDude wrote:alt: how is the org to 'evaluate' which of the 500+ bars or which of the 50+ DJ camps is worthy? Totally subjective. Whose dubstep is better than someone else's? Is a camp that plays Lawrence Welk more worthy than one that plays The Doors and Rolling Stones?
It might be a camp that has several years on record of showing up on time, cleaning up their trash, cooperating with the org (or the rangers, or the police, or the city), submitting a camp plan to which they actually adhere...
...our virgin year, my wife and I joined a camp and sweated over costumes and booze acquisition for our camp's "theme bar" only to discover that they didn't even bother to bring their costumes or the bar. They just said all that shit to get killer placement. The several virgin burners didn't stick around because they didn't feel welcome; you'd hang out at the burn barrel and absolutely none of the veterans would acknowledge you were there. On the way out, after watching a couple nearly beat the piss out of each other 'cause their vehicle wouldn't start, my wife and I decided we had to come back and do it right. We created a camp, invited a bunch of people, and swore to ourselves we would live up to our camp promises.
That should be worth something. We're not part of the BRC in-crowd since we can't come every year, so, we'll probably not get to go this year either. But, if the camps that get the tickets participate and contribute more than we do, they should get them.
