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Warped Reality said:
Usually people at my Dubstep events are complete assholes. The new Dubstep crowd I suppose?
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Brostep. Hah! I love me some dubstep, but yeah, whenever some filthy beats come on it seems all the Bros take over and start fucking up the vibe. I don't quite get it.
 
Warped Reality said:
Oh and as for things I hate at raves, when I'm spinning some sick tunes, then I turn on one that isn't as crazy, so people have some time to cool down (for example, last week I dropped on "Slip" but Deadmau5), and there's people enjoying the song, I can tell, but there's that group of retards sitting at the front yelling "Turn the shit song off". So I got my buddy to get rid of them. Huge fuckin' German guy, would never mess with him. His arms are like the size of my stomach... But yeah, other then people yelling at the DJ because they don't like a song, I hate little girls running around half naked because I would feel responsible if they got raped because it's MY show, and I hate seeing kids completely fucked out of their skull most likely on some disgusting pipes, tripping a nut in the crowd, because all that runs through my mind is "if that kid drops dead, I'm going to be responsible...".
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Similar story. I was an three day outdoor last year, and sunday morning was a total psy fest. I was scheduled to play 2nd, which i think was 8am, maybe 9. I was setting up my equipment right before I was supposed to go on, and these dbags who camped less than 50 feet from the speakers starting throwing burning logs at the decks and speakers, yelling "WE WANNA SLEEP, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" SO we had to turn the music off so they would stop.

Now,granted, sunday morning wasnt the greatest time to schedule us, but everyone else (400+) people had had the good sense to camp away from the speakers, and behind them. Burning logs? Shit, never mind the equipment, can you imagine if we had gotten hit by one of those? We were up on a mountain, good hour to get down, plus 20 minutes into town. Easily could have been a serious injury or death.

moral of the story: control yourself. that shit could have been so fucking bad
 
VincentOnE said:
But seriously man,
when people jack your show/ usually because they think they can perform better than you

that shit sucks ;/
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who the fuck jacks a lightshow? i've only had people work with me... although there was one asshole that would not let me do a double with him which was annoying but not the end of the world.

shitty lightshows don't always piss me off, as long as they're not repetitive i can enjoy them. somebody that just throws rolls at me for more than a minute make me want to kill myself.

i gotta say i'm guilty of leaning on people, but i always ask first and i'm never creepy about it. i'm usually just rolling super hard and want some physical contact :D
 
Dahli said:
Brostep. Hah! I love me some dubstep, but yeah, whenever some filthy beats come on it seems all the Bros take over and start fucking up the vibe. I don't quite get it.
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That's why I'm partial on going to the excision show. Brostep to the max.
 
Lol this brostep phenomina (sp?) has not hit canada. Most BROS I know would never get on the dancefloor unless its a beat they can pump their fist to! lol BEAT THAT BEAT UP!.... god im so emarassed to be a part of this geneartion. (Age group, im not a Guido or Bro lol)
 
rincewindrocks said:
Similar story. I was an three day outdoor last year, and sunday morning was a total psy fest. I was scheduled to play 2nd, which i think was 8am, maybe 9. I was setting up my equipment right before I was supposed to go on, and these dbags who camped less than 50 feet from the speakers starting throwing burning logs at the decks and speakers, yelling "WE WANNA SLEEP, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" SO we had to turn the music off so they would stop.

Now,granted, sunday morning wasnt the greatest time to schedule us, but everyone else (400+) people had had the good sense to camp away from the speakers, and behind them. Burning logs? Shit, never mind the equipment, can you imagine if we had gotten hit by one of those? We were up on a mountain, good hour to get down, plus 20 minutes into town. Easily could have been a serious injury or death.

moral of the story: control yourself. that shit could have been so fucking bad
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Damn I have a mad expensive setup if someone was throwing ANYTHING near it I'd fucking neck them!
 
I really don't like dubstep played at raves. So much of it isn't danceable and a lot of it is angry. Then it brings violent people. I like the music, but I want to dance!

I really don't get how you guys seem to encounter so many negative people at these events. Maybe it's just me, but most of the people I meet at non-massive raves are having a grand old time. There's always a few who are downers, but its far from the majority.

One pet-peeve I have is people who ask me for my stuff. Normally in the moment I'm happy to give it to you, but looking back I've spent so much money on ties, masks, weird sunglasses, feather boas (best thing to bring ever btw).

I'm usually happy to give this stuff out to people who make an impression, for that's really the purpose. However, people walk up to me and ask me for my tie and then walk away. I feel bad saying no cuz, fuck it, its a rave and I feel bad letting them take it.
 
nanchan said:
That's why I'm partial on going to the excision show. Brostep to the max.
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Totally, but this is why I like venues with a bar that still has a good view of the stage. Let the boys fuck each other up in the pit, I'll stand back and just dance.

For me, all my rave annoyances are solved by not going to certain venues in my area. Some just suck. Too hot, no place to chill out that's 21+ (or it's removed from the music I came to see), less pushing and shoving in walkways, less overall youngin's because they're actual stage venues and the ticket prices are higher. I usually either stick to the high ticket events (but not massives) or the free 21+ club shows nowadays. Just a personal preference.
 
Dahli said:
I usually either stick to the high ticket events (but not massives) or the free 21+ club shows nowadays. Just a personal preference.
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heh, thats funny. round here, i avoid like the plague anything thats more than $15, cause the kids around here are like "oh, if its expensive, it must be good!" which is total bullshit. I pretty much only go to free or $5 shows, occaisonally a $10 or $15, cause the only people that go to those are actually into the scene and the music
 
rincewindrocks said:
heh, thats funny. round here, i avoid like the plague anything thats more than $15, cause the kids around here are like "oh, if its expensive, it must be good!" which is total bullshit. I pretty much only go to free or $5 shows, occaisonally a $10 or $15, cause the only people that go to those are actually into the scene and the music
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Haha my shows are usually either free, or about 25 dollars. And haha usually I have a pretty big crowd. Maybe they just love me and I'm a good DJ ;D
 
The Annoyances:
Haters,
Guys that think you want them to rub up on you,
Guys who dress like anime characters with giant spikey hair who stand around with their arms crossed acting like badasses and starting fights. (maybe a Denver thing idk),
Girls who mean mug you for no reason,
UNDERCOVER COPS!!! fukk off and let us have a good time JFC! We can see you you know.

The Favorites:
Conversation, trading kandi because it imprints a memory on our rolling 3 second minds, Dancing with everyone, showing off my poi skills (promise i watch out for every person around me bcuz it sucks to get hit ;) ) And connecting with complete strangers which is something that doesn't happen much out IRL. (no eye contact!!!)
Sorry if these things were already covered just reiterating.
 
^^Shadou, you should check out some of the NM outdoor events when the season starts! Watt5 is end of may, gonna be a great fucking time! oh, and myquill (the douchbag i described above) wont be there this year, so no burning logs thrown at the stage!
 
Yeah i run into a bunch of people from NM at raves and i hear they can throw down pretty hard! Thanx for the motivation i'm totally down for a roadtrip!!
rincewindrocks said:
^^Shadou, you should check out some of the NM outdoor events when the season starts! Watt5 is end of may, gonna be a great fucking time! oh, and myquill (the douchbag i described above) wont be there this year, so no burning logs thrown at the stage!
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rincewindrocks said:
^^its also a way to identify other ravers outside of raves...which is one of the main reasons it annoys me.

another is that Kandi ravers are 90% dumbass kids who go to do drugs, not to dance and have a good time. I mean, i usually am not sober at a rave, but i can do drugs anywhere, anytime, and if i am sober, i don't care. my main focus is the music and how it makes me feel. there are plenty of ways of establishing friendships that dont involve stupid bracelets.

although to be honest, id say kandi was alot cooler if it was a) not called kandi (especially with that stupid spelling) and b) made with actual care, like help necklaces/bracelets with cool stones and beads, not something that looks like your 4yo cousin made it
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Hahaha... ok this is funny because I have always called it "candy". To be honest, there's so much about candy culture that I can't stand. There's definitely a large percentage of them who fall into a very stereotypical mold, like their name is "Pixi" or "Star". I've been making it for ten years, and when I was a teenage raver, I was allllll about it, full arms of this stuff. Now, I just wear a few bracelets that match my outfits... but I do make a bunch to give away. I don't go around handing it out though. I keep it in a bag, and it someone rolling comes up and says something nice, I pull it out and give it to them. They love it... it's solely to use up my beads and help some people have a good night. Plus making it is fun from a crafty aspect. I am very picky though about the candy I wear. The obnoxious shit is fun to make, but looks to ridiculous for me personally. Also, I can't stand the messy candy all over the place, bracelets on top of each other, see who can wear the most beads look. But that's why I don't wear it like that... Oh... and when I give someone a bracelet and they make me hold their hand and slide it over... ugh that annoys me, just take the fucking bracelet.

Oh yeah, whistles are annoying as fuck... and I wear one. It only serves one purpose though. When the MC or whatever says something like "make some fucking noise" and everyone's screaming... I give it a blow because I don't like to scream. That's it though. The kids walking around going "toot toot toot" to every beat because they're too fucked up to realize it and take it out of their mouth? Oooohh that's annoying.

BO. Who doesn't put on deodorant before a rave? Believe me, I sweat just like everyone else... but my sweat smells like deodorant. The person who didn't put it on and stinks up the whole room... is an asshole.
 
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1. Aggressive, roided up and often shirtless people that seem to be blow in's from some other scene (rnb? rap?) that think shoving people out of the way and walking around looking to start fights is the done thing. For fucks sake, its supposed to be a dance party, not an UFC round. This type of person has become the majority at electronic music events where I live, as a result I rarely go to any these days. Massive brawls at the last events here, hospitalisations, girls involved etc. sigh. They certainly aren't there for the music. I've watch an endless stream of them walk in to a tent where Sasha was playing, they would each stay for maybe 5mins then leave.

2. Drunk people. The people in point 1 seem to have one thing in common, their choice of mind altering substance is 99% of the time alcohol. Maybe those knobjockeys always were there, but back before the MDMA drought they rolled instead of drank and didn't act like such cunts. I'm sure there are plenty of people that can get drunk without being a dick, but sadly there are so many that do I wish that booze wasn't sold at events.

3. Shufflers. rewind 10 years, shuffling was pretty cool, mostly done just at dance parties. Now it seems to be its own little competitive scene with twats standing round in the city during the day doing it, in fact I suspect a lot of these kiddies have never seen the inside of a club/rave or taken a pill in their life. At events people in to it are usually just standing around in a big judgemental circle, telling other people their dancing is shite. Fuck off to a break dancing battle with that attitude seriously. It is pretty much the exact opposite of what "rave" was about. Checking your ego at the door and not judging others. Thankfully these people are mostly only found in the hardstyle scene which I can't stand.

4. sniffer dogs. seriously dickbags how is busting a small handful of people for 1 joint or 2 pills doing society any good. fuck off and stop real crime like all the violent drunk cunts punching each other!

5. whistles. This is a minor annoyance really and fairly rare nowadays. But damn I have been close to strangling some whistlers in the past.

sheesh I just realised what I sound like after reading my post. oh well.
"remember when this was Tomtom's?"

CaPoNe. said:
I dont like the fuckers stabbin people with needles and shit thats fucked up.
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Fark! And I thought I had things to complain about!
 
Those girls that act like just because they're on E, they're suddenly void of all brain cells. No matter how hard I've rolled, I've never acted as airheaded as they make themselves out to be. I believe it's partially an act for most of them... if not, I'd hate to see them sober xD. I mean, everyone acts E-tarded and giddy to a reasonable/certain degree... and that's half the fun. But there's a certain line some people cross...

But yeah, I hope you all understand where I'm coming from, and the kind of people I'm talking about. I would feel bad if anyone took this the wrong way haha. And it's not like it drives me insane, but it gets old/annoying sort of fast.


I'm a little depressed that the Kandi Kids are dying out. I love making and trading Kandi, and I'm not a super drug-addled, obnoxious, completely juvinile person. I think Kandi kids keep it fun though. I miss the silly days of "PLUR", where everyone wore weird shit just because they knew they wouldn't be judged, talked to everyone, etc.
 
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Elitists who see someone dressed in a different fashion and assume they're "posers"
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OH! THIS THIS!

I'm getting more and more sick of "So and so ruined the rave scene, they're such posers" comments from the self-elected Poser Police. Seriously, who are you to decide that shit about people?
 
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