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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 120
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Originally posted by D-Money
First I?d like to begin by thanking all of the sponsors for participating in this years Players Ball. It was definitely in the top 2 Players Balls ever, pretty close to that Snoop Dogg show.
Be honest, if you stayed for the whole show and made it past the bullshit C2K gave us, who did you like the show? I'd bet that 95% of the people who saw both Digital and Xzibit were totally thrilled and had a blast. That place was rocking.
I would like to also say that the bad parts were the worst of any Players Ball. Just about everything within our control went over as smoothly as possible, the things we leave in the venues hands were out of control. Our biggest mistake was using C2K again. The building is one of the best venues anywhere, the management and security is the worst.
Here?s what went wrong. If I?m gonna take the heat, which is unavoidable, I better have an opportunity to explain what really happened.
C2K Fuck Up List -
1) They lied about our starting time, they changed it on us. We were supposed to get in at 10:30, as always. Usually they cancel their normally scheduled 10:00 pm show for us, since we pack the house for several hours every time. This time they changed their story at the last second, keeping a 10:00 pm show (Lord of the Dance) and forcing us to get in late.
2) They lied about how the lines were going to be run. We warned them several times about how many people show up and that they need to manage the crowd better then in the past. I said to expect at least 5,000 people. They assured us everyone would be let into the VIP promptly at 11:45 (as Lord of the Dance was letting out downstairs, VIP?s enter through the upstairs door). They continued by saying everyone would be carded while in line behind a barricade, then they all can simply walk right in without any problems. Then the regular pass holders would enter as soon as the people downstairs evacuated, saying they?d all be pre-carded in line to make things faster. The answer to this problem is simple, but they were stupid. All they needed was metal barricades to keep a controlled line. Instead they used a vinyl strap to hold a massive crowd of people. C2K?s fuck up 100%. We tried our best to make sure this didn?t get screwed up, they were simply negligent.
3) Due to their weak straps, people bum rushed the VIP door as soon as it opened and a psycho security guy flipped out and pushed people back with a bad attitude, then threw a chair at a wall in his rampage (it was caught on tape with many witnesses). He was out of line, and that created the first delay. I chewed him a new asshole, but it didn?t matter because the management wouldn?t remove him, saying they were undermanned. Finally after almost getting in a fist fight with him, he said fuck it, I?m out of here and walked away. Again, metal barricades is what any venue would have to control a crowd of this size, unless they have a fleet of 200 guys working, which they didn?t. No one was helping us as were we informing them of all disasters with their security.
4) No strict enforcement of different leveled passes. It seemed to me that they would check the passes for VIP?s at times, then there was no one checking. We paid for them to have that covered, they slacked in that department at the beginning of the night. Again, a C2K fuck up, it?s their people. We can?t bring in our people to do that, it?s their venue, they had to be responsible. We paid for them to do that.
5) The second level VIP area was too crowded, not because too many people had passes, but because they wouldn?t let people sit in the balcony seats that could hold at least 400 people. We always had that balcony in the past and without it, it seemed too crowded. We gave out less VIP?s then in the past. They never explained that would be shut down. However, I heard they charged people $100 to$200 to sit in those seats anyway, for the few that did. That?s bullshit and that?s why the VIP seemed crowed. Then they weren?t checking the 3rd floor for sponsor passes at first, which were private suites. These were supposed to be issued to a select few. Man did they fuck that up. Then the worst part was when they started kicking people out later that night and making them pay to get into areas. They always deny this when confronted.
6) People who had passes were going out to the bathroom and trading their friends passes to other people outside the venue. I?ve heard stories that guests that had passes were trying to sell them to outsiders who were paying anything to get in. In the past that was prevented by using a magic marker on the pass once used with a stamp on the wrist. That system worked last time, but they didn?t do that this time. Why? Because they?re fucked up! Who?s fault was it that people from outside our industry got in? We didn?t issue passes to outsiders, it was our own pass holders selling them off outside. Shit, you almost can?t blame them for trying if they felt they could get $100 to $200 a pass, which is flattery to the Players Ball. It just sucks that we throw an event to entertain our people, then our people sold an industry event pass for money to outsiders. That?s not right. We do try to make this party ONLY for our people, pornstars and a few rappers and celebs, not lurkers trolling casino?s.
With all that being said, the only other fucked up part was their sound people. The sound company I hired had to work with THEIR sound company and that?s another issue. You get the idea. You try to throw a flawless party and things outside your control mess that up. Nothing is more frustrating. However, Xzibit?s sound was great and he was happy with it, it bumped!
OK, that?s the bad part. I'll post the good parts in another thread soon.
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Not to sound like an asshole, though in reality I can be one.
But, didn't you make a post like this 2 years ago, or was it last year?
Maybe even 3 years ago?
Remember this D
Fuck me once shame on you...
Fuck me twice shame on me...
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