Affiliate Ball - my new thing - January 10th Vegas - Players Ball is the 9th - A new era beings as..
 

I've been getting a ton of emails about my new event, AffiliateBall.com. So I wanted to clear up some confusion on my events since I have 2 parties for 2 different industrys, back to back nights.

After a very fun ride with the Players Ball over the last 13 years, the days of the massive crowds at shows and huge artists are sadly gone. I'm trying to make this Players Ball on the level of the past ones, but sponsor support is non existant.

So I'm taking my talents to mainstream... lol

Yeah, I got fucked over by LeBron, so I'm using his words.

Will the Players Ball end? Don't know. But there IS a Players Ball on January 9th in Vegas for all of Internext. We do have artists performing at the moment and Sapphire as the venue, so the show will go on. If it's the last one, you'll want to be there. I'm still hopeful some company out there will want to grab a main sponsorship and we can have Three 6 Mafia perform that night (or someone else big).

Meanwhile, I'm very happy to announce that the magic isn't gone, the Ball vibe will live on in a parallel universe many of you have already crossed over to. The Affiliate Summit has never had a Players Ball like event that caters to the whole show, so I'm doing it, Affiliate Ball. Sponsorship support has been great, reminds me of the old days in adult.

D-Money will continue trying to do Players Balls at adult shows if the support is there while Darren is spinning off into other industrys with big events. Affiliate Ball being the first of many. This Affiliate Ball already locked in Three 6 Mafia, we'll be throwing that event at the Crown Theater at Rio. The Affiliate Ball is 100% mainstream, no adult mixed. But we do have sponsorships for hosting, designers, dating programs, etc, incase any of you are interested.

I expect this first Affiliate Ball will be packed, 3000 invited guests with more that will be stuck outside, not getting in. History repeats, it's like going back in a time machine.

Thank you to all of my supporters with the Players Ball over the years, my brother KB, sponsors, guests, haters (you know you still loved it), AVN, XBiz, Cybernet, the Ju Tang Clan and all of the beautiful women that hit on me because I looked hot in my pimp suits!

I'm not saying good bye, I'm still trying to hold on to the Players Ball in adult. But I have to admit, if the support isn't there it's not worth doing. Unless it's fun and has major artists performing, I'll focus on other things including the Affiliate Ball and my marketing firm.

For those that have been on the ride, the Players Ball started in 1999 in Vegas and we had over 2000 people at the very first one. Then we moved into C2K for about 7 Players Balls and packed a 3 level venue with an average attendance of 3,500 people, all invited guests from our industry trade show. We packed huge venues all this time until the last couple of years. The fall is the Players Ball is a reflection of our industry, companys need to make money to invest on parties. I hope things pick up.

We've had Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Cypress Hill, Doug E Fresh, Digital Underground, Slick Rick, George Clinton, Ice-T, Ice Cube, E-40, Lil Jon, Mack 10, Too Short and so many others over the years.

Hopefully we can continue the tradition of the longest running and largest adult webmaster event of all time, but if it ends with this next one I'm happy I did it because it was fun.

See you in Vegas:thumbsup

not much players anymore? :)

Looking forward to it! :pimp

Good luck D-Money. I have always had a huge man-crush on you throughout the years. You will always succeed. When the history books are written on this industry you will be considered the "PT Barnum of the Adult Internet Industry". God bless.

Super excited D. Ju Tang lives forever...

D, it has been a great ride. Thank you for providing years of great memories. The Snoop Dog and Ice Cube Players Balls are at the top for me. Good luck and good vision to take your show to the Affiliate Ball.

i only went to one, in 2001, snoop dog. was a great show. cheers.

Good decision and must be exciting to venture into fresh territory, where there is plenty of money to make events like this happen right :thumbsup

My favorite PB will always be the Cypress Hill one.

that was a good one, as was George Clinton:thumbsup:thumbsup

Will KB be dressed like an asshat on stage though at the new balls? That's the real question!

D, thank you for all you have done to keep us entertained, it is much appreciated. I have very fond memories of past events and wish you all the best carrying the tradition forward into the mainstream world. *mwauh*

See you in Vegas, i'm sure both will be Great PArties!
won't forget the past Player Ball's....

There will be no pimp suits worn by myself or family at the Affiliate Ball.

I'm taking off the pimp hat and polishing up my game.

I'm all grown up now.

lol

D$ always knows how to put on a great show! Keep pimpin my man!

Excited to hear it from you :)

always a great time at your parties D$ and one of the reasons I continue to go to Vegas each year :thumbsup

Always wanted to go to one of those and now it's too late... :(

Will my Player's Card be valid at the Affiliate Ball? :upsidedow

Just got confirmation that I will be at Affiliate Summit and we will both be at Affiliate Ball.

Will see you there.

This is what I will miss the most:

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the mainstream one would probably be gay. many religious lame-o's in mainstream who freak out at the mere mention of adult or women on stage, etc. g rated players ball..hmm no. good luck regardless.

thank the tubes. they've officially sucked all the fun out of this industry.

Do I need a Affiliate Summit badge to get into the Affiliate Ball?

I will GLADLY hit on you pimp suit or not! Miss you bud!

This post made me go to the Affiliate Summit for sure. Vegas was announced late so the tickets are now 249 and 449 onsite. http://www.affiliatesummit.com/register/ I want to do more mainstream.

I don't know why people see so many difference in Mainstream or adult, since we where born we learn every day. Selling sextoys, or normal toys has the same process.

Good choice to jump in this D-Money, and good luck! let's hope their will be two parties, but i will fit in a non-adult players ball as well. If i can make money on a black-tie party, i go black tie.

Loving the responses so far. :thumbsup

Now's a good time to tell you all something about my time and efforts put into the Players Ball over the years. For the first 10 years, I never made a dime of profit and invested blood, sweat and tears. The last few I barely made a profit, but it was at least enough to pay for me to comp myself for those trade shows.

I think people over the years thought they could give me so much shit because I made money from it. Not the case. I did it as a thank you to the industry for providing me a great career and mainly because I had fun doing it. Who wouldn't want to throw the party you always wanted to go to? That was my philosophy. Throw the party I want to attend with sponsors money. I also benefited because it positioned me in the biz and got my name out there, which enabled me to do deals I normally wouldn't have had the chance to get otherwise.

Excellent question!

You always put on a great production no matter what industry you do it for!

I look forward to attending the affiliate ball! see ya there man! :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

Players Cards and the Affiliate Ball.

My answer is this...

I want all of my "players" to some how get in. I'll tell the venue to honor those Players Cards as admission, but sometimes new venues get confused and shit happens.

I'd prefer for my friends to hit me up in person during Internext, I'll have the Players Ball the night before, so I'm easy to find. I'll hand passes to my peeps for sure.

Hopefully the cards will get honored, but I'd feel bad if the venue fucks it up. So play it safe and see me for passes.

D$ you always rock it! Always a must attend event. Looking forward to the big show! :)

That's pretty cool you were able to land Affiliate Summit... Definitely a fresh industry with infinitely more money than adult.

D-Money forever:thumbsup


Mr. Romance

Help, i see there is an GFY / FreeOnes party the 9th. Is this combined with the players ball? Or could it come together to make it even bigger?

Players Ball will start at 9:00 pm

GFY/Freeones will start at 12:00 am

Everyone can do both!

:thumbsup

Pimp Pimp Hooray

players ball has always been awesome. sure there were some so-so ones but in general they were mostly the best thing at internext.
i'll definitely be there for the last one

New Orleans and the first pajama party were my favorites!

Got it! See you in a few weeks. :thumbsup

Looking forward to seeing you there!

I can't say it's the last one ever, things can turn around for the industry and people will want to sponsor again I'm sure. But at the moment, it looks like the last Internext Players Ball for a while.

Hah, the new orleans one is the first time we met, sat down and had beers.

Those were great!

My favorites:

2001 Snoop Dogg & Digital Underground
2007 Ice Cube
2000 New Orleans - Slick Rick, Doug E Fresh, Kid Capri, Too Short
1999 South Beach - Ice-T, Digital Underground, DJ Sasha, Eek-A-Mouse
2003 Xzibit & Digital Underground

After that the others that were toward the top of my list were Cypress Hill, Flavor Flav and Digital Underground with a live band, 1999 Long Beach Dub in Vegas (Sublime members)

I can go on and on, but I'll stop there. They were all great in my opinion, even the ones that probably weren't that good. LOL

That is perfect :thumbsup

D,

We've been friends for a dozen years now, so - I just want to say from the heart - thanks for being you AND all you've done and continue to do ... as a party planner/promoter/marketer, etc ... and more importantly, my brotha from anotha mutha!!!

From biz to friendship, vacations, parties, family, kids and so much more ... we've been through a lot, D - good times and bad ... but MOSTLY GREAT!

I look forward to watching you make this transition and support you in any way I can ... and you know this!

Being a part of the Player's Ball over the past 10 years + has been fun to say the least :winkwink: So, here's a little retrospective dating back to 1999 (I will find more pics and post them later as well)


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Here's a lil old school Slessy Sless



I've only missed one Player's Ball in 10 years ... but Snoop @ C2K was the most classic of all of D's parties. That moment in time in this biz stands out as one of my fondest memories!

Great pics J$tyle$!

And it was also a reminder that I forgot to thank Fubar for all of those years of working JFK's ass off at our events!

Thanks Fubar!

This puts it into perspective, Players Ball has been around since IA2000 was the trade show, before it was bought by AVN and became Internext.

Damn I feel old.

Good thing I still look good. :pimp

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Thanks for all the memories G... hopefully the train keeps rolling, but if it has to stop what a fucking ride it's been.

It was good meeting you in Vegas two years back D$!

Unfortunately I only got to attend one players ball. Definitely always seemed like THE party to attend when I use to lurk here. Very cool of you to dedicate yourself to the industry shows the way you did for all of those years.

Looking at all of the pictures always makes me kick myself in the ass for not going to shows earlier. Definitely looks like they were a blast.

Maybe I will see you at Affiliate Ball if the venue decides to honor my players card.

:thumbsup

You and your brother are head and shoulders above the rest of the crown D.
Class acts all the way.

Thanks for many years of great parties, and the first deal I ever made with CE Cash that made me over a million bucks at your party!!!


Your parties were always the place to get some BIG business done!

Who is the goofy looking dude on the right?


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