THE LINE & "THE LIST"

PJ_Soul · November 2013

stickfig13 wrote:

Overheard a conversation that went something like this:

"Come over to the GA line"

"Well, I don't have a number"

"Honey, do you know who I am..?!"

Sounds like some corruption in the system here..... :roll:

I'm not sure I would have been able to not punch that person in the throat for saying that.

Mamasan Bren · December 2013

Vancouver seemed to have been a total clusterfuck yesterday. Yikes. Saw the lists and numbering of hands in SoCal. Looks like it just keeps happening. Hoping Seattle doesn't get out of hand as it's a key show obviously. Again, there's the honest fans who leave only briefly. But it's the list that allows people to abuse the waiting, and needs to be gotten rid of.

pdalowsky · December 2013

PJ_Soul wrote:

I hope they never bring back seats in front of the stage. I just wish everyone going for GA would chill the fuck out.

this is it in a nutshell

JimmyV · December 2013

pdalowsky wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

I hope they never bring back seats in front of the stage. I just wish everyone going for GA would chill the fuck out.

this is it in a nutshell

This is what I hope too. I think GA has served the purpose the band wanted it to by injecting new life into the front of the building. But the list needs to go.

chinobaeza · December 2013

PJ_Soul wrote:

jakesbluskyhome wrote:

i was a "list" man, but not by choice. i was first in line, thus as more people came it became a situation of people talking about the list, and it's such custom in the states that i wasn't going to be like "no list!". it didn't make much difference to me. of course people "abuse" the list, but what can you do? Beat em up? Even without a list or numbers it's still the same, it's fans governing fans. it's all a gray area. like where's the cutoff in the time you can leave? 10 mins? 20? so you see the only truly 100% "fair" way to do this is to literally never leave your spot in line, like how it is in south america. and that way would be fuckin brutal haha so as much as i think this line and list is ridiculous, i think considering our options it's the best way to make it "fair". it's a flawed system, but the alternative would be not even being able to leave to go to bathroom, or just chaos haha so yes, i was a "list" guy, what of it? :P

So what do people in SA do?? Just go to the bathroom on the sidewalk while they're waiting in line?? :shock:

We don't go to the bathroom at all!

Seriously, you just ask for the guy behind you to save your spot while you go to the bathroom, but you are not supposed to abuse or return with a couple of friends, otherwise the guys behind will start a fuckin' riot!

PJ_Soul · December 2013

Mamasan Bren wrote:

Vancouver seemed to have been a total clusterfuck yesterday. Yikes. Saw the lists and numbering of hands in SoCal. Looks like it just keeps happening. Hoping Seattle doesn't get out of hand as it's a key show obviously. Again, there's the honest fans who leave only briefly. But it's the list that allows people to abuse the waiting, and needs to be gotten rid of.

Yeah, but it's the fans making the list, and the fans agreeing to have numbers put on their hands. 10C has nothing to do with it and can't be expected to get involved with what people are doing outside of the venue.... So who is going to get rid of it?? Organized fan rebellion? :P

austin.macrae · December 2013

I'll be in line tomorrow. I packed a hat, two scarves, three sweaters, a fleece, and a blanket- all of which I am fine leaving for a cold person to find when the doors open (I'll retrieve them after if they are still there). If someone wants me to put my name on a list, fine, a number on my hand, whatever. The fact is, I will leave to use the bathroom, to get coffee, to pick up my tickets, and that is it. I hope I'm there early enough that even if someone feels entitled to cut it won't prevent me from an amazing view. That's my perogative. Those who don't care about being in front, don't try for it. Can't freaking wait!!!!!

63schoefflin · December 2013

austin.macrae wrote:

I'll be in line tomorrow. I packed a hat, two scarves, three sweaters, a fleece, and a blanket- all of which I am fine leaving for a cold person to find when the doors open (I'll retrieve them after if they are still there). If someone wants me to put my name on a list, fine, a number on my hand, whatever. The fact is, I will leave to use the bathroom, to get coffee, to pick up my tickets, and that is it. I hope I'm there early enough that even if someone feels entitled to cut it won't prevent me from an amazing view. That's my perogative. Those who don't care about being in front, don't try for it. Can't freaking wait!!!!!

Ladies and gentleman, a true goddamn American. I salute you.

Divka · December 2013

austin.macrae wrote:

I'll be in line tomorrow. I packed a hat, two scarves, three sweaters, a fleece, and a blanket- all of which I am fine leaving for a cold person to find when the doors open (I'll retrieve them after if they are still there). If someone wants me to put my name on a list, fine, a number on my hand, whatever. The fact is, I will leave to use the bathroom, to get coffee, to pick up my tickets, and that is it. I hope I'm there early enough that even if someone feels entitled to cut it won't prevent me from an amazing view. That's my perogative. Those who don't care about being in front, don't try for it. Can't freaking wait!!!!!

This is what a GA line is supposed to be about. The people who stick it out all day long need to band together and tell those who grab a number and leave all day that they will not be allowed back in line.

Mamasan Bren · December 2013

Divka wrote:

austin.macrae wrote:

I'll be in line tomorrow. I packed a hat, two scarves, three sweaters, a fleece, and a blanket- all of which I am fine leaving for a cold person to find when the doors open (I'll retrieve them after if they are still there). If someone wants me to put my name on a list, fine, a number on my hand, whatever. The fact is, I will leave to use the bathroom, to get coffee, to pick up my tickets, and that is it. I hope I'm there early enough that even if someone feels entitled to cut it won't prevent me from an amazing view. That's my perogative. Those who don't care about being in front, don't try for it. Can't freaking wait!!!!!

This is what a GA line is supposed to be about. The people who stick it out all day long need to band together and tell those who grab a number and leave all day that they will not be allowed back in line.

Bravo

shortstack · December 2013

63schoefflin wrote:

austin.macrae wrote:

I'll be in line tomorrow. I packed a hat, two scarves, three sweaters, a fleece, and a blanket- all of which I am fine leaving for a cold person to find when the doors open (I'll retrieve them after if they are still there). If someone wants me to put my name on a list, fine, a number on my hand, whatever. The fact is, I will leave to use the bathroom, to get coffee, to pick up my tickets, and that is it. I hope I'm there early enough that even if someone feels entitled to cut it won't prevent me from an amazing view. That's my perogative. Those who don't care about being in front, don't try for it. Can't freaking wait!!!!!

Ladies and gentleman, a true goddamn American. I salute you.

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dimitrispearljam · December 2013

austin.macrae wrote:

I'll be in line tomorrow. I packed a hat, two scarves, three sweaters, a fleece, and a blanket- all of which I am fine leaving for a cold person to find when the doors open (I'll retrieve them after if they are still there). If someone wants me to put my name on a list, fine, a number on my hand, whatever. The fact is, I will leave to use the bathroom, to get coffee, to pick up my tickets, and that is it. I hope I'm there early enough that even if someone feels entitled to cut it won't prevent me from an amazing view. That's my perogative. Those who don't care about being in front, don't try for it. Can't freaking wait!!!!!

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SPEEDY MCCREADY · December 2013

The Line and the Pissed....

peacefrompaul · December 2013

trabera wrote:

Don't even bother. I'm already in line in LA. I'm holding spots for 100 people, they've already been here and left to use the bathroom...they're be back in time for the doors opening.

Seriously, I had SO MUCH more fun in the 90s when this shit wasn't happening.

Mamasan Bren · December 2013

I feel that GA is the best way to see them. I enjoyed 3 of 4 shows in GA this West Coast swing. I didn't wait at all in line, enjoying the pre-parties instead. I'd hate to see the faithfull turning on one another as the list and its abusers make others upset. Could be a ticking time bomb before something bad or way worse occurs. It'd be great if they looked into keeping GA, and created a system that eliminated the need to line up all day. This would put an end to this unauthorized practice of "The Line and The List".

Hugh Freaking Dillon · December 2013

man this all sounds so fucking childish. seriously, a fucking list? putting your friends names on it if they haven't put in the time? I have never, nor will I ever spend that kind of time in line, but jesus christ, if I did, and Hugh Fucking Dillon came up to me asking to be "moved in" to the line, I'd say "back of the line, fucker".

If only adults acted like it.

Mamasan Bren · December 2013

GA is the best way to see them. They were born of it and are still made for it. I hope its kept GA up front. But I have a feeling that they will make the change to a BOSS-like system here soon.

Red Lukin · December 2013

Most people up front aren't real fans anyways.

shortstack · December 2013

Red Lukin wrote:

Most people up front aren't real fans anyways.

well, not anymore ...

2-feign-reluctance · June 2014

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