Sunday night! Fires

[mrtourette]

I dunno, I'm just going by what the rules apparently are.

[Paul ™]

Why would they chuck me out for having a fire that is completely under control, and purely for warmth. They are not that drastic.

[Banana Co]

What part of 'No fires after 8pm on the Sunday' don't you understand?

[mrtourette]

Well I think (and hope) you'd get a warning first, but the person that the original comment was directed at seemed to suggest that he'd be having a fire no matter what security said and in that case I guess they'd do something stricter.

[Paul ™]

I understand all of it, where did I say I didn't? All I'm saying is it would seem a bit drastic to chuck you off the site for having a small fire.

[Mega Ross]

Cool, let me know where you are camped, I will make sure the fire is extinguished and you are removed from the site.

Edited April 20, 2011 by Mega Ross

[mrtourette]

lol yeah I know, I assumed the original question was a joke so I answered with a joke.

[Rudzkii]

If you play David Coverdale over and over the kids and their matches stay well away!

[Paul ™]

Red camp, 30ft from the wall parrelel to the waterslide tower.

I won't be going quietly I assure you, I'm prepared to fight to protest such silly rules if you're going to be a baby and kick out a responsible festival goer for having a safe and controlled campfire.

[swede]

Red camp, 30ft from the wall parrelel to the waterslide tower.

I won't be going quietly I assure you, I'm prepared to fight to protest such silly rules if you're going to be a baby and kick out a responsible festival goer for having a safe and controlled campfire.

[rexclark]

Red camp, 30ft from the wall parrelel to the waterslide tower.

I won't be going quietly I assure you, I'm prepared to fight to protest such silly rules if you're going to be a baby and kick out a responsible festival goer for having a safe and controlled campfire.

[Mega Ross]

If you have a problem with the rules, take your childish protest up with Festival Republic and the local council. You are well aware of the rules, if you can't abide by them then you will be ejected from the site.

[swede]

Feel free to, it's just as accomodating and cold on the streets of reading as it is on site on the sunday now, do you really think I give a shit?

One man? Try 20+, I camp with a large group of people, the majority of which are in agreement we should try have a small fire sunday.

So I'm supposed to have a days worth of heat and light taken away from me and think "Well I've got wednesday - saturday"

If your employer gives you a paycut, do you say "well at least i've still got my job". I highly doubt that.

Edited April 21, 2011 by swede

[tolywoly]

Taken out of context all these cries of 'it was knee height' could seem a bit bizarre.

If you attend a festival you agree to abide by their rules. Any subsequent protests about what is or isn't fair are a bit pointless.

[Banana Co]

Taken out of context all these cries of 'it was knee height' could seem a bit bizarre.

If you attend a festival you agree to abide by their rules. Any subsequent protests about what is or isn't fair are a bit pointless.

[Mega Ross]

If the festivals rules are getting increasingly stupid you should protest it.

You can feel free to lay down and let a festival you love be ruined by silly overprotectiveness but I don't intend to. Even if my protest is small at least it's something.

[Banana Co]

If the festivals rules are getting increasingly stupid you should protest it.

You can feel free to lay down and let a festival you love be ruined by silly overprotectiveness but I don't intend to. Even if my protest is small at least it's something.

[mrtourette]

If the festivals rules are getting increasingly stupid you should protest it.

You can feel free to lay down and let a festival you love be ruined by silly overprotectiveness but I don't intend to. Even if my protest is small at least it's something.

[Mega Ross]

Not neccesarily, if enough people protested the fire ban they'd have to revoke it.

Unfortunately, not as many people understand how important the tradition of a campfire really is at a festival. It is an invitation to other festival goers it's a big sign saying "We are wide awake and looking for fun, come sit round our fire and have a beer random people" it's a beautiful thing, and festival republic want to destroy it man. You watch, step by step.

All in the name of health and safety?

Edited April 22, 2011 by Mega Ross

[rexclark]

But it's nothing to to with Festival Republic. It's Reading Council. This is why the rule only applys at Reading and not Leeds. Festival Republic can do f**k all except follow the council's guidelines so they can get a licence. No licence no festival. Failure to follow the rules put down aw the council equals no festival. Don't think they wouldn't shut the festival down. It very nearly happened with Leeds and it could happen again.

[Bisque]

I missed having a fire on the last night, but we just went on a wander to keep ourselves occupied rather than sitting around in the cold. & it was really cold.

Managed to find a pretty big fire by the North of Henry's Gate which was nice to crowd around & socialize with some fellow campers from Purple but I did notice a few tent poles sticking out from the fire.

Bit annoyed the silent disco (in Red) was so busy on the last night as normally we just walked straight in.

What I was really annoyed about was security threatening to take my boom box off me as they said it was "generating a crowd". I was civilized to them & said that the crowd were in fact my campsite friends having a bit of a dance to "Break Stuff" & some liquid DnB & that it wasn't loud (I even checked with neighbours, most who had left, if it was too loud as it was the Sunday) but they still told me to turn it off & go to bed.

That was the buzzkill on Sunday for me.

[mrtourette]

Not neccesarily, if enough people protested the fire ban they'd have to revoke it.

[Mega Ross]

They could take the council to court and protest the idiocy if they actually gave a shit, but apparently they don't. Maybe they wouldn't win but at least it'd show they cared enough about their following if they were to try.

You just have to look at how little effort has gone into this years lineup, it's just a poorly mashed together array of random bands with no real unique selling point. Just look at what lineups were like a few years ago, they flowed, they had huge acts. It just flits randomly about through genres, any good lineup has linearity, you wouldn't play a DJ set playing one genre and going to something completely different.

What I was really annoyed about was security threatening to take my boom box off me as they said it was "generating a crowd". I was civilized to them & said that the crowd were in fact my campsite friends having a bit of a dance to "Break Stuff" & some liquid DnB & that it wasn't loud (I even checked with neighbours, most who had left, if it was too loud as it was the Sunday) but they still told me to turn it off & go to bed.

Edited April 24, 2011 by Mega Ross

[thetime]

yes but your fun is different to other peoples fun.

fires would be allowed at all festivals if it wasnt for the delinquents in the last 15 years at festivals, didnt get this problem at festivals in the 60s/70s did you? if you give 99 people a gun the 100th will shoot someone.

[Mega Ross]

yes but your fun is different to other peoples fun.

fires would be allowed at all festivals if it wasnt for the delinquents in the last 15 years at festivals, didnt get this problem at festivals in the 60s/70s did you? if you give 99 people a gun the 100th will shoot someone.