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By Mark E. Spliff · Posted
This is a 'curated' thread, i.e. the OP is a time-served member of the forum who has asked a question for which they already believe they know the answer and will have little respect for anyone who disagrees. The OP has 'form' here, e.g. in weather discussions, they regularly display the three classic eFestivals delusions: (1) if your subjective preference on weather fails to coincide with mine, it's objectively wrong, (2) if you express a preference for slightly different weather in one direction, i.e. slightly cooler, that must mean you wish for a complete change in the weather, i.e. a freezing monsoon. (3) if you express an opinion on weather, it will somehow magically affect what the actual weather will be, and you can therefore be admonished for typing stuff on a forum. Threads like this always go the same way - in group/out group, cliched in-jokes, intolerance of dissenting opinions etc, and this one is no different. Two facts to bear in mind: 1. We attendees of the festival are individual data points moving round in a very large population of data points. From the ground, we're unable to see the bigger picture. The only people who're in a position to make authoritative pronouncements on attendance figures are those who've got that bigger picture, i.e. those who're able to review aerial footage of the site. As with any other population, you could also derive a reasonably accurate understanding of the attendance figures via the 'wisdom of crowds', i.e. a large, random sample of us giving our own subjective views and taking the mean of those, but that won't come from a curated thread like this - it's too skewed by normative social influence. 2. This year, there was a change in security measures which could easily be exploited. I know, because I did it - but only doing a favour for someone who only wanted to be on the site for a brief period before the public arrived. I won't say more, for obvious reasons, but anyone working on pedestrian gates up until 10pm on the Tuesday before the festival should be able to work out what I am referring to. I work with one large group on site, and have friends who work on another large crew - there was strong agreement amongst both that this year seemed much busier generally until later on Sunday. -
By CaledonianGonzo · Posted
Staying in the pit after Shania for Janelle we could see the crowd streaming off in the distance to the Other Stage as far as they could see. An absolute flood of people. -
By NotAnInsider · Posted
Plenty of camper vans left Sunday morning; when I popped back to the van mid afternoon maybe 25% and gone at that point. -
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Toyah and Robert were all sorts of fun. Few people with dust in their eyes during Heroes.
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