I was really burned out on running games for my RL friends since they have inconsistent schedules, are more beer-and-pretzel or gamist type gamers, and really didn't want to play much besides D&D over and over.
Running all these super elaborate games of Mage and whatnot here on the forums had really made me dissatisfied with that, but my friends weren't really interested in the stuff I did want to run.
Shadowrun has really squared the circle. It supports players dropping in and out, it gives them points and stats and gear and numbers numbers numbers, but it also gives me a canvas where I feel more free to add plot twists and colorful characters than the bog-standard D&D village.
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Oh wow so Toronto has banned EDM events from the Exhibition grounds which has a 10k person venue on it. Oh except at the night club right across the way that had lackluster business.
Not surprisingly the petition to execute this was brought up by the owner of said club, and was based on a platform of "Think of the children"
Before the motion passed four to three, Z and his lobbyist wheeled out the usual rave bogeyman tropes I remember seeing on daytime television in the late '90s: kids raiding their parents’ medicine cabinets for scripts to take at the show, pedophiles on the prowl, eight to nine year old ravers (as if Toronto was actually Gabber Holland)! Mammo asked the committee to think of the children “taking ecstasy on government lands owned by the taxpayers” and worried that it was “wrong to be sending that message.” (A refresher: moralist Mammo is the guy who proposed a Red Light District on the Toronto Island and was the very last man defending the mayor amidst his crack scandal). Of course, the irony of it all is that the reason Exhibition Place started hosting dance music events in the first place was due to a Toronto Public Health recommendation that suggested it was the safest, most regulated place to do so. (And by our count, more people have died at Muzik than at any rave at Exhibition Place). Councillor Gord Perks, who opposed the motion, remarked that such a move would mean the loss of a “safe, well-monitored venue for young people and all-ages events and drive them back to the underground where it is really dangerous.” Mammo replied by calling him ‘Councillor Perks-ocet.’
After all of this conflation between drugs, death, and dance music, Mammo finally got to the real point: “If the private industry wants to have [EDM concerts] in a private location then so be it.” And these were the stakes, because the big twist is that Muzik plays (albeit currently to fewer people) the same mainstream EDM that they sold to the committee as dangerous. So, the city sold off its ostensibly bad investment right back to Muzik. As Z’s letter admits,
“Muzik, currently operates with a liquor license that has a capacity of 8,755. This encompasses 5,674 people outside in addition to the 3,081-person capacity inside our venue. However, our current lease has an exclusive use clause for events up to 2,999 people. By increasing this to reflect our actual capacity that we are licensed for, it would provide the necessary protection for these type of one off situations, and will give Muzik Clubs the protection it requires to ensure that our business remains successful.”
The TL;DR is that Muzik wanted to start a moral panic around dance music to shut down concerts at Exhibition Place, so that it could start hosting its own 9000-person EDM concerts on the same premises. That means their competitors, Live Nation or INK, will have to find other places, but this isn't as much the issue as the fact that approximately one million dollars of lost revenue per year will be moving from the public purse into private hands, and at the cost of further vilifying the name of dance music.
Oh wow so Toronto has banned EDM events from the Exhibition grounds which has a 10k person venue on it. Oh except at the night club right across the way that had lackluster business.
Not surprisingly the petition to execute this was brought up by the owner of said club, and was based on a platform of "Think of the children"
Before the motion passed four to three, Z and his lobbyist wheeled out the usual rave bogeyman tropes I remember seeing on daytime television in the late '90s: kids raiding their parents’ medicine cabinets for scripts to take at the show, pedophiles on the prowl, eight to nine year old ravers (as if Toronto was actually Gabber Holland)! Mammo asked the committee to think of the children “taking ecstasy on government lands owned by the taxpayers” and worried that it was “wrong to be sending that message.” (A refresher: moralist Mammo is the guy who proposed a Red Light District on the Toronto Island and was the very last man defending the mayor amidst his crack scandal). Of course, the irony of it all is that the reason Exhibition Place started hosting dance music events in the first place was due to a Toronto Public Health recommendation that suggested it was the safest, most regulated place to do so. (And by our count, more people have died at Muzik than at any rave at Exhibition Place). Councillor Gord Perks, who opposed the motion, remarked that such a move would mean the loss of a “safe, well-monitored venue for young people and all-ages events and drive them back to the underground where it is really dangerous.” Mammo replied by calling him ‘Councillor Perks-ocet.’
After all of this conflation between drugs, death, and dance music, Mammo finally got to the real point: “If the private industry wants to have [EDM concerts] in a private location then so be it.” And these were the stakes, because the big twist is that Muzik plays (albeit currently to fewer people) the same mainstream EDM that they sold to the committee as dangerous. So, the city sold off its ostensibly bad investment right back to Muzik. As Z’s letter admits,
“Muzik, currently operates with a liquor license that has a capacity of 8,755. This encompasses 5,674 people outside in addition to the 3,081-person capacity inside our venue. However, our current lease has an exclusive use clause for events up to 2,999 people. By increasing this to reflect our actual capacity that we are licensed for, it would provide the necessary protection for these type of one off situations, and will give Muzik Clubs the protection it requires to ensure that our business remains successful.”
The TL;DR is that Muzik wanted to start a moral panic around dance music to shut down concerts at Exhibition Place, so that it could start hosting its own 9000-person EDM concerts on the same premises. That means their competitors, Live Nation or INK, will have to find other places, but this isn't as much the issue as the fact that approximately one million dollars of lost revenue per year will be moving from the public purse into private hands, and at the cost of further vilifying the name of dance music.
in fairness, EDM concerts are just 20 year olds overdosing on molly and using up too much water
i feel like the true constancy of edm concerts and festivals is the beauty. every video i've seen of the crowd at those things has been stupidly attractive. i hate you, beautiful, high 19 year olds.
in fairness, EDM concerts are just 20 year olds overdosing on molly and using up too much water
i feel like the true constancy of edm concerts and festivals is the beauty. every video i've seen of the crowd at those things has been stupidly attractive. i hate you, beautiful, high 19 year olds.
in fairness, EDM concerts are just 20 year olds overdosing on molly and using up too much water
i feel like the true constancy of edm concerts and festivals is the beauty. every video i've seen of the crowd at those things has been stupidly attractive. i hate you, beautiful, high 19 year olds.
I felt like an absolute bridge troll at the two festivals I was at last year.
in fairness, EDM concerts are just 20 year olds overdosing on molly and using up too much water
i feel like the true constancy of edm concerts and festivals is the beauty. every video i've seen of the crowd at those things has been stupidly attractive. i hate you, beautiful, high 19 year olds.
I felt like an absolute bridge troll at the two festivals I was at last year.
one of my best friends is super into that scene and he's always posting facebook pics. he's stupid handsome, dressed in a tank top and short shorts, facepaint, mickey mouse ears, surrounded by the most stupidly beautiful girls in like, high waisted denim cutoffs with no belt, some weird asymmetrical blouse etc. just him and his handsome friends in a sea of perfect 20 year old girls dressed like lana del rey
i'm raging bros
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in fairness, EDM concerts are just 20 year olds overdosing on molly and using up too much water
i feel like the true constancy of edm concerts and festivals is the beauty. every video i've seen of the crowd at those things has been stupidly attractive. i hate you, beautiful, high 19 year olds.
I felt like an absolute bridge troll at the two festivals I was at last year.
one of my best friends is super into that scene and he's always posting facebook pics. he's stupid handsome, dressed in a tank top and short shorts, facepaint, mickey mouse ears, surrounded by the most stupidly beautiful girls in like, high waisted denim cutoffs with no belt, some weird asymmetrical blouse etc. just him and his handsome friends in a sea of perfect 20 year old girls dressed like lana del rey
i'm raging bros
#thinspiration
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Next step is figuring out some kind of permanent home for my studio gear - I also do need that USB hub I posted a couple days ago - already swapping cables on the back on my iMac and wishing I had bought the stupid hub earlier.
@Irond Will you were absolutely right - this computer is a beast. I installed LOTRO's Mac client, turned all the sliders up to 11, and got buttery smooth performance at 1440p. Since I do most of my heavy gaming on the couch, this is absolutely more than I will ever need.
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I was really burned out on running games for my RL friends since they have inconsistent schedules, are more beer-and-pretzel or gamist type gamers, and really didn't want to play much besides D&D over and over.
Running all these super elaborate games of Mage and whatnot here on the forums had really made me dissatisfied with that, but my friends weren't really interested in the stuff I did want to run.
Shadowrun has really squared the circle. It supports players dropping in and out, it gives them points and stats and gear and numbers numbers numbers, but it also gives me a canvas where I feel more free to add plot twists and colorful characters than the bog-standard D&D village.
I have picked up a few tips.
- Shoot straight.
- Conserve ammo.
- Never, ever make a deal with a dragon.
(Long, foulmouthed and puppeh)
Not surprisingly the petition to execute this was brought up by the owner of said club, and was based on a platform of "Think of the children"
dang, apparently not.
I still knew what you wrote.
god fuvk mobile
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Whoops Z is the owner of Muzik
that is the same person!
But holy shit does it feel good to see your paycheck go up every day
You're a Pornographer now right?
get them, winky
*is inexplicably offended*
baptists! bootleggers!
new sig time??
i feel like the true constancy of edm concerts and festivals is the beauty. every video i've seen of the crowd at those things has been stupidly attractive. i hate you, beautiful, high 19 year olds.
http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/edm-girls.gif
I know right!
I felt like an absolute bridge troll at the two festivals I was at last year.
one of my best friends is super into that scene and he's always posting facebook pics. he's stupid handsome, dressed in a tank top and short shorts, facepaint, mickey mouse ears, surrounded by the most stupidly beautiful girls in like, high waisted denim cutoffs with no belt, some weird asymmetrical blouse etc. just him and his handsome friends in a sea of perfect 20 year old girls dressed like lana del rey
i'm raging bros
#thinspiration
@Elki - as requested.
Next step is figuring out some kind of permanent home for my studio gear - I also do need that USB hub I posted a couple days ago - already swapping cables on the back on my iMac and wishing I had bought the stupid hub earlier.
@Irond Will you were absolutely right - this computer is a beast. I installed LOTRO's Mac client, turned all the sliders up to 11, and got buttery smooth performance at 1440p. Since I do most of my heavy gaming on the couch, this is absolutely more than I will ever need.
Pretty happy about this computer.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...