This will be my first Gathering this year. I've read all the horror stories about the long lines, so really hoping that I luck out this first time around and there are two ticket lines. fingers crossed, haha 

the line was BS for a number of reasons:

1. No one knew about when they would open so there was a bunch of rumors so that when it opened it was chaos that first night.....Organizing juggalos is like herding Cats....the ass end of the line was around that bend and single file....the middle where everyone and their homies decided fuck the line and bulged it out to like 8 lines, that in the end merged into two gated lanes, so the huge bulging clusterfuck was mashing into a gated maze to the Trailors......

2. the trailers mas manned by 3 people....a fat chick that acted like she was scarred and didnt want to be there so she moved super slow.....a chick on crutches....and one other semi-competent chick.....untill 6 hours into it when J-webb final showed up and (tried) to re-order the chaos with songs n shit....

the Maze was a stupid Idea......there should have been a proper time posted when the would open....and the booth windows should be manned by COMPETENT people who know how to deal with thousands of unruly Juggalos.

but dont hold your breath...itll be a clusterfuck this year too knowing them they will underestimate the traffic we are going to have.....so my advice it to get there Early at least a day or two and post up....

Bring the following:....Chair...Umbrella.....Drink....Sunblock....phones to stay on the Gathering app....weed and a bunch of patience.......any Juggalo lines can be a blast if you take what you get out of it and have fun.

J-webb and Jumpsteady have put their words on it that this year they would have that shit together....sounds like you got stuck during the day in the line....mad ninjas got stupid sick cause of the sun and dehydration.....the sunburn was terrible.....they do kind owe the ticket holding juggalos away in apart from the willcalls and last minute ticket ninjas.

Bostin said

 

I got in the line tuesday night and got my bracelet, drinkin and smoking, you gotta know yourself tho. Don't get crazy drunk where you don't know what you're doing and wonder off, or drop acid.. SAVE THE ACID UNTIL YOU GET YOUR SITE SET UP

^this^  Once I realized that my girl and I would have to camp out across the road for the night and find the line in the AM, I got settled in and did just enough chemical stimulant to be sociable and get up early as fuck. I'd recommend doing about half of your usual limit because you're not going to get much sleep and you're going to be in the line/sun for quite awhile. Priorities and shit. 

the_positive_smack said
Cheshyr said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyZDq76T74

This is clearly the work of Rave Satan.

Bostin said

Cheshyr said
That line was unique to that year.

The previous (the first held at Legend Valley) did NOT have that problem AT ALL. That year I got there on the day OF around 3pm and it took all of MAYBE 20min to get my tickets redeemed and managed to get a pretty kick ass campsite too.

But like was said, there was NO credible info regarding when they would open the windows. I recall asking people walking past if they had been, late into the evening and no one knew until WAY late in the evening.

The line maze was eventually taken away and at one point they stuck Natalie The Ring Girl up there with the two other guys that were working by the time I came within view of the trailer.

Personally, I think they really owe everyone a much better go at it this year. WHen people are LITERALLY falling out of the line and being carted off by medics.... maaaaaaaybe they might wanna FIGURE IT THE FUCK OUT and get things moving. Gee, how about just setting up a damn table for people WITH tickets? How 'bout looking into providing some kind of shade or providing water? At first the "entrepreneurs" were makin' a buck selling waters but it wasn't until the Scrub Care Unit started regularly going through the line and tossing them that there was anything like attention being paid to the issue.

Anything like that shit going on this year should be considered WHOLLY unacceptable and a cause to fuckin' riot!

Fuck That Line!

Oh and ps, it helps to resist the urge to get yer drink on during the Lot Party. That's the one night you're gonna wanna try to stay up as long as you can until you get that bracelet on your wrist. Everyone's best case scenario is just to get their shit inside, set it up and then either walk around or flat out CRASH for a few hours until MainStage at 6p... if yer lucky it would seem.

I got in the line tuesday night and got my bracelet, drinkin and smoking, you gotta know yourself tho. Don't get crazy drunk where you don't know what you're doing and wonder off, or drop acid.. SAVE THE ACID UNTIL YOU GET YOUR SITE SET UP

NOW you guys warn me about the acid. Woulda coulda shoulda  My own eagerness to get there was my biggest mistake. I left NJ around 2 am Mon night and pretty much drove straight though minus an hour nap at a rest stop and a stop to the Heath Walmart. I got there around 10 er so and posted up across the street and parked in that long line of cars facing away from Legend Valley. I didn't sleep all night since I thought it was a good idea to hang out with Lucy...woulda coulda shoulda. I gave up on the line opening up overnight when I checked around 1 or 2 am and realized the line wasn't moving and people were just posted there waiting. Then around 5 or so I checked the line again and saw the same people in the same spot a few hours later. After a little cat nap in my car I noticed around 8 or so cars were leaving the lot across the street so I did the same. After seeing how slow the line was moving and the lack of staff I left and checked into a hotel just so I could sleep since I didn't really sleep since Sunday. Lesson learned for sure. I didn't set up camp until Thursday afternoon and I was on a hill in Alakazam that isn't even on the map. It was right next to kindle rd and right in the sun. Woulda Coulda Shoulda  But anyways that was last year and hopefully things go better this time around. 

@cheshyr I wish I didn't over look your advise about taping your toes when it came to the rocks. I got a pair of cheap hiker boots from Walmart and it didn't help me at all. By Friday my toes were torn and red as hell. It hurt just to walk and it was not fun at all. Hopefully you took your own advise because I will definitely be doing that even if I get a good pair of hiking boots. Also I saw your video from the gathering and it looked like you parked near where I was across the street the night before. Did you happen to see some dude jump out the window of that empty house? That was my friend who thought it was a good idea lol I think he sprained his ankle

Cheshyr said

phreakcore said
@cheshyr I wish I didn't over look your advise about taping your toes when it came to the rocks. I got a pair of cheap hiker boots from Walmart and it didn't help me at all. By Friday my toes were torn and red as hell. It hurt just to walk and it was not fun at all. Hopefully you took your own advise because I will definitely be doing that even if I get a good pair of hiking boots. Also I saw your video from the gathering and it looked like you parked near where I was across the street the night before. Did you happen to see some dude jump out the window of that empty house? That was my friend who thought it was a good idea lol I think he sprained his ankle

1) Thanks for watching my vid! I know it's shit but I hope it's at least an entertaining perspective. I'll do better THIS year!!!

2) No I didn't see anyone playing around in that barn but since then I've seen that many of the more photographic ninjas seemed to also think that the place was a good shoot location ( check Hazinlane's page ). But I COULD have... can't say for sure seeing as I got myself so blitzed so early (ie before 3am)

3) That kinda shit is the stuff that you can only know AFTER you've Gathered. I gots the flat feet so even if I have on shoes that are the "correct" size, my shit's WIDE. Normally that wouldn't be an issue but with Legend Valley's friggin' rock situation, the sawing motion of slipping back and forth on them takes its toll on the outer toe digits after several hours/days worth of motion. It's the REPETITION of the motion and not just the one time. Ya know... how water torture works... You'd think (or at least *I did) that choosing some kind of shoe option that was closest to bare feet (like skate/deck shoes or those gawd aweful toe shoes) but after a few miles of having to walk slowly to avoid the jagged edges... that why THIS year I'm gonna pick up some boots that are like fuckin' BLOCKS so that if I'm not CRUSHING shit under 'em, they aren't twisting my ankles trying to get across!!!

If you have the same kinda problem, wrapping a band-aid around your big and little toes is just an ounce of prevention an' all that shit.

I like watching the videos to bring back the memories and to trigger memories and things I might have forgotten. I enjoyed the personal perspective your video had. The place you call "chill hill" was a spot I posted at too. More toward the bottom near the rocks. The older I get the more I realized that I'm more comfortable not being submerged in a see of drunk people staggering all over each other and me. I need my space. Also there was hella more people this year than last so it was more packed even further back. Plus I like videos to see where people camped and and scout out where I wanna try to camp at. I camped right across from the far right corner of the fence separating the fence and parking lot parallel to kindle rd. Its not even on the gathering map but you can see it on google or bing maps. I was in the middle of the field on a hill. Totally sucked. 

I hear ya on the flat feet. I'm a 13w myself. I got some Fred Flintstones for sure. If you come across any good shoes/boots let me know. I'm not gonna get another Walmart special. 

The other day i watched the GOTJ dvd from the shangri la album and the number 17 flashes across the screen several times subliminally. I forgot about that shit but i do remember pondering on y they did that back then. Now wit J hyping the 17th annual i wonder if they were tryin to tell us sumtin bout the 17 gathering.

Wow, I haven't watched that in awhile. That was such a cool video to see at that time, still is. He was genuinely nervous, nothing near the wrestler promo days of Shockumentary. 

Got me feelin' all nostalgic and shit.

SPOOKYtheFUNGI said
The other day i watched the GOTJ dvd from the shangri la album and the number 17 flashes across the screen several times subliminally. I forgot about that shit but i do remember pondering on y they did that back then. Now wit J hyping the 17th annual i wonder if they were tryin to tell us sumtin bout the 17 gathering.

you really think they had anything planned that far in advance? 17 has always been a thing that's been around and it don't have any special meaning with regards to things to come, it's just a trademark of theirs to make people wonder what they're talking about. The 17th will likely be pretty dope because they're going to try and have some shit go down but I guarantee you everything that happens was planned in the past year or two.

I was talking to jumpsteady before the last one about the art show and they did the show the way they did because he wants there to be an actual gallery show of work at the 17th and he's worried about shit getting stolen like in the past. 

I think they're gonna go above and beyond with this one but I don't think it's going to be the last one, or whatever else they could possibly be alluding too.

I remember when shangri la was coming out and they said something big was gonna happen at the gathering people thought they were gonna kill themselves or some stupid shit.