[saiyajinimport]

JNOtaku, on Jan 26 2008, 01:24 AM, said:

You could have a special VIP line that gets you preferred admission and allows in/out privileges without having to wait in line again once you go back in, and charge people $5 or $10 for these privileges.

JNOtaku

i dont think that would be a good idea cuz i don't think anyone wants to pay extra to get into the party unless i hear otherwise from people.

[Alkaren Hyralt]

JNOtaku, on Jan 26 2008, 01:24 AM, said:

You could have a special VIP line that gets you preferred admission and allows in/out privileges without having to wait in line again once you go back in, and charge people $5 or $10 for these privileges.

JNOtaku

On a personal level I have a problem with this, not only due to the problem when we get into money changing hands, but how it is unfair to people who wait in line.

Last year's problem was with the fire marshall as stated before. He cut our attendance cap pretty drastically IMO inside of MP and was very serious about enforcing. He was in there several times himself to verify we were following his orders; he was not joking about shutting us down. The line was unfortunately long, and I do apologize for that (I know because I kept coming outside to count the line....which was a challenge all in itself.)

Hopefully this year there won't be such a problem.

[Cherry_Wolf]

JNOtaku, on Jan 26 2008, 01:24 AM, said:

You could have a special VIP line that gets you preferred admission and allows in/out privileges without having to wait in line again once you go back in, and charge people $5 or $10 for these privileges.

JNOtaku

Though it's a nifty idea, I don't think a lot of people(myself included) would want to pay to get in to something you can get into free anyways.

Not only that, having a VIP line would probably anger other people.



I am happy my stamping idea is being considered. I am mainly glad because the fact there are people who can't help but leave for a moment. And I think they should be allowed back in.


I hope things work out smoothly this year and I hope I can stay in the line this year as well. 8D

[saiyajinimport]

as i thought the "VIP" line for people who wanna pay extra to get in faster isn't gonna fly.

[Alkaren Hyralt]

Cherry_Wolf, on Jan 26 2008, 06:23 PM, said:

I am happy my stamping idea is being considered. I am mainly glad because the fact there are people who can't help but leave for a moment. And I think they should be allowed back in.

Once again, we have a fire code we must follow. We can only have so many people inside of MP at one time. I understand your reasoning for such things, but it just doesn't work. Say we're at our attendance cap. You and your friend decide to go outside to smoke a cig or something. You get your hand stamped.

That means that those next two people in line can't get in like they normally would, because we have to 'hold' your two spots inside...while you're outside you decide not to go back for a while, so you bounce. Now those people standing in line can't get in until I would say a reasonable time has passed.

How is this fair to anyone?

I understand we don't like waiting in long lines. But we need to have fairness.

[DJ Amaya]

saiyajinimport, on Aug 18 2007, 07:26 AM, said:

i for as long as i have been putting this party together people have asked me to get a DJ that spins anime/japanese related music, but honestly i have yet to find a DJ that fits that bill. every DJ that say they do or they will ends up not doin that and just starts spinning what they normally spin.

Hmmm... sounds similar to what was going on at anime-expo. That's the whole reason I started playing conventions.

Here's what I've been doing...

Hitsuzen Radio Podcast ~J-pop Disco Party~ Editions (housey) :

http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-02-28-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-03-15-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-04-25-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/6...-06-16-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/7...-08-13-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/8...-10-18-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/8...-10-21-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/9...-01-01-2008.mp3

J-Trance Mixes (trance & techno) :
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-04-27-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/6...-05-30-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/9...-12-31-2007.mp3

From playlists, and more mixes :
http://hitsuzenradio.podshow.com/

That is all.

Sincerely,

DJ Amaya
( Anime-Expo Rookie DJ for Random DJ's )

[saiyajinimport]

DJ Amaya, on Jan 29 2008, 01:21 AM, said:

Hmmm... sounds similar to what was going on at anime-expo. That's the whole reason I started playing conventions.

Here's what I've been doing...

Hitsuzen Radio Podcast ~J-pop Disco Party~ Editions (housey) :

http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-02-28-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-03-15-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-04-25-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/6...-06-16-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/7...-08-13-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/8...-10-18-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/8...-10-21-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/9...-01-01-2008.mp3

J-Trance Mixes (trance & techno) :
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/5...-04-27-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/6...-05-30-2007.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/2543/episodes/9...-12-31-2007.mp3

From playlists, and more mixes :
http://hitsuzenradio.podshow.com/

That is all.

Sincerely,

DJ Amaya
( Anime-Expo Rookie DJ for Random DJ's )

you've got some good clean mixes what do you use Vinyl, CD's, computer?

good stuff man well if you and your boys decide you wanna come out to ACEN and challenge our DJ's that would be very cool. PM me and let me know or you can email me as well evilbuu24@aol.com

[DJ Amaya]

saiyajinimport, on Jan 29 2008, 05:43 PM, said:

you've got some good clean mixes what do you use Vinyl, CD's, computer?

good stuff man well if you and your boys decide you wanna come out to ACEN and challenge our DJ's that would be very cool. PM me and let me know or you can email me as well evilbuu24@aol.com

I use M-Audio's "TORQ" with Control Vinyls, and a midi controller for effects, and looping.

[mydjsobad]

To everyone asking in regards to the Japanese guys that were brought out last year, I just got off the phone with Allen and I can safely say we have an amazing plan in the pipeline right now. Expect a final announcement in the near future, but if all goes as we currently have planned no one will be disappointed.

[J-Corephile]

mydjsobad, on Jan 30 2008, 02:49 PM, said:

To everyone asking in regards to the Japanese guys that were brought out last year, I just got off the phone with Allen and I can safely say we have an amazing plan in the pipeline right now. Expect a final announcement in the near future, but if all goes as we currently have planned no one will be disappointed.

I came. And now the suspense is killing me.

[saiyajinimport]

mydjsobad, on Jan 30 2008, 01:49 PM, said:

To everyone asking in regards to the Japanese guys that were brought out last year, I just got off the phone with Allen and I can safely say we have an amazing plan in the pipeline right now. Expect a final announcement in the near future, but if all goes as we currently have planned no one will be disappointed.

yes we did talk and we will hopefully have some news for everyone very soon.

[DarkPriestess]

It may be a little too late to suggest someone for this year, but even so I'd like to toss this idea out and if nothing else for the NEXT one I saw someone mention Sharpnel Sound and I agree whole heartily since they DO have anime mixes... "Little G@D Channel" is a remix of the opening to "Lucky Star" and can be heard on their myspace page Here


I'd also suggest PowerGlove but they are Metal and as such NOT ideal for the SoapBubble.

I'm hoping everything works out with the fire marshall this year though, I've only been to ACEN twice, this year marks my third year coming back, and I'd love to see what all the fuss is about

[Alkaren Hyralt]

If attendees behaved themselves and if we avoid having...4...5 responses by emergency services by the end of Thursday alone, hopefully we won't draw the Marshall's attention this year. :[

[saiyajinimport]

Alkaren Hyralt, on Jan 31 2008, 11:19 AM, said:

If attendees behaved themselves and if we avoid having...4...5 responses by emergency services by the end of Thursday alone, hopefully we won't draw the Marshall's attention this year. :[

this is true if we could avoid the amount of emergency response calls i think we'd be alright and we'd stay under the radar of the fire marshall .

[Alkaren Hyralt]

saiyajinimport, on Jan 31 2008, 01:16 PM, said:

this is true if we could avoid the amount of emergency response calls i think we'd be alright and we'd stay under the radar of the fire marshall .

Well, the marshall was actually there for the hotel, and not the convention itself. However I have a feeling he came due to the amount of emergency responses to the convention itself. Another thing that doesn't help is that when one department responds, the other two do as well.

Let's try to behave ourselves this year folks and play it safe. Rambunctious behavior may be funny to you, but it really ends up hurting you in the end.

[saiyajinimport]

here's the DJ list for SoapBubble as of now. line up is subject to change.

DJ Khek (Hip Hop, House, Drum and Bass)
DJ Mike Jandes (Trance, HardHouse, Electro)
DJ Mark Jandes (Trance, HardHouse, Electro)
DJ Maru ( Drum and Bass, Jungle, Japanese Hip Hop)
DJ Beryl Turner ( House and Old School)
DJ Nameloc ( Drum and Bass, Jungle)

[stomptoMYbeat]

I sure do loves me some hard-house and jungle music ...


Sounds like a pretty good lineup this year - can't wait!

[OuTaStyLe]

Hey Allen it's me, Khek! Had to get a new account because I forgot the ps to the account and my email account, haha.

But yeah ppl this years party is gonna RAWK!!! Last year you all made the bubble insane! All the djs looking to enter the competition let SaiyaJin "Allen" know. Anywho, lets get ready to party it up!!

[Brazoliange]

I take it that schedule is excluding the Japanese guests?

[saiyajinimport]

OuTaStyLe, on Feb 7 2008, 03:29 AM, said:

Hey Allen it's me, Khek! Had to get a new account because I forgot the ps to the account and my email account, haha.

But yeah ppl this years party is gonna RAWK!!! Last year you all made the bubble insane! All the djs looking to enter the competition let SaiyaJin "Allen" know. Anywho, lets get ready to party it up!!

whats up Khek good to see you back on the forum. this year is gonna be good my friend oh yeah by the way i've got some stuff i want you to listen too. let me know if your gonna be at ruby on thursday.

Brazoliange, on Feb 7 2008, 07:27 AM, said:

I take it that schedule is excluding the Japanese guests?

if your referring to the DJ line up we don't have any japanese DJ's coming as of yet.

[Brazoliange]

referring to this: "To everyone asking in regards to the Japanese guys that were brought out last year, I just got off the phone with Allen and I can safely say we have an amazing plan in the pipeline right now. Expect a final announcement in the near future, but if all goes as we currently have planned no one will be disappointed."

as far as I'd heard mydjsobad is sponsoring them as a separate gig, but concrete info on that would be slightly handy to know

[saiyajinimport]

Brazoliange, on Feb 8 2008, 01:56 AM, said:

referring to this: "To everyone asking in regards to the Japanese guys that were brought out last year, I just got off the phone with Allen and I can safely say we have an amazing plan in the pipeline right now. Expect a final announcement in the near future, but if all goes as we currently have planned no one will be disappointed."

as far as I'd heard mydjsobad is sponsoring them as a separate gig, but concrete info on that would be slightly handy to know

all that is still in the works. so as of now there are no japanese DJ's spinning at acen. once everything is set in stone i will post that information right away.

[Cherry_Wolf]

Alkaren Hyralt, on Jan 27 2008, 09:17 PM, said:

Once again, we have a fire code we must follow. We can only have so many people inside of MP at one time. I understand your reasoning for such things, but it just doesn't work. Say we're at our attendance cap. You and your friend decide to go outside to smoke a cig or something. You get your hand stamped.

That means that those next two people in line can't get in like they normally would, because we have to 'hold' your two spots inside...while you're outside you decide not to go back for a while, so you bounce. Now those people standing in line can't get in until I would say a reasonable time has passed.

How is this fair to anyone?

I understand we don't like waiting in long lines. But we need to have fairness.

Then how is it fair to people have a medical condition that need to take a pill? How is that fair?
If you can't stamp people's hands, why not set up some type of drink stand or something?


Though I suppose the person should bring a bottle of water with them or something.
Either way, I only said I was glad it was being considered. Not that it was actually going to go through.

[Attica]

She does have a point, if someone needs to run and grab a quick drink or really has to pee. Why should that count against someone? What about that bathroom pass idea? Give whoever is working the door a pass and let them hand it out, for no more then five minutes. Then if the bathroom goer doesn't come back, the next person can go in and the guy who left is S.O.L. and has to wait in line again.

[JNOtaku]

Attica, on Feb 8 2008, 01:34 PM, said:

She does have a point, if someone needs to run and grab a quick drink or really has to pee. Why should that count against someone? What about that bathroom pass idea? Give whoever is working the door a pass and let them hand it out, for no more then five minutes. Then if the bathroom goer doesn't come back, the next person can go in and the guy who left is S.O.L. and has to wait in line again.

That's a great idea! I also support the idea of a bathroom pass. However, I suggest making it 10 minutes, considering that the bathrooms are a good distance away from the ballroom, and by the time you get past everyone, at least 2 of those 5 minutes will have probably elapsed.

JNOtaku

[saiyajinimport]

JNOtaku, on Feb 8 2008, 11:54 PM, said:

That's a great idea! I also support the idea of a bathroom pass. However, I suggest making it 10 minutes, considering that the bathrooms are a good distance away from the ballroom, and by the time you get past everyone, at least 2 of those 5 minutes will have probably elapsed.

JNOtaku

i'm goin to be working out a solution to the problem of "in and outs" so this way people that have to run to the bathroom or just go out and get some air can come right back in.

i personally don't feel that people who step out for such reasons should be made to stand in line again, but hopefully we won't have a line issue this year.

[Alkaren Hyralt]

Cherry_Wolf, on Feb 8 2008, 10:22 AM, said:

Then how is it fair to people have a medical condition that need to take a pill? How is that fair?
If you can't stamp people's hands, why not set up some type of drink stand or something?


Though I suppose the person should bring a bottle of water with them or something.
Either way, I only said I was glad it was being considered. Not that it was actually going to go through.

Please don't misunderstand; I have no say in how Allen runs his event. I'm trying to simply argue a fairness point for the average attendee who may not visit the forum; ie first-time con goers, who would see these people leave and maybe walk around and then go right back in while they have to stand in line still to go in for the first time. This would certainly put things off to a bad start I personally think. I will go for any plan Allen decides upon.

There is water inside main programming as well. We had two if not more if I remember correctly last year. One on each side of the main doors (the tech node being in the center) atleast. For the soap bubble I believe we had a lot more brought in.

As large of a cap that we have, I've thought that our 'outs' have balanced our 'ins' in one way or another, or atleast to the point of people not having to wait too terribly long. As said before the line problem last year was due to a drastic reduction in that cap, and a extremely high initial turnout (in my last walk of the line of the night I counted 4000+ people.)

On the same note, I only see the event from the inside; my final walk was really the last time I left the room until about 4:30am for example time sure flew by.

[Daemon_DKM]

Underground Groove wasn't very exciting for me last year, waay too small of a room with a lot of people.

The Soap Bubble, well, that's a different story. My friends and I waited until 12-ish to get in, and stayed there until 5. Now that was fun! There are some pretty cool people at ACen that we were talking too : D.

[saiyajinimport]

Daemon_DKM, on Feb 11 2008, 06:05 PM, said:

Underground Groove wasn't very exciting for me last year, waay too small of a room with a lot of people.

The Soap Bubble, well, that's a different story. My friends and I waited until 12-ish to get in, and stayed there until 5. Now that was fun! There are some pretty cool people at ACen that we were talking too : D.

glad you had a good time at the soapbubble, your not goin to be disappointed this year as well.

we've got big things planned for underground groove this year so hopefully all works out this year and were gonna show you that friday nite is just as good as saturday nite.

[Daemon_DKM]

I'm glad, you're glad. I guess Friday night wasn't as great because some of the people I was with weren't happy because they had to drive quite a way and were really tired. So I guess crabby breeds more crabby...

I hope it all works out and is really awesome too. Geez, 95 days is too far away now!