ShoreSlayer wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:07 pm

I'm hoping to get to a festival in Pittsburgh in September to see the mighty Argus and then hopefully the 10th sailing of 70K if Andy can reel me in with some great early announcements.

Good call on both. I saw Argus here several years back and they were really good.

What are your thoughts about having to pay for Gold Badges as soon as public sales open? When were those payments due before? I have to think that if Glenn pushed the payment date forward, it's because of added expenses from the "front-end" -- things like obtaining work visas for overseas bands who...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:27 pm

Fear not, people! Behold the 2019 70K Forum Users' group pic:



Thanks to slayergeek for sharing it on Facebook. Photo credit goes to Mike Johnston of UMC who provided the picture

Huzzah! And there was much rejoicing!

Personally, I wouldn't book a cruise in October since it's right in the middle of hurricane season. Actually it's a great time to book a cruise. Prices are relatively low because it's hurricane season and most kids are In school so the ship isn't overrun with 'em. :lol: I book my friends and I on o...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:57 pm

Speedy, please put us out of our misery. This Tom Couture guy hasn't posted shit on his website

Yes, please.

(Maybe I really DID break Tom C.'s camera. )

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Welcome back, Kim!
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cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:40 pm

Another fun little stat.
Sgt. B. is currently runaway leader for most requests! With 210 artists wishlisted so far :)
Coming in second is Hoppy McGee with 179 unique requested artists.

IS THIS A CHALLENGE?

AA clear on top, no surprise there. Interesting that while Alestorm and Amorphis are #2 and #3 overall, they are relatively low-priority for our little grouping. Maybe because they've both played the boat before -- in Alestorm's case, relatively recently. I'd still like to see pretty much every ban...

and you can always take a Uber to Miami to experience a night at the Clevelander preparty if you want. I don't know why I've never seen it mentioned on the forums yet, but guys THE TRI RAIL. It is less than 5 dollars to get from Ft Lauderdale to Miami. Half an hour trip. I am quite possibly still f...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:12 pm

So comparing that to our list for 2020 so far, which 7 would you like to see?

Tough to pick just 7, but....

Emperor
Borknagar
Behemoth
Amon Amarth
Insomnium
Amorphis
Blind Guardian

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:53 pm

THE RAVEN AGE - Conspiracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC4Yz-9oXjo
Quite enjoying this one. UK kinda Disturbed-ish metal.
One of Steve Harris' kids is in the band.

That explains why they're the opener for Iron Maiden on their US tour.

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:02 pm

Sgt. B wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:04 pm

Children of Bodom - Hexed

Give it to me straight, Sarge. How bad is it?

The single that's out, "This Road," wasn't too bad.
I played it on our radio show here and no-one came down to the studio with torches and pitchforks to burn us down, so I guess it was okay.

BUMP :P NUMBER OF UNIQUE WISHLISTS BEFORE EASTER* 200 Godflesh 175 Phoenix 160 Pellaz 150 cowboy71 *Unless Andy has not made the "Sailors! Submit your wishlists!" post by then. So yeah thinking about this some more, I think the deadline should be "The latter of, Before Easter or 1 week after the 'S...

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:24 pm

Lots of Behemoth in 2015. That pool deck set stuck with more people than just me, I see.

It was my first 70K. I was already having a really awesome time, but THAT set ensured it would not be my last.

Pellaz - I think you are way too low :P 7 new lists in the past 24 hours, over a month until easter, and the skipper hasn't even made his 'sailors submit your wishlists!' post which always bumps up activity :P 200 Godflesh 175 Phoenix 150 cowboy71 140 Pellaz Didn't know Andy hadn't made that post y...

Jaimie38 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:38 am

MANOWAR!!! KILL KILL!!

Well, does ego count for too big of a band????

It does when it also means a really HUGE guarantee.

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:07 pm

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:45 am

Nah, I think that's a low estimate Statsman.

Number of wishlist submissions by Easter

200 Godflesh
175 Phoenix
150 cowboy71

Now that new people are finally getting verified and are able to post, you may be right!!

140 Pellaz

Congratulations to Carnation!

Since we don't seem to have the official Cripper Award vest anymore to give, Carnation shall henceforth be entitled to all the free pizza they can stand at Sorrento's!

Just as a reminder to the newer folks: Andy, aka "the Skipper," has never booked a band to perform two years in a row. There isn't a formally stated "rule," but that's the way it's been.
So, craft your wishlists accordingly.

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:06 pm

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:58 pm

Plus, I am an 'old school' kind of guy. I'd like to keep the 70K forum alive, and drive people to register here to make their wishlists :)

If only registration was working

Judging from the fresh requests from newbies, it IS now working.

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:55 am

I follow all the metal news fb pages: Blabbermouth, Metal Injection, MetalSucks, Metal Hammer, Revolver ....

Pretty much the same here, although I've sworn off MetalSucks; don't want to give them the clickbait revenue.

Godflesh wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:05 am

This thread turned back into a pumpkin (non-sticky).
Last year, this happened on April 12th.

Also last year the Artists page was cleared on July 31st, this year on February 16th.

A journey of a thousand sea-miles begins with a single step.

Is there any way to get 2019 merchandise online or thru the website? We couldn't buy it onboard. Was our first time and we really want to have it as a souvenir. Please advise. :bangers: No, unfortunately 70K cannot offer the festival-logo merch for sale outside the event because of their agreement ...

All of these responses are interesting to read. I didn't go to Cozumel last time, but I remember reading some negative reports in the forum back in 2011 regarding the shore activities and shopping/sight seeing/local vendors etc. I wonder how it'll be this time. Cozumel is a bit like a much larger v...

I have never seen SIGH live. I hope so someday and on the boat, would be a special show. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/thumb/9/9b/Sigh_logo.gif/250px-Sigh_logo.gif SIGH will be here in Atlanta, headlining Mass Destruction Metalfest (Day 2), on November 1st. I'm assuming they'll be annou...

Here’s another way to put it. HATEBREED, PRONG, OBITUARY, AGNOSTIC FRONT, and SKELETAL REMAINS are playing in Seattle in May (3 of them on my wish list, although OBITUARY is crossed out now). The ticket price for those five bands is $25. So $5 per band per person is probably what the boat typically...

He's done that pretty frequently. I can't remember the last time he spelled it "onboard," come to think of it. It's a little acknowledgement of the Forum's continuing existence in a Facebook-infested world. :lol: I saw onbroad, but never onbroard before Oh, lol, good catch. Either Andy is giving us...

Interesting to look at the number of Facebook 'likes' for those that we are deeming 'too big' for the boat versus 'likes' for some that have been on the boat previously. Facebook 'likes' for bands that have been on before:: 4.2m Nightwish 3.8m Sepultura 2.5m Anthrax 2.4m Children of Bodom 2.2m Crad...

I hope you had a great time and enjoyed your stay onbroard. Did anybody catch this at all? Andy changed the word now to ONBROARD :lol: He's done that pretty frequently. I can't remember the last time he spelled it "onboard," come to think of it. It's a little acknowledgement of the Forum's continui...

Fulorian wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:05 pm

Dream Theater (evidently, any given member playing solo is now a festival headliner in the USA)

Well, sure, but only for "progressive metal" values of "festival."

I still can't see them playing 70K, though...and this is coming from a member of the original Ytsejam Mailing List.

FYI, looks like they deleted it, the link is no longer working. Yes, they deleted it. I replied in their facebook post and explained them the situation. The singer of the band PM'd me, apologized and immediately deleted the post. That's very positive. So now we can leave this behind :) That's excel...

Also, I find the lack of "Washy Washy and the Windjammers"...disturbing. :lol: I was SERIOUSLY close to adding them to the poll, but on the other hand I wanted to give the rest of the candidates a chance to win... :D Yep, they'd be a runaway favorite, if only because people would have voted for the...

Heya I wasn't on this last cruise in any way shape or form, but, I wanna ask, has the lines for the band merch improved this time around? My last sailing adventure was the 2015 cruise and the lines were already long at 7am! I thought the process was somewhat better this year. Those who wanted to in...

:P This is all in fun but just wondering what you thought was the most pointless moment of 2019? For me, as much as I ADORE Delain, I thought given that they only had 45 minute sets, to do an extended drum and guitar solo was POINTLESS! Also even though I only caught one Kamelot set, looks like the...

Glad this is still happening and it's not the shit show it was a couple years ago. We had 2 bands on this year that were previous winners. Would be a same to see this die. I'm way too busy to be on the forum every day like I used to so kudos for taking the flag abd running it! Agreed. If it doesn't...

Also, I find the lack of "Washy Washy and the Windjammers"...disturbing.

Donutsauce wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:09 pm

Bodyfarm delivered.

+1

2015: Therion was the band that first caught my eye -- they have rarely played the States -- but the "trigger" band that year was Equilibrium. 2016: I decided I just HAD to return that following year while watching Behemoth on the pool-deck in 2015 and thinking "You just can't SEE metal moments like...

They are already WAY ahead of schedule compared to last year. The Artists page is cleared less than 2 weeks later. This didn't happen until late August last year, I believe. They are also teasing 2020 heavily on social media. It is usually quiet around this time, or they are back to the usual BS ge...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:36 am

Can someone with polling rights please create the poll for the 2019 Cripper Award? Thanks

Are we even going to bother with it? I thought after all that weirdness with one of the bands "priming the pump" too much a few years ago, the Cripper Award had, alas, been retired....

According to the source of all truth (AKA, Google) there are 197 countries in the world. As 70k usually only has representation from 70-ish countries that leaves a heck of a lot that haven't 70K-ed yet. Yes? And...? <In Wallace Shawn/Vizzini voice> We're WAITING! :lol: Numbers were actually down th...