Hunahpu's Day is no more

[sacrelicio]

Three Floyds does all of that and there really aren't any major problems, the only caveat being no coolers on the festival grounds. Once they implemented that rule the results were immediately noticeable.

Edit: I'm also not saying that FFF hasn't had and won't have its share of problems going forward, but DLD also has 6,000 that line up starting at 4 AM day of.

Right, and they had problems, but they implemented not only the cooler rule, but they banned chairs, no longer allow ticket transferring. Cigar City seemed to have zero rules or any real foresight.

 

[sacrelicio]

My guess? They didn't test the scanning system or teach people how to use it.

 

[nanobrew1]

Why don't they use a system where people have to present their ticket and an ID an find their name on a list. Break up people by their last names (something like 10 different lines should handle it). Then once past that area get a wrist band, a taster glass, and 3 tickets to trade in for bottles. Seems fairly straight forward if you are worried about people making copies of their tickets.

No matter what though, the idea of having everyone go in one line with only a couple scanners is the dumbest thing. Were they even checking IDs for being over 21? Their system was doomed from the beginning. With 3500 people, checking tickets and IDs, you have to imagine it will take AT LEAST 5 seconds each, that is 4.9 hours if one line. So, if you do not want people to wait forever (say less than 30 minutes) you need at minimum 10 lines. Considering they had more people than that (3000 fake tickets, yeah right) and it could easily take more than 5 seconds per person, they should they did not think about this one bit.

 

[user 305169]

...they did not think about this one bit.

Bingo

 

[daniel1]

No matter what though, the idea of having everyone go in one line with only a couple scanners is the dumbest thing.

Check out the Entry Manager page on Eventbrite's site. They have three blurbs about the software, one of which pertains to multiple entry points support. Two seconds of research and half a brain should have figured this one out.

 

[GottaTickemAll]

Here is an article on Hunahpu's day ticket scalping written in January: http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-d...s-out-becomes-hot-ticket-for-scalpers/2163403. If a few scalpers really sold 3000 or more tickets at a rate of double to triple the price, then they made, altogether, $300000 to $450000.

Here is another article on Eventbrite scanning of tickets: http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/428823-iphone-for-check-in-with-entry-manager. This seems to indicate Eventbrite provides the capability to identify duplicate tickets. I'd presume this was functional that day unless there's some means of turning that off (and I have zero ******* clue why anyone would ever do that).

Since the scanners can identify duplicate tickets, all of the nonsense from Sat. could have been avoided by using the barcode scanner the entire time rather than deciding to stop using it. If a lot of people with scalped tickets didn't get in as a result, that's their dumb fault for buying a ticket from a scalper in the first place. However, by CCB throwing out their scanning system, they themselves took full responsibility for allowing hoards of people with fake tickets into their event, and probably helped scalpers make a **** ton of money.

While I strongly disagree with them passing the blame onto their customers, and with the decision to abandon their festival, I do agree with seeing Hunaphu's get distributed. At some point, you make enough of a beer that it get's ridiculous to distribute it at a festival. They can BOTH have a festival (without the bottle release) and distribute the bottles. It's not an either/or situation.

I wish most beer releases would be kept separate from beer festivals. It's rare to not have a shitshow when the two are mixed together.

 

[JulianB1]

Here is an article on Hunahpu's day ticket scalping written in January: http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-d...s-out-becomes-hot-ticket-for-scalpers/2163403. If a few scalpers really sold 3000 or more tickets at a rate of double to triple the price, then they made, altogether, $300000 to $450000.

Here is another article on Eventbrite scanning of tickets: http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/428823-iphone-for-check-in-with-entry-manager. This seems to indicate Eventbrite provides the capability to identify duplicate tickets. I'd presume this was functional that day unless there's some means of turning that off (and I have zero ******* clue why anyone would ever do that).

Since the scanners can identify duplicate tickets, all of the nonsense from Sat. could have been avoided by using the barcode scanner the entire time rather than deciding to stop using it. If a lot of people with scalped tickets didn't get in as a result, that's their dumb fault for buying a ticket from a scalper in the first place. However, by CCB throwing out their scanning system, they themselves took full responsibility for allowing hoards of people with fake tickets into their event, and probably helped scalpers make a **** ton of money.

While I strongly disagree with them passing the blame onto their customers, and with the decision to abandon their festival, I do agree with seeing Hunaphu's get distributed. At some point, you make enough of a beer that it get's ridiculous to distribute it at a festival. They can BOTH have a festival (without the bottle release) and distribute the bottles. It's not an either/or situation.

I wish most beer releases would be kept separate from beer festivals. It's rare to not have a shitshow when the two are mixed together.

Pretty much what I said earlier. I would GLADLY travel to go to a beer festival that has the taplist they presented this weekend, with 3500 people (Brewvival, which I've enjoyed each year I have gone, is about half as many beers for half as many attendees, and works out fine) and no bottle sale or release. Or hell, sell something interesting but not overhyped (like the non-Huna beers they had) at 1 or 2 per attendee just as an extra perk to make it that much more enjoyable. But having an event where there is a ton of great beer available AND the opportunity for the profiteers to walk off with cases of limited beer just invites the kind of shitshow that presented itself. If "Huna Day" (or whatever) reappears next year with the same setup, minus bottles, and an iron-clad guarantee that the number of entries will be capped, I'd drop $100 on a ticket no problem.

 

[GottaTickemAll]

Pretty much what I said earlier. I would GLADLY travel to go to a beer festival that has the taplist they presented this weekend, with 3500 people (Brewvival, which I've enjoyed each year I have gone, is about half as many beers for half as many attendees, and works out fine) and no bottle sale or release. Or hell, sell something interesting but not overhyped (like the non-Huna beers they had) at 1 or 2 per attendee just as an extra perk to make it that much more enjoyable. But having an event where there is a ton of great beer available AND the opportunity for the profiteers to walk off with cases of limited beer just invites the kind of shitshow that presented itself. If "Huna Day" (or whatever) reappears next year with the same setup, minus bottles, and an iron-clad guarantee that the number of entries will be capped, I'd drop $100 on a ticket no problem.

I have an idea for a beer festival. Give out pours from an unknown number of bottles of M, Dave, Loerik, Soleil de Minuit & Yellow Bus, plus 100 other non-whale, but still good, barrel aged beers. Release bottles of Morning Delight, KBBS, BA Abraxas, and Cable Car; maybe a few T20s for good measure.

Ensure there's no line by putting a velvet rope in front of all the bottles & taps, ALL located at one table. Emphasize camping out is allowed.

I guess I could just watch Saw instead.

 

[JulianB1]

I have an idea for a beer festival. Give out pours from an unknown number of bottles of M, Dave, Loerik, Soleil de Minuit & Yellow Bus, plus 100 other non-whale, but still good, barrel aged beers. Release bottles of Morning Delight, KBBS, BA Abraxas, and Cable Car; maybe a few T20s for good measure.

Ensure there's no line by putting a velvet rope in front of all the bottles & taps, ALL located at one table. Emphasize camping out is allowed.

I guess I could just watch Saw instead.

I'd rather wait in a bread line in Soviet Russia.

 

[GottaTickemAll]

I'd rather wait in a bread line in Soviet Russia.

 

[pgh_penguins]

I'd be ok with them have 2 seperate days, one for the bottles and the other for the gangbangs beer.

 

[sacrelicio]

I'd be ok with them have 2 seperate days, one for the bottles and the other for the gangbangs beer.

What, like some 70s beer orgy?


Southern girls gone wrong, tradin' tricks for Huna variants, funky Huna Hoes, Midwest Johns, Cali Hop Sluts, Georgia Gigolos, freaky Vermont vixens, piles of cocaine, trick ass marks, mark ass tricks, neckbeards...and Hunahpu just laughs and laughs...

 

[MarcatGSB1]

 

[bum732]

lel.

https://www.facebook.com/savehunahpusday

 

[lazerviking]

lel.

https://www.facebook.com/savehunahpusday

This makes me feel sad for reasons I don't fully understand. Are we sure this isn't a parody page?

 

[Knifestyles]

This makes me feel sad for reasons I don't fully understand. Are we sure this isn't a parody page?

Judging by the one comment by "Teresa Cook"....I'd say.................










I'm not sure.

"Teresa Cook:

Where are you himmick?? I hope this is on ya rdo lol..getting labeled as the county drunk sucks so if ya going to get labeled make it top shelf would ya? Lol if I could drink id do it everyday just so I could have the excuse I was drunk.. y you didnt run I was drunk, why your y was lying down?? Maybe it needed Zzz because it was drunk,,some people have excuses for everything"

 

[lazerviking]

Judging by the one comment by "Teresa Cook"....I'd say.................










I'm not sure.

"Teresa Cook:

Where are you himmick?? I hope this is on ya rdo lol..getting labeled as the county drunk sucks so if ya going to get labeled make it top shelf would ya? Lol if I could drink id do it everyday just so I could have the excuse I was drunk.. y you didnt run I was drunk, why your y was lying down?? Maybe it needed Zzz because it was drunk,,some people have excuses for everything"

 

[user 305169]

"Where are you himmick?? I hope this is on ya rdo lol..getting labeled as the county drunk sucks so if ya going to get labeled make it top shelf would ya? Lol if I could drink id do it everyday just so I could have the excuse I was drunk.. y you didnt run I was drunk, why your y was lying down?? Maybe it needed Zzz because it was drunk,,some people have excuses for everything"

Couldn't understand the original, so I ran it to/from various languages using Google translate and got this:

Hope you himmick where RDO is **** lol .. Apartments labeled as drunk, if marked on the top shelf for you;? Lol, if I can not drink id every day, just so I could be a reason, I was drunk .. do not work I was drunk, why? May be necessary to Zzz because he was drunk, some people have excuses for everything

I've always said apartments are drunkards. ********.

 

[Knifestyles]

Couldn't understand the original, so I ran it to/from various languages using Google translate and got this:

I've always said apartments are drunkards. ********.

Well that clears it up.

Found "himmick", if anyone is curious....

 

[Wassailwilly]

Florida

George Zimmerman
Casey Anthony
Jeb Bush
Hanging Chads
CCB

What a magical place

You forgot Burmese Rock Pythons and Anacondas all of which are reproducing at alarming rates in the wild...

 

[sacrelicio]

Everything I'm reading from Cigar City on this is placing the blame on the "********" who "ruin everything" and how they wished it didn't have to be like that. You're not throwing a party for 50 of your friends. You're hosting a festival with a few thousand people. You have to prepare for that.

 

[ASUBeer]

I'm sure someone has said it already but this is why we can't have nice things.


Jeebus, it's just beer.

 

[GottaTickemAll]

I can't stop thinking about how I almost spent money on flights (from San Diego), a hotel, and festival tickets to go this event. Said **** it, I can just easily trade for a few bottles of Hunaphu's. I made the right decision.

 

[GottaTickemAll]

Hey you guyz, shelfsbro BCBS outranks Hunahpu's: http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/the-best-stouts-beer-ranking-thrillist-nation

 

[Knifestyles]

Hey you guyz, shelfsbro BCBS outranks Hunahpu's: http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/the-best-stouts-beer-ranking-thrillist-nation

More importantly, tied with Ten Fidy.

 

[daniel1]

I think the worst thing to come out of this whole situation will be a horribly unfunny Huna shitshow-related reference any time a brewery puts on a release event.

 

[tehzachatak]

Hey you guyz, shelfsbro BCBS outranks Hunahpu's: http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/the-best-stouts-beer-ranking-thrillist-nation

This is like THE DEFINITIVE BCBS BARREL THREAD, isn't it

 

[GottaTickemAll]

More importantly, tied with Ten Fidy.

And both Huna & Ten Fiddy are way way better than Vanilla Dark Lord.

 

[sacrelicio]

I think the worst thing to come out of this whole situation will be a horribly unfunny Huna shitshow-related reference any time a brewery puts on a release event.

Ah yes, to join the ranks of "Three Floyds burned down" and "beetus" in the annals of craft beer humor.

 

[pgh_penguins]

I heard Joey did an interview for a radio station or something.. Would anyone know any details about this or even a link?