by shiv » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:58 am
I don't have nearly as many years of eventing under my belt as most people but I can tell you this:
Bad **** such as you mentioned can happen at events but I wouldn't say it is any more or less likely to happen to you at an event than it would be if you were, say, on vacation. If you were referring to the remarks on the now locked thread for post-event comments of last Geddon... well it didn't exactly present a balanced view of the event as it was supposed to be focusing on how to fix problems, so of course the good things aren't going to get brought up as much and the bad things are going to look exaggerated.
Geddon is somewhat of a debated event right now but it's not because of people getting their things broken or stolen, as you might have a false impression of, but rather because the timing, attendance, and length are being re-evaluated by the community right now. All, fortunately, in the name of trying to improve the event.
As long as you use common sense and, like Spike said, lock valuables in a car and your gear in your campsite, no harm should come to it. While no one deserves to have your **** stolen or **** with, at the same time if you value your things you take care of them right?
I really don't think you'll have a problem, and you should definitely come out, if not to Geddon then to one of our many other awesome events. Spring Wars and Octoberfest are fun too. For eastern Belegarth weekend events might be more quality than week-long since all of our resources aren't concentrated into that one event like what Dag does with Ragnorak. But Geddon is supposed to be really rad this year so one never knows.
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