End of Douglas College parties

[Séguin]

how does that make what I said un-true?

[PHOTONIC]

i was plannin my next party there :( and i was gonna be out on the patio bbqing food all night too lol damn :(

[PARTYGIRLSTAYC]

Well I guess you can call me cold and heartless..Another blow to the raving community brought on by stupid children whom od..It is because of your own stupidity that you found yourself in this situation..Nobody forced you to take the drugs..It was a choice you made yourself..And now everybody will pay for your stupidity..I saw you outside..hmm let me guess blue skirt (really too short) Hope you learned a lesson..And now we all shall pay for it..Maybe you should grow up and party a little more responsibly..

[neoh]

she supposedly 'OD'd' at Groove, too. This is why the party was broken up to begin with.

She's a sabatour!

[ty:rone]

i thot there WASN'T an od on the 15th? when the police checked...

[lacosanostra]

The cops did not find anyone ODed at Groove at all... so we have no clue where any of that came from, makes absolutely no sense that this is the same person at Groove since Groove was shut down just after 3am, and this person Oded at 7-730am ????

[dSl-DuDe]

^ since this thread is about douglas, i believe the person who O'D'd was at the Douglas party, Rolling on Bass, and was found around 7-7:30?

[tahiti__treat]

that really blows! i liked douglas parties

[little_persia]

Just great....just freakin' great....I heared that girl that was OD'ing outside while I was leaving in the morning...+ I seen the ambulance that was coming for her heading in venue direction while I was leaving...I knew nothing good could come out of an ambulance heading there...just a lotta heat...downtown New West...obviously shit hit the fan....its just too bad EVERYONE has to pay for the mistake and carelessness of one person....I bet that person doesn't even feel that bad about what this means for everyone else...I mean, I am glad that she's alright...but still...like...know your limit for god's sake...we can't have this happening at our good venues...not at any venue...we just getting bad publicity one after another...on top of that I liked this damn venue...the closest one to me...

[samosa]

the "person" who overdosed knew she shouldnt take all 3 caps but she did ... grrr i liked douglas college.. if only she listened ..

[AGROculture]

Always remember people

Obviously you can have fun without drugs. If you do do them remember there also at any given time be some bad shit out there. DrugDealers aren't the best of people and your E could be mixed with God knows what.

It's hard to know exactly what you're taking because what was good last month could be something horrible this month and have the same name/color
The Dealer himself may not even know that he's selling bad pills.
So my advice is that if you must do drugs, take them in moderation
No need to over do it.

You not only hurt yourself but also the rave scene in general.
No venue owner in his right mind would want to rent out a venue with people overdosing on drugs.
And The city working with us and/or tolerating us would be next to impossible

[SEAN!]

that venue blew...

[Krazy_Kelly]

there were some good parties there so this kinda licks ass but i guess it is what is expected what someone O.D's

[Niko]

Josh did have a good point, though. Douglas was free. That's a major boon when you're running parties out-of-pocket and trying to put on a successful party. I've seen some decently big DJ Lineups there too, for raves that cost me a whopping 15-20 bucks. Its not easy to pull something like that off when you've got to pay venue rental.

[ty:rone]

plaza parties ran with 10 od's
but everyone still hates that place.

[-DLO_604-]

Originally Posted by Cosa Nosta

The cops did not find anyone ODed at Groove at all... so we have no clue where any of that came from, makes absolutely no sense that this is the same person at Groove since Groove was shut down just after 3am, and this person Oded at 7-730am ????

I have also heard this rumour myself that someone called the ambulence at groove and got the party shut down. Whether this rumour was true or not I was waiting for someone that I could trust, You, one of the few promoters who put together Groove Pt1. Now that we know that it's UNTRUE people just KILL the rumours..

As for the situation with douggy day care. Yes it was a great venue while it lasted! But people it's not the end of the world. Promoters will find better venues than DOUGGY. Relax people. Honestly this is only a boost to the scene because honestly douggy was starting to get overused. True that it did help people for their first ever party (THANX JOSH!) but hey now we just have to find cheaper venues and better locations. I don't personally think it will affect the scene that greatly, but it will only encourage us promoters to be more creative with everything.

Also, it makes me frustrated when I hear people OD. It's not that hard to have a great time when your sober people. Use your heads. Don't be doing an excess amout of drugs when you DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT know your limits or you just want to get more fucked up than you already are. I don't have anything against drugs until you abuse it. Please people party safe and responsibly. As for cinist saying we should raise awareness of the drug Ecstacy. I completely agree we do need to do it with all the new partiers coming into the scene.

Shannon if you need help with it I will be willing to help 110%

[Sir_K]

Originally Posted by cinist

i think what we need today, with so many new young faces coming into the scene is education. We need to educate these kids on what will potentially kill them. What happend to free information tables with brochurs,even condoms etc.. ? we need to bring that back

What is special about our little community i think, is that we see a problem and we band together too solve it. Loosing yet another venue is going to be hard on us, it is, but i think we need to address safety and education first. Without this being our priortity there is room for this too happen again and more venues or more importantly LIVES will be lost.

A1

And whoever suggested to drag the person outside, call an ambulance, and leave them there, think about how you would like a promoter to treat yourself if you had some sort of medical emergency, even if it wasnt ODing: Would you want some sketchy promoter to drag you outside and leave you in the cold when your life was on the line?

They may have lost a good venue, but NNP showed that they are responsible and look after their guests.

[decypher]

^^ true, first thing i would have done was got the person to induce vomiting... and drink alot of water after.. probably would have helped alot...

[Average]

Originally Posted by Cosa Nosta

well whoever is responsible for losing Douglas as a venue is a complete fuck head...it will kill a lot of the promoters that were using that venue, cause it was free and safe, and there is no way a small party with no headliners, that have to pay $1500+ for a venue can do their shows anymore....

this will be devastating for the underground scene, especially at the rate the cops are busting up shows these days...

and WTF?? 7:30am - should have dragged the person outside then called 911!!

glad no one was hurt ... but shit, use your heads and think of the other people who need to use that venue too... MORONS!

we did take her outside and then we called 911 it made no diference the cops said to shut it off. and losing this venue has nothing to do with the promoters.

peps should just say no to drugs.

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by decypher

^^ true, first thing i would have done was got the person to induce vomiting... and drink alot of water after.. probably would have helped alot...

if they're seizuring and not even conscious, are you gonna just jam your fingers down their throat and hope for the best? :P

On a more serious note, I'll agree with others that it's good to see that the promoters did the right thing.

[Average]

Originally Posted by wizzfish

if they're seizuring and not even conscious, are you gonna just jam your fingers down their throat and hope for the best? :P

On a more serious note, I'll agree with others that it's good to see that the promoters did the right thing.

Thanks.

[bass_kicks]

WTF?
The only people responsible for loosing that venue is the people that do too many pills and act irresponsilbly. Besides, everyone knew that the end was comming soon. And did you forget that raves are illegal, especially in the city of New Westminster. Cops were sick of dealling with that venue and were waiting for something like this to happen, as soon as it did they pulled the plug. The promoters did everything they could, we can't control other peoples actions.

[neoh]

I agree with the above.

and by the way,
good set @ RoB, bass kicks. :D
I left after it. Too much TREBLE! but all in all, good set.

[bass_kicks]

thanx man, glad you liked it.

[middle mike]

I am surprised it lasted as long as it did.
I thought I fucked it up after CP

Mike