What a rave WAS/IS to me...

[DJ Ponz]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

If one thing's consistent about the Rave scene, it's that people are going to bitch about it nonstop about how much better it was back in the day.

Truer words were never spoken. Everything ebbomega has written is exactly true.
Personally, I call it the "loss of raver innocence" - the point when you actually realize what you're doing, what the scene really is, and how retarded you actually look in phat pants. Shit, when I first got on FNK, I wrote a post "5 reasons why rave is dead". That was my version of your plea - does anyone remember that?

Everyone goes through it, but it doesn't have to mean the end. It just means the end of being young and idealistic. You'll find soon that club events - ones that bring out Sasha, Cox and Tiesto - are far better and far more fun to go to.

Welcome to the club and congradulations on moving onto the next stage in your life.

[Sykonee]

^
Lotus Sound Lounge.

Brings back "those old school days" feelings every time.

[Senior]

WoodStock, this will probably be of interest to you, http://www.fnk.ca/board/showthread.php?t=11069

[e_BoY]

more or less i agree with you.

the crowd at massvies are completly different from what i used to see back in the day.
for 1 there were more people at massvies back then due to the laws. plaza when sold out used to fill up crazy unlike how it was for the past couple years. back then i see more so called "plur" around. more friendly people coming up talking, more people dressing up to the "trend" at the time. But none the less it is still what u make of it. I can care less how other people are now at raves. Bottom line is i still go cause i love the music and i go and have my own fun. What other people are doing at the raves dont concern me at all.

[ebbomega]

This summer was really when I got to see myself go through the same stages, is the interesting part, as I'd partied for a long time but taken my time with the drugs. The nice thing about that is that now that I am taking the drugs, I can look at what I've been seeing in the rave scene and in myself to a point (just because you don't do drugs doesn't mean you're not a raver, btw) and it's a bit calmed by the fact that hey.... we've all been here before.... It's nice to go through those kinds of realizations with the drugs and still have the biggest smile on your face... But I guess that comes with age?

I dunno. I'm 23 now and am going through one of the funnest party stages in my life. Maybe because I'm using a bunch of new drugs, maybe because 23 just has that mystical power. Either I would and do believe.

Probably the best thing this experience has given me when I have decided to take the drugs is that I already learned a long time ago that moderation is key in anything you do. Drugs are no exception. As such, I don't do E every weekend... I still have a few pills I'm sitting on right now and taking my time with so I can do it with my close friends and have a really killer time when I do decide to do it.

Oh, and here's the coolest part... When you get older, you start getting invited to parties where the average age is like 25 just because it's your twenty-something friends that are throwing the show, and they tend to invite _their_ twenty-something friends, who in turn invite theirs.... and you have a nice crowd of mature people having a shitload of fun and complaining about how crappy the music's been all night (because it has been) and how they need more techno (because we all need more techno) and the last thing we need is another nuskool breaks dj (unless it's really different....)

Well, welcome to the party. The music sucks but damn is it fun.

[WoodStock]

Originally Posted by e_BoY

more or less i agree with you.

the crowd at massvies are completly different from what i used to see back in the day.
for 1 there were more people at massvies back then due to the laws. plaza when sold out used to fill up crazy unlike how it was for the past couple years. back then i see more so called "plur" around. more friendly people coming up talking, more people dressing up to the "trend" at the time. But none the less it is still what u make of it. I can care less how other people are now at raves. Bottom line is i still go cause i love the music and i go and have my own fun. What other people are doing at the raves dont concern me at all.

I'm not saying that I don't have fun at raves. I just have to dance...that's all. But how I have fun at raves has changed a great deal since I started partying.

[ebbomega]

That's pretty universal.

Your reasons for partying will vary as you get older. Eventually you may decide you don't want to party anymore, and there's no shame in that. You can always come back later. Most of the older people on here have done something of that fashion over the whiles they've been in the scene.

Don't worry. It'll still be here when you get back.

[Rytalin]

Originally Posted by WoodStock

I'm not saying that I don't have fun at raves. I just have to dance...that's all. But how I have fun at raves has changed a great deal since I started partying.

That's funny, cos how I have fun in life has changed a great deal since I was a baby.

(although I'm still pretty easily entertained... I blame ADD)

[FeelGood]

Find a new hobby or do something other then go to parties.

If you dont like them, dont go, no-one is forcing you to go.

The fun has worn off, you are older and have matured.

Shit happens, deal with it.

[WoodStock]

Originally Posted by Rytalin

Good parties still happen. You just gotta find em. Of course mainstreamish parties suck after being in the scene for a few years. Mainstreamish parties are what gets new kids into it. From there they either go deeper and find better parties, or leave.

Maybe you should just stick to Soundproof parties or something :)

here, there's only one kind of party, so kiss my ass. It's that or nothing...houseraves sometimes....but only one "stream". here is where people go to get deeper, and where to start.