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[cejx]

http://www.efestival...0/100201e.shtml

[rexclark]

Good riddance.

[Felna]

rexclark, on Feb 1 2010, 01:35 PM, said:

Good riddance.

+1

Fingers crossed that other festivals will follow suit.

[Kyelo]

I reckon media companies will put pressure on festivals to do this. I mean as was described in another thread the BBC help Glastonbury a lot with the exposure they bring to the bands etc so could see them wanting to be able to record festivals to the highests standard. The way it was last year the cameras at the back would see f*ck all therefore unhappy beeb.

[In transit]

Obviously will be decried as a boring topic but I thought the ban between TV gantry and the stage was a good idea.
Would get rid of all the people who only want to see their flag on TV and would stop buggering up the view for 20,000+ people just so half a dozen can find their friends.

[fowls]

Flags just aren't metal enough for Download  


Seriously though, Flags are annoying.  They look pretty on TV, but it is really just a huge attention seeking placemarker for selfish ****s so they can say to their friends "Look where I was!".  Nightmare to be stuck behind one

Edited by fowls, 01 February 2010 - 01:56 PM.

[Chazeboy]

does anyone think it will happen at Glasto this year? i reckon this could be the last year of them, although the thing with Glasto, is not telling people what to do (within reason/law), so i dont know,

[fowls]

Chazeboy, on Feb 1 2010, 01:57 PM, said:

does anyone think it will happen at Glasto this year? i reckon this could be the last year of them, although the thing with Glasto, is not telling people what to do (within reason/law), so i dont know,

It's also a lot harder with glasto since there's no arena.  People having free reign makes it pretty hard to control what people take to the stage areas...

[t0paz]

Edit: What fowls said while I was typing

Edited by t0paz, 01 February 2010 - 02:03 PM.

[Kyelo]

fowls, on Feb 1 2010, 01:59 PM, said:

It's also a lot harder with glasto since there's no arena.  People having free reign makes it pretty hard to control what people take to the stage areas...

It's not really, most people buy them on site. Ban the stalls from selling them and over night there would be 80%(at least)less flags.

[bob parkhurst]

I'm in two minds about this.

I find flags very very annoying when stuck behind them and it was a godsend at Leeds to be able to see the stage without having my view blocked every 5 seconds.  On the other hand I think they do add somewhat to the visual aspect with all the different colours, fabrics and designs fluttering in the light

I think no flags within so many feet of the stage is the best comprimise - god know how it would be policed I have no idea

[Wooderson]

Im sure they could have a size/height limit right? That "I Love Sausage" guy is the worst offender in the history of the fest. He could have been taken out by some ninja-eavises.

[Felna]

fowls, on Feb 1 2010, 01:59 PM, said:

It's also a lot harder with glasto since there's no arena.  People having free reign makes it pretty hard to control what people take to the stage areas...

But pretty easy to spot when some tosser erects a 40' flag...

I used to be pretty ambivalent about flags until last years Glastonbury - when the cameras that transmit to the screens can't see the stage because of the flags, you know there's a problem.

[psychology]

Why dont they just ban flags past a certain point that way everyone will be happy!

I'll suggest Bristol.

[Katster]

I do think they look pretty but they do obstruct the view.

I think I'd miss them if they went completely.

If they were allowed but further back wouldn't that just move the problem on to other people, i.e. the ones stood further back? (Who are probably stood further back attempting to get a better view   )

[tonyblair]

there was a guy behind me who thought it was great fun waving his flag as low as he could over punters heads, which meant the flag-pole kept banging on my head.....!
now, i don't like telling people what and what not to do, but for f**ks sake...  

[In transit]

In keeping with the point of the festival could they not just ask that no one takes any flags in front of the gantry where they will severely reduce other festival-goers' enjoyment. Ask people to self-police and if some selfish twunt decides to ignore it I would imagine the rest of the crowd might politely point it out.

[Katster]

tonyblair, on Feb 1 2010, 02:21 PM, said:

there was a guy behind me who thought it was great fun waving his flag as low as he could over punters heads, which meant the flag-pole kept banging on my head.....!
now, i don't like telling people what and what not to do, but for f**ks sake...  

Me neither, but I would have no hesitation in doing so in that situation!

You should have found a stick and stood behind him hitting him over the head with it  

[Zacko]

As long as the I Love Sausages flag isn't there, I'll be happy.

[In transit]

Some of them are very witty/interesting and feel like an important part of the festival.

But some of the attention seekers with Stoke City or Clunge flags I would have very little sympathy for if they were told to bugger off.