Glastocam!

[incident]

22 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Won’t happen due to licensing. Need to have someone checking the age of the person buying the beer. 

I don't think it'll happen in the near future either, say within the next couple festivals, but age verification won't be the obstacle.

The ID aspect can be attacked in a couple different ways - the machines can do a certain amount of automated passport/driving licence recognition themselves, and if that's not sufficient then can put them within an area that requires manual checking to enter.

Basically - if they can put EBar machines on open concourses in football grounds (which is already becoming common) and other unrestricted venues without significant underage drinking concerns being raised, a festival should be fine. Just need to convince the local licencing authority that you have it covered which should be very achievable.

I think the obstacle is going to be more that the current iterations aren't really designed for a festival environment or sustained throughput. But as soon as someone builds an implementation that attaches multiple dispensing units directly onto (or even built into) a beer tanker then they could become common at Festivals. You could even get to a point where the (high volume) bar moves around the site as needed.

[RichieSpenno]

Are we thinking there will be movement tomorrow with it being bank holiday?

 

I'm fully aware this might be a stupid question.   

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, RichieSpenno said:

Are we thinking there will be movement tomorrow with it being bank holiday?

 

I'm fully aware this might be a stupid question.   

The build usually continues through them once it has started … as for starting a new thing like the pyramid dress who knows ? I’d suggest not 

[Crazyfool01]

 

[2019]

4 hours ago, incident said:

I don't think it'll happen in the near future either, say within the next couple festivals, but age verification won't be the obstacle.

The ID aspect can be attacked in a couple different ways - the machines can do a certain amount of automated passport/driving licence recognition themselves, and if that's not sufficient then can put them within an area that requires manual checking to enter.

Basically - if they can put EBar machines on open concourses in football grounds (which is already becoming common) and other unrestricted venues without significant underage drinking concerns being raised, a festival should be fine. Just need to convince the local licencing authority that you have it covered which should be very achievable.

I think the obstacle is going to be more that the current iterations aren't really designed for a festival environment or sustained throughput. But as soon as someone builds an implementation that attaches multiple dispensing units directly onto (or even built into) a beer tanker then they could become common at Festivals. You could even get to a point where the (high volume) bar moves around the site as needed.

They have a bank of self dispensing Guinness taps at Twickenham Rugby. It's not the best idea, given how long a Guinness Pint takes to pour, but it appears to work ok once you get how use the machine. There's a couple of dudes at the back of the lines making sure there's no underage use. 

[Losing my hair]

Crane!!!

 

[circus92]

11 minutes ago, Losing my hair said:

Crane!!!

 

Cool.  Had a look an hour ago and couldn't see anything - weather was grim.  Cleared up quite a bit now

[JayBalls]

41 minutes ago, Losing my hair said:

Crane!!!

 

 

[dotdash79]

23 minutes ago, JayBalls said:

 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Is this Glasto on Sea?

[WforWill]

1 minute ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Is this Glasto on Sea?

Yup

[WforWill]

 

[WforWill]

 

[Twiggy553]

45 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Is this Glasto on Sea?

I ever there was a bigger waste of festival space.

[gazzared]

12 minutes ago, Twiggy553 said:

I ever there was a bigger waste of festival space.

Pity they couldn't have put it were the Williams green tent goes instead of carhenge 

[kalifire]

Kinda rooting for Other to wake up before the Pyramid gets dressed now!

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

14 minutes ago, Twiggy553 said:

I ever there was a bigger waste of festival space.

I think I've flip-flopped on GoS a bit. I always thought Cinemarmeggeddon was the worse of the two by far given its size to capacity ratio and the fact people weren't flowing through it all day. Now that's gone, as long as people are flowing through GoS all day, I don't find it too bad. It's quite a thin strip. If they do something better with the Woodsies area and have more people drawn there, I'd personally leave GoS be, see if it can continue to develop.

[clarkete]

27 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

I think I've flip-flopped on GoS a bit. I always thought Cinemarmeggeddon was the worse of the two by far given its size to capacity ratio and the fact people weren't flowing through it all day. Now that's gone, as long as people are flowing through GoS all day, I don't find it too bad. It's quite a thin strip. If they do something better with the Woodsies area and have more people drawn there, I'd personally leave GoS be, see if it can continue to develop.

Aye, don't recall that space being well utilised before and it's got a certain charm to it. Some really enjoy it and that's the beauty of the place innit - we can each enjoy different things. 

[Leyrulion]

On 5/7/2023 at 10:23 AM, stuartbert two hats said:

Paines? There's a fair bit of the camping in that area that's licenced for entertainment and refreshments isn't there? Cinemaramageddonaramaroonie's old field?

This is what I'd like to see happen, swap it into Paine's and expand park home into the old arcadia field along with camping in the old Cinerarmageddon field. 

Assuming that would help fix the congestion issues with park/arcadia entrance. 

Doesn't look like they're starting in a new place though.

[Crazyfool01]

other stage progress despite the weather . workers in high vis ?

 

[kalifire]

Haven’t the fields usually had a trim by now? They haven’t been mowed in months, I don’t think. 

[Leyrulion]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Haven’t the fields usually had a trim by now? They haven’t been mowed in months, I don’t think. 

Other had a trim before starting and Park looks to have had a cut where it's going to be. 

But the rest they're letting grow! 

[stuie]

On 5/7/2023 at 1:02 PM, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

I don't just mean the pourers behind the counter though but a customer useable dispenser for contactless payments? 

Won’t somebody please think of the volunteers? 😬

[Crazyfool01]

mentioned by @kalifire yesterday .... any thoughts on what this lot might be up to ?

[Ayrshire Chris]

54 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

Other had a trim before starting and Park looks to have had a cut where it's going to be. 

But the rest they're letting grow! 

Yes, let transpiration do its work, the grass taking up the water and evaporating it through its leaves, then a good cut pre festival!