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[Hugh Jass]

14 minutes ago, big__phil said:

The Thingy™ says West Holts didn't do a poster last year.

#AllhailTheThingy

Because there wasn't one last year it must mean there's one definitely coming this year.

#thingylogic

[big__phil]

10 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Because there wasn't one last year it must mean there's one definitely coming this year.

#thingylogic

Very true, good point.

#stilllovethethingythough

[djdavejohnson]

13 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Because there wasn't one last year it must mean there's one definitely coming this year.

#thingylogic

If we're going by #thingylogic then maybe we'll get the full poster by Friday, ticket refund deadline day...

[Wellyboot]

4 minutes ago, djdavejohnson said:

If we're going by #thingylogic then maybe we'll get the full poster by Friday, ticket refund deadline day...

Don't say that! You'll get me all excited and I'll be disappointed on Friday!

 

Edited May 4, 2016 by Wellyboot
can't spell!

[RichardWaller]

Thinking about my past Glastonburys, as obsessed as I am, for some reason I can't quite remember how full line ups have come about before. Not that it'd be any help if I could by the sounds of things, seems the announcements are as unpredictable as the festival itself

[djdavejohnson]

2 minutes ago, Wellyboot said:

Don't say that! You'll get me ll excited and I'll be disappointed on Friday!

Let's get excited! Then the Glastonbury forces may listen. It's on!

[Wellyboot]

4 minutes ago, djdavejohnson said:

Let's get excited! Then the Glastonbury forces may listen. It's on!

I'm so excited!!  And I just can't hide it!! 

Edited May 4, 2016 by Wellyboot

[Gnomicide]

15 minutes ago, RichardWaller said:

Thinking about my past Glastonburys, as obsessed as I am, for some reason I can't quite remember how full line ups have come about before. Not that it'd be any help if I could by the sounds of things, seems the announcements are as unpredictable as the festival itself

Knock yourself out.

[RichardWaller]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Knock yourself out.

Ooooh, that's the The Thingy that everyone's talking about.... Yeah, they're just gonna catch us all off guard, aren't they?

[incident]

52 minutes ago, big__phil said:

The Thingy™ says West Holts didn't do a poster last year.

#AllhailTheThingy

Sometimes, and I do realise that I might be committing a grave act of heresy here, but just sometimes The Thingy doesn't tell you everything.

They did a poster, it's just it came out after the full splits and set times had already released so wasn't all that interesting:

[big__phil]

10 minutes ago, incident said:

Sometimes, and I do realise that I might be committing a grave act of heresy here, but just sometimes The Thingy doesn't tell you everything.

They did a poster, it's just it came out after the full splits and set times had already released so wasn't all that interesting:

HERESY!!

All in seriousness though, that WH poster didn't tell us a great deal that wasn't on the first poster. All the headliners and subs (and one or two more) were already known. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a WH poster to be released before the bigger main poster, but I can't see it.

[clarkete]

13 minutes ago, incident said:

Sometimes, and I do realise that I might be committing a grave act of heresy here, but just sometimes The Thingy doesn't tell you everything.

I haven't yet had the moment of clarity where I could see it's wholesale appeal.  Is it just that it's nice to see the dates things happened in the past without searching in your own sources?

[incident]

2 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Don't get me wrong, I'd love a WH poster to be released before the bigger main poster, but I can't see it.

There's a couple of things though..

The fact they produced one last year means that they may well do one again this year..

And the fact that the announcements so far are approximately 2 weeks ahead of this time last year means they've potentially got more time to announce stuff between now and the Festival.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Im going for Avalon to announce by the end of the week. 

[big__phil]

4 minutes ago, incident said:

There's a couple of things though..

The fact they produced one last year means that they may well do one again this year..

And the fact that the announcements so far are approximately 2 weeks ahead of this time last year means they've potentially got more time to announce stuff between now and the Festival.

Very true - it does seem a little weird that they produced a poster last year, only for it to get a bit lost behind the bigger announcement. I think if they do one before it won't have the day splits though, as I don't think (could be wrong) any of them do before the later announcement.

 

EDIT: I think Leftfield's poster had day splits.

Edited May 4, 2016 by big__phil

[Gnomicide]

9 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I haven't yet had the moment of clarity where I could see it's wholesale appeal.  Is it just that it's nice to see the dates things happened in the past without searching in your own sources?

Yes. But.... but.....

Yes

[clarkete]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

Yes. But.... but.....

Yes

I think you've spent thousands more hours here than me, I've always been a bit of a fair weather friend who was a bit sulky at time either after the festival or in times where I hadn't yet got a ticket in the sale.

You folks with many thousands of posts get a very regular flow of questions about when things did/will happen, in which case it's a great place to point them to?

[stuartbert two hats]

35 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I think you've spent thousands more hours here than me, I've always been a bit of a fair weather friend who was a bit sulky at time either after the festival or in times where I hadn't yet got a ticket in the sale.

You folks with many thousands of posts get a very regular flow of questions about when things did/will happen, in which case it's a great place to point them to?

Yes exactly.  From memory, everyone (including regulars) kept asking questions about when certain events took place, which led to lists being posted on forum threads of the salient events.  This was (initially informally) referred to as "the thingy", and eventually formally referred to as "The Thingy".  

"When was the first poster?" they asked.
"Someone summon The Thingy" they said.

This went on for a couple of years until a wise, learned (and lazy) person said "Someone should make a web site of this".  Within a day at least two sites sprung up with Gnomicide's being the best.  And the rest is history.

 

It's just a bit of fun, we like to make out it's much more important than it is really.

Edited May 4, 2016 by stuartbert two hats

[gluther]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It's just a bit of fun, we like to make out it's much more important than it is really.

This bit is a lie and you know it!

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, gluther said:

This bit is a lie and you know it!

You're right, it's no fun at all, it's bloody torture!

[clarkete]

8 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

This went on for a couple of years until a wise, learned (and lazy) person said "Someone should make a web site of this".  Within a day at least two sites sprung up with Gnomicide's being the best.  And the rest is history.

Cripes and now I've foolishly questioned its power within earshot of the creator?

Humble apologies Gnomicide  

[grayfitz]

Someone on Glasto Chat just shared this. Looks like Seafret have posted a Avalon poster a bit early?

 

 

[HattersBoy]

7 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It's just a bit of fun, we like to make out it's much more important than it is really.

Err who's saying it not important? We have a non-believer! 

2 minutes ago, clarkete said:

Cripes and now I've foolishly questioned its power within earshot of the creator?

Humble apologies Gnomicide  

Its hell and damnation for you now  

[phimill]

1 minute ago, grayfitz said:

Someone on Glasto Chat just shared this. Looks like Seafret have posted a Avalon poster a bit early?

 

 

So that wasn't meant to be released like that i bet!

[eFestivals]

just been announced.