we do try and welcome as many new registered users as possible, I think at least one of the other mods or users on here said hello..

you’re obviously eager to get to a decent event and feel that you are missing out or being ignored – but thats not the case and it wasn’t because no-one trusted you ; it really has been a bit quieter recently in London and the SE compared to previous seasons and people are getting bare hassle from all quarters, cops, robbers/muggers/gangs….

until recently free parties were fairly thin on the ground in the London and SE areas apart perhaps from some ones which aren’t really safe to go to.

crews also do not speak about some events until perhaps a couple of hours before they happen… by which time most users are away from computers. the partylines keep changing (often because people get moosed and mislay phones or sim cards)

also ppl have normal jobs and worse still many employers are either blocking bits of this site (including individual threads!), monitoring its use or making it slower than work-related sites, so it becomes harder to post here during the week.

if too much info goes out things get stopped; OTOH if you say on the internet “there aren’t many free parties in some areas” or “there is trouble” you get accused of being “overly pessimistic” or “spreading despondency” and sometimes it just seems better to keep quiet.

I know what its like to be young in London want to party and feel like you are missing out; this is how I got started on the scene back in the early 90s (the net wasnt being used to spread info then), and how London can be an unfriendly place..

I also feel sorry for a lot of younger people who are having to deal with a larger “climate of paranoia” than there used to be as the anti-party backlash increases, although this board is friendly even here people still are a bit shy as well of talking to new people (even at parties they tend to stay with people they know).

I’d like this to change as well but I can’t force other people to interact..

PS: there are a fair number of licensed underground events in the London area such as “re-rave all” with a smaller admission charge than mainstream clubs, look on our pay parties section. a lot of free party heads attend these as well.. these are good places to meet new people and get partylines etc…

the whole idea of this site was so ravers could interact with one another; moderators cannot be expected to know about every rave and every partyline happening particularly when the site is now worldwide… I’ve always wanted so see more people posting and exchanging party info (using the private messages if it can’t be discussed in public)

now to exchange info it depends on the wider user community here trusting one another and sending on the messages. its difficult in an increasingly dodgy world (even if you go to a party nowadays people don’t always welcome newcomers like they used to) but has to be done to keep the party alive.