Much obliged fam. Forum village huh?... Lemme kno.

I wanna tryn set up in the missing link camp ground.

I'm 100% goin yo. My shits paid for.

yup! I gather! all the way from Novi, Toledo, Peori, Crystal Forest, Mud Field, Hog Rock...!

JC said
So, just in case there IS a forum village being planned that isn't being publicly discussed...someone hit me up!  mcl

also...plans for the line...anyone?  

Last year we had a baby faygo village. All by chance too. I think like five or six of us got together. Who knows man i have a feeling its going to be overly packed and all plans will be thrown out the window. Unless we all storm the gates together. I dunno ive only been there once im sure some of these other ninjas have a better idea. But i aint trippin about it really.

scruffy said

literally anything else i might try to plan for it probably aint gonna happen. 

 Awe, but planning for the gathering is where all the fun is

I plan to get the exact same perfect camping spot that I did two years ago (last year's plans to get it fell through).  And I plan on playing juggalo family feud, because my plans to play last year never panned out.  I also plan on not getting the plague this year, because taking vitamins and airborne in the past has always saved me (not).  

Okay, real talk (do people still say that?).

...and this is just MY perspective...

But there is NOTHING you can bring with you to the Gathering that will make you feel like you are just the most velvet rope crossin', Baller of all Ballas.... than having your own place to take a shit. I'm not even playin'.

If you've never Gathered or if you've never been to any other kinda camp-in festival, you have NO IDEA what awaits you inside of those Port-O-Potties. It can get downright UNHOLY! Like the whole place sold their ass to the devil! BUT....! (pun?)

If you go in on the "expense" of picking up a shower/"privacy" tent, get a paint bucket from Home Depot (up to you if you wanna save a dollar and get their orange colored one with their logo on it that says in big letters, "LET'S DO THIS!"), and a toilet seat from the camping section of Wal-Mart.... - I'm fuckin' TELLIN' YOU!!!!....-  After you have experienced to pure HORROR you WILL encounter at simply having to enter a Port o' Crapper just to take a piss (whether you stand or "hover"), you WILL know the pure mental state of knowing that will not have to touch ANY part of your body to the toilet seat of an Andromeda Strain waiting to attach itself to your bits and pieces! I shit you not.

It's an odd sensation of mixed emotions; on the one hand feeling oh so sorry for anyone that should have a need to use those things (but more like in the same way richies might feel bad for people that can't afford "premium seats" at a ballgame), and on the other, is the blessed relief of knowing that you don't have to "make the decision".

Pro-Tips: Kitty Litter. Pick up a small bag of kitty litter and after you've but the bag in the bucket, pour a small amount in to line the bottom. It helps collect "liquids" so that when you have to get rid of it you aren't running the risk of tearing the bag and getting piss directly everywhere. It also gives the bag a bit more weight so it doesn't look like you're carrying a bag of shit to the trash. Also don't stress over getting bio-friendly bags. You're not out in the woods where no one will ever be again. There's no bears. But I SERIOUSLY recommend getting BLACK OPAQUE (NOT SEE-THROUGH) bags! Gross.

Also, don't LEAVE it in there! Unless you're in a group and you're all going one after the other, once yer done, throw that shit out! Do NOT let it bake in a bucket all day while yer out doing whatever. Whether your seat has a lid or not. That shit will stick to every molecule of the plastic in the bucket and the fibers of whatever tarp/tent thing yer using long after you've walked up a hill to get rid of it. And it wouldn't hurt to bring some FeBreeze/car air fresheners to hang/matches...

Oh it WILL happen! After a few Stoner Bowls and a gut full or chicken and pork... you WILL need to "take some time". It's up to YOU where you want that event to happen. Now... some people can deal with that stuff. Some people have to deal with worse in their real lives and as long as there's nothing wet or smeared they're... good to go... I'm not like that.

My first year, I somehow managed to magically NOT have to take a shit until the last day and managed to luck out and get to the crappers shortly after they had been hosed out... last year I had a rough start involving a "potty emergency" but throughout the week, I was grinning from ear to ear every time I walked by those shitters without a sense of crawling DREAD from the stench coming from them.

[roll for constitution]

dude tha first festival I ever went to scarred me for life with those damn port-o-johns. I didn't shit for the entire four days we were there.