ragudave Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Would you pay a pound to text a big screen at a gig ? I suppose you could always text Mr Lone Pigeon to say that he has been on stage on for 2 hours and finished about 2 songs and perhaps he should call it a night ! Or to communicate with Mark E Smith from a safe distance ?"While I'm on the subject of last night - the Astoria has come up with a genius way of harvesting cash from drunk gig goers. Two giant screens to which you can text messages. At 1 a pop. In what universe is it worth 1 to see "Bob Sux Cox" on a big screen? Or "Portsmouth Rule"? I'd say that 75% of the messages were of the 'xxx is gay' variety, 10% of the 'xxx United are s**t' type, 10% were 'xxx is sexy', and 5% were genuinely quite entertaining. ('I can't believe that people are paying 1 to put their messages on this screen. Oh. S**t.')" - from Casper @ http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=8539543 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 People pay to vote on texting "big bugger" and "pop shiteol", so there is no end to the ego trip of texting to a big screen, especially drunk punters...ah degredation, decadence, duh,..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Its a new dimension to audience participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 MMmmmm - i dont think i'd be up for that during a set - but between sets when the etmosphere is generally shite i rekon it'd be quite rare to use for entertainment purposes (like text up a joke or something)... but a pound seems a bit steep, if not vertical for one message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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