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Can I have that as a Tattoo?
Actually, forget that. Im not great at trackstands. I dont know. Theres plenty of european messengers into both scenes, and Im sure theyre going to allow for that somehow. Polo is still an integrated part of ecmc, not a separate event (which is a whole other argument), which Im sure is why theres only one entry price. Organising something this big is a ridiculous amount of work. When we ran the first London Calling for CMWC Dublin, we tried to offer individual event entry and even with the 100 people that came here it got way complicated.
I'm sure theres a chance to take part in pretty much everything. We're talking german super-efficienct organisation here. We're not all going to be on court 24/7. And even if we are, 3 days of polo and parties sounds okay to me. Its not like any of us are going to get through race qualifying anyway...Wait. there's a slow race? We might be in with a chance..
Seriously, I think if we're expecting all of europe to come here and pay 20 quid each, the best way to encourage that is to go out with as big a crew as possible and show them how we play, both on and off court. Show them theres a scene here they want to be part of. At the last ECMC london won nothing except possibly "most naked people forcibly ejected from a club at 3am". (Ask Bill about that one....) and Id love to see as many people as possible thrown down their 30 euro and actually compete and help build that strong and competitive european scene.
And the chance to sprint through the city screaming at people in appaling German is way too good to miss.