Don't know anything about movies, I've been mostly watching anime this year. Though John Wick 3 was fantastic.

I've been playing Fire Emblem since it first came out in North America, lol. I'm enjoying the new one so far, though it's definitely a departure from what I'm used to. Still trying to decide how much I like it. I love playing JRPGs, so I typically have whatever platforms are best for that. Before th...

Moving into Friday afternoon/evening in Vancouver, which historically is one of the most common time periods for announcements. Kinda given up giving a shit though, to be honest! I'm about to go out and spend some of my 70K money on a Nintendo Switch :P I've been playing Fire Emblem Three Houses on...

acidbasement wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:56 pm

Do it today and I'll buy Jess a drink.

This has been a proven strategy in the past

I will be very surprised if the cruise was cancelled, I don't think that's what's happening here. Gratch's theory isn't bad, but honestly Andy is probably just weeding out people. Unless he books Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, he'll still sell out the cruise even if he announces it in October.

Bolt_Thrower wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:00 pm

Can we get an announcement date for when we should expect the “four months to go” thread?

... That was four days ago? So we're not getting one.

October 7th, that's the announcement date

Gratch wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:26 pm

Not a chance. I'm guessing that whatever they do at this point will be a complete clusterfuck.

That was a given regardless

I will have to watch the forum the day sales finally do go up. I am drawn to chaos.

Y'all seem to think that UMC can process gold sales in a day or two. The number of Gold sailors increases every year, and in previous years they had like a business week to process these things. And you want them to cram all that work into a DAY? If that's the plan, this is setting themselves up for...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:40 pm

Coming back from the ever awesome ProgPower USA. Still no announcements here? Goddamn! Ihsan and Eternal Tears of Sorrow were announced for ProgPower next year

Yeah! I need to figure out how to go to Prog Power, EToS is very spicy.

This is getting ridiculous, I don't even care about the band announcements but the silence always makes you wonder whether the cruise is going to happen at all, so you don't necessary want to spent your money on flights and accommodation for early January Florida holiday if the cruise doesn't happe...

The Demons & Wizards theory is starting to look more credible the longer we go. Also holy shit, I seriously don't think we're getting anything tomorrow. I'd expect a "SOON..." post by now. Gonna have to be a shake up of the booking process if that is the case hey? I just don't see how they can foll...

The Demons & Wizards theory is starting to look more credible the longer we go.

Also holy shit, I seriously don't think we're getting anything tomorrow. I'd expect a "SOON..." post by now.

I've been away from the forum for quite a few months, just got back, and I'm frankly quite surprised to see so much activity. Love your energy and passion, guys :) I'm seriously disappointed by the lack of news. That is, more disappointed than usual. I've completely lost my motivation for this crui...

Not tooooo worried about the flight thing. I probably won't book flights until Nov/Dec as that is when they will be at their cheapest. I more want the money gone from my account and into Andy's as its so tempting to use it for other things! But yeah - August 31st? Leaving 25 days for some bands-the...

I'm planning a trip to Seattle instead

Maybe this is Andy's plan to bring in more fresh blood. Delay things so more veterans drop out and hope that new blood is still their ready and willing to take their place. "If" the delay is a conscience choice for that purpose, rather than the semi-normal behind the scene chaos that is 70,000 tons...

I finally finished my P. Eng (Professional Engineer) application! In 9-12 months I'll know if I'm a fancy Professional! After 99 days of bothering people to actually fill out my damn reference form, it was FINALLY finished today. Now it's ACTUALLY going to move somewhere. Boy do people suck, but th...

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Downvod wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:11 pm

What makes you say that?

Intuition based on last year's abrupt announcement.

To be fair, I don't think Andy has ever posted a Days/Months countdown post unless it was in the megathread Not true, at least not this year. Countdowns have been posted on separate stand-alone threads, to which nobody replies :lol: Double checked, this isn't actually true. He posted saying their h...

Holy shit, a sign of life? Amazing.

IT'S A NEW RECORD! Well not quite. It's a bit hard to do the exact math due to the different timezones, but according to the website we are into the 153 days to go zone, whereas by my records Accept were announced last year with 154 days to go - but I use my local time when I make those recordings....

mbob wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:27 am

While my date flew by yesterday I am still in it if we apply the Price is Right rule!

Nope. Closest without going over - and you already went over When your date passes, you're out.

I think Amalu has this one in the bag.

Are we not assuming that with the introduction of a black card there will be a new survivor level with even earlier access? Shouldn't we add 2 days to your prediction for 'Platinum Survivors'? If 'boat celebrities' are allowed reguesses then I as the gif guy am going to guess again and say August 5...

Adding statsman's well-explained announcement date to the list. He is the ONLY one who can get a second chance cuz, well, he's the statsman :P Him getting a second shot doesn't bother me, but since he's talking about his August 7th, wouldn't that still be August 6th here in NA technically? Yup, tha...

toby wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:43 am

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:58 am

I'd expect August 31st again.

I think the difference is that the cruise is almost a month earlier than this year.

Yes, that's why I said the best you can hope for is tomorrow. But I truly don't think it'll be before August. Hopefully I'm wrong.

I'm sick and tired of all this waiting. What the hell is taking so long? You must have taken a long break :P Reminder that last year we didn't have a SINGLE word from Heavy MTL, 70k didn't even have a presence. We didn't get an announcement until the very ass end of August. I think the best you can...

Really, no-one wins because Andy keeps playing us like a cheap fiddle. And we keep coming back because, after all is said and done, the lineup will be at least decent or "adequate," the crowd is awesome and diverse, and logistically the festival is still pretty fucking amazing. I'd argue that band ...

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cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:29 pm

So using that as a guide, I'm going with for the first 10:

Alestorm
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
Demons & Wizards
Beast in Black
Primordial
Brothers of Metal
Kampfar
Godflesh
Valhalore

With that list I wouldn't feel so bad about bailing on next year
Though I would be sad to miss Primordial.

I bet this never comes into the equation for the organizers. The longer one has to wait in these regions, the harder it can be to organize and get flights at decent prices etc. Oh, they know. People made it VERY clear last year when we spent all summer without an announcement. 70k just has enough o...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:51 am

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:32 am

Been catching up on my 2019 homework, and this is my album of the year so far. It's great.

I know why you like it so much, it has INSOMNIUM personnel written all over

Oh yeah, this album SCREAMS Dan Swano production. Also, I INSTANTLY pegged the vocalist as the Insomnium frontman.

As incredible as 70k is, having a balcony room every year has been a necessity. The whole experience is overwhelming (in a good way), but having a truly quiet place to silently watch the seas and sip on a drink has been a must for my mental health through the whole thing - just a chance to center m...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:36 pm

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:25 am

INCREDIBLE ALBUM! Can we have them on broad please thankyou?

Been catching up on my 2019 homework, and this is my album of the year so far. It's great.

Seems like the smart money is on August 30th

Memnoch wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:20 pm

Does this rule Myrkur out for 2020?

Depends on how pregnant Myrkur is.

Yeah, I would see 30 of the bands on the shared wishlist. In fact, the shared wishlist has five of the bands in my signature on it. I would be sad if they all got booked.

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